Every Meta in a Nutshell

jocomotion··13 votes·9,269 views

Tank Meta

  • honestly this is the safest Meta in League, as long as tanks are Meta for being hard to kill that is.
  • If a tanks Meta for our dueling bruisers and being impossible to kill while still providing utility via CC, then it’s a problem. However that is exceptionally rare. Someone like Mundo can our duel most champs and is near impossible to kill, but provides no hard CC fans only single target soft CC.
  • Icall it the safe Meta because when tanks are Meta defensive stats are too, and literally anyone can build at least one defensive item and still do well despite not dealing a lot of damage.

Assassin Meta

  • The volitile Meta
  • Assassins are usually Meta from a random combo of two things. 1: champions who counter assassins by either granting easy CC or negating damage are weak 2: there’s too many damage options in the game
  • this Meta is known as the Volitile one because everything happens so fast. You usually get gold, kills, deaths, items, and games done in the blink of an eye, but for a lot of people you can’t enjoy little moments because of this.

ADC Meta

  • The Boring Meta
  • ADC’s being Meta means only one thing. Long, dragged out games that force people to cower from the guns of the ADC’s.
  • While one May think it’s similar to the damage heavy assassins, in truth it’s actually the opposite. Most games drag out way too long as farming and objective control take hold over kills or diving.
  • just stall till * yawn* late game.

Mage Meta

  • the Monopoly Meta
  • Talon? Why are you choosing Talon mid? Don’t you know mages are Meta? Don’t pick talon. Don’t go Zed either. Or Leblanc.
  • I call this the monopoly Meta because when Mages are the best there’s not much need for other options. They one Shot like assassins, have range like carries, can usually peel/protect themselves and are extremely dominant when even a little too good.

Support Meta

  • The frustrating Meta
  • no. No. No stop it. Stuns. Roots. Heals. Shields. Ärdëñt çēńߌR. This Meta is frustrating. Making plays usually results in your death since the overbearing utility will always punish the risk you just took to make said play.
  • it’s frustrating when you try your best but don’t succeed all because Soraka presses R.

Bruiser Meta

  • the Rare one
  • bruisers? You mean tanks. No? You mean carries? No. Like bruiser-bruisers? The I build both damage and tank? Not just one?.
  • this Meta usually doesn’t happen because it usually gets overshadowed by tank or damage meta’s. If a certain playstyles too good then that playstyle will be abused. But bruisers such a mixed bag that it’s rare to pick it and is usually a mix between fun and hopeless.

41 Comments

Daddy Ants7 votes

A tank meta where

  • Tanks are not able to deal similar or higher damage than carry champions.
  • Anti Tank champions and items are sufficient enough to counter play them.

is what I'd call a healthy tank meta.

z63XnLCMwX4 votes

Jungle Meta -The dice roll meta -Level two ganks, level 3 ganks, lane camps, solo drags, no bush is a safe bush -This meta revolves around which team has the better jungler. It's a unique meta which consists of sub-meta where there's tank jungler meta like Mumu, Sejuani and Rammus, gank meta like lee sin, Xin Zhao, and J4, and farm jungle meta of the great feral flare afk farm. -Laners will either complain the jungler ganks too much or not at all during a jungle meta and feel that they have to power to win over their lane against a competent jungler

hhaavviikk4 votes

got 1 thing wrong, it's always been ADC meta + assassin meta, or ADC meta + Tank meta, and that's because ADC's have been mandatory since 2010

jocomotion1 votes

But they aren’t mandatory right now, and as a support main I couldn’t be happier. Also, support Meta was a thing because of this fucking item 3504 darn item.

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

“Mandatory” (seriously?) doesn’t mean the meta was built around them.

Mizaya1 votes

S3 was 100% a mid lane (assassin + mage) meta though

French Courtesan4 votes

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Tank Meta

  • honestly this is the safest Meta in League, as long as tanks are Meta for being hard to kill that is.
  • If a tanks Meta for our dueling bruisers and being impossible to kill while still providing utility via CC, then it’s a problem. However that is exceptionally rare. Someone like Mundo can our duel most champs and is near impossible to kill, but provides no hard CC fans only single target soft CC.
  • Icall it the safe Meta because when tanks are Meta defensive stats are too, and literally anyone can build at least one defensive item and still do well despite not dealing a lot of damage.

