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The real issue in ARAM

BiggieSquirts·4/5/2019, 4:42:20 AM·1 votes·1,308 views

As a melee champion fan, I'm so so happy to see Riot started in this patch to deal with the long lasting issue in ARAM - ranged champions dominate ARAM, while melee champions suffer from poke mages and critical strike ADCs. I'm happy to see Riot adjusts each champions damage dealt and damage taken in ARAM to reduces the gap between champions. However, after playing ~10 games after the update, although I do think maybe these changes really help melee champions to have more impact to the game results, I do not think these changes makes melee champions more FUN to play. The real problem is the gold income: mages and ADCs can get much much more CS than melee champions in ARAM, and they arealso more likely to get kills because of their range (they can attack anyone with low health in a big range, however, melee champions can only attack whoever close) and their build (most ranged champions get more offensive items than melee champions). In summoner's rift, melee champions (usually jungler and top lane) get equal amount of gold as mid lane and ADC, at least in early and middle game, however, in ARAM, melee have to fight with less gold and less items - it does not feel good. I would say this is the reason that I do not like playing melee in ARAM, and I do not feel those 5-10% buff can cancel the 3K gold or 1 full item disadvantage - even the changes make melee champions' ARAM win rate higher, they do not make it more enjoyable to use melee champions in ARAM.

5 Comments

Ratpie4/5/2019, 3:41:01 PM2 votes

I do not buy the more gold crap. I have looked over my last 20 and if I had melee I was in the middle or top of gold CS. Then I looked at yours and it was the same story. So then I started going through some friends games. What pattern I saw was whoever was playing the best on their team got more gold, regardless of their ranged or melee status. The only exception in that story was if someone went with a pure tank in support of a damage team and then it was obvious that they would not have as much gold.

Kledy McKledFace4/5/2019, 11:39:00 AM1 votes

The real issue is mana regen. God it sucks there

BigBellBrute4/8/2019, 6:14:42 AM1 votes

I've never had a problem with gold on aram. It comes fast, it comes furious, Yes many of the best champs are ranged and many of the worst not. But I think the worst list has more to do with assassins being so terrible in Aram because the fights are front to back and you can't flank than it does with them not being ranged.

Wizard Blaze4/8/2019, 6:18:27 AM1 votes

my issue with ARAM is the part AR. which is a joke consider seeing the same champs most of the times. last time i saw Sol in there was months ago. there is no All Random there. There is Rito favorite pool