Players have a hard time predicting burst mobility

Hexs Fortune··6 votes·350 views

Part of getting better at league is knowing what your opponent wants to do in a given situation.

High elo players have this down pretty well, along with a strong understanding of their opponents options and cooldowns.

Low and medium elo players tend to tunnel focus their own options and opportunities as opposed to reading the opponent beyond a rudimentary level

Burst mobility takes full advantage of this weakness, which is why the majority of the player base often bans mobile champs.

Everyone feels way more comfortable when their opponent has limited options because they are easier to read

Riot keeps adding mobility because they see its frustrating aspects on players as a skill issue, not a gameplay hazard

4 Comments

Chaos Milk Tea1 votes

Ill give an up vote for a good analysis, but also point out that having a bad time is a different type of gameplay hazard. I wouldn't say take out burst damage + mobility as it directly counters ranged dps but there is merit to reducing frustration and improving gameplay experience.

doodlebob6661 votes

i agree with this thread in general but would like to point out this doesn't give an excuse for mobility that is seemingly made to frustrate people, either because of a lack of clarity or lack of counterplay. Wind man would probably feel way less frustrating if you could see which minions he could go through and considering he can it seems like a pretty simple fix. gnar's double jump is just cancerous for melee champions to deal with, considering the fact they needed to either, surprise him with an ambush, or dodge his slow and not let him proc his speed boost before he buys item 3022, to get to him. To have him then be able to just hop away by jumping on one of his minions is infuriating

Mannny1 votes

This is particularly present in assassins like Zed Yasuo .

grug1 votes

i know a lot of foreigners that play on NA who solely ban yasuo because it's annoying to play against him with high ping.

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