Monthly Reminder That Twisted Treeline is a Stain on League of Legends

Twillie·Apr 12, 2019·82 votes·17,627 views

Also wondering when they're going to do something about it, but then again they are a small indie company and 5v5 should be their focus. It's been 4 years since the last 3v3 update. Check out my post 2 months ago where I go much more in depth: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/hWms1gJ4-the-neglect-and-subsequent-effects-of-twisted-treeline-3v3?comment=00060000

I mean not that it matters, it's not like it had any impact.

53 Comments

boricCentaur1Apr 12, 201929 votes

Riot should just get rid of it since blitz was not made permanent due to player count and they got rid dominion for low player count and not being updated and im 80% sure if you took out the bots and that people that play it to get gold for the skin it would have a similar player count to dominion.

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

Agreed. If only Riot would address this at all or give it literally any shred of attention. It's such a joke... if they cared about their reputation at all they would do something about it considering its current state.

Wert the WackyApr 12, 20194 votes

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Riot should just get rid of it since blitz was not made permanent due to player count and they got rid dominion for low player count and not being updated and im 80% sure if you took out the bots and that people that play it to get gold for the skin it would have a similar player count to dominion.

You can get the gold skin from Twisted? Looks like we’ve got a new Twisted Treeline player.

boricCentaur1Apr 12, 20191 votes

Yes it's any gold in any mode but also there is a specific chroma for each mode too so if you have gold in all 3 modes you get all 3 chromas too.

OrangeMarineApr 12, 20191 votes

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Riot should just get rid of it since blitz was not made permanent due to player count and they got rid dominion for low player count and not being updated and im 80% sure if you took out the bots and that people that play it to get gold for the skin it would have a similar player count to dominion.

idk i don't think they should remove it; they will piss off the people that actually enjoy it and possibly lose them as players. They probbly learned this from dominion removal. dominion had a small small following, but there were players that played a lot of it and I recall a small uproar about it.

boricCentaur1Apr 12, 20192 votes

I was one of the players that played dominion and if I can't have my map they shouldn't have theirs and if ttt gets removed they complain ill say where you when dominion got removed.

ITZ ICYApr 13, 20191 votes

But that's the point, many people will play 3v3 to get gold and they wouldn't play league in that time otherwise.

Shiroe OkazakiApr 12, 201913 votes

i don't want them to touch twisted treeline tbh. I really like the game mode and i think the first thing they would do is nerf tanks. It's the only palce where tanks are actually good.

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

I would agree to some extent, but you can't tell me that a 4 year old game mode in a constantly evolving and updating meta/game state is going to be balanced and/or not needing changes.

Rowan GoldtreeApr 13, 20191 votes

Do you play it? It's definitely more balanced than 5s

SaezioJun 11, 20191 votes

Errr. no it's not. You can straight up get a 3man and funnel your way to diamond with 0 resistance even if you are 3 silver/gold players in normal League.

cabbysbApr 12, 20198 votes

I want dominion back. And... can we just go back to before season 8?? I'll take anything around season 5 or so. Thanks!

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

Agreed.

T2K BakaApr 13, 20191 votes

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I want dominion back. And... can we just go back to before season 8?? I'll take anything around season 5 or so. Thanks!

Honestly Dominon wasn't even bad. I kinda enjoyed it since it was different from SR, TT, ARAM. No getting towers, but a king of the hill kind of thing. They got rid of it cuz nobody played it, nobody played it cuz it was never updated. And they wonder why it had low player count

Z3SleeperApr 13, 20191 votes

I used to play it a ton. I played it more than SR when it existed. I was a bot lane Dominion main. Fitting for me since I'm a top lane main. I was used to the 1v1 bruiser battle with the occasional roam and random ~~jungler~~ teammate/enemy ganks.

FSRERApr 12, 20197 votes

Shush, don't remind them that Twisted treeline exsists or it may end up like dominion

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

Very true

kargishApr 12, 20197 votes

If 5v5 and ARAM becomes the only maps for LoL I'll just uninstall

Stone766Apr 12, 20196 votes

TT has a community tho and it's really fun to play when 5v5 is toxic

TwillieApr 12, 20193 votes

I agree the idea of a 3v3 map is really cool and fun in theory, especially if you only play with two other friends. However, that fact that it hasn't been updated in 4 years means that there is no possible way it is in a proper and balanced state.

Stone766Apr 12, 20196 votes

Yeah but riot doesnt even update 5v5 anymore they just make rushed skins xd

MackzJun 11, 20191 votes

Queue dunkmaster ivern

BeatzBoyFTWApr 12, 20191 votes

The question is how "big" is that community even? If it's just as big as Dominion before it got remove, then it just feels meaningless to let it stay.

titn esthynApr 12, 20195 votes

Getting rid of support items is the key to success

TwillieApr 12, 20194 votes

Yeah and there's a lot more solutions too, but a 15 BILLION dollar company can't even take a look into 3's. Pathetic.

BeatzBoyFTWApr 12, 20191 votes

I prefer support items over buying a item 1004 & watch myself starving for gold while being unable to farm a single minion.

