When you're playing "off-meta" champions....

Barkley··2 votes·1,510 views

At least come up with something that works on paper. Put some thought into it.

pocket picks like rumble jungle actually work because there are aspects to the champion that seem to say "hmm... maybe this champion could jungle. He has a slow, he has a move speed buff, he has big AoE abilities, and a long-range cc/nuke ultimate. This could work!"

Or what about Janna ADC? Hmm.... decent attack speed scaling... self-peel... a huge AD steroid... self-shields... just might work!

Playing things like urgot ADC just doesn't make sense. I know he used to be an adc, but he's not anymore. Not by any stretch. Nothing about his kit says "hey, play this champion adc... because he has piss poor attack speed scaling, needs to stay in long, drawn out skirmishes (which requires him to build semi-tanky), and has virtually no synergy with the modern adc build path"

or tryndamere mid as another example. At one point, AP tryndamere was OP as hell (Thank you Voyboy). That time is long, long gone. What about tryndamere makes you think "mid lane?" Is it....

  • the fact that he has no way to deal with long range poke?

  • the fact that he is highly susceptible to crowd control, which almost every mid laner has?

  • the fact that his typical build path leaves virtually no room for heavy-handed MR items?

I don't mind off meta picks, in fact - I love them. I think its one of the best ways to have fun in this game, and honestly I think it offers a strategic advantage via the element of surprise. I encourage more people to play off-meta things. Damn the meta, I say!

But jesus christ people, put some goddamn thought into it.

5 Comments

Kaìju1 votes

Sometimes you gotta fail to win. I played Rek'Sai ADC a bit and that actually works really well, but I still had to lose some games to figure out how to make it work.

AlienPrimate1 votes
ModWulf Helhammer1 votes

You don't pick Urgot bot lane to function as a traditional ADC. You never did. Urgot is the only ranged juggernaut, and would play much like any other juggernaut you picked for bot lane, such as Morde.

And a Tryndamere mid doesn't have to be AP. Build him exactly the same, and he'd basically be the same as a Yasuo. He can outlast his opponents in lane as he has a heal and is resource-less, and has a strong all-in against the squishy immobiles that like to hang out in mid

Dr Dog1 votes

lucian jungle with phase rush is my new creation that ill try more, his clear is soooooo smooth it feels great and level 2 cheese ganks are great with e

Sasogwa1 votes

Funnily enough, boxerpete plays trynd mid with decent results in chall

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