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League of Legends feels like it has nothing to do with mechanics anymore; only damage.

FCJAAAAGOOOO··69 votes·2,295 views

Assassins didn't exist in order to make everything but damage obsolete - only to counter greedy damage builds and keep adc's in check. In the past if your adc died before 30 minutes it wasn't the end of the world, believe it or not.

Adc's exist solely to make damage the meta. Thus, now that it's the adc meta everything has been stripped away but damage. Yes, there is still CC, but there's so much instant protection that CC is meaningless versus superior numbers. If you can't burst someone during CC there's no point to having CC at all now. Just have enough ranged burst and sustained dps.

Everyone has easy access to Grievous Wounds now as well, via 2 easily-accessed items which is such a slap in the face to anything that ever hoped to withstand sustained damage in a teamfight. Not to mention defensive stats are completely invalid unlike before - you only build them now if there is absolutely nothing else worth building. I'm pretty sure crit items on Cho'Gath wouldn't be terrible at this point.

/r.

30 Comments

Ben Sharpio29 votes

you mean when supports and their braindead gameplay along with adcs wiping entire teams with burst per second autoattacks isnt skill and mechanics ?

Infernape19 votes

Brace yourself for angry Janna mains.

Niaphim21 votes

I am a former Janna main and i am angry and disgusted, but for reasons different from what you might think. I can't bother to play Janna because it is actually too braindead. Believe it or not, but playing her and some other censer building supports involved quite a bit of thought and skill cap in previous seasons, which is not the case right now: rush censer, shield your adc, pat yourself on the back. Long story short, I want nerfs/changes like many of us here.

StairCasexd1 votes

Isn't that every ardent support except Nami? Lulu/sona/Janna all have pretty branded gameplay atm, which basically makes it that you end up being bored in the first few games, played a few games of sona and liked it, by the tenth game it's just boring AF.

Niaphim1 votes

Exactly, there is little flavor of individual champions anymore, all is focused on censer. Particular kits are somewhat important, but are shadowed by what you build.

However, if we talk about Sona, she doesn't have many exciting moments outside of landing a good ulti anyways, it has always been like that. On the contrary, Nami, Lulu and Janna all have potential to make big plays when mastered and can feel extremely rewarding to play.

Saianna1 votes

Sorry, but Riot only knows how to buff ADCs. They are yet to re-learn this once forgotten technique of balancing the game and actually keeping ADCs in check.

They might nerf supports (and their items), but they'll buff the living fucking shit out of ADCs to compensate making nerfs nulled, if not worse.

commit an hero1 votes

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Brace yourself for angry Janna mains.

I'm a Janna main and I haven't played her because my god it's fucking boring now. It used to take some time for her to be useful but now I buy 1 item and my ADC is god and there sustain weakness is gone.

Handin Out Naps1 votes

Wuh u mean. I prez buden adc no die, so sgill Cx.

z63XnLCMwX4 votes

Not to mention the skill-less mages spamming spells without a worry about mana management thanks to low cost and CDR creep.

MLDzXnRRR14 votes

I'm pretty sure that the game became a spamfest, because they had to: a. Lower the mana costs and cds of all the old champs (like they did in the last years), also introduce tons of cdr b. Balance the manaless spam champs like Yasuo Riven I guess a. was easier to be done.

z63XnLCMwX4 votes

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I'm pretty sure that the game became a spamfest, because they had to: a. Lower the mana costs and cds of all the old champs (like they did in the last years), also introduce tons of cdr b. Balance the manaless spam champs like Yasuo Riven I guess a. was easier to be done.

Old poppy was nice since she was one of the few champs you need to worry about mana management. It felt great when you get fed playing her because you knew you weren't mindless spamming Q W E R.

Executioner2 votes

Holy fuck did I love old poppy.

Need Gold 4 Tent3 votes

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I'm pretty sure that the game became a spamfest, because they had to: a. Lower the mana costs and cds of all the old champs (like they did in the last years), also introduce tons of cdr b. Balance the manaless spam champs like Yasuo Riven I guess a. was easier to be done.

Manaless champs were never supposed to have easy access to CDR. Which was why the only manaless cdr item back then was ghostblade the rest had mana to make for some inefficiency in gold. Now these same champs are effortlessly overcapping their cdr as part of their core build.

Skins Project1 votes

Bro, do you WANT to see a manamune riven? Huh? Is that what you wanna see?!

Seenan1 votes

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Bro, do you WANT to see a manamune riven? Huh? Is that what you wanna see?!

Going oom stupendously fast with all the spells, the average Riven, uses?

Skins Project1 votes

kek that's a joke right?

TheHappyReaperz3 votes

Damage is a mechanic though. How you apply it, to whom, and when, are all mechanical decisions you have to make, regarding your damage output.

It Hertz When IP2 votes
  • Autoattacks
  • Whoever's handy
  • Whenever possible

Boom, ADC in a nutshell.

DragonShea6 votes

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Damage is a mechanic though. How you apply it, to whom, and when, are all mechanical decisions you have to make, regarding your damage output.

Damage is a stat, not a mechanic, that kind of response just proves the OP right about damage.

[zombie-nunu-bummed]

PePsiLemoNN3 votes

Check your definition of ''mechanics''

DIRU1 votes

it's your fault that janna has fingers to press E with, you filthy tank mains

DarkRitual1 votes

I carry games with my support mechanics.

Not even GW can hold my Soraka in check, thanks to having enough Idol items with all this Ancient Coin gold and the massive overabundance of CDR that is on every item to spam super powerful heals.

Ahris1 votes

I am very sad of Riot gutting Ahri's skill cap a lot.

Guiboulou1 votes

I'm not sure how they gutted the skill cap. Would you mind explaining where you're coming from? I'm curious. :-)

Dengeden1 votes

She doesn't hide in FoW looking for Charm picks anymore, I suppose.

Blåbæret1 votes

I agree with everything but the GW part. FIrst of all, champions like Swain, Mundo etc. quickly become overbearing without GW. These sorts of champions need to be rebalanced until GW can be looked at.

hsumis1ove1 votes

Building executioner's calling is quite annoying as most of the time I don't wanna get a last whisper itme.

deadlychuck1 votes

Riot seems to be incapable of updating their game, with a new cohesive formula of mechanical and numerical power that it use to have.

FCJAAAAGOOOO1 votes

It's a pity this thread is such a debbie downer haha. I bother to get at least gold every season (if you check my history Dingding123 is my original acc) but when I can put my finger on the game's flaws I'll always do my best to point it out. Riot should never consider having a meta like this one again though, imo!

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