League of Super-safe Bullies is gradually becoming less and less fun

Zero Skill Tank··164 votes·11,523 views

Biggest offenders Zed Ekko Quinn Ahri Corki Graves.

Back than when our bullies were Riven or Renekton or Talon they would at least actually need to fight you for you to be bullied, which is way better pattern than 'I'll just shoot my stuff at you non-stop because you can't hit me back anyways'.

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SpecterVonBaren88 votes

I harshly disagree on Renekton's Dash>Stun>Auto>Q>Dash combo requiring him to fight you.

Szunray65 votes

I also disagree with Riven's Knockup > Auto >Stun > Auto >Shield/Dash combo requiring her to fight you, but the OP is trying to prove a point here.

Back in his day, you took Darius top, and beat the enemy's dick in with your superior dick smashing champion. Top laners these days with their pansy arsed "ranged harass" can't appreciate the experience of having their dicks beaten in by real top laners.

P.S. When I started writing this, I imagined OP would be some jaded, Olaf player, pining for the good ol days. But they play Teemo. I don't even know what to make of this.

Jasiwel6 votes

I just play Urgot top and all my problems go away. Well, until I realize the other 4 members of the other team are fed and my own team is tilting each other.

Spaceman5pff25 votes

Top lane was much more fun in the days of exclusively Melee vs Melee. Unlike mid, where accurate clicking won the lane, a good top was one who better understood wave manipulation, control, and abuse. Holding your cc until the enemy accidentally picks up aggro etc....

Heck, on ur Riven point, at least (if you know what you are doing) you can zone her off some cs while all her spells are on CD. Eventually she will pick up CDR, but if you properly punish her trades early, cdr won't be enough to push through you anymore. Ever since Brutalizer was split into Cauliflower Warhammer and Serrated Dick, the 20% cdr item rush on riven became much weaker unless you had a lead b4 buying cdr.

Reynard the ƒox11 votes

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you can zone her off some cs while all her spells are on CD.

I've legit never experienced this as or against Riven.

ImmortalBloodCY4 votes

Bah i just hit her once as heimerdingerHeimerdinger and when she goes in to attack me i stun her and 70% of her HP dies.

ZeeWolfZ4 votes

Riven has CDs?

Ariel the Cruel8 votes

Contrary to popular belief: yes.

210 seconds to be exact.

Lanarrin16 votes

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Contrary to popular belief: yes.

210 seconds to be exact.

is that the respawn time from when she dies the first time at 64 mins?

Ariel the Cruel11 votes

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Vistha Kai4 votes

So is Talon's "W then back while they take damage" for that matter.

Well, at least he still does that in most people's attack range.

doombotMECHA5 votes

yeah, and as a talon psuedo-main (my favorite assassin, but I main supp) that w costs SO MUCH MANA. you absolutely cannot rely on that thing for waveclear, at any stage of the game. you try and keep poking with that, and you'll be oom before you can say "fountain"

Dataless37 votes

over-exaggerations about Ahri waveclear always amuse me.

Vistha Kai13 votes

I know right?

I had an extremely easy game as Ahri the other day - as in "20/2/20" easy - and there wasn't a point in the game I could one-shot caster minions with Q.

Not even one wave.

Dataless9 votes

AP breakpoints are a cruel, cruel mistress.

Vistha Kai11 votes

Unless you go with the one and only true Katarina build.

item 1058 item 1058 item 1058 item 1058 item 1058 item 1058

B1naryB0t11 votes

And then lategame: item 3089 item 3089 item 3089 item 3089 item 3089 item 3089

Spoofghoul23 votes

no no you definitely need one coat rack item 1058

to hang all the hats on item 3089item 3089item 3089item 3089item 3089

It conveniently has 5 hooks as you can see

Maximum Morde5 votes

I'd have to see your build but I can generally one shot the caster minions with a Q if I'm rushing rylais and get NLR on my first back. If you are Morello rushing, then yeah, you cant.

Vistha Kai5 votes

If you rush pure AP, then yeah, maybe. I prefer to still have some mana after clearing the wave, though.

And, "No", I don't consider Morello a "mana" item.

Nunya Bezwacks2 votes

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If you rush pure AP, then yeah, maybe.

because 80 ap isn't enough to make item 3165 an AP item right?

Vistha Kai6 votes

Pure AP.

A big part of Morello is the CDR, not to mention most "AP" items actually give 100+ AP.

Scramrail20 votes

No mention of Fizz ? He might have to go in on you to harass you but his E gets such a short cooldown after a few of his core items he becomes almost unkillable without multiple hard CCs.

SpaceFlu19 votes

Leblanc WHERE

Serenity Now16 votes

I find Ahri to be the worst offender.

By level 4 or 5, she can one shot waves with her Q and no items. On top of that she gets a burst of speed (as if she actually needed more mobility) so you can't get into trades, and if you do happen to land some damage she heals it back with her passive. Just... utter... BS... design.

