Stop punishing high skill cap champions.

SorryForYourLoss·6/30/2017, 3:56:46 PM·4 votes·2,433 views

As a Zed main, I have to say it is incredibly frustrating to see champions like Champions that take VERY little skill.

The annoyance is not that they take little skill. It's understandable Rito does this. When starting out we need easier champs while we learn the game. But man, It should not feel as rewarding to combo with a champion like when it takes 10 times the work to hit a good combo.

Can we stop buffing zero skill cap champions and nerfing high skill cap champions? It's to the point it almost feels like anything difficult is being punished rather than rewarded. The higher the skill cap, the more payoff the champions should have.

39 Comments

ZapMyHeart6/30/2017, 5:16:13 PM11 votes

Akali takes more skill, considering she has a terrible early game in comparison. Darius Not an assassin. Diana Have high mana costs. Doesn't have freelo escapes on W and R. One wrong move and it's lights out for moon lady. Fizz takes more skill, considering he doesn't have a great early game either. Heimerdinger Not an assassin. Pantheon No escapes. So-so ult. Also, falls off late game. Talon Meh early game. Mobility is situational outside of R. Doesn't have invincibility frames. Malzahar Not an assassin.

Colgate Gator6/30/2017, 4:03:05 PM10 votes

ITT Yasuo is a high skill Champion.

Wildstyle6/30/2017, 4:19:12 PM8 votes

Darius is a bruiser while Zed is an assassin... They cant really compare.

Trap or a Trick6/30/2017, 4:52:28 PM7 votes

As aN aAtOx mAiN I'm tIreD oF rIot bUffiNg cHamPs ThAt tAke nO sKilL

AR URF6/30/2017, 5:14:26 PM5 votes

You have my upvote. To hell with all the noobs who can only play annie.

rtbf2216514127/3/2017, 5:23:26 PM3 votes

Some of those champions you listed make me wonder if you played league.

LunarStrike7/3/2017, 1:36:27 AM2 votes

Diana isn't easy. You try diving into a teamfights as a squishy melee target with no escape and see if you can survive to get a kill.

Naching7/3/2017, 6:12:46 PM1 votes

hahahahaha

Zed isnt that high skill cap as some people want to show , he is about attack with all you can and back to the start point... There in your list are champs more high skill cap than zed ,and without scapes.. with more risky play and more harder to kill enemies haha

Zed can kill 1 champ in 2 seconds and run out. Yasuo can kill a full team in a few seconds with a good hit.

why will they be more rewarded? you looks typical player that want his mains be the only ones OP always hahah, sorry BIG NO, you will dead when other champs kill you to the pits.

warpenguin5556/30/2017, 5:03:39 PM1 votes

There's more to league than the skillcap of your champion

Requiemsfire7/2/2017, 3:32:07 PM1 votes

Because macro, knowing your limits and decision making aren't a skill, it's all mechanics that matters. ;)

SEKAI7/3/2017, 6:01:00 PM1 votes

The higher the skill cap, the more payoff the champions should have.

No. There shouldn't be.

Because having that skill cap, that extra versatility and flexibility, IS already the payoff in and of itself.

In fact, for game balance purposes, the skill cap is often limited within a reasonable boundary to prevent rambos from appearing. Invokers got reworked in Dota2 for a reason.

I never get why some people are always dressing it like that having more flexibility is a burden than a plus. Everything is there, you just need to practice; is the idea that you need to practice a con in your eyes, when ""low skill cap champs"" just don't get that extra edge no matter how much practice they've done?

Why would you want a reward for your reward that you didn't pay for besides playing them? Wtf?