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The skill level required to play champions

42568152DEL1·7/30/2016, 8:41:44 PM·1 votes·446 views

Hello dear friends, I would like to discuss the skill level cap which riot shows us is required to play champions. For example my 3 most played champions are Darius Draven and Braum . All of them have different skill levels. And I can say that my win rate with Draven is very high and I play the guy well. If the 8 of 10 skill cap were true I would have been a total noob with the executioner. And I have been playing him for a very long time-not as good when I started but he doesn't seem that hard. On the other hand his older brother is on level 2. And yes I know he is easy,but there are much easier champions than the Hand of Noxus and still champs like Garen are level 5 according to that system. And don't get me wrong-I am a Darius main and have seen many ways the easy champion Darius can fuck up. In my opinion,every champ can be mastered if played a lot and no champion is so easy that you can magically win all your games. For example,if you play Riven-a hard champ in terms of mechanics a long time,by level 30 you will have developed your skill with that champ. With me it was Draven-a hard champ according to the system,well because I have played him so much I play him well. And we can all tell the difference between a challenger Darius and a bronze one. So now that i have made my point that every champion requires a lot of experience in order to be effective-after all simple champions are very effective in the lcs and so on. But how accurate is this rating system you think and should it be approved. Because, in my opinion, some champions should have higher skill ratings and some others should be lowered,due to the fact that they do not belong in that particular rating

5 Comments

CerealBoxOfDoom7/30/2016, 8:51:20 PM2 votes

A roll of tape is a simple tool

Now fix a broken space ship traveling at over 100 miles per hour with it as you run out of oxygen

The simplicity of the tool is irrelevant

When faced with a complicated issue the champion will be complicated regardless of how simple they may be in a vacuum. When faced with a simple issue the champion will be simple regardless of how complicated they may be in a vacuum.

The skill rating for champions as well as the current champion type labels, are not meant for experienced players by the way

1wolfpack7/30/2016, 8:47:06 PM1 votes

Riot doesnt update things like that, maybe he was difficult when the champion was introduced compared to the champion pool available at the time. but times have changed, and updates were not made accordingly. peace out

BigBellBrute7/30/2016, 8:47:35 PM1 votes

No skill champ defined:

Any champ the person defining it as such doesn't have the skills to beat on a consistent basis.

Darkslayer857/30/2016, 8:52:05 PM1 votes

Azir does take skill. Veigar NO YOU DON'T! Azir Ignore the short purple guy. He's crazy. Veigar WAS THAT A SHORT JOKE?!

Kindred does take skill. Holy shit I've had so many people tell me they're a broken right click champ, but Kindred is extremely squishy and you need to kite well and animation cancel correctly if you want to achieve maximum results.

EndlessSorcerer7/30/2016, 8:58:39 PM1 votes

The displayed "difficulty" level basically means "how difficult is this champion for a new player to pick up and do decently".

How difficult the champion's mechanics are and how similar they and their abilities are to other champions in the game will greatly affect this rating.