Whats wrong with picking a champ because I like him/her?

The Bíg Ticket··1 votes·510 views

Where does all this "x champ is not unique enough" talk come from?

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Abyssphere2 votes

Because not everyone picks a champ just because they like them. There's a reason champion popularity spikes massively when they become strong and drops massively become weak - people also pick them for competitive reasons. A champion needs to be fun enough for people to pick them cos they like them, but they also need to be unique enough so that people can pick them because they think they'll do well in a game.

There's nothing wrong with picking a champion because you like them, but you should have a reason to pick them beyond that.

SG1 Eryk1 votes

The lcs my friend. Because whatever the pro's say, its true -.-

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

Because it makes the game stale, as well as potentially unfun for others. The goal for this class pass overs is to retain the style of the champion, while differentiating them enough that the non-champion x main has a reason to pick champion x over champion y

Quepha1 votes

So the other 4 people on your team are interested to see why you picked that champion and how they can use your champ's strengths to their advantage instead of thinking "oh he's just playing that bad version of Brand because he has a hard-on for beholders"

The Bíg Ticket1 votes

Yes because everyone in Soloq has a full repertoir of champs and can pick accordingly to what his team needs.

Quepha1 votes

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Yes because everyone in Soloq has a full repertoir of champs and can pick accordingly to what his team needs.

It doesn't matter if you own all 128 champions or 1, your champion should still have something special that interacts with other champions on your team in terms of strategy. If you see an ally pick Vel'koz and you think absolutely nothing about how that affects your game then that is a problem.

The Bíg Ticket1 votes

Lol that's not the point. If I see Velkoz I know I will get a poke champion with good burst and nice teamfighting. Riot's logic is thats not nice because we already have champs who do that.

Quepha1 votes

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thats not nice because we already have champs who do that.

Right. There are other poke champs that all do the same shit and they should in fact do different shit and not simply be interchangeable in a team with no real difference for anyone.

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