Tank meta in nutshell : Champion class with least champions on top lane is a must while picking champions from class that is literally 3x bigger is trollpicking. Tank meta makes top lane boring, makes dueling impossible, makes all fighters useless, makes game stale. This meta is reason why LCS views dropped significantly, why top laners quit lane, why support is picked more than top lane. And try to argue thank meta isnt boring when literally only streamer that mains tanks is Sirchezz, and I am actually gota fist fight you if you say that his streams arent boring. Tank metas are the worst metas if you want to have fun.

Assassin Meta

  • The volitile Meta
  • Assassins are usually Meta from a random combo of two things. 1: champions who counter assassins by either granting easy CC or negating damage are weak 2: there’s too many damage options in the game
  • this Meta is known as the Volitile one because everything happens so fast. You usually get gold, kills, deaths, items, and games done in the blink of an eye, but for a lot of people you can’t enjoy little moments because of this.

Assasin meta in nutshell: 3 champions are overpowered, usually the ones with most skins rest of the assasin roster is garbage. Similiar to tank meta honestly just swap boring with frustration and you have literally the same thing.

ADC Meta

  • The Boring Meta
  • ADC’s being Meta means only one thing. Long, dragged out games that force people to cower from the guns of the ADC’s.
  • While one May think it’s similar to the damage heavy assassins, in truth it’s actually the opposite. Most games drag out way too long as farming and objective control take hold over kills or diving.
  • just stall till * yawn* late game.

Adc meta: one of few metas that actually involves strategy in game. If you consider strategy to be boring, then I know why this games goes to shit.

Mage Meta

  • the Monopoly Meta
  • Talon? Why are you choosing Talon mid? Don’t you know mages are Meta? Don’t pick talon. Don’t go Zed either. Or Leblanc.
  • I call this the monopoly Meta because when Mages are the best there’s not much need for other options. They one Shot like assassins, have range like carries, can usually peel/protect themselves and are extremely dominant when even a little too good.

Mage meta in a nutshell : instead of 3 assasins being viable on mid lane, now you have 10x bigger roster of champions to choose from. I know variety is so bad these days. I mean 10x more champions that are playable? Unheard of. During this meta even top lane has more viable options than only assasin counters. But yea. Mage meta, the evil.

Support Meta

  • The frustrating Meta
  • no. No. No stop it. Stuns. Roots. Heals. Shields. Ärdëñt çēńߌR. This Meta is frustrating. Making plays usually results in your death since the overbearing utility will always punish the risk you just took to make said play.
  • it’s frustrating when you try your best but don’t succeed all because Soraka presses R.

Not gona argue with that one.

Bruiser Meta

  • the Rare one
  • bruisers? You mean tanks. No? You mean carries? No. Like bruiser-bruisers? The I build both damage and tank? Not just one?.
  • this Meta usually doesn’t happen because it usually gets overshadowed by tank or damage meta’s. If a certain playstyles too good then that playstyle will be abused. But bruisers such a mixed bag that it’s rare to pick it and is usually a mix between fun and hopeless.

There is no bruiser meta. There will never be bruiser meta. Bruisers are always : off tanks or off assasins. And one will always be better than the other. So nah. Bruisers are always going to be weak.

jocomotion2 votes

You’re entitled to your opinions. In my opinion the most fun Meta is the mage Meta but I’m 100% sure it’s because I don’t play mid lane. Whenever mages are Meta other classes are immediately pushed out. You can’t play assassins because at that point they’re inferior. Can’t play divers because they’ll get one shot by the enemy mage, don’t you dare bring a “supportive” mid laner unless they deal a lot of teamfight damage, etc...

The most boring would still have to be the ADC Meta. I have a sweet spot for how much time I’d like to spend in a game, usually between 30-40 minutes. Anything less it too quick, anything more drains me of fun. Objective focus is great and all, but when most of my attention goes to attacking/defending them without actually fighting for them because both teams want to stall is when I start to slowly snooze.

Most frustrating is support Meta. It’s rare, but when it happens its always for the wrong reasons. AND I’M A SUPPORT MAIN, so that says a lot.

