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Riot pushing champions into other roles

GankLord··2 votes·1,542 views

My favorite champion used to be Zyra. In seasons 3 and 4 she was one of the strongest mid lane mages in the game. After all the nerfs then being reworked and nerfed AGAIN she is now a full on mage support. There is absolutely no reason to take her mid over anyone else. Her ult is unreliable and it's easier to kill her plants now than it has been ever before. I know there are some people that are fine with this (Zyra being full support) but the majority of those opinions I've seen are from those that started playing with her when she was shoved into the full on role.

Are you ok with Riot pushing champions into other roles than for what they were initially designed for? According to the boards I've seen opinions that this is what is happening or has happened to Nidalee. She used to be a mid lane mage pushed into a jungle mage and now is no longer strong in either. Are you for or against Riot doing this to champs either by reworking them or nerfing them until they are only viable in a certain role?

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HP Crookshanks3 votes

I miss the times when mages were played in mid lane. Annie Brand Heimerdinger Karma Karthus Lux Morgana Swain Velkoz Ziggs Zyra

Now mid lane is dominated by overloaded bruisers and assassins. Yasuo Zed Irelia Talon

GankLord2 votes

I still think S 3-4-5 were the best seasons of LOL's history.

ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

The top 10 most played champs in mid lane:

Yasuo Sylas Ahri Zed Orianna Leblanc TwistedFate Talon Zoe Irelia

So that's: 2 Fighters 2 AD assassins 1 AP assassin 5 Mages

Mages are still the statistical most likely pick for mid lane. Stop lying.

Also, let's stop pretending that other champions were never played in mid lane. They always have been.

HP Crookshanks3 votes

Also, let's stop pretending that Yasuo and Zed are mostly banned. Some mages have higher pick rate than some assassins/bruisers just because no one bans mages. If bans didn't exist, Yasuo and Zed would be picked in almost every game.

Popularity = Pick Rate + Ban Rate Yasuo : 64.3% Zed : 60.9% Vladimir : 35.1% Akali : 33% Sylas : 26.1% Irelia : 24% Leblanc : 23.9% Ahri : 18% Each mage (Anivia Annie AurelionSol Azir etc.) has 0-10% popularity.

Ahri is also an assassin (partly a mage). If she were just an immobile mage her pick rate would be much lower like any other mage.

You should figure out why assassins and bruisers are banned but mages are not.

uNhoLeee1 votes

stop posting nidalee u low elo noobs, wont carry to a decent skill level u shitlords.

WindLord70701 votes

It's not happening to nidalee it already happened long ago and riot doesn't care. I don't mind if they push new champions into specific roles but when a champion already has an established playerbase and they force it thats when it feels like shit. Meta shifts are different but riot doing it themselves is terrible.

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