The balance in the game right now is so bad. Power creep over time has made it where literally 90% of champions need straight nerfs. Not rework, not tweaks, nerfs. Then you have champions that are so obviously broken that they need hotfixes until Rito can actually figure out how to balance them. I would much rather have a broken champ not played due to over-nerfing than to have to face them as is.
The game is so bad right now that it is borderline unplayable.
Nameless Voice2 votesThe game has had this problem for a long time, that a lot of games aren't fun because they feel like they are decided by who has the most of the current roster of "broken" champions. There are the odd fun games where everyone is playing "fair" champions and you feel like you won or lost because of better teamplay and player skill, but they are sadly rare.
It's just that over time, the number of "broken" things in the game seems to go up instead of down. For every one that Riot fix, one or two new ones seem to crop up - or Riot just don't want to fix them at all, and new broken things crop up as part of reworks, roster updates or new champion releases.
It does feel like it's slowly getting worse instead of better, and right now it feels like it's the worst it's ever been. There's not just one or two outliers any more - there's so many outliers that even if you ban most of them, there's still a high chance that they will end up in your game because there's just so many of them.
Lugg1 votesI agree with you. Riot could easily fix this by incorporating more hot fixes. It's very obvious within a week of a patch which champs are OP or broken. You do a straight numbers nerf on them until you can figure out something more permanent to solve the issue.
Apocalypsic1 votesI mean.... personally i think the game is balanced pretty ok ok right now but that's just me I suppose.
I don't have a problem locking into a game with anything from my champ pool and being confident in my ability to win, and I certainly don't feel like champ pick is going to be the end of me.
Are you quite certain that the teamcomps you were against didn't just turn out to be better?
Lugg1 votesI agree that team comps have a lot to do with it. However, Riot refuses to balance champs while taking that into account. For example, Yasou is completely broken if you put him in a team comp with knockups.
Another good example of horrid balance is Ahri. I have been playing since season 3 and she has been one of the top 3 mids 95% of the time since I started. I think she has been God tier pretty much non stop since she came out. The last "nerf" they gave her was a complete joke. It has ZERO effect on her game.
There are many more examples like these.
Dionesus1 votesIf 90% of champs need to be nerfed...maybe the game is already balanced.