Hügö1 votes

Adc meta: one of few metas that actually involves strategy in game. If you consider strategy to be boring, then I know why this games goes to shit.

Marksmen meta ist the same as tank meta except the tanks aren't even good, but you need to pick them or you die by 2 hits. And it does involve as much strategy as all the other metas, nearly none.

RyzeTheSmurfMage1 votes

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Tank meta in nutshell : Champion class with least champions on top lane is a must while picking champions from class that is literally 3x bigger is trollpicking. Tank meta makes top lane boring, makes dueling impossible, makes all fighters useless, makes game stale. This meta is reason why LCS views dropped significantly, why top laners quit lane, why support is picked more than top lane. And try to argue thank meta isnt boring when literally only streamer that mains tanks is Sirchezz, and I am actually gota fist fight you if you say that his streams arent boring. Tank metas are the worst metas if you want to have fun.

Assasin meta in nutshell: 3 champions are overpowered, usually the ones with most skins rest of the assasin roster is garbage. Similiar to tank meta honestly just swap boring with frustration and you have literally the same thing.

Adc meta: one of few metas that actually involves strategy in game. If you consider strategy to be boring, then I know why this games goes to shit.

Mage meta in a nutshell : instead of 3 assasins being viable on mid lane, now you have 10x bigger roster of champions to choose from. I know variety is so bad these days. I mean 10x more champions that are playable? Unheard of. During this meta even top lane has more viable options than only assasin counters. But yea. Mage meta, the evil.

Not gona argue with that one.

There is no bruiser meta. There will never be bruiser meta. Bruisers are always : off tanks or off assasins. And one will always be better than the other. So nah. Bruisers are always going to be weak.

I agree with everything you said except for the ADC part. I don't mind games being more strategic, but I don't want a meta where full health towers are down in 4 seconds and literally every champion gets killed in less than 5 seconds by a single right click on them done by the ADC (cough cough the meta that was like 3-4 patches ago cough cough)

JoeAnarchy1 votes

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Tank meta in nutshell : Champion class with least champions on top lane is a must while picking champions from class that is literally 3x bigger is trollpicking. Tank meta makes top lane boring, makes dueling impossible, makes all fighters useless, makes game stale. This meta is reason why LCS views dropped significantly, why top laners quit lane, why support is picked more than top lane. And try to argue thank meta isnt boring when literally only streamer that mains tanks is Sirchezz, and I am actually gota fist fight you if you say that his streams arent boring. Tank metas are the worst metas if you want to have fun.

Assasin meta in nutshell: 3 champions are overpowered, usually the ones with most skins rest of the assasin roster is garbage. Similiar to tank meta honestly just swap boring with frustration and you have literally the same thing.

Adc meta: one of few metas that actually involves strategy in game. If you consider strategy to be boring, then I know why this games goes to shit.

Mage meta in a nutshell : instead of 3 assasins being viable on mid lane, now you have 10x bigger roster of champions to choose from. I know variety is so bad these days. I mean 10x more champions that are playable? Unheard of. During this meta even top lane has more viable options than only assasin counters. But yea. Mage meta, the evil.

Not gona argue with that one.

There is no bruiser meta. There will never be bruiser meta. Bruisers are always : off tanks or off assasins. And one will always be better than the other. So nah. Bruisers are always going to be weak.

much more accurate

Stephenizgod2 votes

Tank Meta is one of the Meta's most people praised for a reason. It isn't a bunch of tanks going at it for 2 hours like you think. It is having 1-2 tanks on your team that allow for actual teamfights, because it controls the damage of assassins, mages, and ADC's so they can't just erase everything instantly. Teamfights revolve around how well you can play around your Tanks as they are usually the engage/disengage. It focuses every role to their main goal instead of the clown fiestas that go on now where a mage or assassin just erases 3 people regardless of their items. The issue came when ADC's were strong enough to 4 shot Tanks and games became too boring because people were too scared to do anything.

The ADC meta is one of the worst metas, games were ridiculously long because the ADC had the potential to walk through 5 enemies and 3 turrets every teamfight, if left unchecked. Tanks were useless, in fact most defensive stats were useless. The only good supports were those that could buff or peel, because Assassins were the only thing that could check the ADC. So Supports that made them useless were meta, everything else was trash. Everyone was expendable except for the ADC and all gold went to them or else the enemy ADC would walk over your team.

