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Hauling Ashe·1/7/2017, 8:16:27 AM·1 votes·377 views

It's not the support's fault. I have had some of the most friendly, precise, synchronized, thoughtful supports in about 90% of my games this season.

It's not the top laner's fault. I have had some of the most tactical, patient, resilient, clutch top laners in about 80% of my games this season.

It's not the mid laner's fault. I have had some of the most aware, selfless, resourceful, available mid laners in about 75% of my games this season.

And I'm an ADC main, hovering at or just slightly above 50%, with a 60% win rate on Ashe.

So I wonder who screws up the majority of my losses...

I know it's pretty much a meme by now to blame the jungler, but seriously, every well-defined loss I've had this season has come down to how terrible this one player is. Who usually feeds the enemy first blood? Jungle. Who usually feeds my enemy laners? Jungle. (if they even show up to my lane) Who starts dragon when the enemy is flanking us? Jungle. Who just got executed at red buff? ...

Obviously no one is perfect, and I know I make a lot of bad decisions myself. But my team can come back from a feeding mid laner, or top laner, or even make up for me and/or my support playing like we belong in Wood 5. But I haven't seen a team yet that can cover for a lousy jungler. And it's just so frustrating. When the poor top laner is maintaining an even KDA but loses not one, but BOTH his turrets before any other lane has even gotten past the outers, it's just impossible to label as coincidence.

I feel badly for top laners right now. And of course I hate the 4-man fiesta that always makes its way down to my lane. Those pings you're hearing, Lee Sin - they mean something.

I mean nothing of this post. I just wanted to vent. Doing my part to keep my games salt-free. Ashe

1 Comments

Kilanost1/7/2017, 8:41:04 AM1 votes

Its funny...ask a jungler who loses most of their games and they'll blame bot lane. LOL and I say most of the complaints you made about jungle about adcs/supports. Don't start drag if you don't have smite i tell them.

And to be fair, I've been seeing a lot of shitty jungling lately when I have to play another lane. But keep in mind...no role changed as significantly as jungle did over the past 5 or 6 patches.

No smite buffs, camps are harder, scale harder, spawn less often, have more monsters, take more time, and lets not even get into plants. Oh and the go-to jungler mastery was change to CotC which isn't strong on a lot of junglers. Basically if you dont play one of the champions that played into these changes well, you're in a shit spot as a jungler. You're not a strong early as you're used to, you end up under farmed, being able to gank less.

This all goes away if Riot fixes our damn jungle. Its super fucked right now.