You guys ever have that one champion that you're really good with

TehNACHO·Jul 29, 2019·20 votes·11,707 views

but it's absolutely boring to play them?

For me it's Nunu. Fun champ while I was (re)learning him, apparently my most played champion this season, I am extremely comfortable with and know the ins and outs of his kit, but I just kinda groan every time I have to play him.

It's really weird in that I have waaaaay more games on many other champs like Wukong and Master Yi in my entire League lifetime, but I'm still not bored by them. Every time the stars align and I'm allowed to play either of them, I jump on that chance and it's always great.

But then comes along Nunu and while he's basically my most reliable pick, and I'm not gonna drop him any time soon, I just feel bored by him.

61 Comments

Luther King Jr VJul 29, 201932 votes

You guys ever have that one champion that you're really good with

Moody PJul 29, 20199 votes

New taric is brainless freelo and I have good stats on him any time I play but hes lost everything that used to make him fun and gained nothing in return

Sad, really

DeνiruchiJul 29, 20199 votes

What do you mean? old taric was all point and click boredom, how do you find it less boring than current one which actually needs to aim stuff.

Anu3isIIJul 29, 20194 votes

Probably he doesn't talk about skill checks and more about his strengths. Many people argue that his Ult is so powerful and game changing that it sucked most of his budget dry leaving him mostly an Ult Bot.

His former self, if he had enough gold, could become an unlikable Stunning machine that would constantly heal and break you to death, leaving you no choice but to run. His new self tried to maintain some of these aspects (heh), but ofc at a much lower degree. Hence, people who enjoyed Old Taric don't really like the new one.

jocomotionJul 29, 20193 votes

Right his appeals all gone! He no longer has...... .l

Wait.... it’s mostly just his old ulti.... I barely remember what that even did. Whatchu talkin’ about Willis?

PB4UAMEJul 30, 20192 votes

He lost his auras, his AoE debuffs, his AoE burst, his armor shred, his AD and AP steroid (in AoE mind you) and his heal was effectively gutted both in mana cost, and heal value because of how much power budget is allocated into his ult.

Abibyama IIJul 29, 20199 votes

Warwick would be so much more fun if his abilities actually works properly and not be Old Morde's servant in his kingdom of bugs

The23rdGamerJul 29, 20191 votes

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Warwick would be so much more fun if his abilities actually works properly and not be Old Morde's servant in his kingdom of bugs

You're right when you're right.

PhearBunnyJul 29, 20198 votes

I have my champs, but none of them are meta, so...anything above gold is just a miserable experience.

KennekyJul 29, 20193 votes

Morgana She doesn't require a lot of skill to play. You just need to know when to use your shield and your Q and that's it. For that reason I find her "boring". She was the easiest champion I hit Mastery 7 with, even Talon or Pyke where more challenging trying getting their mastery, even tho I both don't consider hard nor easy, something in between.

jocomotionJul 29, 20193 votes

Karma - even before her buffs

She’s been my main champion for a while now, but my GOD is her kit uninteractive and boring. You just poke with low cooldown Q’s all game, use W aggressively when you can and just sit in lane and solo zone. Honestly the difference between a good and bad Karma isn’t mechanics, but in knowing what level of aggression she can have early on, followed by spamming RE late game on the “right” people.

kyoyaoaaaJul 29, 20192 votes

Nunu is fun for trolling. If you play him seriously, you will have more fun watching paint dry.

DarkTree1Jul 30, 20192 votes

Alistar

"why don't you pick alistar and, win?"

"....no"

Hi im 12Jul 30, 20192 votes

looking at your match history its not that you're really good at nunu, its just that its an actual viable pick compared to shit like wukong jungle and hail of blades voli lmao

TehNACHOJul 31, 20191 votes

Pretty sure my winrate's higher on Wukong. And for that I'd point out he's so niche I only ever get to play him in hyper specific matchups.

