For all the complaining Ascension gets

Marshbouy·Jul 31, 2017·39 votes·1,274 views

I still really enjoy playing it. It is such a different experience than normal SR or ARAM and there is enough complexity to it to make every game feel different. Thank you for making this mode Riot.

32 Comments

JedditeJul 31, 20177 votes

Of course, the_** "It is such a different experience than normal SR"**_ logic is precisely the excuse Rito James™ used to justify removing Dominion, rather than supporting the map/mode.

God RaijinJul 31, 201713 votes

Actually, people just simply didn't play the mode enough. There wasn't a big enough player base to support it for Riot to want to continue keeping it.

Junglerz FaultJul 31, 20174 votes

People didn't play it because Rito didn't support it. Fail.

MarshbouyJul 31, 20179 votes

^this.

I did not like Dominion at all for various reasons. It was old and crappy looking, certain champions were hands down busted (E.G. Illaoi, could hold down a lane singlehandedly while allies pushed), and it felt very unpolished. If riot tried to support it then it might have gone better, but who knows.

iDemaciaAug 1, 20171 votes

Or ya know, people just didn't play it cause the game mode itself wasn't fun. That's why I didn't play it not cause of anything being outdated the core gameplay just wasn't fun to me.

Arsenic SulfurAug 1, 20171 votes

It lost playerbase in like, 2 weeks after release. This is on the players.

Junglerz FaultAug 11, 20171 votes

Actually no it's not. It's on Riot. Little do you know that there was a hardcore Dominion fan base/community that only played Dominion, had tournaments, played customs, etc etc. This is not on the players. The map just wasn't properly supported.

kargishAug 1, 20172 votes

Just gonna say that back when Riot released Dominion when season 2 began it was an actual fucking blast. It was so awesome to have a new gamemode, after dealing with summoner's rift (with no meta back then) and the old 3v3 map with red buff in the middle and Ebonmaw, it felt like the game was truly evolving into something great, which it has.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOBlLRTcjJU

LadyRenlyJul 31, 20174 votes

the one thing holding me back from loving it was adding warmogs, its a stupid fucking item. people just pick warwick or cho gath and sit on the ascended bonus for 10 minutes straight and theres fuck all you can do about it because they can just run you down

Other than that its fun

Cosmic WarperJul 31, 20173 votes

The only problem in the gamemode is stealth champions and poppy. They're by far the most annoying champions to play against in the mode.

DivewingJul 31, 20176 votes

Don't forget the "Trappers" who just run around trapping bushes and collecting shrines doing their best to not actually interact with anyone at all

Nami Want SalamiAug 1, 20171 votes

Any tank ascended is pretty much game over

OurLestradeJul 31, 20172 votes

I'm glad that it does away with laning phase and lets you try different comps. I've filled into support for 95% of my games over the last four and a half years, it's good to go into games knowing I can play other things.

BlakiepugJul 31, 20171 votes

I used to really enjoy Ascension too, but ever since they updated the mode I just haven't found it as fun. It's rather frustrating to me how you can kill the Ascended and not get the buff yourself. This changed the game mode from being an all out fiesta to kill Xerath in the center into a game of chicken. Basically whichever team kills Xerath loses his Ascended buff the majority of the time which kind of ruins the mode in my opinion. It was more fun when both teams had a 50/50 shot and you weren't punished for starting Xerath. This isn't Baron, the whole game mode is based around becoming all powerful from this buff.

Automated RivenJul 31, 20171 votes

That's the biggest downside of new assension to me. Not being able to steal it is the worst part.

SohleksAug 1, 20174 votes

You are right but Ascension never ever was about Xerath. In high mmr it's about the 3 3 point relics that respawn and Xerath might be killed only twice near the end and middle in a closely contested game thanks to deathtimers. It's still a deathmatch but it kinda misses the mark being called "Ascension" a little bit.

It's funny when someone goes Nunu and Ascends for 5 points on their team but eventually dies for 5 points for the enemy team hardly getting any double 1 point kills being Nunu, and he does it like 5 times in one game but it doesn't really benefit them.

Ascension could mean a little bit more but I wonder if it could make the game more snowbally. Not that it is too snowbally; just wondering

Work could be done to take the focus off the snooze relics a bit as they really are the sole victory condition.

