Season 2:
standard marksman build 
starting items in all lanes 
supports had 2 passive gold generation items (philosopher stone and heart of gold) then spent all their money on wards
a mage's job was to one-shot the enemy carry
damage was even higher than in current season
gromp didn't exist
Sona x Rubick5 votesTHE FUCK IS THIS LOL
HAHAHAHA
adc build without LW? is that fucking bronze? 2 pd? 2 BT? no QSS? no banshee before nerf? what the fuck am i watching?
standart ezreal build was triforce+lw+BT+IE+boot+GA
what the fuck is this thread i can't take it anymore
Irelia Bot3 votesyou forgot that mages actually could run out of mana as well making them have to go back fairly often since buying CoH was a joke and Athene's did not exist. Then we saw the rize of endless wave clear mages in season 3. The only cure to mages mana limits was when they had blue buff.
ANd they say a lack of marksmen would make games last for forever what about mages actually having real mana costs instead? I remember well building Nashor's on lux just to get more mana regen and to make her passive for wave clear a little better.
Dealth1 votesYep. Phantom dancer was the only attack speed crit item. Shiv didn't exist nor did rapidfire cannon nor did runaans. Also Phantom gave 12% movement speed each so there was no need for boots. And the 20% lifesteal from BT stacked so you would buy multiple of it.
Of course you could switch out the GA for a last whisper or banshees depending on the enemy team.
Ahristocats1 voteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWtm0de-7Pg
dat 2 build, dat 2 bt build lmfao
1 800 Top Lane1 votesHe is comparing the diversity of season 2 to season 6.
Also hinting that season 6 players seem to be a lot more whiny and entitled thinking everyone wants to hear their opinion.
AirKingNeo4 votesSeason 6 had a ton of build diversity. So much Riot decided to force against it. Rageblade Tristana, remember that?
yoshi27903 votesPeople tend to look to previous season with a pink glasses on.
Let's say season 5, they say it was a nice balanced season. (Yes i read that several times today)
Yet we had Cinderhulk, juggernauts, etc...
Mimy2 votesPeople tend to look to previous season with a pink glasses on.
Let's say season 5, they say it was a nice balanced season. (Yes i read that several times today)
Yet we had Cinderhulk, juggernauts, etc...
season 4 was pretty nice though. I think Yasuo or Vel koz was the newest champion when I joined.
After 
champions started to get a little funky.
Season 5 was a blur..
season 6 also kinda a blur..
I'm hoping for a good season 7.. :3
Mimy2 votesI wish I joined before season 4..
I would ward a giant smiley face on the map.. Hahahahah
G4LLOWSC4L1BR4TR2 votesMost of the time people did swastikas, but there were a few smiley faces too
Irelia Bot2 votesAll I saw was dicks.
G4LLOWSC4L1BR4TR1 votesDicks are a little easier to screw up though. I mostly saw swastikas
Ahristocats2 votesdo me a favor, and don't talk about season 2 if you didn't play it
supports had 2 passive gold generation items (philosopher stone and heart of gold) then spent all their money on wards
supports were so fucking broken, base heal, base damage, everything. There was a patch where riot just flat out gutted healing on every supports which was a mistake because supports needed it due to no items, making then janna having 55% win rate. Sona used to 1v1 an adc Taric used to be tankier than rammus without items in early game
Moral of the story: they didn't need items
{quoted} a mage's job was to one-shot the enemy carry
mage job was to one-shot the whole team in mid game, while falling off late game like a cliff
damage was even higher than in current season
teamfights used to last 10 or 15 seconds
starting items in all lanes
only thing that was true
Dealth2 votesoh wait im sorry i didn't play season 2 ?
http://www.lolking.net/summoner/na/28169863#ranked-stats
scroll right on down to season 2 and tell me I didn't play it again
Ahristocats3 votess4 silver s5 gold
s2 must have been bronze for you to do this post, but you see us high elo weren't that idiot to do those trash builds.
Dealth1 votesI was silver in season 2
really just stop you are embarrassing yourself
RogueWill1 voteslies... tank jungles starting point was 
x5 otherwise you would be without HP after clears
Dealth1 votesthats why I said laners
RogueWill1 votesWell early season 2 tanks were played top, and started like that as well. They became somewhat popular when people starting using armor runes and could finally clear the camps
Dealth1 votesYeah but sacrificing 50 movement speed early game was a huge disadvantage. I think season 3 a common start was just to buy an Elixir as your first item in top lane to snowball harder. That was after they nerfed boots
Automated Riven1 votesI miss elixer start riven. :( granted it was broken. Or it would be now anyway. Also walking into lane and igniting the other player right away to cs more effectively.
Requiemsfire2 votes
a very diverse build
Dealth1 votesyeah fr lol
and people worship season 5
ChaddyFantome1 votes
Try
JuhnChan2 votesDAER 
?
ChaddyFantome1 votesDAER
Invisible sunfire damage OP. good times! ;D
Vistha Kai1 votesFor exactly 10 days.
18 NAKED COWB0YS1 votes"A mages job was to one-shot the enemy carry"
not everyone else as well.
Dealth1 votesYeah but the enemy carries were most important to burst down
Rustling Bush1 voteswow, season 2? not going to say anything about the more recent seasons?
Irelia Bot1 votesBecause a large part of the player base remembers there being limits and trade offs to things back then.
You want to remove that malz or warwick ult? Buy a QSS which doesn't build into anything. you are buying it so you can be useful in the fight again instead of die.
Stephenizgod1 votesI use to do this on old Sion:
It didn't always work, but when it did I felt truly immortal. but like 99% of the time i was OP AP Sion.
Vistha Kai1 votesThey should put you in jail.