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Why is it okay to be toxic about someone picking non meta?

MrEnder··2 votes·559 views

Alright I've always liked to look for unique play styles to find new edges or advantages in the game. Some of them work out incredibly well some of them are on par with other champions.

For instance I love AP shaco support and I often do very well with AP shaco support. To be specific I win lane 90% of the time.

Yet 80% of games in champ select they ban my pick if I show I'm going to be shaco support. If I don't show and pick it then I get "you know you are support right?" and I say "yes I know I main shaco support" or something along those lines. Then I hear "Reporting you", "If you feed I'm reporting", "Omg troll I'm trolling too" and then people intentionally do troll picks. You get into game you do fantastic and you still hear "troll support isn't supporting" or "troll shaco report him"... I can finish game with top damage, top assists, top kills, win lane, have least deaths... And 50% of the time EVEN with all of that EVEN if we win... I have someone saying to report me...

There is no definition of what a support is. Its just someone you take bottom lane to win the lane with. Just we know the support doesn't steal CS from the ADC that is like the only golden rule of the support don't take CS.

Now I get punished for playing non meta champions even if I do well... yet the players who trolled me for playing a champion in a position i love are cheered on...

Please someone explain how this is correct or even fair?

8 Comments

rtbf2216514121 votes

Don't say you are going to pick. Afterwards pick it. This is what I have done.

MrEnder1 votes

I do that now =\ but i shouldn't have to. I also shouldn't be harassed because of my pick =\

rtbf2216514121 votes

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I do that now =\ but i shouldn't have to. I also shouldn't be harassed because of my pick =\

I did Ashe support (Extremely strange build and was complicated to figure out)

People called me stupid.

15 mins in...

I had better K/D/A. (Not intentionally either and wasn't building DPS)

I laughed.

Ingénue1 votes

Even though they may report you, you can't actually be punished for picking off meta champions.

It isn't ok for people to be toxic towards you and try to solicit reports. This is reportable behaviour that can actually be punished. Be sure to report players like that in the end-game screen ^.^

MrEnder1 votes

Agreed Princess I understand that yes but when Riot talks about what is and isn't toxic they almost never address this =
Its always "no racism" "no insulting" so forth so on. Its never "let people play the champions they want to"

MrEnder1 votes

I've seen it work in the past =\ not sure if I'd use it now would have to research it more... but shaco can make your lane very hard to gank with jack in the box placement... he has a great slow and incredible nuke damage especially early game. He doesn't need flash so he can take tele and even help other lanes. So much potential 0.0 yet people bitch about it...

zlumpy1 votes

I don't see why shaco wouldn't make for a great support. 2 peels, a planned ahead escape route, can go full ham and ditch if it goes south, can bait out tons of stuff with a good ult, and he can build a ton of various routes. If anything counter jungle and support are both perfect for him. Glad to know there are people being succesful on him in a weird spot. Makes ne wanna try other non traditional roles.

(Playing with the idea of doing a kindred/bard bot pair and building kindred like twitch.)

MrEnder1 votes

Twitch Zilean combo is fun you get a stealth bomber ^.^

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