Which role do you think is the most important?

BallisticMouse·10/6/2015, 9:51:59 PM·1 votes·7,192 views

Which role do think is the most important and why?

Edit: From what i've gathered from the votes and comments, A good amount of you share my views that all roles matter and are an important part of a match if you wish to win. On the other hand it seems a few people brought up specific situations to validate their opinion. An example of what I mean being "Well if the ADC/Mid doesn't get fed they're useless, so jungle is the best na" but it seems those people don't realize you could flip their script and say the same thing.

In a way I believe it comes down to the champions you choose for your role and what champions you choose your pick against. While my topic/question was asked for a general opinion it really can't be brought to that basic level because it is going to change each game depending on numerous factors, etc.

Thanks for all your inputs!

27 Comments

Maximum Morde10/7/2015, 11:41:58 AM3 votes

Whichever role I'm playing is most important because I'm about to carry your heavy ass. So sit back and enjoy the ride.

Sasogwa10/7/2015, 12:54:10 PM3 votes

ADC + support. There's a reason this combo has been meta throughout every single f*cking season, while in other lanes there were a lot of changes between the kind of champions played.

Shonjl10/7/2015, 12:23:42 PM2 votes

All of them are important but I feel that Jungle is the most important. While in lane people just have to usually worry about 1 maybe 2 people most of the time, the Jng has to look at every lane at all times as well as their own backs. While in most games if you have a crappy top or mid, it can usually be overcome by a fed ADC or jungle depending on the champ, if your ADC sucks? It can usually be alright if the Jng has mid or top fed that ADC can just farm to being decent. If you have a crappy Jng? You are basically SOL since you no longer have map pressure anymore and the enemy will take advantage of it all the time.

My mentality is basically as a laner, you have pressure just in your lane for the most part, the Jungle has to have pressure on the entire map.

Old Man Teeto10/7/2015, 11:25:07 AM2 votes

Mid lane is the most critical solo-que role, followed by Jungler, then ADC, then Top, then Support.

Mid lane can impact everyone else easily, often, and reliably, and the champion pool is enormous.

Junglers influence every lane early, and often, but require snowballing off those ganks to carry entirely, or disregarding the entire early game of his team to power farm to carry later.

ADC's are damage, damage is required to do every objective and win team fights, though they tend to not have much choice on when, where, or how a team fight starts.

Top laner's can influence other lanes rarely, but winning the lane hard enough can result in enough pressure to force global objectives being forfeited to your team, additionally teleports can swing lanes and carry top laners can blow apart squishies from the bot lane.

A support is a buffer to everyone else on their team. First their ADC, a good support and a good ADC compliment each other and let the ADC be even better, but a worthless ADC with a god support vs a God ADC with a worthless support is more in favor of the GOD ADC, since they decide what to do with their farm, their gold and translate it.

A slightly worse team with an amazing support can beat a team with slightly better people and a crummy support because that support has direct control over the early/mid game vision control and typically good playmaking ability.

Pro games are quite different, but that's another story (Typically your teams shotcaller is the most important, regardless of role)

Nicktron1/26/2017, 2:36:00 AM2 votes

In my opinion, every role is the most important. The role that has the most impact is the jungler. He or she can change the tide of the game by ganking and assisting others in lane.

Koolcret10/7/2015, 12:48:52 PM2 votes

The most important role is the person on the playmaking champion.

Fitz n The Fool10/6/2015, 10:48:25 PM2 votes

Whatever it is, its definitely not top. Voted ADC.

WinBoat10/7/2015, 12:59:35 AM1 votes

I was going to say mid is important but if you think about the most important role, it without a doubt, without dispute has to be JUNGLE. it just does. The jungler can swing ALL LANES around into an advantage for your team if he's good. So yeah, Jungler gets my vote. I mean they all matter, but to single down the most important role tho is the JG.

The adc and support can't help mid or top. Only the jungler can. I know if people get ahead they begin to roam a little, but staying strictly to your lane wise tho... JG.

AyRe CoNteMpT10/6/2015, 9:53:26 PM1 votes

i think the so-called "control" role, the one that doesnt farm any gold, is the most important one.

Only Play Darius10/7/2015, 11:50:06 AM1 votes

Every role is shitty if you think about it.

Top lane sucks because even though he plays a safe style, if his mid and/or bot feed uncontrollably he can't do anything to stop it.

Mid lane sucks because your own team comes to your lane and starts playing ARAM because they refuse to ward and not only shoves your lane and takes CS, but draws all the attention to your lane and makes it unsafe for you.

