Out of all the roles I could be forced to play, I hate bot lane the most

Hallbuster·May 17, 2017·1 votes·148 views

It doesn't matter if I'm ADC or support, bot lane is my most hated role. If only they could remove this lane altogether and make bot and support go somewhere else.

5 Comments

Sir FuzziMay 18, 20172 votes

Hallbuster, you're the kind of person who hates kittens.

You don't hate bot lane, you hate being forced into a lane where you have to rely on another person.

HallbusterMay 18, 20171 votes

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Hallbuster, you're the kind of person who hates kittens.

You don't hate bot lane, you hate being forced into a lane where you have to rely on another person.

Yes, this might actually be it.

Sir FuzziMay 18, 20171 votes

This is very much it and I know it because it's true for me too, I really don't care for trying to rely on a teammate like that. Pulling a gank is one thing; hoping this person knows enough to support or carry independently of commands or constant pointing-out is another thing entirely, and since bot's the only two-lane, it's the only lane with that kind of dependency. Constantly hoping they know what their role is as a support (IE not taking the carry's kills or CS, conserving mana, knowing when to use cooldowns) or hoping they know how to carry (getting CS, what being under tower implies for either team, when they need to go in and stay out)... hoping the other person knows how to keep vision up in bot lane (which needs it), hoping they know what to build (supports rushing lich bane), hoping they know how to dodge hooks, read cooldowns, yadda yadda yadda...

It's one thing when you're facing an opponent and need to keep yourself in check; it's a vastly, vastly different scenario when your lanemate keeps getting snatched up and there's nothing you can do because it'll just lead to a double kill at that point. It's like when people say, 'take responsibility for the loss.' Well ya sure, ok bud, but I can't magically un-walk Ashe's face into Nauty hooks every time he throws them. And if I get caught as a support, I'm probably mulched meat.

So yeah, you're not wrong. It's a pretty shitty place to get filled; that's why everyone hates being filled into support, because not only is it kind of a backseat role as it is, but you get treated like shit and I gather in low ELO you're pretty much the only one who's gonna do vision so you might as well get to it.

Nobody wants to admit it, but relying on pugs in this game can get really dicey really fast.