I Hate How Much Pro Play Affects Us Regular Players

Leo1024·4/17/2017, 5:02:20 AM·5 votes·812 views

So many champions will never be good in regular play because of pro play and that really sucks. I was looking forward to seeing Azir buffed, but as long as a pro picks him, Riot will be so hesitant to buff him because he'll be good in regular play but a monster in pro play. In the case of Taliyah, her playrate was never high, not even on release, she got nerfed hard as hell because of pros, and now she'll never be buffed because the pros can abuse her kit. Same with Shen, sure he CAN be viable, but he needs some buffs, but as long as pros keep playing him, it'll never happen

Some of these champions can be buffed to be good in regular AND pro play instead of too strong, similar to how Lucian has found his way back into the meta. It seems like Riot hates seeing certain champions (Azir, Kalista, Taliyah, Shen, etc.) being played anywhere but pro play. And as long as their kits don't change it's gonna stay that way

Wish Riot would just do their job sometimes, Taliyah was too good in pro play and she got nerfed extremely hard, Azir did well and he's not ever played anymore, Shen also was ruined because of pro play, yet there are champions like Jhin, Lee Sin, and Graves (the list goes on and on) who excel in both pro and regular play but are left untouched. It just doesn't seem fair how Riot almost shows favoritism to a select few champions. As much as I love watch LCS and the LCK, a lot of the times, they ruin champions for the rest of us and that really sucks

2 Comments

Psykoh4/17/2017, 6:09:37 AM1 votes

Taliyah is being used in proplay rn and the last time I played one she destroyed me

franchise76764/17/2017, 6:59:09 AM1 votes

2 separate rules for pros and amateurs imo. every major sport does it times for video games to follow suit.