The real reason why 5.15 and esp. 5. 16 are such a miserable experience

Is that the game is in such a terrible state that a major balancing mechanic, the hive-mind empowered ban phase, cannot balance the game anymore.

On top of that i think that we NEED to learn from the current situation that major item changes should NEVER be mixed with major champion changes and vice versa, since none of them can be evaluated properly this way. Now i will delve into detail.

• To the ban phase:

Sated devourer already introduced this problem, by adding at least 3 champions to the list of things that will potentially ruin your game experience with something broken.

Not that this list wasn't already well cast: is a personal selection from me.

So with sated, u add to that.

Now comes patch 5.16, and adds .

By this time the game has accumulated as major balance problems.

Now you are estranged by the brokenness of these abominations every game, since u wont play games without any of them. think about it, 6 of these run free every single game. With the champion changes alone, the game would have been shaken up a lot, and the patch would likely have been unpleasant with this alone.

• item changes and new items on top

i acknowledge the fact that riot wants to keep the game interesting with new things, and even if new items will probably always need a little rebalancing, thats fine. The Problem is, we cannot evaluate the items at all. The aforementioned champion imbalances add an incredible amount of tension to almost every single game and stress the players a lot.

Now come . I have played about 50 matches since 5.16 came out, but i cant say anything about the changes to these items, the game is just to shaken up to evualate item strengths. I am currently a dedicated player, platinum 4 with a lot of time invested into the game, and im left entirely confused about these changes. What adds to the general feel of powerlessness is that the created chaos leads at best to a very long time ahead to properly balance these items and changes, since revisiting potential changes will be necessary in a state this chaotic. Personally, for example i just dont see reaching balance soon. It hurts so much when u realize that you want to be playing a fair game of league of legends, and suddenly the enemy team has a free dragon spirit.

The league community is incredibly competitive. Millions of players grind out what defines the meta every single day. Now if dedicated players can't see a balanced game state in near future, on a side note, what are you doing to more casual players? I don't know how they could be anything but estranged by the game as it is now.

I am firmly convinced that the very best decision would be to revert 5.16, but i know you cant do that.

Im left estranged, helpless, and i dont have hope.

Fireyordle