Um just a little confused about the Meta right now

Ghazter·Aug 7, 2017·2 votes·382 views

So... I have no idea what exactly a meta is besides being basically what works at this time as far as builds/positions/objectives. I really want some detailed info for this meta so I can be successful with whatever role I play (main support Karma) and what I'm likely going to be facing. Noticed that my success depends heavily on bottom lane unless we've got a hard carry, which is kinda annoying. I remember when it was duo top.

Also since I'm still kinda nooby it would be neat to get some tips on identifying metas in the first place, for the future :3

5 Comments

PrismalDawnAug 7, 20173 votes

Play what you want and don't feed. That's the meta

GrandpaTheGreatAug 7, 20171 votes

In general, you can beat whatever is meta if your more experienced with your champion than people utilizing an unfamiliar meta champion. Also the meta changes very frequently, meaning that its not that worth it to decide mains based on what is meta at the moment.

At the moment, the meta is mainly focused on champions who are good with duskblade (Mainly assasins) and a group of tanks that are a bit overtuned. Karma support can really shut down alot of these champions due to how good her entire kit is at protecting her back-line from these threats, so if you continued maining Karma you would be able to respond fairly well to this meta.

Support can be kind of wonky since your skillful play can be lost on a terrible ADC, but so long as the ADCs are somewhat decently matched you will have chances to prove your mettle over the other support. Even if your adc isn't the best, your utility can aid other allies once the laning phase is over. Also this role is the most common selection for autofill, so occasionally you will be against someone less experienced than you.

There exist alot of good resources for keeping up to date with this kind of stuff, many youtubers (Especially the high elo ones) will straight up tell you whats meta at the moment in their videos, and winrate websites such as champion.gg can give you a grasp of whats popular and succeeding (Keep in mind that win-rate isn't directly correlated to their overall strength, a lot of other factors such as play-rate and player experience can factor in).

GhazterAug 7, 20172 votes

Wow. That was so much more helpful than the last guy (not that that's untrue or anything).

So far I'm mastery 4 with Karma (Ctrl+6 is so cool tbh) and don't plan on quitting her anytime soon. I have indeed noticed that I don't have much of a problem shutting down some of this meta (often getting first kills bot just because I outrange my ADC, rip), and team fights are epic with Karma. Karma *shields whole team* *stuns that fed ADC and they die* *randomly Qs into it every once in a while* *shields cc'd teammates* *REDEMPTION!!* *ults Q just to be sure they're dead* "Yay we won!"

Yes, I like it when my ADC at least knows when to attack and when to fall back and not be dumb. I usually have a very low death rate unless we're pretty badly outmatched, but when I have to try to save my ADC from death it goes down the drain. Just played draft pick and I love being able to play support almost every time, no more surprise mid play anymore. I used to play everything but now that I've gotten better I realize how bad I was xD, support's just my style.

I don't watch too many YouTubers unless I'm looking for specific play style/champion tips, which I probably should do a bit more of. I have a tough time interpreting stats though :3

GrandpaTheGreatAug 8, 20171 votes

I'm glad I could help :D

Having a feel for where your strengths and weaknesses are (In your case, supportive play being your style) is a very valuable skill especially when others around that level might try to force themselves to understand something they aren't comfortable with.

I'm not that familiar with karma, but it does seem like it might be easier to protect from melees than the other adc (Though the shield and its speed boost is still really good).

The main important statistics are win-rate and play rate (And maybe the experience distribution pie chart), most the others like damage dealt and minions killed give an insight into their style or tendencies rather than true strength.

Also there are many subreddits for mains of different champions, including r/karmamains if that sounds like it might help