How exactly does turning Jungle and Bot Lane into loot Pinata for Mid fix Top Lane?

Holgranth·10/16/2019, 12:17:12 PM·8 votes·4,522 views

The XP changes will buff Mid 2-3x more than Top. Mid can roam bot or invade jungle for free kills any time past level 5-6. Mid can dictate the fights around the dragon spawns even more.

Why not add an extra caster minion or something to top lane to give them a slight gold and XP edge? Why not find a top lane specific solution to a top lane specific problem? Instead of nerfing three other roles, two of which are very unpopular right now? Best of all buffing the most popular and arguably most powerful role in the game even further? Why? Why is THIS your solution?

How do you not understand cause and effect? How do you not see the broader consequences of your actions?

9 Comments

OtterlyLost10/16/2019, 1:08:25 PM4 votes

In general, I find the changes to Exp and the new "alcove" distasteful. They essentially added new gank positions for junglers... without providing any buffs or meaningful changes to vision.

Also, it isnt just them screwing ADCs over with exp changes. It's also now them pretty much removing the option for many champions to go bot; having to share exp eaz the primary reason a lot of champions didn't go bot in the first place. :/ it made getting your skills leveled up hard.

Now bot lane is just going to be easier to gank because they gave a new, easier route to lane ganks, the champions in it will be far behind the other lanes as far as level, and they made limited changes to no changes to the free ward trinket to help prevent any of this. I dont think I'll be returning for season 10. Bot lane has literally just been a free meal for junglers and mid and, even rarely, the top lane for two or three seasons now. Its exhausting and frustrating and instead of doing anything about it(like moving dragon the fuck away or putting it somewhere more centralized or even just having its spawn location random between baron pit and dragon pit for like the first 20 minutes) they just keep pumping in more and new ways to make the fucking lane harder.

I'm honestly done. Adding more pressure to an already volatile and high pressure lane like bot lane is not what anyone wanted, Riot.

preternatural10/16/2019, 12:21:41 PM2 votes

welp at least i get to actually solo lane now.

Syrile10/16/2019, 4:13:22 PM2 votes

Rito "Logic" 101:

Top lane is not strong enough (tell that to the entirety of the game that realizes top lane is in the best spot it has been in ages, if not ever) because of the broken strategies they forced us to use by wrecking mid and bot lane metas.... Oh, I get it, Nerf bot lane and JG more so Top laners feel more important. Wait... what?

Daddy Ants10/16/2019, 6:36:36 PM2 votes

Literally considering playing Vayne top exclusively in S10.

DOUBLE TAPPED E10/16/2019, 6:40:34 PM1 votes

Wait... JG and Bot aren't already loot pinata?

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