Honest Opinion on Plants

Nami in Bush·Dec 14, 2016·19 votes·1,061 views

They tried to fix something that wasn't broken.

They don't add any more 'depth' to the Jungle, which was their goal. It is literally just

a free taxi escape when you get caught or go really deep into enemy territory. Creates more snowballing for the team that can dive towers.
a huge pink ward that lasts for 10 seconds. Creates more snowballing for players who can contest wards or objectives.
unneeded sustain for all players on the map. Creates more snowballing for players that are pushed up and can leave lane for a second

There is no point where I've been hit by any plant and gone 'wow i just got outplayed/outplayed them'. It just feels stupid and unnecessary, no matter how many times they help me, my team, or the enemy team.

20 Comments

Packun FlowerDec 14, 20168 votes

Plants are not being well recieved by the player base right now but we all know Riot doesnt give 2 shits on what its playerbase thinks.

Nami in BushDec 14, 20162 votes

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Plants are not being well recieved by the player base right now but we all know Riot doesnt give 2 shits on what its playerbase thinks.

They've been out for a while. They feel retarded.

Literally a free hop into dragon pit, saving gapcloser for escape.

Hop over wall into River bush for gank, no time to react even if warded.

Free escape

Free, no-risk warding

DracocrashDec 14, 20168 votes

fuck plants. If i chase the enemy into the jungle and get trapped by 3 people I deserve to die, not hit a blast cone and fly to hawaii for an all expense paid trip.

coreychichiDec 14, 20161 votes

This

RookPusherDec 15, 20161 votes

If you ruin my trip to Hawaii I will never forgive you.

FioraWillCarryDec 14, 20168 votes

I personally love plants. It made the game a bit more fun.

VolcanuzDec 14, 20161 votes

This. I have had more crazy plays used off the plants than i ever had from jungle smite buffs. The ability to escape or stop people chasing. Or giving huge vision to scare people off/kill wards without lens. That heal up after a hectic fight then getting into another. Using the heal plant to slow enemy down. Heal plant not fully used showing me that someone was just there.

Its pretty nice and i def wouldn't say it is random, plants always seem to be there at certain times for me unless someone used it of course.

The real RNG we need changed is the damn dragon. Having a jungler who can't do the dragon early or fast means the team who does have the better dragon killing team will get crazy buffs. 3 mountain or 3 infernal is so oppressive it isn't funny. I can't even explain how much a difference 2-3 mountain make on a split push team its just insane. Or if you have a trist/jinx. I once got 2 mountain on jinx in my normal build, took towers down in 6 seconds with two attk speed items only. It was insane. Guy came to defend tower, i popped it, aimed him and he was dead before he knew it due to my passive procing.

DRAGONS ARE THE THING WE NEED LOOKED AT!

Jeddy017Dec 14, 20163 votes

I'm honestly indifferent to plant & couldn't careless if they stay or go. They're just there.

TheGr8WhiteDDec 14, 20163 votes

Honestly, i think from a purely competitive standpoint, plants are probably not the best addition. However, with alot of dated champions (specifically in the jungle) lacking ways to wall jump/move quickly, the bomb plants add a bit of a boost to these champions. theoretically making more champions viable.

However, from a fun perspective, the plants can be pretty trolly and hilarious.

Its kind of a mix for me honestly.

DemainaNyxDec 14, 20162 votes

Yep, they are just there for no real reason and don't really add anything to the game. It's just RNG, which isn't "fair" for lack of a better word.

One auto and a whole team can just launch into dragon/baron. At least before you needed something like Ryze ult to do that, and even that is highly telegraphed.

Playing Lux support and oom already, just stroll through river to ward, pick up plant, return to lane to harass some more.

I think I want to counter jungle, better hit this plant at the enemy jungle entrance to make absolutely sure no one is in this side of the jungle before I venture forward.

Rocnation98Dec 14, 20162 votes

Honestly im okay with the blast cone, if i run into the jg and i know its there and i know i can use it as an escape if i get trapped. What is broken is the free sustain the Honey fruit provides for laners and the true vison provided by a plant.

Rank BatteryDec 14, 20162 votes

Ok that's your opinion. I love the plants

A Basic IslandDec 14, 20161 votes

maybe to a laner, but as a jungler i feel they actually add quite a bit.

The red plant makes ganking Blue top and purple bot soo much easier since you can hit it and end up in red brush. This sort of adds a "when do i use this for my gank" type of thought process. If the plants not there and rivers warded pulling a gank off is much more difficult.

personally dislike blue plant, and i also like the heal plants as well.

coreychichiDec 14, 20162 votes

Lol stupid me spending my hard earned support gold to ward river. How dare I actually make your gank harder by you know, actively using my resources. You certainly deserve to fuck me with a free plant.

A Basic IslandDec 15, 20161 votes

Learn to adapt?

Are you saying you're not smart enough to ward over the ledge or pop the plant yourself?

Is placing a ward over the ledge really that hard? Guess so. Maybe support isn't your role if you can't ward.

FirmusDec 14, 20161 votes

i think they were not needed, but now that there here they add something fresh to the game and players need to adapt to them, most people complaining about them dont know how to use them efficiently

ÏnsidiousDec 14, 20161 votes

They give teams more to fight over. Honeyfruit in the rivers especially, at least in the botlane are really interesting. Scrying Blooms are alright, I dont really have an opinion either way, but blasting cones seem unnecessary before as a jungler you had to risk your flash or escape ability to get into objectives and steal them. Now you can save them until after you have smited the buff to get away. They can be used to escape fights also, which is bad because it allows you to be outplayed and still live

GULAG 4 UDec 14, 20161 votes

I don't mind any of the plants tbh, i only get annoyed by the explosive ones, everything else is fine imo

coreychichiDec 14, 20161 votes

They bring no intrinsic value to the game imo. Rng idiocy. But #LCSBIGPLAYS

ForFoxSakesDec 14, 20161 votes

The vision plant is a bit OP. I can walk into their jungle, tag that cone to reveal their entire jungle to let me know if they are there or if there's any of their camps open for my invade to steal with very little risk since it'll show if they have their own jg warded too.