just a thought but can we get rid of the new masteries? im tired of deathfire and thunderlords and warlords and grasp and all that "we want masteries to influence the game" talk
i don't want masteries to be a huge deal, i want skill to be a huge deal
i hate keystone masteries honestly they are killing the game for me
btw I'm thinking mid-early season 5
Nahui7 votesSeason 4 was prime time.
YCitizenSnipsY3 votesYeah when Shyv, mundo, Trundle, and Renekton broke the top lane. When both Khazix and Rengar were so broken in the jungle they both had to have mini reworks. When Mid lane was Ziggs vs Gragas every game and bot lane was Twtich/ Leona vs Lucian/Thresh every game. When the game was nothing but stall comps and the average game was 45 minutes. Yeah I don't ever want to got back to that season, was terrible.
Nahui2 votesMundo dominated in the preseason, fell off around February.
Kassadin was fixed and freed up a ban slot.
Shyvana shifted between jungle and top over and over, but was never oppressive. She was simply one of the best ones up there. Renekton has never fallen in power, just other champions buffed above him. And he still returned in S5 and crushed worlds.
Ziggs, Gragas, Syndra, Talon, Akali. There were many.
The game was about damage doing damage and tanks tanking damage. Shyvana actually built Ravenous Hydra and other damaging items. Mundo would be really hard to kill, but didn't heavily chunk as he does now so easily. It was about sieging comps and whittling down opponents until an opportunity could be found to engage.
Now we have tanks doing huge damage, assassins performing better as tanks, universal builds until nerfed such as Devourer/Rageblade and IBG/Sunfire. Tanks simply engage whenever because of their huge tankiness. We have champions comboing items like Steraks and Maw for extreme tankiness, shields, and damage.
I really liked S4 when damage did damage and tanks tanked it. The biggest flaw of S4 really was release feral flare and the first couple of games you didn't ban Warwick and Yi.
RoodToob1 votesI loved broken Kha'Zix though ;_; can i go back to that now that I'm better at the game? I want my freelo
I might be a little biased as a Kha'Zix main
MasterSomething4 votesWell, that's your opinion honestly. Personally, I'm glad they added keystone masteries. They do add a bit more diversity to the game (do I want TLD for better burst, SRS for a quick escape, or get DFT for superior trading?) Also, I didn't like the Season 5 tank meta. When every match had a Jarvan or Vi, you get a little annoyed when you can't escape their ults without a QSS, dash, or flash.
ModWulf Helhammer4 votesYeah, people like to ignore all the bad stuff that was in S5. It actually almost mirrors what we have now: red smite Warwick running rampant across every game (Rageblade junglers), cinderhulk junglers being pretty much unkillable while still doing damage just by outlasting (bruiser/tanky assassin builds). All that's left is for ADCs and jungler to settle into 3 or 4 picks, and we have an assassin rework coming at the end of the year, just like juggernauts during 5
MasterSomething4 votesI'm curious: Was there a huge amount of players complaining about X queue in season 5? I forget.
KillerKell3 votesActually... yes.
MasterSomething1 votesJeez... I forget, did Riot actually do anything to shut the masses up?
ModWulf Helhammer2 votesAll the people begging for solo queue to come back forgot how many times the begged Riot for something better, where they didn't have to rely on random people
ScruffyScruffz2 voteswhat if I told you those arent the same people.
BluePolarizer1 votesI'm pretty sure that Warwick was solvable by banning Warwick but you cannot solve rageblade in any way, and cinderhulk junglers never had the damage to carry teams by themselves since Vayne, Jinx and Kog were the top ADCs of season 5.
ModWulf Helhammer2 votesI was just listing similarities, not direct 1 to 1 happenings
BluePolarizer1 voteswell, this season was bad enough for me to quit after I got plat while last season I kept trying for diamond. It's just not fun anymore.
frozentime1 votesYeah, I guess actually Early Season 5 was what I was thinking about. I just liked using a Champion's own kit to work through things better. I liked bursting with my Twisted Fate W-Q-empowered auto instead of doing the same thing but with an extra pop from thunderlords... it just feels like its too strong
Crossette1 votesI didn't like the Season 5 tank meta.
I don't like the season 6 tank meta.
Literally, I feel like this is season 5 but with higher damage and that irritates the hell out of me because I don't like the juggernaut playstyle as much as most other things.
MunchCrunchLunch2 votesI only played s5 for about a month. thats when I started. and I liked it then a lot more. we have more diverse builds with items. now only ad carries have diverse item builds since all they added is new adc items and removed fighter items and ap items.
also the adc changes weren't all that great since they kinda overtuned them which lead to a current too much damage meta.
KillerKell2 votesAnd we had the real Shen, not this imposter.
Spizzle90002 votesHonestly, I absolutely loathed early-mid season 5. Cinderhulk meta was probably the worst experiences I've ever had in LoL, but I'm biased as I had no interest in tanks back then.
Crossette1 votesI hate playing tanks usually, and I still preferred that meta. At least then, they didn't three-shot you. (aside from 
)
Spizzle90001 votesWell, I'm also biased probably because I was just starting PvP then and only knew how to play (and not very well) champions that were pretty ehhhh in that meta, such as Vlad, Zed, and Yasuo. Once I picked up Garen though, life was hilarious.
Crossette1 votesGaren is usually the champion that people start to enjoy the game with because of his linearity.
From smurfing as an ADC/top lane main, shit goes down when you meet that new level 12 Garen that goes like 18-2
CrazFight 1 votesSeason 4 >>>>>>>>>>>>> The other season.
Steel Blossom1 votesI just want old last whisper and brutalizer and old youmuu's...
KillerKell1 votesSeason 4 is missing. It should be A, B and C.
Big Lincoln1 votesmid-early season 5 was the worst
cinderhulk ruined the game, especially for me because I love and look what happened to her >:(
LankPants1 votesSeason two was the best, but anyway I'd say after that mid S5 was the best and so far S6 has been the worst, so there's not really a contest here.
Nagma1 votess6 could be completly fine without dynamic q
BeMyFriendPlease1 votesvayne cancer over this any day
Darth Valer1 votesSeason 5 was the death of early-game based champs, lane bullies and snowball strategies. Season 6 introduced interesting itemization for ADCs (bringing back into the meta the long forgotten, fun as fuck to play, Losecian), proper choices for hybrid champions with Guinsoo+Gunblade, a fuckton of options for flat Armor penetration (which is one of my favorite stats since I love AD Casters). There's still some lack of balance but I trust Rito to create a satisfying environment in the end.
ScruffyScruffz1 votesBiased vote. Season 6 is no where near its end, while Season 5 had alot of ups and downs before reaching a sort of equalibrium in its last half before juggernauts hit.