Mage Meta was more of a single build, whatever mages used that build effectively and had the CC to peel themselves were the Meta. This build allowed them to one-shot a single person or almost erase the enemy team. Late game it was a race to see which mage could penta the enemy first.

Support meta is boring.

Bruiser Meta, I agree with ya. There can never be a true Bruiser Meta because other roles are going to abuse their items better than Bruisers can.

French Courtesan1 votes

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Tank Meta is one of the Meta's most people praised for a reason.

Like who? People who quit top lane? Least picked role in high elo even support is picked more than top. Yeah right. Maybe LCS viewers that started ward cheering to have fun praised it? Wait nah. Hashinshin maybe? NOPE. Only people who praised any tank meta were tank players. Also tank meta = 3 picks on top. ANY OTHER META = 15 picks on top.

It isn't a bunch of tanks going at it for 2 hours like you think.

That was literally first tank meta I have experienced. Malphite fighting Maokai for solid 35 seconds. SOOOOO MUCH FUN. Another tank meta was even better. Rito realized that 35 second duels between tanks arent fun. So they buffed all of them. Now they dueled for 10 seconds. They didnt think about one thing though. Fighters. Buff tanks and you get fighter, that is tankier, has more damage, has more CC, is more mobile. Tank metas invalidate fighters. You can tell me what you want, but having more choices when I pick top lane is better. Especially when tanks are boring to play.

It is having 1-2 tanks on your team that allow for actual teamfights,

No, it forces teamfights. There is literally no other strategy viable during tank metas. Oh you picked Fiora to duel anyone on top so you can split push? Noone is comming though, enemy team will anihilate yours 4v5 because tanks can initiate fights, oneshot carries for some reason, and survive the fight. Any other strategy to win the game durink tank meta does not exist. This is reason why people consider the game death ball.

because it controls the damage of assassins,mages,

Maybe but...

and ADC's so they can't just erase everything instantly.

Do you know why ADC even got buffed to the state 3-4 patches ago? Do you all really forget that easily what happened? Do I really have to remind everyone that tanks literally walked all over any adc, even though they had less farm, lower level, cheaper items? Do I really have to pickup videos of Tyler1 playing DRAVEN fucking DRAVEN one of fastest scalling Adcies, dying to 0 6 malphite? Do I really have to remind everyone what were forums about just year ago?

Teamfights revolve around how well you can play around your Tanks as they are usually the engage/disengage.

There are types of teamfights, there is poke comp where you try to wear down your enemy before they can engage, there is disengage team comp that can go in but pull out when things dont go well, there is engage comp where you go all in and hope for the best, there is flanker team comp where you surprise your enemy. Then there are teamfights focused on tanks. ENGAGE. Tank meta just removed 3 teamcomps. Congratulations. So much variety.

It focuses every role to their main goal instead of the clown fiestas

Tank metas are clown fiestas. Like literally fiesta. Both tanks engage while backline does backline thing either they run or they attack. Assasin meta? EVERYONE has to watch out for the target , EVERYONE can focus on protecting the victim. Adc meta? EVERYONE focuses ADC.

that go on now where a mage or assassin just erases 3 people regardless of their items.

Just a reminder that runes got buffed over and over again after last tank meta ended. You know, after LCS viewership dropped by 50%. After live audience started cheering for ward kills. Because thats how boring tank meta was.

The issue came when ADC's were strong enough to 4 shot Tanks and games became too boring because people were too scared to do anything.

Again, adc got buffed because tanks were unstoppable. No counterpicks on top. No mage could kill them either. They were better than any fighter at everything. Yes, adc was an issue, but the issue has a cause.

The ADC meta is one of the worst metas, games were ridiculously long because the ADC had the potential to walk through 5 enemies and 3 turrets every teamfight, if left unchecked.

So games were ridiculously long or short? Because walking over towers giving your team 1500 gold advantage sounds like short game. Also this issue could be pretty much fixed by buffing towers, not by removing whole champion class from the game.

Tanks were useless, in fact most defensive stats were useless.

