What rank does the meta actually matter?

Jad·Aug 11, 2016·1 votes·1,311 views

I've heard a few people say certain champs are not good in the current meta. I've also heard that the meta doesn't matter as much till higher elo. When does the meta actually matter?

3 Comments

DepártAug 11, 20161 votes

Meta tends to matter a bit more around high plat+.

You also have to take into account how many people in high diamond+ are one tricks or play whatever they want.

Meta doesn't control everything but it generally has a higher impact around plat 1

LeeerzeichenAug 11, 20161 votes

Meta exist in every elo. So if you are playing a meta champ against a off meta champ with exactly the same amount of skill, you're probably gonna win this game. The problem is this: "with exactly the same amount of skill". In low elo it's really easy to be better than your opponent, because they are making so many mistakes. To;dr: meta matters as soon as you are no longer better than your opponent and you can't/don't want improve yourself.

Jaygo41Aug 11, 20161 votes

I'd argue the meta matters at all elos except the very lowest brackets. In the lowest bracket, people are so bad that it doesn't matter what champ you put in their hands. They still suck

In silver-gold, a lot of time people know that there are champs that are straight up stupid, and they'll abuse them or take them away from your team in order to win. It's a pretty legitimate strategy and one of the ways I personally got out of silver so quickly last year was taking Sejuani away from people and abusing it.

However, in Plat and above, i also think meta still matters because some champs are simply more capable of doing things than others. Gragas is a great example of this. There's sometimes no reason to pick certain champs like Nautilus if champs like Gragas can make more plays. At Plat and above, people start being capable of making big time plays.

If you wanna go ahead and be a one trick or something like that, go ahead. I personally don't think it's the correct way to play the game, but I'm just one person. I have a certain playstyle and I adapt my playstyle and the champs that are meta to each other.

In short, meta matters.