Jungle sucks because their only defense from counterjunglers is their laners coming to help, which they often won't do in soloQ because of lack of map awareness or they simply don't care, usually a little bit of both.

ADC sucks because no one peels for you and even if they aren't an assassin they will dive in for a kill instead of stay with you and try to protect you.

Support sucks because you're the only one warding and since you have no waveclear at all you can't pressure objectives if your team decides to dick around and spend their time farming the jungle and chasing kills across the map in a 4-man squad while the enemy is taking turrets.

pxst10/7/2015, 1:09:35 PM1 votes

Every role is equally important to me , but I want to help clarify supports is not useless when adc feeding or lose lane supports can be shot-caller or in game tacticians , because they don't need to worring cs , they can have time to calculate and mark down important objectives(dragons , barons) , support is not meant babysitting adc or personal guard of adc , support supports the whole team , warding can be including mid lane dragon and bot if ward properly so mid will have more vision , ping for enemy jg place or ganks if possible for any lane , roaming to mid and top if adc is doing gd and farming under tower during u are left , it can be a surprise to the enemy top or mid laner maybe assist a kill and tower too. Support are not freelo climbing or noob get carried , they are the unknown gamemaker to help team to succeed , don't underestimate the power of support Janna

BallisticMouse10/7/2015, 10:58:12 AM1 votes

I'm pretty surprised at the diversity of the replies I got, enjoyed them all so far though :)

Keep em coming!

Ravenhale10/6/2015, 10:07:53 PM1 votes

I would say it is in the order in which you kill them in a 5v5 team fight.

luckmallory10/6/2015, 10:11:13 PM1 votes

Jungle hands down has the most impact on a game if that is what you mean

Social Justice 110/6/2015, 10:16:31 PM1 votes

Teach your friend how to last hit and he'll stop with this nonsense

JediSenpaiNP10/6/2015, 10:47:37 PM1 votes

Ok, A. No mid or top. i am amazed. B. There is no most important role. Top usually opens up the game later on, albeit very little actual matter early. Mid is the most chaotic, and in lane it is where many of the damage dealers lie, in addition to being the most straightforward path to the nexus. Bot lane, without the adc, ranged dps drops off highly, making the act of destroying towers much tougher. Without the support, the utility and and possibly any early presence against the enemy bot lane is lost. And the jungler, with the ability to apply pressure, deny vision(Raptor), or have decent coverage of the buffs while the lane minions arrive.

TL;DR: you need all roles, and no such one can be said as 'most' important.

Asayake 5150glow10/6/2015, 11:50:07 PM1 votes

All of them are pretty much equal importance, besides one - Support.

Now before you start hating, read this:

If mid, adc, jungle, or top, do extremely well, they can bring the following to their team.

Mid: Tremendous damage/CC if mid laner has CC (since they will get CDR if they have enough gold)

ADC: Massive damage and clean-up potential.

Jungle: Varies on the jungler, but mostly: Damage, CC, initiation, dueling, mobility.

Top: In order for this to work, they have to build damage. A fed tank is not very useful without damage. So...: Damage, CC (hopefully), and initiation.

Now... the Support: Healing (maybe), CC, and sometimes initiation.

Why Support ranks the lowest, is this: No damage. It's also the same reason you never build full tank when ahead. If your team does not have enough damage/follow up, you will lose. Simple as that. Especially because building Cdr doesn't increase your CC's effectiveness, but just how often it's usable. Supports will rarely ever bring damage (unless it's some Annie or something), and therefore your team will be out stat-ed, and killed.

Of course, if the Support is doing well, the ADC is most likely also doing well. However, assuming they aren't, they will still be useless.

Another reason is that if a Support is forced into a 1v1 situation, they will lose, because they don't build damage. A feeder will likely kill them, or they'll just get away. With anyone else, you could turn it around and earn a kill for your team.

Of course, there's obvious supports who will always drastically affect the game, such as Blitzcrank, Thresh, and Alistar, to name a few. However, most of them will do their job whether or not they're fed. Unless they're feeding, and the reason they're feeding is because they're bad. Then they won't accomplish anything, and it's hard to imagine a scenario where they would get fed.

If there's anything wrong with my reasoning, please let me know.

That being said, I can't really vote unless you allow multiple votes.

DoodleHetch10/7/2015, 12:01:17 AM1 votes

Every role matters no matter the average game. Though, the Crystal Scar and Twisted Tree Line is something way more different than expected. You just gotta hope for some chemistry to bond well and not be at each others throats.