those champs are still getting picked

champion diversity

What I find funny is that Riot nerfed Sivir's ult because they felt it made teamfight engagements too strong. Then they release Kled. [zombie-brand-clap]

i swear to you that they leave certain champs untouched or buff certain champs so that they can be played in LCS.

The shield RE ap ratio buff earlier int he season was beyond unnecessary.

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This weekend had to be the most boring match up yet. Really tired of seeing only 3 junglers. Thank the stars meteos got a Zac game in.

Very true.Especially jungle pool.Generally 3 or 4 champions.Elise, Gragas, Reksai are oppressive picks.

Thanks once again Meteos.

Kinda blew it with the full-scale tilt.

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Jhin doesn't need nerfs; he needs some of his overloaded mechanics literally stripped from his kit- reducing his numbers isn't going to solve much of anything. The others could all get by with number tweaks.

yeah its fun being able to get 1k+ crit on every auto and some crazy shit like 2k crits on the fourth. is it not enough he has so much ad to be able to do damage as a ranged caster and an adc. but lets give him an execute so he can kill tanks from 30% hp to 0.

5 heroes went unpicked at DotA's last International. Lina, Leshrac, Treant Protector, Visage, and Bloodseeker. That's seriously all of them.

League has several problems competitively speaking: enforced metas, purposely rotating balance (oh what was that, "Sejuani had her time in the spotlight", was it?) and trying to balance low level play and high level play simultaneously, which has so far proven to be something that it seems like very few games can pull off successfully - and League isn't one of them (neither is DotA2, but they picked their side and so it's up to low-tier players to grow into the balance as opposed to balance being wrapped around them).

So compared to other games, no. This is lackluster variety in a forced stagnant meta.

It feels like the biggest problem in League is forced metas (despite them saying they wouldn't strong-arm a meta change) and no real niches that champions can fill with hugely exploitable weaknesses. The lack of variety in the meta is particularly damning because that lets matches feel stagnant even if different champions are picked.

If we compare Lee (a versatile generalist) to, say, Windranger (the face of versatility in DotA2 alongside Invoker), Windranger has far more exploitable mechanics within her game than Lee does in his. Her CC is conditional to get any longevity, she only has movement speed increases for mobility unless she buys Blink Dagger and/or Force Staff, her primary defensive tool can be negated by an item (MKB in particular) and doesn't even affect spells, her primary damage is from auto-attacks which have numerous counters, and so on.

League champions feel far too generalist, which means that the only ones that are going to be picked at big tournaments are the rare champions that actually fill a niche that a team can use (Urgot vs. Zed mid to make Zed useless) or the champions that seamlessly fill a lot of needs at once while having better numbers than other champions that also do the same. League puts weaknesses into champions, but then, because this is a game of outplays, they also put in a counter to things that exploit their weaknesses.

Grag and Rek are picked because they do well with pure HP since they heal based on it, so they don't have to back all the time.

Not only that, but they are general CC bots, and rek'sai is a glorified ward.

Both clear the jungle decently despite pure tank.

Both are extremely safe since they can clear walls easily, while also having pick potential for the same reason. Not only that, but it allows them to deep-ward safely.

Both can do decently when behind, because they have something to offer, while being some of the best early gankers and counter-engage champs in the game.

You can't really beat what they offer as far as junglers go in the competitive scene. They'd both have to be reworked in order to not be worth picking.

Taliyah isn't used all that often, really. Most mid-laners that are picked are because they have relatively safe waveclear, and a wide zone of influence. Taliyah is no exception. Her ult prevents reactions, same as Trundle's pillar, which is crucial in many cases.

Vlad is picked because he gets really tanky. He's not generally a first target, and he has insane bait potential. He has very good damage despite that, and is an AoE slow bot come mid-game. His damage amp is invaluable. Any time he's decent, he will be pick/ban in competitive solely because of his ult. Its a bonus that he essentially can't be forced out of lane if played well.

Jhin and Ashe are both very over-loaded atm as well.

Ashe doesn't trade damage for her utility like in the past. She's simply a better ADC all around than the majority of the roster. Now you only trade a little safety for that damage+utility.

Jhin is just really safe in the fact that he can spam deadly flourish for CC, can lay traps everywhere, and can use his ult to solidify a fight, even if he can't catch up, or use it to essentially disengage/turn a fight around relatively safely. Not to mention how many picks he can make due to those two factors. He's not really suffering anywhere :/

Graggy is just the best all-round tank in the game, with his high damage, great disruption with Bodyslam and Cask, and high innate durability with happy hour and W. Rek stays in the game because her utility (tremorsense, tunnels, ult) makes up for her average fighting.

Taliyah is good because her wall is gamechanging.

Jhin and Ashe both deal a bit too much damage for how much utility they have.

Vlad is a tanky nuisance. With the combination of his Q, W, R, and Hourglass, he is difficult as hell to kill.

Out of those, only Azir and Swain see competitive play (even for them, their popularity has tapered off recently).