I just got back onto the game but I already feel like leaving,
I first played league 2 years ago around my birthday because I wanted something new to do and I'd heard it was a great game. Took me a couple of shots download it (I was too impatient for the long download time lol) but I finally got it running. I was literally hooked on the first game. I played it as much as I could for something like the next 6 months. I was forced to quit when my laptop basically fried itself (dont know if it was a virus or just over used) and it really really bummed me out that I couldnt play league anymore.
I finally got a new laptop a few weeks ago and the first thing I did was install league. I was extremely excited to see what had changed since I'd left and I really looked forward to my first game (no matter how rusty I'd be). The first bunch of games went ok. I started getting used to things again and I found that most of my old mains were still really viable. Recently though I started losing a lot. At first I thought it was just because I decided to start ranking a few days ago and maybe I just wasn't ready. Thats when I started looking at stats and paying attention to enemies though.
I've come to realize that the meta is pretty much a horror show of insanely strong champions with no real tactic involved. 2 years ago, whenever I played Ahri, I had to time my abilities and use them in a way that would benefit me. Started playing her now and I came to realize that my damage just revolves around button mashing. Counter building? Pretty much non existent. Started with 2 armor items in one game and I still got my ass handed to me by every AD champion in the game.
I don't even want to start on all the overpowered champions in the meta. I played 3 ranked games last night. 1st one I was against a Shaco who started off getting bullied but eventually was able to 3 shot any of us. 2nd one had a Xayah/TF who, granted they were fed, pretty much chunked me down despite my full build tankiness on Urgot. 3rd game was the worst since it involved me getting literally 3 shot in the first minute of the game starting by a Pantheon. He proceeded to try and turret dive me just 2 - 3 minutes into the game and got out with most of his HP. Game was nothing but all of us getting 1 and 2 shot by a Pantheon who only had 1 or 2 damage items. Not including how every time I end up against a Yi and we dont finish the game by something like 25 minutes then its pretty much a loss.
It just feels to me like Riot made 70 - 80% of the champions insanely busted so that any player can "play well" without really trying. Its just made the game un-fun and a real bore/frustration to play. I also heard that Riot isn't really going to address the busted champions next patch. I'm honestly this close to just quitting the game. I knwo that 2 years ago when I first started playing that tanks were pretty much 1v4ers, but I'd honestly rather go back to that than this.
couldn't oneshot you the second you moved away from the team's support.