A few tips to help balance League
Maybe no one will pay attention to this because everyone seems to think that League is the most balanced MOBA in existence; I completely disagree with this belief but to each his own belief. However, I have sadly discovered that in Ranked the commonly used method is to use OP champs for an easy win: enter
,
,
, and the list goes on. If it's not OP champs then the champs chosen are, who are non-affectionately referred to as, tryhard champs, enter:
,
,
, and the list goes on.
This occurrence limits the ranked system to about 20 champs when the pool is 128 if I counted correctly. Even Riot has stated that this is the phenomenon that they were not hoping to achieve. The problem is that the response to that seems to have been make everyone else even more OP. I know game development and balance is a very tricky and delicate thing to achieve, and honestly, it must be part of the fun in designing the game; who ever wants to achieve perfection? So, in an effort to make some of OP champs less viable, I have a few suggestions to make.
is a pain in the ass, we all know it. If I am ADC, I am pretty much screwed if my team is dead or I am just doing a bit of jungling. Instead of making
have a -10% from critical's passive, remove its slow active and replace it with an immunity to critical hits for a short duration (if you want a slowing aura give it, as an active, to
, it makes more sense to me anyway). In the same vein, why doesn't a
exist for ADC's? It only makes sense, especially when a player is destined to play against a
. What I recommend, however is an item makes a champ invincible to physical harm for a duration but increases the amount of magic damage they receive. It seems like a good balance. Lastly, there should be an item which can silence a certain area. League has boiled down to spamming spells and become a lot less about skill. Disabling magic spammers like, unskilled
players who win simply because her range, cooldown and damage will teach players to be more thoughtful about using their skills. Please bring back
and invisible
. Playing against champs like
,
,
or especially the ever invisible
requires it.