Need more META diversity

Mohrb·2/1/2016, 2:33:38 AM·1 votes·478 views

Not going to suggest that other MOBAs are better... but League has had too stagnant of a meta for too long. Most dota2 characters have been around for years before LoL was conceptualized... and are still essentially unchanged... because instead of constant rebalances and reworks to keep people in line, they have a variety of champions which excel differently. Same with HOTS... apart from some of it's down-sides, my favorite aspect is the specialists. An entire class of champion is there to "do stuff differently" and be particularly good at a certain strategy.

LoL has been stagnant for years. We get new champions who does the same thing we've always done, but slightly different, perhaps with slightly different recommended items. We need -different- mechanics. I'd really like to see champions which allow for different strategies. Not just buy wards and stall until ADC fed.

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Mohrb2/1/2016, 4:57:43 AM1 votes

I wanna see a champion that specializes in vision and map control. Tham Kench has the potential to bring another ally to a team fight, which is great... Quinn and Reksai enhance vision a bit.

I wanna see a champion similar to Yorick and Zyra's ability to spawn minions... but one specifically designed to be super push heavy. Right now the other minions won't hit towers, and tend to be 1-shot by them. I wanna see a champion who sacrifices some team-fight ability with a specialization in pushing an mobility.

I wanna see champions that are personally pretty weak, but specialize in -significant- buffs and debuffs. Like Taric and Lulu before the nerfs and all the aura items went away.

Speaking of Lulu, we have her, Janna, Nidalee, Nami and Sona with buffs that specifically help right-clickers (on-hit effects, AD buffs, aspd buffs)... but no supports designed specifically to backup AP champs/casters. At the start of season 3 with a WotA, Lulu could give an ally +90 AP and 15% spell vamp... Then, 3.14 hit and "no more AP buffs ever again. But, you get an AP ratio on your move speed buff!" I want at least one support that specializes in helping someone OTHER than ADCs. Yes, they're the most important in meta... but variety is a good thing.

I wanna go back to when people designed champions with a concept "We should make a champion that's a tree!/Dragon!/etc. and making a kit around that and seeing where he ends up.... and less "We need to make another top lane bruiser that doesn't upset the meta." and then drawing something that has something to do with this combination of "skill shot, skill shot, escape mechanism, AD boost."