If Riot made it so that every champion was OP in their own way, would that actually balance out?

MrNuclearPumpkin·Aug 31, 2017·3 votes·275 views

A few of my friends have explained certain video games in this way.

"If every character is broken. No one is."

And that does kind of make sense in a way. If everyone has a stupidly OP ability, then it's not really OP. It's just the game. It's kind of how DOTA2 is in a way (I never played DOTA2), everyone that plays it competitively kind of gives me the same answer when I ask how the balance works. "Everyone is stupidly broken. So it's fair."

What if that's the route that Riot is going for with these crazy rune changes?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrSCCGcIAvE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r34JoCsTw8k

It kind of gives that impression that they're trying to give everyone these incredibly stupidly strong abilities, so that everyone feels strong.

I could be wrong, but what do you guys think?

4 Comments

Dio BentoAug 31, 20171 votes

In theory yes. Otherwise no, or rather everyone already is op in their own way (ok not everyone, but a lot of champions are strong as they are, you just have to play them right). But if that's what it takes to get my Rengar revert than yes please!

Mens Hair ClubAug 31, 20171 votes

no cuz riot designs a ton of champs being really similar to each other in strengths

so itd still just be the best one is always the superior choice

ErockandrollAug 31, 20171 votes

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no cuz riot designs a ton of champs being really similar to each other in strengths

so itd still just be the best one is always the superior choice

The other issue is that, Champion X may be really OP at doing Y. Is Y actually useful to the team? If not, than X is worthless. (Having the best Split push champ won't work if split pushing isn't viable)

So regardless of who's OP at what, Champion viability is still going to be determined by a meta. (Usually by comps who are far stronger than the sum of their parts.)

Mens Hair ClubAug 31, 20171 votes

riot needs to add counter mechanics to achieve true diversity