Being skilled doesnt even matter anymore. Its all about playing the meta champions and having team mates know how to play safe. Every season before this I have never had games be so one sided. Back then if a lane lost hard, it was because he was facing a smurf. Nowadays if youre on the losing side, you have 3+ people losing hard. Shit is getting so out of hand, no wonder this is the most hated season.
Honestly if I met a Riot balance employee thismorning I might not be able to hold back from reflexively punching them.
I don't mind the one sidedness if the games ACTUALLY ENDED SOONER. But no folks, "Our game times aren't down more then a few seconds!" that implies they're balanced, right?
It's not like practically ALL league games are played with a 7K gold lead/deficit, which sits there for 20 minutes while the winning team dicks around, and then shoots up 3K in 2 minutes as they obliterate the enemy base with no contest.
And you're absolutely right, the games that are over in champ select... they're just rampant.
The another problem is, even if both teams are equal in skill, the first team to CC their carry first CC chains them to death amd wins the game.
God forbids the day when this game requires brain to play.
Skill Matters. But.... yeah.
Look. I don't have a problem with Season 8 kill/damage speed.
What I do have a problem with is.....
Things happen so fast now in League, that there's no chance to even coach your team on what they need to do to win, or how to correct bad gameplay.
The game's speed is essentially getting so fast that even if by whimsy, your team is up by like 25 to 12...... your unskilled teammates don't want to listen to caution. They want to barrel down mid towards a Lux and her team and 4v5 them...... three times in a row, and die every time. Even though they were ahead.
https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2853011114/243999882?tab=overview
This is the game I just mentioned.
Look how far behind on gold my team was. Not by much until about 24 minutes. We even evened it out, with Morg int feeding. Or rather I did.
And then my team suddenly begins following Morg right down mid lane. We even have the side bushes etc warded.
Viola: The Sion Ults down mid from behind, Pyke and Gragas flank from the left and Ashe/Lux nuke down the lane.
I warned my team to get out before any of that happened. Not a single one listened to me.
They did the same EXACT thing as soon as they spawned. AND AGAIN.
That's how my losses go. I hyper carry almost every game. But no. My team braindead pushes mid vs CC city and nukes.
https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2852990530/243999882?tab=overview (I told my team level 1 that Garen is prob smurfing with Kha. and that Kha/Garen both have really high 100% win rates and Xerath has a 4.6 KDA. Yorick proceeds to int feed the garen. DIdn't look like accident. Looked like, I want to die..... here I am) https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2852222676/243999882?tab=overview (Same thing! Top Sion ints Garen to the point where he can 1v5 my team. Meanwhile, bot got 0 ganks vs a Janna/Jhin, yet we hold our own until we've decided top has snowballed too much and desert lane. Notice my Nami has a typical game's DAMAGE/HEALS, but only takes part in 6 kills. We had 10 kills. I CC'd and didn't feed so hard that I don't even look like I was playing the same game as my team. And yeah. Sion wasn't Eing Garen; he was dueling him until Sion was 25%, and then he would ult into Garen to get ulted to death.) https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2852207378/243999882?tab=overview (Hyper carried. But ofc, the bot Anivia was feeding, and the Lux was basically throwing skills, not trying to get kills. Would get someone to 25% and let them go. Bot always died as soon as Infernal Drake was in the picture/or refused to come to it) https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2852048544/243999882?tab=overview (Carry, but team turned Graves into a 1 shot machine. Ornn trash build, Vayne and Brand kept face running at Zyra) https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2851540801/243999882?tab=overview (Hyper carry again. Look at Karma's heals to self. 800 total in an entire game. She didn't shield anyone, built full mage as support, and just ..... Q'd..... the entire game. She had Glacial Augment and no move speed. More deaths than anyone on team, yet also the least damage taken. When I tell her she needs support items, she toxics and feeds) https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2849209719/243999882?tab=overview (Carry) https://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2849166716/243999882?tab=overview (Carry)
Literally only 3 of my last 12 losses did I not carry. And on those...... I didn't actually end up badly either, nor were the snowballs my fault.
You can't teach these guys mid game. And even if you try, they don't accept it. They think they know how to win and then go suicide at the gates.
If you COULD teach them mid game, then so many more games would be winnable. And that's why high damage/mobility meta is creating uncarryable games and making people upset.
I just love putting in all the hard work only for my own team to shit on me.
"Working has intended" :'D
It has been months, or more, and it's still the same thing everytime. It's intentional, because of the 50% win rate stuff and to make you play more (untill you get sick and quit).
riot doesnt care, they dont want ACTUAL good players to climb the ranks! that would be ridiculous to have good players in their propper elo!
Yeah. I feel you, you lose cause one or more team mates just, either sit back and let the enemy team slowly push forward. Or they become fodder rendering you useless when being the only person to really kill one or survive a fight.
This is the exact same complaint we had early this year lmao. I think the bounty changes were done to fix this issue.
I don't agree. I have had more comeback games this season than the entirety of all the previous seasons combined.
