Question for RIOT (silver player)

Laura ß··2 votes·305 views

Why have unkillable 1v1 champions likeNasus Ornn Chogath Sion in a game that puts you with randoms and where your jungler might or might not gank because -X- reason. I have had many games where the enemy champion (one of the listed above) is pushing lane like a mad man yet my jungler just ignores it. How many times do I have to ping for help and get such an easy kill?

I perfectly understand that these champions have very low movility and they are almost sitting ducks when pushing a lane and can be easly ganked and killed when doing so, BUT in such a current unhealthy state of the game not only in terms of balance but in terms of game understanding by some players this type of champions often get away with pushing a lane hard and denying you farm and getting your tower low.

In high level play (term commonly used by RIOT when in comes to balance) this problem is basicaly non existent since junglers do know the game well and players using this type of champions also know well not to push hard even when warded.

But why is it that RIOT only seems to care how a champion is balanced in high elo but completely ingores if its healthy for low elo play, if the champion is going to be OP just because in low elo junglers simply dont gank even when a big sign that says EASY KILL is on top of the enemy then at least make them able to kill 1v1 when they make a mistake like missing a skill shot.

Thanks.

4 Comments

swiftsnipe2 votes

People who are skilled don't have these problems. Basically, the problem isn't the champion. the issue is that you need to work on countering these champions. Riot doesn't need to change stuff. you need to learn stuff. That's half the fun of league.

Chermorg1 votes

While I don't agree with how harshly this is said, it's 100% true. There is no "unkillable" champion by design. There are only champions who, through the misplay of the opponent, get "fed" enough to be unkillable. If you let them get fed, either by playing a hard champion against them, letting them farm, leaving your lane, dying to them, etc - then it's not Riot's fault they're unkillable.

Get Ogre Here1 votes

The reason Riot seems to focus more on higher elos for balance is because they seem to consider Plat+ to be where players start to play the game how it's supposed to be played.

I personally disagree with this logic because the large majority of players are in bronze-silver so in a business perspective it seems better to appeal to the majority.

Although I do understand where they're going because they have to appeal to the high elo players because:

A) They generally devote many hours into the game, collectively (possibly) even more than bronze/silver/gold)

B) They want youtubers/streamers (who are generally higher elo) to keep playing the game for promotion and publicity.

You really have to look at both sides and an argument could be made for both.

warwiller1 votes

The reason is this is game is a mess and nothing in it is made to be normal or fun

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