Season 6 blues story, I just need to git gud I guess.

Iv been playing League for about a year now, little longer. I started in late October early November in 2014, and played all through season 5. Il basically remember season 5 as "my first season" getting to play it start to finish, despite starting in season 4, though only the tail end of it.

When I started I had a lot to learn, I used IP to purchase champs here and there, and learned that some of the champs I bought with my hard earned IP were not very good choices, because they wernt very strong. Essentially I was "trying out and still learning" on what were considered somewhat under-powered champs. Urgot is a good example, only a few months in I was attracted to the concept of his kit, and bought him. Today he is still one of my favorites, but I find it hard to play him as much because hes less reliable than other champs I also like in the same positions.

Eventually I developed skill with a few of my favorite champs, and felt that skill could beat out a champs balance position. A true master could overcome the odds, or at least a clever and skilled play could overcome the odds if mastery wasnt achievable. In season 5 I felt like there were over and under powered champs, but they could still be beaten given an opponent with determination and understanding on how to do it.

I thought the tank meta was interesting, and it certainly made for some crazy team-fights that took an age to resolve as all those meat-shields CC'd each other trying to get to the back line.

When season 6 info started coming in, I was fairly excited. The keystone masteries sounded really cool, and I still like most of them now. I like the masteries more overall now actualy, though I do miss aspects of the old ones, overall Im in favor of this change and enjoy it. I find some of the new champs to be visually interesting, and feel they were developed by people who wanted to make a "cool character thats fun" even if champs arnt always balanced on release.

One thing about season 6 I dont like is I really dont feel like playing non-META champs is as viable as it was in season 5. The marksman changes seemed to focus on just a few, and even then only some of those focused on got very good deals, with a few coming out super OP. Thats part of why I feel playing non-META champs is so less viable, these freakishly strong reworks and "always have been, always will be" strong champs with months of above average win rates just seem to not only crowd out the other champs, they crowd out some of the fun of the game.

It is my opinion that some real effort needs to be put into bringing up the win% of other champs, and see if the environment of more champs being played instead of just the few powerhouse-outliers can bring more even feel to the game.

So far this season always has at least 2-3 of a certain 10-12 character pool in every match as either pick or ban. Though with some of the WIDELY questioned and loathed Xin buffs, hes had a sharp upshot in my last few games. I enjoy a game the most when I feel like I lost because my opponent was better than me, and that I could learn a lesson from that match. I do not enjoy the a game when I feel like CHAMP X IS 1.35 TIMES STRONGER THAN YOU, and player Y is abusing them so I have to play well beyond my abilities just to keep up with some broken crap.

Thats just it, weather intentional or not so many champs have proven to be broken so far this season either by the attempts to shorten the matches with frail/low damage turrets, the new masteries, or reworks that made them crazy strong. The game for me feels like its in a state of chaos, and it makes me afraid that sooner or later, Im going to stop having fun... stop playing.

I recently bought Jhin with RP, cause I like his concept, look, and kit. The next day I thought to myself, was spending money on that a mistake? Will I even enjoy LoL in 2 months if this chaos continues, OR GETS WORSE!?

I just want the game to go back to a place where I feel like I can develop skill with any champ and still be a match for any other player of similar skill and their champ, and move away from the feeling that I have to play a META champ or probably lose "cause freelo" champs are more important than skill.

TL;DR: Reading R hurd, and life will be hard for you, start looking for ways out now!