The smartest thing RIOT ever did was label balance issues as the term "meta"

PapaGreg21··3 votes·622 views

That's all the meta basically is. Whoever is the most favorably unbalanced at the time due to a lack of foresight by riot or intentionally to "keep the game fresh". If we simply started to label these issues as "balance problems," it would showcase that these changes aren't welcome by the majority. Then, people would have better experiences and the boards would be full of more creative and fun additions than the complaint-fest it has been all season.

I don't want to call the next few patches "the dueling jungle meta." I've already had to call season 8 the "mac crashing era" and if I have to play through any more metas this year I'm going to flip out.

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Paroe2 votes

I mean... When you actually look at it, a meta in league of legends is defined as "Who or what deals with marksmen the best" as the game revolves entirely around them.

Marksmen metas are aweful because in a marksmen meta only marksmen can deal with marksmen. In a tank meta people hate it because Tanks CC marksmen so allied marksmen can kill other marksmen. In an assassin meta people hate it because Assassins assassinate marksmen in 1 second or less. In a mage meta people hate it because Mages shouldnt be killing squishies very fast whats wrong with you? In a support meta people hate it because Supports are slaves to the marksman and devote 90% of their gold and time to the marksman.

Even old metas like Atmogs and Tankko followed the same rule.

Colton1471 votes

A Corki Lux Ziggs meta will be most balanced.

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