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Haven't played since the end of Season 3, what has changed?

Cynder Kurokazna·2/12/2017, 7:13:25 PM·1 votes·2,915 views

I stopped playing League what feels like ages ago, during Preseason 4, at least for the most part. I've occasionally logged on the PBE around the times of new champ releases to try them out with the exception of Jhin, who I didn't much care for because I don't ever really play ADC. I used to main mid, support, and top. Some time mid season four, I tried learning a bit of the jungle to play Rek'sai, who I've fallen in love with, so the few times I have played since S3, it has mostly either been Rek or a new champion.

I've seen a lot of things about various jungle updates, people complaining that ADCs might as well not exist any more, itemization updates (I have no clue what to build for a midlaner any more), and loads of other stuff. So would anyone mind filling me in on what I've missed the past three seasons? What changed? What are the cool kids building these days? Why are my friends that still play complaining about ADC? Anyone mind enlightening me?

29 Comments

Weathered2/12/2017, 7:26:37 PM5 votes

Honestly, too much to explain. Boards is going to be a horrible place to get information because 80%+ of the people here will just spout complaints about current and passing annoyances.

If you really want to take the time to figure out what changed, I suggest just reading the wiki a ton. Here are a few things:

Jungle was changed. Multiple times.
Dragons were changed. They are now elemental with an Elder at the end.
A new pre-baron boss called Rift Herald was added.
There was a large juggernaut update, adc update, mage update, and assassin update that essentially made moderate to crucial changes to all of the affected champions.
Tons of items. Just browse the item page and click on them all, because even if you recognize them they might be stat changed.
Lots of new champions. Same with items, just browse them.
And reworks. Champion reworks galore (

KatarinaScriptz2/12/2017, 7:15:18 PM1 votes

Everything, broken champs are 85% of champs and 15% are balanced.

duhBg0Agmz2/12/2017, 7:16:42 PM1 votes

ADC is a joke now, tanks do all the damage and assassins can literally one shot anything. There you go.

Perma CC2/12/2017, 7:21:33 PM1 votes

3 Words. "Edge of Night" << the new busted item.

hunterspec2/12/2017, 7:24:56 PM1 votes

go back, the game sucks now

SoulAced2/12/2017, 7:28:16 PM1 votes

http://leagueoflegends.wikia.com/wiki/Patch

that is a link to the League of Legends wiki page for Patch notes

Ahristocats2/12/2017, 7:58:22 PM1 votes

remember when renekton and jax were viable in competition?

they aren't anymore

CancerBasedGod2/12/2017, 7:14:25 PM1 votes

Well people have moved away from calling you a %%%got, and now say you have downs. So that's changed.

Cynder Kurokazna2/12/2017, 8:23:10 PM1 votes

Alright, so I think I'm getting more in the hang of it now. What's the usual item progression for mids these days? If I need a target as an example, I'll throw Syndra out there, as I still really love playing her. And who are we seeing as meta supports these days?