But I mean no that's exactly the thing. Nunu provides a good base for my champion pool. Nunu's not just viable, as a Magic Damage Level 3 Tank Jungler, he fits in virtually every team comp. I need to actively find opportunities not to play him if I want to play anybody else and as a side effect he's just grown...boring. There's no interesting decision making with Nunu.

Also please ignore those Voli games. I swear I was aiming for Predator but my brain derps out whenever I look at the Domination page.

letsfeedtogetherJul 29, 20191 votes

Yasuo MasterYi Lux yes.

PzyXoJul 29, 20194 votes

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yes.

Who needs to be good as Lux ? I'm sure Master Yi require some IQ to be played (Not going 1v5 everytime). And Yasuo require the same. But Lux just spam Q until you hit than E R.

SkullgettiJul 30, 20191 votes

Master yi? Harder than lux? In what dimension?

PzyXoJul 30, 20193 votes

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Master yi? Harder than lux? In what dimension?

Yep, Master Yi require more skills than Lux :) at least you know when you go in a teamfight and when you help. Lux is just spam.

WientedJul 30, 20192 votes

Yeah, i mean you need to aim SO MANY skillshots on Master Yi. Also positioning is important, also mana menagement, also ranges... Oh, no nvm. I was talking about Lux :D

PzyXoJul 31, 20191 votes

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Yeah, i mean you need to aim SO MANY skillshots on Master Yi. Also positioning is important, also mana menagement, also ranges... Oh, no nvm. I was talking about Lux :D

Dude Lux's skillshots are the eziest skillshots to land in the game. Idk how you think

WientedJul 31, 20191 votes

Still harder then Master Yi though :D

SkullgettiJul 31, 20191 votes

Literally any time someone explains why Tryndamere or Yi are "hard" they are saying the absolute basics of LoL. Anything that you need to be good at with yi and tryndamere you need to be good at while playing champions that are actually skill-based.

sentosaJul 29, 20191 votes

talon, even tho he is really fun to play and really good

SillaeJul 29, 20193 votes

....??

If he's fun to play and good how is he boring to play? You're just flexing..

sentosaJul 29, 20191 votes

Yes, I am "flexing" my personal opinion. Sorry, but I find him boring to play. You can disagree with me however you'd like.

SillaeJul 30, 20194 votes

"tho he is really fun to play and really good"

If he is fun to play how is he boring?

sentosaJul 30, 20191 votes

He's fun if I do play him but I always hesitate to pick him. He's such a strong mid lane pick that laning isn't a challenge. Not because I'm some talon or league god. talon is just good

RagarenJul 29, 20191 votes

Sion , but I don't play him more because of the players this season and the state of the jungle. Last two games my team forgot that he had a strong passive and flashed away from an easy double/triple kill.

AeronsJul 29, 20191 votes

Well way back than used play vel mid for some reason q range how make weave through minions was easy to idk why. Prob kled or voli now play both of them like complete idoit. Keep going in.

Serika ZeroJul 29, 20191 votes

Malzahar - pre rework, i didn't find him boring post rework, he kind of is.

he still isn't the control mage he was pre rework, but after multiple changes, he finally feels similar to his pre rework state, so, i'm good with him again

otakoteepJul 29, 20191 votes

Veigar

need i say more?

ChaosReynJul 29, 20191 votes

Amumu Malphite Lulu

Point cursor at general direction of target you want to explode (or in Lulu's case, make GOD)

smash face into keyboard

have a literal stroke mid-play, but still easily carry the whole fight

DingDongDangerJul 29, 20191 votes

Warwick. It's a snooze fest each game but if my team follows up it's a good chance for a win.

nm1010Jul 29, 20191 votes

Leblanc

Revert made her a lot more boring to play imo. RR mind games are gone and combo potential is much more limited. They also fucked her key bindings. R used to mimic the key binding of the basic ability you were mimic'ing, now it uses the R setting. So if I want E to be quick cast with indicator, but W to be quick cast, I can't have R follow those settings. R will either be quick cast for all abilities or have an indicator for all abilities. This can make quick combos very jarring to use if you throw one q with quick cast and the rq has an indicator, same with w and rw.

