League will never be balanced.

Pluniverse·8/6/2017, 1:35:19 AM·19 votes·1,128 views

The shift in playstyles and meta game is what makes the game fun and exciting. Finding new ways to beat the meta and shift it is what keeps players coming back. If the game was balanced people would eventually get bored of it.

39 Comments

Michael7028/6/2017, 1:44:15 AM15 votes

I don't need balanced. I need fair matchmaking.

CamilleRule348/6/2017, 1:41:55 AM9 votes

Chess is balanced

Big Lincoln8/6/2017, 1:53:31 AM7 votes

if the game was balanced and close to 140 champions were at least semi-frequent picks instead of a handful rocking 20-30% pick rates, i would get bored?

AirKingNeo8/6/2017, 2:55:33 AM5 votes

The game won't be balanced unless the balance team did more than throw around random changes claiming it as balance. Seriously annoying when there's no real balance team working on the game.

Not very fun when multiple champions and unhealthy or unbalance or unnecessary mechanics are put/left into/in the game for no reason.

BIue Monk8/6/2017, 12:48:43 PM2 votes

The problem is that Riot is like "We're a competitive game, come show your uber mega skills with the NEW M A O K A I, WoooooW !." ; meanwhile the balance is absolute garbage.

5050BS8/6/2017, 1:52:39 AM2 votes

Not with LC$

xelaker8/6/2017, 3:13:57 AM2 votes

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The shift in playstyles and meta game is what makes the game fun and exciting. Finding new ways to beat the meta and shift it is what keeps players coming back. If the game was balanced people would eventually get bored of it.

the only issue with that is when riot is making the game content for the current meta.

FantasySniper8/6/2017, 10:56:39 AM2 votes

Imbalance is not fun, though. Whoever gets best champion first or does the most cheese wins, and that's not fun.

Raistlin8/6/2017, 11:04:17 AM2 votes

My teammates most of the time are 0/10 or similar, of course its not balanced, i require matchmaking to give me smart people for a change.

zxinferxz8/6/2017, 8:37:15 AM1 votes

Certain direct competitor whose name ends with "2" is pretty balanced in its current state, probably the most balanced it has ever been. Why can't League strive to such? Oh...

Kuzja18/6/2017, 8:57:47 AM1 votes

I can see what you're going with this but there are times where certain champions get too meta or too off meta according to the community.

xXRaichopXx8/6/2017, 2:34:36 AM1 votes

Makes a post about Cho and Maokai being unbalanced 40 minutes later

PrinceOfStorms8/6/2017, 7:09:10 AM1 votes

The problem is that there is an entire class of champions for which there is no item that renders them irrelevant (ADCs), while every other class has at least one item that hard counters it. For example the LW items, Void Staff, Liandry's and BoRK counter tanks, mages are countered by Hexdrinker and QSS, bruisers are countered by Executioner's Calling and Bramble Vest, and assassins are countered by Zhonyas and GA.

Thornmail used to counter ADCs, but it doesn't anymore. If it reflected 25% of incoming AA damage back to the attacker (along with applying GW), we could probably see more diversity botlane, because it would make certain targets completely inviable.

SirTeemoMushroom8/6/2017, 8:19:39 AM1 votes

yea because it's way too fair to abuse meta picks .. instead the champion you like to play.. bronze