the tank meta struck. the full tank gragas and xin somehow ended u p shredding the shit out of me, i had maw and ga but hey sunfire and thornmall champs are fun to kite against. gragas went 0-15 but got to win because my adc couldnt do anything.
Trylobyte4 votesJust because you do really well, individually, does not mean the enemy team, as a collective, is going to lose.
Goodest Gamer1 voteswe were ahead, but tank champions do way too much. all jungle tanks do more damage than a damage jungler to begin with. it doesnt make sense.
IcyPepper1 votesWho were you playing? Unless you were the adc, you still shouldn't be able to 100-0 a tank.
Goodest Gamer1 votesriven with maw,ga,hydra,lw,youmous,lucidity,red trinket. that couldnt stop a full tank gragas from doing retarded damage while the cindercancer xin zhao was being retarded with his base damage.
Trylobyte6 votesriven with maw,ga,hydra,lw,youmous,lucidity,red trinket. that couldnt stop a full tank gragas from doing retarded damage while the cindercancer xin zhao was being retarded with his base damage.
So what you're saying is that your almost-pure-damage Riven was getting killed by two fat tanky bastards she couldn't assassinate before she died? That sounds like exactly what I'd expect to happen to a Riven late-game. 'Being ahead' doesn't matter when you're easily countered by exactly the items you said they bought, and since Riven can't protect her ADC, well...
IcyPepper4 votesand since Riven can't protect her ADC, well...
People keep talking about a tank meta, but I think of it as more of a balanced meta. I still see assassins and mages (case in point: OP played Riven) being played, but most of the frustration I see is that people can't nuke or assassinate tanks (which is the effin' point).
To me, I find success in considering team comp synergy over carrying potential. Instead of running three tanks like people apparently thinks is the dominant strategy, I find that one tank, one bruiser, one apc, one peel or engage support, and the right adc for the team (caster and burst for engage, utility for disengage, hypercarry if both are present) is the most effective.
I don't understand what the big deal with the meta is. It's all about positioning. You ward the jungle, avoid the cc during ganks, let the adc focus the tank while the team protects them (people ALWAYS forget to protect the adc while chasing a low health enemy, then get destroyed from behind), and focus whoever is in range of your abilities (assassins use mobility to get the enemy adc/apc, then escape, mages abuse their range, blah blah blah). If you ignore your adc and focus solely on getting a bunch of kills for yourself, of course you're going to lose to the "tank meta."
IcyPepper1 votesYou're talking about a champion that gets a shield scaling off AD.
Did you 1v1 or 1v2 them?
(and considering peoples' various opinion on Riven, there's a certain irony here but YMMV)
disregardable1 votesWhat game are you even talking about?
Goodest Gamer1 voteslan smurf, absolutely cancerous meta that riot has instilled in the game.
disregardable1 votesUgh, LAN smurfs. I can't even force myself to level mine. Once the XP boosts go on sale again, I might try again.
Goodest Gamer1 votesits plat 1, dont need to level lol.