Tfw, most picked top laner was Sion with 56% win rate. Tfw singed was top tier pick for several patches with high pick rate as well. But yeah tanks were useless. Also dont acnt like defense stats affect only tanks. Also dont act like tanks are affected by it most. All tanks have double scallings. Which makes 0 sense but you can build any offensive+hp item and you get much more value than any fighter. Tanks are never going to be useless. Because CC on tanks is always going to be overpowered.

The only good supports were those that could buff or peel, because Assassins were the only thing that could check the ADC.

WRONG. JESUS CHRIST SO WRONG. Not only assassins were absolute dog shit during this meta and had to be buffed several patches in row, ZED GOT BUFFED SEVERAL PATCHES IN ROW. But also the reason why enchanters were strong is because they were strong. They kept nerfing all melee support items. Gold you could get on leona braum rakkan alistar was worse and worse. Also ardents censer. Any champ that could use it was good. Enchanters could use it. Coincidence? I think not. Enchanters were strong because censer is strong. Because enchanter items are too cheap for the value they bring. Play the lane before you say something so retarded.

So Supports that made them useless were meta, everything else was trash. Everyone was expendable except for the ADC and all gold went to them or else the enemy ADC would walk over your team.

Leona counters any assasin. she was absolute garbage. Know why? She cant use ardents, she cant use redemption, she builds targons. She is my dream support. CC for days and buff to damage. And she was absolute garbage. Its not about supports that made them useless, its about supports that can act like cock sleeve for adc and let them abuse your holes.

Mage Meta was more of a single build, whatever mages used that build effectively and had the CC to peel themselves were the Meta.

Single build sounds like great way to balance the fucking game. Yeah I know seeing same items on 17 different mages is kinda boring. But you see 17 different mages! If champions with that build are weak, buff the champion. Now you see 18 different mages. And its not like there was absolutely no variety. Tear + liadrys on cassio was the shit.

This build allowed them to one-shot a single person or almost erase the enemy team.

No. Magic damage is garbage. 1 item negates half your burst. another negates your sustained damage to the shit. Stop acting like mages were that strong EVER.

Late game it was a race to see which mage could penta the enemy first.

NO. Literally no. Only champ that could do it was anivia. Slowest, clunkiest, "hardest" champion in the god damn game. All mages have weaknesses, none have that amount of damage without being crippled in some way. Maybe ahri is sorta too mobile for the damage she has. But she is also quite shit in lategame. So the rave for penta ends by mid game.

Support meta is boring.

Not gona argue

Bruiser Meta, I agree with ya. There can never be a true Bruiser Meta because other roles are going to abuse their items better than Bruisers can.

Same.

Stephenizgod1 votes

What Meta's are you talking about? How long have you been around? A lot of what you are describing is fairly recent, like within the last year. I am more talking earlier on in the history of League. Like before season 6.

Slythrin Umbreon1 votes

I think there was a bruiser meta because of cleaver at one point, but that was a log time ago or maybe because of the penetration mechanic changes, whenever those even happened... Dunno. It's been awhile.

TyroneWatermelon3 votes

in my opinion tank meta was the best meta. No instakills No over reliance on camps Wet noodle fights are the best Assassins couldn't instantly kill them like they're nothing and marksmen couldn't shred them until late game like they're supposed to (except vayne because she's a braindead tumor)

Lets have shrex2 votes

Tbh I'd love a more "balanced" tank meta. I feel like it's the most enjoyable one, biggest issue is that tanks in this state will simply deal too much damage and prevent anything else from being picked. A "tank meta" with tanks actually dealing less damage would be far more enjoyable because you'd actually feel like outplaying someone (dodging things and managing to kill the guy). But y'all remember Ornn over-buff after his release 100-0 with one rotation with item 3800

jocomotion1 votes

Oh god don’t remind me of Ornn . I don’t like goat man. Now he’s bearable but goat man hurt way too much before.

kurnubego1 votes

That's usually the one which requires most skill, due to the room of outplays longevity provides and windows for team communication through fights. Something which is rather absent in high damage metas as there is little tactic in who gets to blink first.

I suppose the later chaos can be fun to watch for a while, it gets dull rather soon too, as people learn the risk and simply stop risking it after fooling around a bit.