DeleteSuppRoleApr 12, 20191 votes

Getting rid of supports entirely is the key to success

SaezioApr 12, 20195 votes

Just delete TT ranked. Why the fuck does it even exist? Might as well make ranked Blitz then. xD

TwillieApr 12, 20192 votes

Yeah with literally no updating they might as well

Milky ThighsApr 13, 20194 votes

It needs some serious changes, but I actually like TT. Instead of 4 other idiots, you only get 2.

ModRowanstarApr 12, 20193 votes

i like playing there as it gives alternate play to doing 5v5 all the time.

TwillieApr 12, 20192 votes

I agree and the only reason I play it is because I have two other friends that consistently play, so 3v3 is such an appealing mode. However, everyone here would also agree that with a constantly shifting meta and given the sheer neglect from Riot (again FOUR YEARS), it has become a completely trash game mode.

Rowan GoldtreeApr 13, 20193 votes

I don't know, it definitely needs attention and hasn't gotten any, but I think it's been better than 5s since at least season 7. It has an actual community that takes ranked seriously, idt it should be compared to aram or dominion, let alone blitz. Even as it is now, if Riot gave it any attention at all, say, an event, more people would play it.

Madsin25Apr 12, 20192 votes

You saying it hasn't been balanced in 4 years is a lie. It actually was updated with the funneling update which made it very fun to play for awhile.

They then for some reason REVERTED the funneling nerf and now it is shit boring funneling again.

You can actually have dragged out fun fights in 3s(to an extent) because its not a 5v5 death fiesta where everyone just blows up in .5.

TwillieApr 12, 20192 votes

Not sure what you are referring to. Are you talking about the 5v5 changes that happened to effect 3v3? Or are you talking about the 50g increase for the support items on Patch 8.6? Either way, Riot did not intent to update TT and they obviously did not make any different on it. And for argument's sake, maybe Riot did implement a funneling nerf. That is still one update in 4 years, which is absurd.

Madsin25Apr 12, 20191 votes

You wanting something to dissapear because it doesn't get updated is what is absurd.

Let's start counting the champs that havn't had a balance change in a year or more and delete them.

TwillieApr 12, 20193 votes

When have I ever said I wanted it deleted? I love grinding 3's with my buddies, but the game mode is horribly flawed and something needs to be done.

Swiff SwishApr 12, 20191 votes

It would be really cool if RIOT made a new group in their company to sole focus on Twisted Treeline. I really like the map design and the jungle is really cool. I think to let that go would be really sad. Even though I don't play Twisted Treeline that much, the times that I do play it I have so much fun. They should put some love in it if they can instead of scrapping it, that is just my opinion though.

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

Completely agree. There are always glimpses of what 3v3 could actually be with even just a SINGLE update.

FlemmanApr 12, 20191 votes

before balance attention for the mode (even if needed like the funnel comp still being crazy), I would really like it to be less punishing for playing it.

In the last few month, the game mode got exclude from pass reward (meaning if you play it while having pass active, you were actually losing money), harrowing mission weren't all achievable in TT, you get half the point toward the reward stuff for winning a ranked game in 3v3

Adding to that the fact we still can't win token for S grade in 3v3 (they said they would think about it latter, it's been what, 2/3 year?) just because they made sure to always talk about aram being random when this request show up (mastery system of aram/tt shouldn't be the same imo)

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

Agreed.

gragaaaaaaaasApr 12, 20191 votes

edit: 15 billion dollar company can't even support other game modes, rotating game modes, etc... because somehow in 2019 their architecture can't possibly handle it.

What a joke.

I still enjoy Twisted Treeline. This game is definitely on a long downward spiral and no "LoL 2.0" on the horizon. No true quality of life updates on the horizon. Just more skins and more abandoned and neglected game modes.

TwillieApr 12, 20191 votes

Couldn't agree more. The potential is there but Riot doesn't give a single shit, at least they haven't for the past 4 years.

Finders KeepersApr 12, 20191 votes

Free chroma ?[slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

DeleteSuppRoleApr 12, 20191 votes

i'd also suggest to revert to the old twisted treeline

aaaustindestroy1Apr 13, 20191 votes

This is the monthly reminder that Twisted Treeline even exists.

yeulxApr 14, 20191 votes

Riot needs to revert all the changes they made to it in the past bring back the old way how twisted treeline use to be played, and then update it off of those bases.. the Current version of twisted treeline is an eyesore.. but the older one use to be much better. if they did that i can see it being played more

metamiloApr 14, 20191 votes

I'd say Riot's treatment of Twisted Treeline is the stain, not the map itself. Though the current version is vastly oversimplified compared to the old one, the small 3v3 map concept is solid.

As someone whose played both the old and new version of the map I have to admit that the new one is much more balanced. However, it is also way oversimplified. I can stand on the altar and kill all 3 jungle camps while protecting against deep ganks. The thing the new map needs most is an expanded and more interesting jungle. That being said, I'd settle for simple bug fixes and the occasional mention in the patch notes about how certain changes affect the map.

Just a disclaimer, I play TT almost exclusively so I may be biased. I much prefer it to SR even in its current state and I treat SR like most people treat TT, just playing enough games to get gold for season rewards.