League of legends isn't a game of skill anymore

superfire444·Mar 11, 2017·17 votes·3,418 views

It's a game of chance.

I'm not good at the game. I throw games and games are lost because of me, but it bothers me that games are done before 10 minutes no matter what you're doing. You can be 12-0 after 15mins and still lose because your teammates shit the bed and fed. I feel like I have barely an influence in games anymore. The only time I feel like I have any influence is in games which are pretty close. Those games are quite rare since most games are a stomp.

19 Comments

WukongMainMar 11, 20178 votes

You can be 12-0 after 15mins and still lose because your teammates shit the bed and fed.

Hello? The enemy team is in the same place as you. One of their teammates shit the bed and fed you 12 kills. If they can win when someone feeds you 12 kills, you can win when you have 12 kills.

MoetaroMar 11, 20173 votes

Yes, you dont get the message? the team that gets the biggest bed-shitter, loses. And their teammates cant do anything to avoid it. League of snowball.

superfire444Mar 11, 20172 votes

Same goes for poker. We both get the same hands but it's still a game of chance with a skill element involved. Same with league. You don't have control over a game anymore. Your best bet is to hope your team doesn't lose too hard so you can try and save the game. If you get lucky and your team wins it's easy to win the game.

ForgiveColourMar 11, 20174 votes

Yeah people luck their way to challenger every single bronze 5 is actually challenjour too

MoetaroMar 11, 20173 votes

People luck their way to challenger playing a shit-ton of games and duo-ing.

Gamer LifeMar 11, 20173 votes

Totally agree with you on this, it has been like this for a few seasons now :/

MoetaroMar 11, 20173 votes

At least normal matches are directly gambling. They should be called "gambling matches" instead of "normal matches".

DavakenMar 11, 20173 votes

If you don't want to play with a team, why even play League to start with? "hurr durr my team always sux no matter how well I play".

There are ALWAYS things you could've done better and help carry the game. And I refuse to believe that your team sucks every game, because that is statistically super unlikely.

So stop crying and start playing better. If you can't accept that your individual skill won't be able to win every single game, don't play a team game in the first place.

superfire444Mar 11, 20172 votes

It goes both ways either if it's in my favor or not. It's not fun to barely have any influence. You totally missed my point.

The thigh guyJan 17, 20191 votes

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If you don't want to play with a team, why even play League to start with? "hurr durr my team always sux no matter how well I play".

There are ALWAYS things you could've done better and help carry the game. And I refuse to believe that your team sucks every game, because that is statistically super unlikely.

So stop crying and start playing better. If you can't accept that your individual skill won't be able to win every single game, don't play a team game in the first place.

Oh really? Because when my shitter mid feeds a zed 12 kills in 12 minutes and I’m a 8/0 jinx there isn’t a damn thing I can do to stop him.

If I roam up to attempt to help my mid I lose 3 turret plates and a shit ton of cs, so my leads out the window.

There isn’t a thing you can do.

DavakenJan 20, 20191 votes

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Oh really? Because when my shitter mid feeds a zed 12 kills in 12 minutes and I’m a 8/0 jinx there isn’t a damn thing I can do to stop him.

If I roam up to attempt to help my mid I lose 3 turret plates and a shit ton of cs, so my leads out the window.

There isn’t a thing you can do.

This is a 2+ year old thread. Playing in the deep depths of D5 changed my opinion and I now agree you and op. Try to be a little earlier next time tho.

TyroneWatermelonMar 11, 20172 votes

It never was.

NotSpecialDudeMar 11, 20172 votes

That's a pretty negative mindset you've got there.

Look, there are a lot of things in this game that make for easy scapegoats when sh&$ hits the fan and you end up losing. And even though I disagree with you, I'd be insane to say you are wrong. Yeah it's possible to do everything right and still lose, BUT that doesn't mean that this is a game of luck.

I'm reminded of a quote who's origin I forgot, "You don't need to always carry, but just be light enough to be carried." Self improvement is my point. In every game, wins or loses, try to find your faults and mistakes.

For example, myself. I've been in low silver the past two seasons and as of this post I am b1. I can confidently say that my knowledge of the game is solid enough that I am par with low gold, but my fingers are not up to speed. My reaction time and precision is awful. I often don't click fast enough or on the things I want to click often enough. Knowing how to freeze lane, when to roam, or what a comp needs can only do so much if you can get out speed by a comatose dog. As a result, my better games tend to be when I'm the weakest player on the team as I know enough to avoid dying consistently, but when I'm the strongest of the team I can't carry. This is why I've been stuck in b1-s4 area.

Rock MDJan 20, 20192 votes

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League of legends isn't a game of skill anymore

I'm not good at the game.

?????????????

If you have no idea how to influence the map and win games why are you talking about what it takes to win games??????

This fucking board man.

GULAG 4 UMar 11, 20171 votes

Except it isn't. If you are good at the game, it means your team has one good player and up to 4 retards. Their team can be composed of 5 retards. You aren't climbing because you aren't gitting gud.

IBreedBagelsOct 15, 20181 votes

Skill IS irrelevant. I was G1 and lost all the way to S5 in like 2 days because this crap.

Too many smurfs, too many bad players that luck their way into your elo, too many disconnects and connection problems, and too many broken champions. It's always funny hearing things like "you're where you belong" or "if you're not good enough to carry your way out then you belong there" it's like yeah? ... Ok SHOW me. I'll give you my account information and see if you win more then 50% out of 10 games.

ONLY with a duo buddy or luck can you reasonably climb. Even then you still have to deal with smurfs and connection issues.

blookittyJan 16, 20191 votes

it takes skill like the kind ppl use at the roulette table... when ppl make it big they hype it up cuz it sells. I got a cousin that won the lottery you should totally talk to him its like a giant success story about how he picked those numbers and got that feel that one day and blah blah blah. People are just like that cuz it makes it more interesting for them. Like all the poker players and moneymaker whos like the absolute proof of skill in hobby like games. Skills just another way for ppl to keep interested in things at the end of the day did u have a good time doing watcha doing. Thats ultimately the point and not treating other ppl like sht to make urself feel better. Thus i kinda hate the skill argument cuz it kinda makes ppl feel better at the expense of others which is kinda disgusting. Just play the game take it like watever u want and keep it to urself regardless of how superior u want it to make u feel cuz its kinda something u want to help ur self worth or such and such.

lolipopevelynnJan 20, 20191 votes

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It's a game of chance.

I'm not good at the game. I throw games and games are lost because of me, but it bothers me that games are done before 10 minutes no matter what you're doing. You can be 12-0 after 15mins and still lose because your teammates shit the bed and fed. I feel like I have barely an influence in games anymore. The only time I feel like I have any influence is in games which are pretty close. Those games are quite rare since most games are a stomp.

this is the main thing that tilts me about the game now and why its so hard for me to play even one game. its so demotivating to play well and just lose because your teammates decide "well i lost lane, entire game is lost" and feed their asses off. i get that i play bad some games and i feed myself and lose game because of it. i can ACCEPT that. but to play well, carry stupid hard, and still lose game because your team just refuses to want to win or play seriously or just plain bad is disgusting. i remember i use to carry games 3v5 as eve before, meaning literally 2 afkers on my team and i still pull ahead by carrying what was left of my team. that is near impossible now.