Zed is pretty damn bad too, but you at least get opportunities to trade damage because he does have get in closer than Ahri. Most Zed's will just farm up and poke, then head off to a side lane for kills.

Steven Mcburn48 votes

What? I've seen ahri's with NLR and level 9 not even 1 shotting caster minions with Q. How is a level 4 or 5 ahri 1 shotting entire waves?

Spaceman5pff10 votes

That is just a Q.Q Boards troll farming for upvotes it be.

1000angrybees40 votes

She's not. people think because she hits twice and does true damage with it that it's 'op waveclear' when it doesn't even affect minions because they have no MR.

Not to mention she definitely needs at least ludens and rank 4+ before she's going to be doing any waveclearing.

EvilRabbitt12 votes

I love it when people exaggerate. If all Serenity did was math he'd know he was lying through his teeth. Oh well.

NineTailedMystic21 votes

Ahri cannot clear even casters with 1 Q until Morello/Athenes + Ludens. Her Q is also moderately mana demanding. The speed boost is to help her be a kite mage, since otherwise the only reliable tool she has to kite is E. Her passive has already been nerfed and is better to play against than Morgana's 15% free spellvamp. It heals 3 per hit + .09 AP until level 6, so if she hits a full wave (3 melee, 3 casters, 1 cannon) with both sides of a Q, with 30 AP from Runes/Masteries and Dorans, she'll heal only about 42. After spending the mana for 4 Qs.

1000angrybees5 votes

I wish people understood this, especially the speed boost and the kite mage thing

She literally has it for that exact purpose. To kite opponents. So she DOESN'T GET CAUGHT. WHILE KITING.

chipndip114 votes

You know just how much Riven hate was around before she got nerfed? These boards have no chill and no long-term memory.

Aazzlano7 votes

yes because the board is an entity of its own with its own opinions

chipndip16 votes

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yes because the board is an entity of its own with its own opinions

Then reread the sentence as "You know just how many Riven hate threads were on these boards before she got nerfed?" and you'll be fine.

Aazzlano3 votes

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Then reread the sentence as "You know just how many Riven hate threads were on these boards before she got nerfed?" and you'll be fine.

What? Obviously I was responding to the second part of your post not the first.

Lusoka6 votes

I don't know if anyone has ever suggested this, the only thing I can really think that will happen is "I'll be destroyed eternal!" due to any amount of criticism. Since Zed has amazing waveclear on his q and e plus getting more ad from W which aids in last hitting, why isn't the passive just champion only?

Asking here since it will be bias on a hate thread and won't be nearly as white knighted by mains if just asked in its own thread.

Now will I die, or will things be reasonable.

PapaGreg216 votes

Yeah top lane sucks for anybody that used to enjoy it. The worst thing you had to worry about was teemo for years. Now it is just a harassment fest. I'd rather play support (lol jk)

Biff Manly5 votes

I kinda want Quinn to go back to being garbage tier so I can play her again without being told to kill myself for tryharding.

Knalxz5 votes

Wait Talon is a bully, since when? He has the weakest laning phase of any assassin in the game and always has. The most bulling he can do is with rake but it chunks his mana so hard he might as well be throwing it at the enemy.

Kingnewgameplus4 votes

Kassadin

Zero Skill Tank4 votes

When he used to have silence.

XPL Turdong3 votes

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Biggest offenders Zed Ekko Quinn Ahri Corki Graves.

Back than when our bullies were Riven or Renekton or Talon they would at least actually need to fight you for you to be bullied, which is way better pattern than 'I'll just shoot my stuff at you non-stop because you can't hit me back anyways'.

Since when can graves bully you without you being able to trade back significantly more damage, he has 425 aa range and his q has a 2 second delay to dodge it, unless he's ulting you for harass and you consider that bullying with no consequences graves is easy to out trade until he gets major items like Death's dance

HeadHonchkrow4 votes

425 AA range is more range then what most melee champions have

MoonToonEx4 votes

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Since when can graves bully you without you being able to trade back significantly more damage

Since he started going top against Melee champs. How Graves is even a thing in this game is beyond me.

Vekkna5 votes

graves is easy to out trade until he gets major items like a point in E

ftfy

46104328_DEL2 votes

How is Graves a super safe bully? I love the re-work on him, (one of the few ones that worked), but holy shit does he have a HUGE weakness with that reload.

Skias17 votes

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How is Graves a super safe bully? I love the re-work on him, (one of the few ones that worked), but holy shit does he have a HUGE weakness with that reload.

April fools is over lol

EmollientNut01 votes

Ekko is an absolute behemoth now. Then again, you cann basically build item 3025 on anyone and be successful.

LatetotheRace7 votes

Well not everyone has a hard ranged slow, huge shield/possible stun and a whip-back for when crap hits the fan.

Bisaknosp1 votes

Ahri uhm the moment she tries to bully you is the best to bully her so idk what your problem is l2p against some champs maybe?

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