(Not Flaming) What Drawbacks are There to Easy and Powerful Champions Like Darius, ETC?

Azaleax·3/24/2016, 5:05:18 AM·1 votes·861 views

When I say easy and powerful, I mean like Blitzcrank, Darius, Garen, Brand, Warwick, ETC.? This isn't a post about a specific champion so don't bother trying to say the listed champions aren't easy and powerful, that's not the point. I know some of them have low skillcaps, but aren't skillcaps to allow outplays? And why would you need to outplay someone if you automatically beat them? What reason do you have for not always picking an easy and powerful champion? Thanks.

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Got 2 Dads3/24/2016, 5:13:41 AM3 votes

The draw backs to simple champions is that at higher levels of player they are extremely predictable and have limited play styles. You kinda threw in a weird bunch of examples with Brand and Warwick. I think brand is a WAY higher skill champ than ww etc.

That's why yo dont see things like, yi, Garen, Tryndamere, ww, etc in pro play; because they have a pretty low skill cap and are easy to shut down when you know exatly what they are capable of. Where as higher skill champs like Azir, LB, poppy, etc are more played in high elo and pro play. The potential to do great things is much higher, you have a far more advanced kit to pull off crazy plays in all situations.

It can also come down to what you offer the team. WW offers almost nothing, he has one ult suppress which is very easy to instantly cancel or cleanse, especially by pro players. A champ like Lulu can offer so much to a team in many different situations.

All that being said tho, the simple champs can often be the best to climb. They are super easy to master and often punish mistakes that normal players will always make. Bad Vision, over extending, poor builds, etc. So you can really roll over people who are playing champions far beyond their mechanical skill or game IQ level.

Mr Broken Wings3/24/2016, 5:14:35 AM3 votes

If they are easy to play and dont have much options in their kit = easyly predictable. If you learn 1 time how to beat this lane matchups you can make it REALLY hard for your opponent to kill you and you get a permanent adventage in lane over them. Thats their drawback. If you get killed by riven and dont even know what buttons she pressed to effectivly do her stuff you dont understand her strong points or her weak points in contraire and youll die to the same mistake over and over again. Basically laning against garen or darius is soo relaxing because you just know what they are going to do in the lane and you can play around that with ease. The problem starts when you are not able to effectivly play around that anymore and these champs end up with 60% winrate, then they are cancer to face.

Fury and Emperor3/24/2016, 5:16:44 AM2 votes

(Not Flaming) What Drawbacks are There to Easy and Powerful Champions Like Darius, ETC?

I don't know about Darius, but ETC has low survivability, zero damage, and mosh pit has a long cast time and is easy to interrupt by anyone who is not stuck in it. Unless you massively screw up, his powerslide/mosh combo will only hit one or two people while everyone else has plenty of time to get out. Then either stun him or ignore him depending on how valuable the people in his mosh pit are. Also, if you can make him whiff mosh pit, you win the fight and probably the game due to its enormous cooldown. Or just pick Muradin with the leap stun talent and GG.

Azaleax3/24/2016, 5:23:19 AM2 votes

Ok guys, thanks :) Learned a few things. A few of you missed the point about this not being about certain champions, but nice points were made, regardless. Much appreciated!

ßurst3/24/2016, 5:09:38 AM1 votes

Usually the game is more fun and the only decently powerful champ you put there was garen hes always at a pretty high win rate darius eh not so much.

TruckFump20163/24/2016, 5:12:47 AM1 votes

So like...

All of the champions you listed have major, big time drawbacks.

Some less than others, admittedly.

But all of the ones you listed are not generally considered super OP right now.

Blitzcrank - big mana cost on grab. Grabs very easy to predict. Generally a decent player will not get grabbed often. Darius - no mobility/escapes. Garen - no CC Brand - squishy as f, no escapes WW- only CC is ult

And there are good reasons not to pick said champions.

I wouldn't pick a blitz into a morgana support.

I wouldn't pick garen into trundle top, or nunu top.

I wouldnt pick brand into zed.

I wouldn't pick warwick into lee sin or volibear.

League is a game of rock, paper, scissors. All of the people you mentioned can and do get countered.

I think once you play more ranked you understand this concept.