In a Perfect World, Riot Would

iPooUnicorns··1 votes·633 views

Bring back Ranked 5v5 and introduce separate balancing for the 5v5 queue, which would be oriented entirely around pro play balance, every other queue would have pro play oriented changes removed.

This separate balancing would be exclusively for champions that are problematic in pro play, like Shen TahmKench Ryze Azir Kalista, while still receiving the regular balance updates as well.

Reason being that the champions that are problematic in LCS are strong when used by a team with good communication, something that isn't exclusive to pro players. Many players queue up with 4 other friends and use League's ingame voice communication Discord to coordinate plays. However, this rarely happens in solo queue, so the champions that are nerfed for pro play dominance are borderline useless.

If Riot were to ever do this (highly unlikely), players would be able to play champions they know and love without having to worry about them being gutted by Riot for being too dominant in pro play. Additionally, there wouldn't be the "disconnect between players and pros," as non pro player's would be able to play the same balance patches as the pros do, and pros would be able to practice in the 5v5 queue without worrying that what they're using won't be applicable to tournament matches.

3 Comments

Vlada Cut2 votes

There is no Perfect World, fool!

Lintu Puck1 votes

and yet that can't exactly happen because of the technical and thus pricey and time-consuming nightmare that would be for everyone in Riot.

Thimes1 votes

TBH I doubt that Riot really doesn't have ressources as their claim. It's more likely that they try to use competative as advertisement for players to play, that's why they don't want to separate balancing around soloq and competative. Yet competative is nothing like soloq and will never be, not only because of communication or skill level, but rather player mentality. SoloQ doesn't feel like a team game, it's a game where you win most if you start it by muting your team mates and pretending they are bots to be carried.

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