Off meta picks
It's Preseason!!! Time for the off metas to become meta or, #IsItMeta as Riot would say. So I decided to play after a long time... Riven. In the jungle. Now why I did this:-
- I actually like riven as a champion.
- I main the jungle role
- Since it's preseason, I thought I'd sharpen up 2 off meta champions so that when chaotic first few months begin, I can climb with these picks since naturally, few people know what to do against them
- I lack the mechanics of a good riven player and don't have the time for sitting in practice tool to improve them. Hence I don't play her in the toplane due to animation cancel being inevitable.
- I consistently play at around 170-180 ping where something like a fast combo is impossible.
So I get in game, do the initial clear with fleet with no sweat, gank a few, get a few assists. Then my team and the enemy team mind you, calls me a troll for picking riven jungle. I was 4/7/4 I think, second most CS on the team. Through out the game, my team did not ward a single objective, or even the river for the matter. I begged them, literally said please ward guys please ward I have 0 vision of udyr. I ended up being the hero by stealing the Drake with my Wind slash but we inevitably lost. Is off meta = troll?
(riot definitely hates Asol btw)
(top 3 of my favourite mid laners) simply because they rely on sustained damage- which is my favourite type of mage (comes from wow), some may argue that Swain isn't and ok, but the other two definitely do.
Not only are my picks immobile, but they're easily countered by everything else because everything else 100-0 people.