The Balance Among Champions and New Ranked Queue is Absolutely Ridiculous, yet Riot Refuses to Fix?

I don't even know what this game is anymore.

I started playing over a year ago, and since then I always think about the game. It's fun. I want to get better. I want to be better. I would love to be a higher ranked player. So I always consider ways to be better. How to actually use intellect and skill to win.

But to no avail, champions like Illaoi, Darius, Garen, and many others all still exist. These champs can easily terrorize the solo queue. Why don't we just ban them? Well we are out of luck there as well, because champs like Jax, Fizz, Nasus, Tahm, Mundo, and once again, many others all still exist. And us silver players see the need to ban those first. You cannot even imagine my frustration when I decide to jump into a ranked game as Cho' Gath or Vlad top, ready to show my skills off as a player, and I am graciously rewarded with a Darius who only needs a Black Cleaver to end the game whenever he pleases. As much as there are other champions that are broken, Darius is truly the one who rubs me the wrong way. You can't straight up fight him because of his stacks and heals. You can't run away because of his slow and hook. Not to mention the phage passive. And guess what? It doesn't matter how much better I am then him. Just recently in a Cho game a Darius and Twisted Fate came top to dive. I double killed them under turret. I built armor. I built tank. No matter how much I was ahead, at no point could ANY OF US deal with this stupid champion. And trust me, same goes for many others.

Now I let it slide every now and then, because solo queue ranking comes with the idea that everyone is solo. Sure you could have a Darius or Garen top, but their bottom lane could be total bafoons who don't know how to even right click, and it's an easy win for the team. BUT NOW we are faced with a "cool" new feature. 5 man queue rank. Now i have little knowledge of this, as this is very new. But judging from my last few games this is what I found. I found that my team were all solo rankers, as for the enemy team (through all-chat, though could be pulling my leg), they were compromised of 2/3/4 man teams. It also didn't help that the Darius himself was the solo queue. So not only do I have to pick my nose under my turret while broken-ass Darius free farms, I also have to watch as my other lanes get completely wrecked by a team who are communicating via skype. 3 or 4 man ganks every 2 minutes.

This post in a nutshell - Broken Champs/ New Ranked.

Now I'm sure there are Diamond/Plat/Challenger players who are looking at this post thinking "This noob doesn't know how to deal with Darius." But maybe I want to learn. Maybe I think there is hope. But I'll never get out of silver with champions and ranked systems like this. My blind/draft pick games are usually 50/50. I win some. I lose some. My ranked games however sit about 60 wins to 80 or 90 losses, inevitably condemning to a low silver high bronze life. Now sometimes I feed. Sometimes it is my fault we lose. But most of the time I can win lane, or I can contribute to team fights. Most of the time I am positive, with decent CS. I am not a bad player, yet this broken ass game condemns me to be because I refuse to play a champion that i can wreck other peoples fun time with. I don't want to play Darius. I don't want to play Garen. I don't want to play a champion that can level 3 dive players because of his ZHONYA ABILITY (fizz). I want the skill and intellect to be apart of the game. And when it comes to Darius and other champions, the intellect required is to let him do whatever the fuck he wants while I can hope not to be dived under turret.

My assumption is that this game is mainly Bronze/Silver/Gold players. I assume that Riot would not cater to the top percent in the world, as they are few in numbers. I would assume that they would be able to keep balance among all divisions with champions and queues. Apparently not.

I hate to put this game down but I can't play this anymore. Once upon a time a few months ago I was climbing. I was ahead in wins on regular games by like 30 or 40. I was climbing my ranks. Then the juggernaut patch released (practically inkillable unfightable champs), and my normal games eventually went negative.

Does anyone see the imbalance?

I am particularly sad on how much Riot as actually rewarded us for playing.

I understand that this is F2P. Considering that, when I first started playing I realized how great of a game this was. Probably the most hours I have ever put into a game. I frequently buy skins. I like the idea that I can pay the company for a great game, all the while I get little in game bonuses. Do I deserve special treatment? No. Do I deserve to be trampled by children playing champions who are just gods in the eyes of lesser champs? Absolutely NOT.

I hope you can hear this plea. I am not happy. I am back to playing other games. Call of Duty, Witcher, TF2, games that may not be exactly balanced either, but they manage to keep fun in the game.

Please fix this game that was once a masterpiece.

-JP