Make LCS interesting please!

SGT Dingle Berry·Oct 30, 2016·2 votes·316 views

Not sure how everyone feels about the current state of the pro scene but I'm personally tired of,

A) Korea dominating. B) The same small champ pool

What I would LOVE to see is a cap on champions played per game/series, like conquest. Jhin OP and Uzi dominates with him? Make it so his team can only pick Jhin ONCE per series per team!

It may not make a lick of difference on what teams are still on top but it would definitely make each game fresh and much MUCH harder for the pros who spend the majority of their time before tournaments working on and against a small champ pool. Most of the commonly picked champs are safe and BORING. I just hope Riot catches on, I know they have a huge fan base and people will watch regardless but they need to really find a way to beef up the pro scene.

3 Comments

RebonackOct 30, 20162 votes

Riot can't magically make Summoner's Rift less of a snoozefest to watch. LCS players will always be hyper-conservative because that's the sort of play the map encourages.

If you want fast-paced action with a wide viable champ pool, that's what Dominion is for.

Well.

Was for.

MarshbouyOct 30, 20162 votes

Korea dominating.

Want to fix korean domination? Join a ranked team and climb into the LCS.

The same small champ pool

There are two ways of fixing this

Balancing around competitive. You want this? Go to DOTA2, it has no place in league.
Ham fistedly doing your "champion pick" cap. Riot doesn't do this for the same reasons that they try not to make items melee/ranged only.

RewtOct 30, 20162 votes

To address your points. A) Korea is dominating. ---- Korea practices more..... NA and EU teams practice around 6-8 hours a day. KR teams practice 10-12 hours a day. over the course of 1 week that is already upwards of 42 more hours a week of practice. Also the region is more competitive so players get a better challenge over there. basically Korea is gonna win because hard work and dedication. Riot cant do anything about that.

B) The same small champ pool. ---- META -> Most Effective Tactic Available. they play the small pool because they are the strongest picks. and to address your point on the champ cap. Capping champions will make the scene less competitive. Why you may ask? well this is because if 1 team picks something crazy strong for them then they have to play something shit next game because banning phase. then the enemy team gets a stomp. this system would make for every other game to be a stomp. Not to mention having pocket picks is something that helps worse teams win and if they can only pull out the pocket picks once per series then they are doomed. TLDR on B ---> Putting a cap on champs only hurts the bad teams and makes the games even more of stomps making the game even more boring to watch.

Also are you trying to say that the only way the game is fun to watch is if everyone is constantly on death timers because its a super bloody game? you have to understand that there is a huge part of the fan base that loves the slow paced games. I personally like the games where the teams are in standoffs and 1 mistake costs them the game, but if the game is super bloody usually it doesn't come down to one fight.

TLDR....again....: in the end LCS and worlds aren't boring. You find them boring. and that's a you problem. not a riot problem