Map Symmetry

Power Cosmic·Nov 28, 2017·1 votes·615 views

I think a main goal should be to make the Summoner's Rift symmetrical in terms of lane influence and importance.

6 Comments

Laughing FishNov 28, 20172 votes

The thing is, there is 2 people for each team on the bot lane. So if you achieved perfect balance, and every role was equally important, that would mean that bot lane is twice as important as it has double the champions. While not perfect by any means, I think it is a lot more fair now then it was last season, especially during the Ardent Censor meta. Bot lane will just always be the most important due to the percentage of the players and resources located there.

Power CosmicNov 28, 20171 votes

Try to be creative and think outside the box. I am not at all saying you are wrong, what I'm saying is just because things are a certain way doesn't mean it has to stay that way.

Laughing FishNov 28, 20172 votes

It would be unfair for a single player to be as important as two players. The two issues with bot lane League has run into (especially late last season) is that A: Bot lane was more than twice the importance of top or mid, and B: Bot lane was far too binary where you either won and got crazy fed or lost and the enemy got crazy fed.

See, while Bot should be twice as important as a solo lane due to having two players, it should also be twice as hard to win due to the enemy having two players.

Power CosmicNov 28, 20171 votes

I was more thinking a radical change to the laning meta. Where smite was taken out of game, and it being very hard to clear even a couple camps early. There instead would be two "flex" picks, one in each side lane, where they could fill a variety of roles depending on your team's comp, the meta, or your playstyle. Jungle would definitely still be there, but less of a defined role for one person. It is fun to think creatively to try to make things better; even if wrong.

Metal JannaNov 28, 20171 votes

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GhazterNov 28, 20171 votes

Umm, as far as I know, it's pretty symmetrical with regards to lane influence. unless you mean make it so that it's a diamond instead of a square...

Or, maybe you mean how the meta is 1 top 1 jungle 1 mid and 2 bot, with specific roles. The problem with modifying this is that many roles would disappear, such as jungle, ADC, or APC. Unfortunately for you, that's a big factor in the game's success, role diversity.

Also, if that were to happen, we would just be bumping each other until someone makes a mistake, and at that point, it's just a game of skill; this way, even if you're really good at the game, if you play ADC you can still be locked down with CC and deleted just because the other players have characters that counter you and vice versa, making skill less -but still an important- part of the game.