Please stop balancing this game around pro players

Call Me Nana··8 votes·1,392 views

Give them their own patches. Give them their own servers, I dont care what you do but please stop making changes because OF 0.01% of the playerbase.

We saw a number of nerfs to items and champs this patch because they're either 'too strong in pro play' or 'need to be more viable'

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The JigSAW3 votes

The pros are what killed gaming in the first place - they made a fun casual hobby into a learn 2 pro big money sponsor paradise. Funniest thing is, they all have teammates who know their roles, know the game, know their champs, get picks and bans and can spend hours watching VOD of their opponents.

Compared to what we put up with, they are pampered babies.

xDogMeatx3 votes

pros should have a totally seperate server honestly its the fact when THEY know the exact 200 iq math is tilting itself.

boricCentaur12 votes

If you balance around lcs and top elo players you will have better balance since they know how play the game at the highest level vs balancing around low to mid elo players that don't know how to play the game.

If you can beat a champion by just getting better at the game there is no need to nerf them since it's the player's fault.

Speeedy2 votes

except its not the same game that the average person plays. There is 1 major differences for pro play that we do not have access to. The major difference is voice communication, they can tell each other to back off or go in, etc. We can only ping at best in the moment something is happening. Its like playing baseball and the catcher not being allowed to give signals to the pitcher of what pitch to throw and where.

ZephyrDrake1 votes

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except its not the same game that the average person plays. There is 1 major differences for pro play that we do not have access to. The major difference is voice communication, they can tell each other to back off or go in, etc. We can only ping at best in the moment something is happening. Its like playing baseball and the catcher not being allowed to give signals to the pitcher of what pitch to throw and where.

it's still the best way to balance the game. if Riot balanced the game for low elo players only then you will have the dumbest nerfs and buffs being done in the game. Riot balances the game for plat and above. What the average person plays is pretty much "hey dudes i'm ADC and i'm going to facecheck this brush thingy!"

Speeedy1 votes

why cant you balance around high elo solo Q of masters+?

Rock MD1 votes

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why cant you balance around high elo solo Q of masters+?

We wanted Zed buffed and we want Liss and Morg nerfed too. That's not just a competitive thing as 90-95% of the stuff that works in competitive is also applicable to high elo

The thigh guy1 votes

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it's still the best way to balance the game. if Riot balanced the game for low elo players only then you will have the dumbest nerfs and buffs being done in the game. Riot balances the game for plat and above. What the average person plays is pretty much "hey dudes i'm ADC and i'm going to facecheck this brush thingy!"

Except riot had actually proven this to be wrong because they have multiple champions the have just given up on because of pro play.

Dope Solo2 votes

They buffed Zed into S tier for 2 lanes and he wasn't even being played on the pro stage. Riot just wanted to see him there, which is a pretty shitty philosophy.

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