There is more than one way to be good at League

Or in my case bad.

Look, I am no authority on how to play League well. Obviously, I am Silver. But with a background in sports and video games, I know there is more than one way to be good at almost any game.

This post is directed at the notion that every champion needs to be a reflex based, mechanically challenging champion. Because studies have shown, most mechanical skill is genetic, and can merely be improved on by a small percent through practice.

But mechanical skill is not the only aspect of LoL. This isn't Mortal Kombat or Call of Duty. MOBAs stem from Real Time Strategy games. Just like RTS games, good use of high APM(Actions Per Minute) always is good. But even people with bad physical abilities can win both types of game.

As I see it, the ways you can be good at League are:

Mechanical Skill Game Knowledge Map Awareness Objective Control Attitude Communication

There may be more. But that is what I thought of off of the top of my head. Not even pro players have mastered all of these. That is why we see some who are focused on map control while others are renowned for their mechanical skill.

Now this is not to say champions like Udyr, Shyvana, Garen, Nasus and such cannot be made more interactive. But the idea that every champion should require Azir levels of skill is stupid.

For example. Rating myself Mechanical Skill 2/10 Game Knowledge 3/10 Map Awareness 6/10 Objective Control 4/10 Attitude 3/10 Communication 1/10

I am bad at mechanical skill. Always have been, except in platformers. Yet still in my Starcraft Brood Wars days, I was able to climb ladder through game knowledge, map awareness and strategy. The same applies to League, some people are mostly about mechanics like Guso or Boxbox. But others, like Hai, prefer to compliment their team strategies and out perform the enemy in map control.

This is why, while yes some kits need more interactivity and reworks, not every kit should require a huge amount of mechanical skill. That not only kills a lot of fantasies(such as being an all in face basher) but also damages the idea of other skills mattering. Because if Shyvana and her team outplay Yasuo in the metagame, map control, resources and coordination, that is no less valid than Yasuo being better at twitching for a mechanical outplay.

Humans tend to specialize differently. Let's not take that away.