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I feel bad for my own team this season, and I think I should just stop playing the game now.

LaytonApprentice·10/25/2018, 8:13:52 AM·1 votes·1,146 views

Edit: Preface: I want to get better at the game, If this is a "skill" based problem, please send help and constructional feedback.

-Also ignoring the fact that I'm obviously just bad at my favorite champion, We can't deny that this team focus is leading to toxicity and is overall just bad for everyone.

the story: I used to really enjoy this game back when the game revolved around the best players on each team. These days, it feels like the game now revolves around the worst on each team. It seems like every game is decided by which team has more feeders. I feel like this has become a huge rise in the level of toxicity in the game. Instead of the solo player carrying their team, it's just a bunch frustration trying to get the feeder to play safe. As the game goes on it just gets worse and the bad player suddenly gets relentlessly flamed for a bad game/lane. Not only does this suck for veteran players, but it sucks for new players as well. Suddenly, a brand new "Learning" player is a disability and a handicap for everyone involved.

So now there's me... I don't like the new meta. I want to play what is fun for me, but I can't do that because being off-meta is about as good as being a feeder. Even if I do extremely well on my respective off-meta pick, my team can't make up that difference. One of my favorite champions of all time is Tristana! I love playing Trist and I love the dragon trainer skin... but here is the problem... because im playing Trist, I'm not playing Miss Fortune or Kai'sa. So even though I have 20 kills, full build, AND can kill most squishies in 3 hits. That one person that plays the meta can one shot my team because they are playing dark harvest MF or some other meta pick. Am I just bad because I couldn't carry the game with 20 kills on a "hyper" carry? I feel like I'm just this giant sandbag for my entire team... I mean... what can I do... I went full damage, but the MF can build guardian angel and black cleaver and destroy everyone.

That was just an example of one game I had, but this is the sort of thing I like to play... My playstyle isn't just hurting me anymore, it ruins my team as well. This game just feels completely different from what it used to be. I enjoyed the game back when silly builds didn't drag everyone's game into the gutter. I used to have a respectable win rate, but ever since the marksmen patch... I lose 70% of my games because I don't want to adapt... I want to play my favorite champions and be the best at those specific champions.

tl;dr -Team Focused Gameplay Leads to toxicity -> -Game revolves around feeders instead of leaders -> -Being off-meta is as good as being a feeder -> -I don't like the meta, therefore I'm a feeder I should just quit the game entirely I think.

15 Comments

Full Brain10/25/2018, 8:54:45 AM2 votes

Tristana isn't really weak right now... She just has a high skill floor and ceiling comparatively to some of the other ADCs. She is currently like the fifth strongest ADC or so at the pro level. So it is a situation of needing to learn how to play the character better not of it being inferior. Regardless you need to play with a style and build that fits the type of character you picked. If you pick Olaf you don't farm it out for late game you have to force the issue and try to gain a big advantage early. If you are playing Kog you are trying to play safe and farm your items up for late game team fights.

Lopster10/25/2018, 9:06:19 AM2 votes

Your delusional learn to play the game get challenger and you will see all the flaws in this post

purplexbutterfly10/25/2018, 10:40:07 AM2 votes

I think maybe your team composition was bad in team fights or you just weren’t using the right tactics on this particular occasion. MF does deal high damage but she is extremely squishy. She is most vulnerable when she ults so if you have a tank that can take the damage or someone lands a skill shot that cancels her ult she is easy to deal with. You can as Tristana also ult her away when she ults. I am a rookie myself and mainly play supp but I’m now learning how to play ADC. If I’m up against a Tristana no matter what champ I play bot lane I know it’s going to be a tough game. I always find Tristana to be a nightmare when she has a tank support such as Alistar or Braum. I feel like it’s something you’re not doing right. I don’t play Tristana myself but I’ve played against several and that’s just my observation.

Full Brain10/25/2018, 11:10:16 AM1 votes

Lucian is pretty clearly the strongest in the current META. Kai'sa has gotten picked a lot early on and by teams who are mostly gone now because the other teams took Tristana, EZ, Sivir, Xayah, and Lucian. I think Kai'sa is still actually more powerful than everyone but Lucian but the problem is she takes so ridiculously long to reach that power. She can barely even engage in team fights until like 40+ minutes into a match at the pro level because her disengage isn't stopping an organized top of the line team from killing her and her ult is a feeding button early on a lot of the time. She has a 45% winrate at worlds right now which is being boosted because Invictus picks her almost every game and their mid laner is their hard carry.