The main problem with this meta.

Janna Me Fiddle·12/29/2018, 8:53:34 PM·60 votes·15,302 views

High skill ceiling champs becoming mindlessly easy to play because of certain runes, the abundance of CDR making cool-down windows virtually unpunishable and certain questionable mechanics decisions.

Fiora now has one of the best early games for top laners, rush item 3077 never get pushed out of lane, Q and Conq mean you never lose trades unless you make a massive mistake.

Irelia miss your E? No problemo fam it'll be back up in no time, didn't hit your Q quite right? don't worry we got your back with super low CD anyway, miss everything? just W their burst and you'll be able to try again

Rito "We have decided to make turret diving more difficult and risky, increasing the chance of turn arounds, also Akali can't be damaged by turrets because muh true stealth, enjoy this fun and uninteractive mechanic"

Zed Press R, misses everything but E and an Auto, still gets the kill because item 3147 ,summoner 14 and dark harvest.

LeeSin who needs to do insec mechanics when you can just land a Q, Q, W, E, summoner 11, R to kill?

Riven Just faceroll that keyboard and summoner 14 . don't worry Conq got your back, you don't need to learn to auto cancel.

Leblanc Misses combo, insanely low cooldowns means she tries again 5 seconds later, hits half the combo, summoner 14 and Electrocute secure it. GGWP.

TBH, I find this to be a disservice to all those players that HAVE mastered these champs, full disclosure, I'm bad and could never hope to be half decent on any of these, but right now, as long as you get a general grasp of what their kit does, you don't need to learn their nuances, you don't need to get good with them because your hand is held so hard by CDR being on practically everything and the crazy damage from runes that you're covered and can effectively play them well enough to win games with basic knowledge.

They're high difficulty, high skill ceiling champs for a reason, they reward you for getting good with them....

And when you don't even need to do that, it shows how large the power creep problem is.

68 Comments

Zardo12/29/2018, 9:33:13 PM33 votes

who needs to do insec mechanics when you can just land a Q, Q, W, E, , R to kill?

Except lee doesn't need to do this. He ward hops, presses R, then hits his q, blam free one shot.

saltran12/29/2018, 10:34:43 PM7 votes

But the champs you listed are still hard to play, please play some games of Irelia and Akali I want to see you inting so maybe you realize that a champ being strong doesn't mean that it's easy to play.

Brain Errör 40412/30/2018, 12:21:37 AM7 votes

Lol, go ahead and spam all your Q's without a single auto attack on Riven and tell me how GG op your damage is.

Kai Guy12/29/2018, 9:06:41 PM3 votes

can't be damaged by turrets because muh true stealth, enjoy this fun and uninteractive mechanic"

Im so tired of seeing this. SHE TAKES TOWER DAMAGE. If shes breaking stealth to kill you, shes takeing damage. If she killed you first then used W to drop aggro and leave range, this is the same as almost any assassins play pattern of diveing a low hp champion. Get in, get kill, ability to get out with life. Fizz Zed Ekko Evelynn Leblanc Katarina Talon

Most assassins have mobility in their kits.

When she breaks stealth she attracts aggro via standard Tower targeting. No minions? Whap she gets hit. Broke it to damage you? Boink.. She gets hit. She uses W under tower and you stand there and let her land a few Qs E and passive casts? Kudos... you deserved to die if your not able to out trade her. Because all it takes is backing off a bit more to evade her Q range and the passive. She Es you and flys out of W? Cc and Kill. Ez

Edit. Yes, Eve has mobility. If you don't know how or when to use her R to gap close your playing her subpar. Its a entirely helpful mechanic and option. Way better to R E for a kill then flash R. Lower cds. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XU97tVjMM6Y&list=PL1KU4q3IM8m1kZcRctMHTd2i-XfQU94Ub

MorgManBasher12/30/2018, 9:41:36 AM3 votes

High ELO zed players will straight up tell you that Dark Harvest is terrible on him. It's actually very hard to stack it and electrocute is way too good on him to pass up since he procs it's super easy.

I'm not a zed player but I'll tell you he's far from worth complaining about, champ actually sucks.

FéliXXX12/30/2018, 4:02:31 PM2 votes

bs lvls are over 9000