If crit encourages unpredictable gameplay and player decision making, why is it only present in bot?

GhostOfShrimpmas··3 votes·371 views

>We think the game needs a certain amount of unpredictability in order to really test player decision-making in the heat of the moment, but there are ways to add unpredictability that aren't as RNG as crit.

This rings rather untrue with me, because crit is only ever really present on marksmen, who are, most of the time, only in bottom lane. Does this statement mean that top and mid lane don't really have any sort of unpredictability? I would argue that they do, and are far better at rewarding decision making than bot lane, even with crit. Shouldn't the goal to be to encourage decision making based on actual champion and player skills, rather than just "oh, you're suddenly at a huge disadvantage because they got a lucky crit, what are you going to do now?" Where is the counterplay to crit? Pray harder to RNGesus? Rush a randuin's as an adc? I'm not really seeing how crit chance encourages any sort of meaningful decision making.

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Ralanr1 votes

A lot of items that are getting crit can be used on fighters in top and assassins in mid.

I'm itching to try trinity force + essence reaver on Pantheon.

Blade of Justic1 votes

Gangplank Yasuo TryndamereMasterYi are going bot now?

Romans VI XXIII4 votes

dont forget! Anivia Garen Pantheon

Azirious Mistake5 votes

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dont forget! Anivia Garen Pantheon

and dont you forget Karthus and Gragas

Romans VI XXIII1 votes

or Soraka !!!!

MLDzXnRRR1 votes

Crit is good only with more crit. You can't affor to build squisht and get kited.

Puynsi1 votes

Because solid damage beats crits on early, but crits beats solid damage on late.

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