I see this way too often.

Starcall Casey··2 votes·1,234 views

Every game if I see someone type "This champ is op" they get called a noob because apparently if you think a certain way about this game that doesn't match up with what a "how to get good" video tell you that means you're wrong. In every "get to Diamond" video I've seen they always say the same things, "ward more, No champ is op, if you died it's your fault, etc. Most of what they are saying gets me so frustrated because people follow this advice like it's some sort of written fact.

 Let's start off with "ward more". As it is true that warding is one way of helping your team and yourself. It is **NOT** something that makes you gank proof. Let's say you spend 150 on two wards for each side of mid. Then you get ganked by J4 or WW from a different route. Now you're dead, you spent 150 gold for nothing and gave up 300+ gold to your opponents and now you're missing out on **MORE** gold plus xp from that death.

 Now onto "No champ is OP". Every patch champs get nerfed or buffed and new items come out depending on what riot wants to do. This means there will almost always be "OP" picks in every game. for example: in Patch 4.20 new jungle changes occurred and made it harder to jungle which made sustain champs become more prevalent in the meta. this included Warwick, Fiddle, Udyr, etc. all of these champs were really strong before the changes and now are even stronger mostly because of all of the new items and changes. Warwick and now smite ult somebody for an instant kill which in my opinion is an Anti-fun mechanic which needs to be looked at soon.

 The last one I want to talk about is "If you died, it's your fault" This can be truthful and it can be totally out of your control if you died. It all depends on the match and situation. Dying because you tower dived or got caught in the enemy jungle, that is your fault. Dying because you got CC'd to death is *NOT* your fault in my opinion.

In the end I want to say that Don't Follow some Diamond one YouTuber like they're the master of all tricks and secrets and keep your mind open to learning whatever you can about your play and how to improve on your own. Using a Wiki or learning from in game knowledge will really help you more then any high elo Youtuber can. Try to ignore those Sheep who call you a noob because you have a different opinion on a topic about this game. Because at the end of the day, The only person that know's if you need to improve is you.

TL;DR: Ignore those who dis your skill level because you have a different opinion than them and leave them in the dust while you succeed. summoner 13

8 Comments

FantasySniper2 votes

Some champs are OP. Trying to deny that is like saying Kassadin wasn't cancer or Xin Zhao wasn't a problem at his release.

They're still floating around, some more obvious than others.

Very good words, all round.

Kat Head2 votes

Ward More- This also means look at you mini map and ward in good spots. In middle lane just ward one side and stick to that side. It is your "safe" side. You can use this later to bait your enemy.

This Champ Is OP - OP = Over powered or unstoppable. There are very few actual instances of this. But yeah some champions are stronger than others in the current meta, and some are difficult to stop. DO NOT BAN THESE CHAMPIONS or you will never learn how to counter them.

If you died it is your fault - This is a frame of mind, if you have this attitude and look for ways that you could have prevented your death you improve. How can you stop WW from flash ulting you ? You cant but you can item 3140, and your team can punish him with death. Now they have no jungle and you can grab a objective. Thinking your death is not your fault is admitting defeat, if you feel that way use the surrender button.

Starcall Casey1 votes

Thanks for the reply with your opinion. I appreciate it. I have one more thing to add to that thought. QSS is a 1250 Gold, only gives magic resist and has a higher CD then most CC ults and only builds into an ADC item. Not a viable counter. That is my thoughts on that.

colesy1 votes

you could probably argue that if you had positioned yourself better you wouldn't have been cc'd to death.

think of it like this:

if you're in bot lane, blitz pulls, knocks you up and the adc dumps you, is that your fault or is it not?

IMMASCOOPYOU1 votes

you could probably argue that if you had positioned yourself better you wouldn't have been cc'd to death.

think of it like this:

if you're in bot lane, blitz pulls, knocks you up and the adc dumps you, is that your fault or is it not?

I was playing ADC Lucian with Olaf support, he kept getting troll-cranked into turret range and dying.

Chrige1 votes

A lot of times when someone says a champ is OP its because they don't know how to play against it, which makes them noobs in some peoples eyes.

Starcall Casey1 votes

There are many circumstances you can come across in this game. But let's say if a Warwick ults you and kills you instantly (which in this patch can happen). I Don't think it's the players fault they died there. That's is on of the main reasons I Hate seeing people call others noobs in game for dying.

colesy1 votes

positioning.

also, the team should have at least a little CC held back to interrupt his skill so even if you take a beating you might be able to get out alive.

not saying these are good reasons, but there is pretty much always a reason for dying, like if I'm casually just going from mid lane to bot lane and then they just casually have four of their team chilling out around there, I try to get away and then they catch up, cc chain me and dump me, well I simply shouldn't have roamed there without any help from my team.

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