Why does everyone assume that "mobility creep" champions are toxic?

Cloud273·Nov 8, 2015·1 votes·481 views

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.winPercent&order=descend

Looking at the top 5 champions for win rates. Only 1 out of 5 of them has a MS boost or jump/leap/etc in their kits (which is barely anything btw). If you think mobility is toxic, you are delusional, because clearly it is not.

7 Comments

UberAffeNov 8, 20152 votes

It's not that mobility it self is toxic, it's that it invalidates a lot of the kits of older champions because they weren't designed to be facing off against many champions with mobility.

lil kodaNov 8, 20152 votes

a champion being toxic doesnt mean it is broken or has a high winrate, look at yorick, he is a toxic antifun champion he isnt broken nor does he have a high winrate

MathbalnaseNov 8, 20152 votes

Win rate on its own has almost no meaning whatsoever.

Divide win rate by rank, compare with play rate (and ban rate), examine interactions with other popular picks (both enemy and ally), favourability of available items, and a dozen other factors, and THEN we can talk.

7ha7guy777Nov 8, 20151 votes

If an immobile champion gets fed and you can no longer fight them, you can run away. If you are immobile and a mobile champion gets fed to the point where you can't fight, you can't run either. When you can't fight, and you can't run, you die. When you die, you get pissed off and your team also gets pissed off.

Cloud273Nov 8, 20151 votes

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If an immobile champion gets fed and you can no longer fight them, you can run away. If you are immobile and a mobile champion gets fed to the point where you can't fight, you can't run either. When you can't fight, and you can't run, you die. When you die, you get pissed off and your team also gets pissed off.

Or you just CC them and/or shield yourself and walk away. This is why Kayle, Mordekaiser, Annie and Heimerdinger are so strong. If someone tries to chase you, you can either stun or slow them (except for Mordekaiser). If they continue to chase you, you can shield yourself (unless you're Heimerdinger). Just because you don't have mobility, it doesn't mean you're screwed. You can itemize against them, and you have lots of tools at your disposal to protect yourself. And they have so much burst in their kits, they don't need mobility. That's the tradeoff for having so much burst.