RekSai CoffeeCo2 votes

Riot Scuttle crab meta

Riot introduces a "mini objective" to limit river vision, reduce jungle diversity (they lied about increasing/improving it).

Jungle camps experience nerfed hard leaving solo junglers under level of solo laners usually for 6 mins in game up to new mid game of 10 (mid game used to be further along) by 2-4 levels making only early ganking or dueling junglers meta, removing a lot of tanks/ap and late scaling junglers.

Duo Junglers on other hand played a carry jungler teamed with a support in lane by taking jungle and a lane (as really only way jungle has any real impact in scuttle crab meta).

Riot then proceeds to nerf junglers who were barely in the fray (Not the S tier junglers but the B-F grade junglers).

kurnubego1 votes

Maybe people try things with hope of making them better but due to a lot of variables, so many that such of yourself wouldn't be able to make a single good thing out of, it backfires a bit?

What's up with "lie" thing here?

RekSai CoffeeCo1 votes

{quoted}

Maybe people try things with hope of making them better but due to a lot of variables, so many that such of yourself wouldn't be able to make a single good thing out of, it backfires a bit?

What's up with "lie" thing here?

How scuttle crab meta would bring diversity to jungle.

Netorare2 votes

Tank and mage meta will always be the most balanced ones.

Arcane Blue Boi2 votes

Well atleast during mage metas there are more than 3 picks viable midlane :^)

Zed Talon Fizz

MasterDClone1 votes

This post summs it up

TakaDama1 votes

There was a bruiser meta, also known as the duo top black cleaver meta (when black cleaver's armor shred wasnt a unique passive). I believe they either removed black cleaver for the time being or actually put in the unique passive mechanic without removing it.

FCJAAAAGOOOO1 votes

Bruiser Meta = Metagolem. Zero item diversity. But at the same time it's pretty fun lol.

remakoro1 votes

The frustrating Meta no. No. No stop it. Stuns. Roots. Heals. Shields. Ärdëñt çēńߌR. This Meta is frustrating. Making plays usually results in your death since the overbearing utility will always punish the risk you just took to make said play. it’s frustrating when you try your best but don’t succeed all because Soraka presses R.

You mixing things up. Pretty sure you mean Enchanter or utility meta.

Bruiser Meta the Rare one bruisers? You mean tanks. No? You mean carries? No. Like bruiser-bruisers? The I build both damage and tank? Not just one?. this Meta usually doesn’t happen because it usually gets overshadowed by tank or damage meta’s. If a certain playstyles too good then that playstyle will be abused. But bruisers such a mixed bag that it’s rare to pick it and is usually a mix between fun and hopeless.

It "rarely" happens cuz people actually have no idea whom they should consider bruisers and as you said it gets overshadowed by other more extreme problems. We already had several cases of bruisers being extremely dominant in the meta during those years.

ApollyonBainer1 votes

What meta are we in again?

jocomotion2 votes

That is an excellent question. I’d guess the assassin Meta.

ApollyonBainer1 votes

Ok but why does almost everyone play brand/vlad/swain bot. Is this to counter the pyke and lethality adcs like MF or Jhin?? Hypothetically. And how do we fix bot lane? A new support meta making already op champs like Lulu Stronger?

jocomotion1 votes

No ADC’s are in a terrible spot is all. They still scale hard but early to mid game sucks. That’s the main reason bruisers went bot. Honestly though I like the new Meta. It’s fun doing different bot lane comps. And Lulu right now is just decent, haven’t really had any problems with her as of late.

ApollyonBainer1 votes

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No ADC’s are in a terrible spot is all. They still scale hard but early to mid game sucks. That’s the main reason bruisers went bot. Honestly though I like the new Meta. It’s fun doing different bot lane comps. And Lulu right now is just decent, haven’t really had any problems with her as of late.

I've found that they need way more gold than other champs. And if they die a few times early on it really holds them back until late game. I think its just rewarding good play which is good, but it is also punishing mistakes. And honestly some of those mistakes cant be avoided in solo/duo.

I think the diff bot comp thing is ok its good to keep it fresh but man I am sick of vlad.

