Game Impact By Role
Hey guys,
How would you all rank order the roles (top, jungle, mid, adc, support) in terms of individual ability to impact the game? I recognize it's time dependent, but wanted to see what the community thought. Cheers!
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Middle->Top->ADC-->Support------------------------------------------------------>JG
I'd say it varies based on rank (minus JG). Once people get more organized with better positioning, protecting etc. I think ADC comes online more.
On the flip side, a brand support is probably a higher carry potential than anyone else in bronze, simply because they're a lower impact role (taking gold off the map) while having a high impact. So you take away nothing from your team while adding everything.
I'd say Jungle has the most impact on a game. I've had good jungles that got all their laners well fed and captured objectives. Alternatively, I've had junglers that fed all the opposing laners allowing the enemy to snowball. A good mid can do similar, but I don't see too much of it in Bronzie-land anymore likely because of turret plating.
Jungle -- Mid -- Top -- Sup -- Adc
Jungle is the one walking around the whole map and impacting it everywhere one thinks best to.
Mid can roam on both sides and help jungle around.
Top cannot do much to impact the map, however toplane champions are usually fairly stong and can be very dangerous in teamfights or picks.
Sup, I would place it 2nd if not for gold and XP income, in addition to Riot nerfing it everytime and barely buffing. Unlike common opinion sup is not entilted to bot, one can roam on the whole map and make plays.
Adc, I assume you play real adc, as other champions may have a different story. You pretty much rely on your team and hope they don't forget you, as well as hope you synargize with sup or at least one won't int. You can end up in situation when you stay 1x2 and it is ok, because support is not entilted to stay with you. You need to secure safe scaling to deal damage later.
Of course, there are lot's of details to that, and impact depends on individual skill, not the role at first.
Jungle has the highest detriment with the lowest reward.
mid->bot->jg=top->sup
Jungle / Adc / Mid / Support / Top
Anyones who ever had a awful jungle can confirm they can lose you the game. Anyone who's had a great jungle will tell you they are invaluable.