Why do people use pick rate to conclude a champion is disliked?

Eedat··2 votes·164 views

Normally goes along the lines of "X champion has a 20%-50% pick rate! People hate this champ!"

Why would we use pick rate when ban rate is a much better indicator of what people dont want to play against? Aren't the champions that people ACTUALLY don't want to play against going to get banned the most?

I don't understand the logic behind people saying a champion like Lucian is despised by the community because of his pickrate when he only has a 5% ban rate. If people really felt he was unfair on unfun to play against, why does he only have a 5% ban rate?

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The boards are ridiculous. People just pick a single stat that might somehow agree with their point and then go out of their way to ignore or stomp out any info that says otherwise.

So why is Lucian a villain yet whenever you try to say anything about lets say Lulu who has QUINTUPLE his ban rate people insist she's fine? Why is Lucian a villain yet a champion that people obviously think is MUCH more unfun/unfair to play against is defended tooth and nail?

I already know how this is going to go, but pick rate doesnt mean shit as a stand alone statistic. Pick rate alone doesnt mean jack shit of the communities opinion of the champion. Pick rate alone doesn't mean a damn thing if a champion is over or under powered.

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Evêñtfûl Hôrïzôñ1 votes

Because the boards is the "vocal minority", and if everybody on the boards who disliked him banned Luc, he would still have a low banrate. Pick rate, however, has nothing to do with whether a champion is disliked or not. I haven't seen a single person say "LUCIAN IS DISLIKE BCUZ OF HIS PLAyRATE!11" because most are complaining about how high his pickrate is and how his winrate is also high, which normally would mean he's too strong, since a large number of people play him (including those who do not have much experience with him) and win. A champion could have a 60% winrate and still be weak, because the only ones playing them would be dedicated mains/OTPs, while a balanced champion with a high playrate would have a lower w/r, such as 46-47%.

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