ProfirixJul 29, 20191 votes

I used to be good with Shyvana, but any time I want to play her now no one picks any champions with any kind of CC. You are basically committing suicide if you pick her into a team comp with absolutely no CC. Today all anyone wants to play are the bursty assassins or mid lane mages. No one wants to pick CC.

Ionian VulpixJul 29, 20191 votes

I had a 100% winrate on new Warwick. Granted, it was only 2 games and I hated him.

14daysuspensionkJul 29, 20191 votes

Maybe Elise, I got her to 7 and just sorta stopped.

General Esdeath Jul 29, 20191 votes

Kayn. I loved this guy like no other but now it feels like a chore because you have to gank certain lanes for red orbs and then you have to rely on your team to not run away when you ult someone.

Thresh Outta FuxJul 29, 20191 votes

Amumu Malphite Lux Trundle Zilean

Not that these champs are necessarily boring to play once in a while, just that it's once in a blue moon that i feel like playing them. Then never again.

Except Vi. She's my ARAM ezmode firstwin champ. Kinda like Riven with resource management.

PermaJinxedJul 29, 20191 votes

Annie for me. Back when I tried ranked she carried my elo... But every game was the same... I'd give up first blood, due a couple more times, hit 6, get a double or triple.... Cone back to lane, another double... End at 20+/6/x....

FullmuteAll playJul 30, 20191 votes

I just played insane amount of games and watched super good Brand steamer. However I simply got bored of it, as I played it for almost 1 year rarely playing anything else.

feintfiendJul 30, 20191 votes

Nasus feels absolutely broken but is a snoozefest, Jax too.

Zed geniusJul 30, 20191 votes

Most immobile mages I play just fine, but I'd rather have fun in my games. If I just wanted to climb that's all I would play, but really what's the point of a videogame if it's not fun?

JustDonnyyJul 30, 20191 votes

Talon

RyusaetherJul 30, 20191 votes

For me it's AurelionSol

I like him, he has a cool concept and unique playstyle ok, and I do good with him.

But he's so lame to play. I mean, I really like it that I have to position properly and think more about dodging spells and reading the opponents' movements, but sometimes I miss clicking buttons. You just stand there, rotating your spheres, you try to have as little interactions as possible in lane so you can roam, gank, back to lane, rinse and repeat.

I like to have interactions in trades with my laners, but Asol's trades feel so underwhelming and not flashy that it just bores me sometimes.

ŚhunpoJul 30, 20191 votes

Katarina I hate playing her since she's boring for me now due to how the game is no longer a challenge. I wish I was being cocky, cause then I might actually have 1 mill points on her :P

ZemasuJul 30, 20191 votes

I had Swain pre-rework, always liked and played very well the champ, but yeah compared to my other picks (Syndra, Lissandra, Orianna) he were really boring some times. Otherwise I dropped him after the rework, he's no longer what i used to like.

Same with Malzahar, i like the champ and theme, and i play it well. But he's boring.

HEALTH FOUNTAINJul 31, 20191 votes

I really like master Yi, especially the silly ones like 12th lord

you playing him reminded me of a Yi I had in my game that played like he was brain damaged and I absolutely loved every second of it, win or lose

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qcz9aQTmEI

Tr4shB4NSYST3MJul 31, 20191 votes

Chogath I actually have a 71% winrate on him jg this season because as long as my lanes don't completely shit the bed (and then enemy lanes invading my jg w/ the enemy jg) I end up getting pretty tanky while building AP, and am able to be a big frontline for my team and usually win.

Its pretty easy to hit the Q in the chaos of teamfights/skirmishes, the silence is very clutch, E is strong against tankier targets plus R is clutch for finishing kills or securing Drag/herald/baron. But My God he's so slow, I much much much much prefer playing Jax Warwick MasterYi Kayn