Anyone else just struggling this season when they did well previous ones?
This new season seems to hard to carry in compared to old ones. With jungler pressure seemingly higher than ever and people constantly roaming early on, ADCs hitting their power spikes early and trying to force team fights and what not, it just feels like there's hardly any time to "get going" in lane before it the game breaks down into chaotic roaming and team fighting.
On top of that, tower first blood gives global gold, so if you have an awful teammate, it affects every lane severely because them losing their tower makes your lane opponent a good deal stronger. I can beat most opponents in lane but I really don't have enough time to establish any sort of dominance before the jungler or other laners start showing up constantly. I miss the old seasons where it felt more about the matchups and outplaying your opponent and less about just roaming around and ganging up on people at every opportunity.
Not to mention botlane is just a complete shit show 90% of the time with one side getting completely stomped or 4-5 man ganks happening regularly. ESPECIALLY if an infernal drake has spawned, and that can quickly end a game because ADCs can have so much early influence now.
I get that league is a team game but I really wish individual player skill mattered a little more.