And tbh a good lulu is a lethal force imo

hi ìm groot1 votes

I agree with most of this except the part about adc metas being boring seems bias'd. ADC metas are the most fun imo because thats the only meta that league starts to look like a team game. When any of the other things are meta, its just about them solo carrying. When adc's are meta, its about teamfights and long drawn out games to secure objectives and play smart. I've always been an ADC off role, but I wasn't adc main during last adc meta, I was supportive junglers like ivern/sej and played around my adc and it was fun. I miss that shit over the borderline first person shooter leagues become S8.

jocomotion1 votes

Ok first. The whole list is biased. Literally EVERYTHING I wrote up there is personal opinion. Second yes league is a team game, and ADC is a team reliant role, but that’s not really my beef. Third, I hate long games. I really do. I don’t like super short ones either but games where one smart move like an early rift herald can swing the momentum of the game in your favor while not COMPLETELY stomping the other side is my ideal.

Sharuken1 votes

Tank meta = best meta fite me

Yuvn Ti1 votes

Mage meta come back please

Make Ahri Anivia Annie etc great again

Arcane Blue Boi1 votes

what? its so much more fun to only see 4 champions midlane Zed Talon Fizz Yasuo

Yuvn Ti1 votes

I have hated Talon since I started playing (Around when jinx came out) and I haven't stopped hating him since. Fuck Talon

Steel Blossom1 votes

lol it hasn't REALLY been assassin meta since like s3/s4. Back then, Zed can ult your backline and then turn around to shred tanks with his BotRK+LW. Since a fed assassin could get all the penetration he needed in 2 items, he would then be able to invest in DPS and lifesteal items to become a melee hypercarry. If they had 5 people's worth of gold, they could literally do 5 people's worth of work in terms of killing the enemy team.

DNFVixen1 votes

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Tank Meta

  • honestly this is the safest Meta in League, as long as tanks are Meta for being hard to kill that is.
  • If a tanks Meta for our dueling bruisers and being impossible to kill while still providing utility via CC, then it’s a problem. However that is exceptionally rare. Someone like Mundo can our duel most champs and is near impossible to kill, but provides no hard CC fans only single target soft CC.
  • Icall it the safe Meta because when tanks are Meta defensive stats are too, and literally anyone can build at least one defensive item and still do well despite not dealing a lot of damage.

Assassin Meta

  • The volitile Meta
  • Assassins are usually Meta from a random combo of two things. 1: champions who counter assassins by either granting easy CC or negating damage are weak 2: there’s too many damage options in the game
  • this Meta is known as the Volitile one because everything happens so fast. You usually get gold, kills, deaths, items, and games done in the blink of an eye, but for a lot of people you can’t enjoy little moments because of this.

ADC Meta

  • The Boring Meta
  • ADC’s being Meta means only one thing. Long, dragged out games that force people to cower from the guns of the ADC’s.
  • While one May think it’s similar to the damage heavy assassins, in truth it’s actually the opposite. Most games drag out way too long as farming and objective control take hold over kills or diving.
  • just stall till * yawn* late game.

Mage Meta

  • the Monopoly Meta
  • Talon? Why are you choosing Talon mid? Don’t you know mages are Meta? Don’t pick talon. Don’t go Zed either. Or Leblanc.
  • I call this the monopoly Meta because when Mages are the best there’s not much need for other options. They one Shot like assassins, have range like carries, can usually peel/protect themselves and are extremely dominant when even a little too good.

Support Meta

  • The frustrating Meta
  • no. No. No stop it. Stuns. Roots. Heals. Shields. Ärdëñt çēńߌR. This Meta is frustrating. Making plays usually results in your death since the overbearing utility will always punish the risk you just took to make said play.
  • it’s frustrating when you try your best but don’t succeed all because Soraka presses R.

Bruiser Meta

  • the Rare one
  • bruisers? You mean tanks. No? You mean carries? No. Like bruiser-bruisers? The I build both damage and tank? Not just one?.
  • this Meta usually doesn’t happen because it usually gets overshadowed by tank or damage meta’s. If a certain playstyles too good then that playstyle will be abused. But bruisers such a mixed bag that it’s rare to pick it and is usually a mix between fun and hopeless.

I miss seasons 4 and 5......

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