I hate this "Bot lane stole my elo" circle jerk. I really do.

chipndip1··7 votes·586 views

Like, you guys are whining about your bot lanes losing games, but you're probably just not trying hard enough to remember when your top laner fed a skirmisher like Fiora or Riven, or when your mid laner just sat mid and let his enemy laner roam 5 times, or when your jungler managed to die in every gank he did...or didn't gank at all.

It isn't just bot lane that can single-handedly cost a game. Out of the 3 placement games I lost, one of them was single-handedly caused by my top laner shitting the bed, even when my jungler spent all his time top, while I didn't get a lick of jungle help (didn't need it that much, but if that was gonna happen, he should have gone to other lanes, anyway). The real problem I think we have is that people are a bit tired of the marksman class feeling strong, and they want other types of champs to be viable mid/late game carry options comparable to marksmen, for a change. That type of complaint is way stronger and more understandable than complaining about which lane is losing you games. ANY lane can win or lose a game.

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Marshbouy4 votes

Not to mention, if 2/5 of your teammates get shit on and feed out their ass, then the game will be heavily skewed in the enemies favor regardless of which 2 those people are.

Yes Daddy PIease3 votes

Still, botlane is the most likely to feed Get way more tilted adcs than tilted mids or tops

PulsarPollo2 votes

Bot lane is going to get blamed the most simply based on the fact that they are supposed to do some of the highest damage numbers in the game, right up there with assassins and stuff.

While having other losing lanes is not going to help at all, I think everyone is forgetting the concept of a scaling bot lane. If top and mid are at least close to positive score/positive and can stall out the game with bot lane, the game is definitely winnable.

But if ONLY a winning matchup botlane feeds despite help from jungler and tp pressure, I think it's acceptable to say that "bl stole elo".

chipndip11 votes

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Bot lane is going to get blamed the most simply based on the fact that they are supposed to do some of the highest damage numbers in the game, right up there with assassins and stuff.

While having other losing lanes is not going to help at all, I think everyone is forgetting the concept of a scaling bot lane. If top and mid are at least close to positive score/positive and can stall out the game with bot lane, the game is definitely winnable.

But if ONLY a winning matchup botlane feeds despite help from jungler and tp pressure, I think it's acceptable to say that "bl stole elo".

I understand how people feel when bot lane loses out, but that shit happens ALL THE TIME in a ton of roles, not just bot lane. The anti-bot lane circle jerk is getting out of hand.

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