Riot won't change ADC's and Supports this close to worlds

Malicious Metal··59 votes·1,891 views

They're currently balancing around Pro play and worlds, they wouldn't want to shake up the meta during such an event.

After 7.19 we'll get regular patches so hold your breath, we'll get changes eventually, just not in the next few weeks.

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Zero Skill Tank23 votes

Riot will never change marksmen in the way that NA boards keep demanding, lol.

Solitair4 votes

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Riot will never change marksmen in the way that NA boards keep demanding, lol

You mean as in, delete them?

DuskDaUmbreon1 votes

Half the time, I don't think they'd be happy with that. Every mention of any ranged class would have to be wiped from everything for the boards to be happy...

My Heartshaker12 votes

Yeah good god, the amount of salt on the boards is unreal.

It's like whatever is flavour of the week catches on and gets ridiculous hate.

AirKingNeo8 votes

and downvote whoever doesn't follow their circlejerk.

Board's Alt Reality: Mages are terribly weak! Reality: Cassiopeia is a contested pick. Orianna, Taliyah, and Syndra are pick bans. Morellonomicon and Lost Chapter are super broken. Zhonyas is still core on every mage. Mage items are just terrifically unbalanced (some broken, some bad).

Board's Alt Reality: Bot lane is the only lane that has had no diversity and ADCs (and therefore DPS) has only existed. Reality: Every role has a requirement and job. Top lane is tankiness. Mid lane is burst. Bot lane is DPS. Support is peel. Niche picks like Morde ADC, Lucian mid, Teemo top, Brand support, ect. have always existed; bot lane just has the least of them.

Boards are just the people who want the world to change, but hates that the world has changed.

Zardo6 votes

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Reality: Every role has a requirement and job. Top lane is tankiness. Mid lane is burst. Bot lane is DPS. Support is peel. Niche picks like Morde ADC, Lucian mid, Teemo top, Brand support, ect. have always existed; bot lane just has the least of them.

I disagree with you on this part. Top lane's job isn't really tankiness. If this was truly the case, then more people would play tanks over more carry oriented champs(http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.playPercent&order=descend&roleSort=Top). In LCS is it tankiness? Sure. In soloque? No, it's the most diverse role in the game.

Penns22 votes

so 1 more month of "more broken bot lane wins" feelsbadman

SweedishGunner6 votes

It's like whichever bot lane makes a mistake first losses the entire game.

SpecterVonBaren2 votes

Well its been like that all year, for different reasons, so I can wait another month.

KoKoboto2 votes

Yeah honestly I hate Worlds tbh :/

GoronMuncherV1 votes

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so *only 1 more month of "more broken bot lane wins" feelsbadman

Psybicilin6 votes

Making the enchanter support items OP was one of the worst things I've seen in my time playing this game. item 3504 item 3114 item 3301 Can go burn in hell.

Theorchero1 votes

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Making the enchanter support items OP was one of the worst things I've seen in my time playing this game. item 3504 item 3114 item 3301 Can go burn in hell.

For real.

This is more broken than fucking FERAL FLARE.

THAN LEAGUE OF BLACK CLEAVER.

THAN CINDERHULK. BOTH TIMES.

BlueBilberry6 votes

But as history has shown, they will buff "crowd-pleasing" assassins as the playoffs get closer... so hello Akali Zed Fizz (7.15, 7.16, 7.17)

And in the same bunch of patches, they nerf the most reliable mages: Goodbye (they hope) Taliyah Syndra Orianna LeblancCassiopeia (7.16, 7.17)

Ironically, mages are not in the best place in this meta before the nerfs - but whatevs...

Maddéy4 votes

I dont think any of these mages is out of the picture for good, especially not Cassiopeia. They will still be top tier, and about assasins - we will see some Fizz for sure, though im not sure about Zed or Akali.

Raiyza4 votes

Akali needs a full rework before she will be in the picture at all. I'm hoping they will.

Melankoli3 votes

the zed buffs did not make him meta, they are pretty much negligible. AS buff didn't do anything Shadow buff might allow 2 E's in a shadow without cdr, but no one with a brain gets hit by that anyway.

Nymzo5 votes

Lol words is just gonna be fun to watch with all these adcs with their item 3504 bot

Kloqdq1 votes

I mean pre-season is fast approaching and that is always the time to fuck things up. ADCs will have their time under the nerf hammer.

Maddéy1 votes

Yeah that occured to me too. Right now the competitive adc meta revolves around trading Tristana and Kalista. If both are taken down through the bans, the rest of the adcs are kinda on the same strength page. You dont want to cut that diversity down.

Niyumi1 votes

But remember, we here at Riot put quality above all else!

Galiö1 votes

Ryze has a huge buff in pbe right now. Not really relevant to bot lane... But jeeze that can shake things up.

Dingding1231 votes

It's not so much WHO the game is balanced around that demands to be changed so much as it is WHAT the game is balanced around.

Something something Ardent Censor, something something Statikk Shiv and Rapid Firecannon, something something marksmen.

Rockem Sockm1 votes

World's iron the last patch. They can do whatever they want too now

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