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A trend that really saddens me

dolce de leche·10/23/2019, 1:52:49 AM·94 votes·19,508 views

Something that over the years has really disappointed me every preseason has been the removal of niche items. Ohmwrecker, Banner(wasn't removed in preseason but still sad it was), Zephyr, all the support item choices, Zz'rot, Sword of the Occult, and on and on. Riot continues to remove items that aren't strong and aren't problematic(banner was simply because of the mess riot made with it, before that it wasn't strong at all). Now why is this a problem? Well it's a problem for a few reasons. Most importantly: League of Legends is a video game. What does this mean? It means it's about having fun. Well, what's the best way to have fun? There is no best way to have fun. That's why player choice is important. Because without player choice you inherently limit your audience, and Riot knows this. That's why there are new champions being added all the damn time even though we have so so many. Because if there is a champion for everyone, then no one is left out of their niche being filled right? Well, champions aren't the only way to express yourself in game. Items, runes, playstyles. Even masteries once upon a time. And as Riot continues to remove items, they continue to remove player choice and push people away from playing the way they want to play and actually having fun. idk maybe i just have nostalgia goggles on but it feels like there's just no good reason to remove all these items. sure remove wota or atmogs because they'd be broken with certain champs. but leave these items that aren't even that good alone please. because some people actually do use them to have fun, and there's no harm in keeping them when they only bring more joy to the playerbase.

117 Comments

Cronofuge10/23/2019, 1:15:49 PM12 votes

That's what I liked about nexus blitz. You could just have fun building the trap items. Bring back nexus blitz and add ionic spark to it :(

Although I am not fond of it, I can see why riot removes items. People still build duskblade on Ez in aram because it's in his recommended. You see zeal rush sivirs, lux is pointed towards tear rather than ludens. Apparently if people are given the option to buy dumb stuff under the idea that it might be good, they just build it.

OtakuBurrito10/23/2019, 2:26:56 AM11 votes

cries in heart of gold

Kovorix10/23/2019, 3:08:10 PM10 votes

The reason for Zz rot and Ohmwrecker is simply "you don't fight enemys with those items". Why isn't riot completly dumpstering the game and make it like Tekken? It seems they only want you to fight so why let it be a moba?

Naalith10/23/2019, 5:30:04 AM9 votes

I'm honestly surprised Mejai's has survived the removals over the years. Leviathan and Sword of the Occult were deleted because they would be too OP if they were good, but were basically a noob trap due to needing to be bad. Mejai's used to be in the same boat until they reworked the way gaining and losing stacks works, and now the item is wayyyyyyy too good even if you get killed and lose stacks a few times. If dedicated split pushing items are bad for the game, how is a once niche item that now appears in every game and has a component (dark seal) to help stack not? It lets people get way too much AP in games they are already crushing in.

BackdoorPrincess10/23/2019, 9:14:10 AM8 votes

Zephyr still makes me sad, cries in udyr

mack911210/23/2019, 2:35:26 AM5 votes

Items are removed that threaten champion interaction.