SpoofghoulAug 1, 20171 votes

it's really simple though, make relics give less points

there you go

SohleksAug 1, 20172 votes

That'd make the game noticeably longer. That would be unnecessary as builds start to cap out most games and deathtimers already grow longer making turn arounds possible sometimes.

The easiest tweak is to not give 5 back for killing the ascended champ. Or triple instead of double the ascendants last hitting score bonus (that alone would probably be too little). Another option is slow points for staying alive as Ascended but I think that's lame and too tilting and abuse-able.

SpoofghoulAug 1, 20171 votes

well why not both

less points for the shrines and more points for the ascended

that being said i would not mind a longer ascension all i see is 10 minute shrine runs which gets boring after 1 game

MechanicalLuckJul 31, 20171 votes

I really enjoy it yet I wish RIOT would consider helping certain champs in that game mode since from the annoying OP to the ones that literally don't have a passive I think it needs some tweaks.

RavenMagusAug 1, 20171 votes

TBH I actually really like Ascension.

It has all of the "fast paced, mindless brawling action" that I want from a game mode like that, with none of the single lane cancer of ARAM.

JedditeAug 1, 20171 votes

Removing Xerath-snipes was the worst decision Rito James™ inflicted on Ascension Allowing Warmog's in Ascension was a close second

( and my favorite champion in Ascension is pre-rework Warwick )

and LOL at the bronze-bads who think Ascension is "Team Deathmatch." My 70-point Warwick contributes more to the team than any 16-point Darius, no matter his K/D/A LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

Vah NaborisAug 1, 20171 votes

{quoted}

Removing Xerath-snipes was the worst decision Rito James™ inflicted on Ascension Allowing Warmog's in Ascension was a close second

and LOL at the bronze-bads who think Ascension is "Team Deathmatch." My 70-point Warwick contributes more to the team than any 16-point Darius, no matter his K/D/A LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL

sounds like you got some personal issues to work out with this game lol

JedditeAug 1, 20171 votes

Ascension would also be more fun if the game was 250 points. By the time players start getting their fifth item, it's already over.

DRAGOON BurstAug 1, 20171 votes

People complain about it because they know that other rotating game modes are available as well, or that it is NOT available and we haven't heard any explanation yet, afaik. What we have now is Ascension, Poro King, Dark Star, once-in-a-while Doombots... and I feel like I'm forgetting one or two but oh well.

What has not been available since a while now is One for All, URF, ARURF, Black Market(?), and some others if any are missing. Ahh, I miss seeing 10 LeeSin s flying around and kicking each other in the shnoz.

5301Aug 1, 20171 votes

tbh ascension feels much less boring than sr at times and less random than aram at other times. its fast and fun. the constant teamfights and skirmishes are always nice, as opposed to sitting around in an aram waveclearing with a bad comp against a well rounded comp or farming jungle, deep warding or just waiting for something to happen

Ben SwoIoAug 1, 20171 votes

I love Ascension. It's the closest thing to Dominion I could play now......I really miss Dominion. Fun, fast matches. item 3070

JaspersAug 1, 20171 votes

I didn't play it at first, thinking it was kinda dull but I got into it recently and enjoy it when it comes up. I just like the idea of picking full magic pen Annie and deleting people.

And unlike ARAM and Poro King, Fiddle and Malz can't ruin it.

TyrekGoldenspearAug 1, 20171 votes

Ascension is best ~~girl~~ gamemode.

Becuase SHURIMA.

CatastropAug 1, 20171 votes

I love Ascension too, these days I major pick anxiety when I try to play a normal SR game. Ascension(and Poro King) for that matter is a nice experience because I can just pick whatever I want.

PopcornBunniAug 1, 20171 votes

I do like Ascension, but I've never had a chance to play Dominion, or URF, or much of anything besides poro king and that obnoxious thresh-only mode.

Please bring back Dominion Riot :<

Vah NaborisAug 1, 20171 votes

I'd rather play Hexakill on Twisted Treeline for a different map experience. The Ascension map is just a mess, but at least TT is a dark and spooky area with much more interesting lore.