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I'm so sick of Riot's bias with certain champions

freepointzs·3/9/2016, 12:35:31 AM·2 votes·752 views

And you all know what I'm talking about. How certain champions are always intentionally kept viable or strong. How some champions, despite ridiculous playrate or winrate (and sometimes both) are let off scott free while others are kneecapped the moment they become strong.

Ahri and Lux have had a dumb as hell win rate and play rate for well over a year and yet get nothing (and no that little change to ahri that affects like 2 or 3 matchups doesn't count.) Lee sin get's buffed not because he's weak, but because for once in his lifetime he wasn't a dominant meta shifting champion like he usually is (and than of course of top of the buff, all the champions above him get nerfed as well).

It honestly pisses me off how there's blatant favourtism to certain champions. DFT too strong on release? Well we will nerf it as well as brand, malzahar, swain, and karthus. Champion who were finally strong for the first time in years were immediately nerfed the moment they had a good winrate. Meanwhile ahri and lux get the same winrate, higher playrate, and get played in the lcs.

Tell me outside of liking a champions kit/playstyle, I should play someone who isn't one of your favourite stars. On a competitive level, why would I bother learning new champions. I can just main these champions and never have to worry about being out of the meta. Never have to pick based on the current patch, or meta changes, or matchups. Just insta lock that lux/ahri/lee/etc and enjoy the win.

2 Comments

Vanjie3/9/2016, 12:42:32 AM1 votes

They don't care. No matter how many times you tell them something, give Riot Games constructive feedback, and hope for the best . . . they always screw it up. Other champions get great reworks, the time needed get them to really shine in the game . . . and more. I can give you a perfect example and that is Soraka, Riot's new go to Lee champion for support. They have been working on her for the past EIGHT to NINE months. They think buffing Karmas E+R is great compensation for the botched rework they admit to screwing up on. She doesn't need a buff to an easily confused Iron Locket of Solari knock off. Karma needs the same eight months you decided to spend on that useless goat champion . . . when you could have done it in half the time and the other half on champions like Karma . . . heck . . . even Eve or Akali. Riot doesn't care.

Nyhver3/9/2016, 12:50:45 AM1 votes

Some champions should be FOTM or at least able to contend with FOTM/viable because quite honestly the lack of outplay or meaningful interaction between most league champions is abhorrent

I'm all for balancing league out so all champions are viable and not clearly inferior competitively to other champions, though, I just don't want to force out champions that are fun to watch or play or that do have outplay, (more than others) just to 'make other champions join the FOTM cycle', I think it's a bad design philosophy