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The LoL community and hating mobility(and range)

Mira Arya Enthe··3 votes·729 views

I can understand that being less mobile as a trade off is occasionally frustrating when a more mobile champion beats you. That said, the community seems to have an unreasonable bias against mobility(and range but that is another topic I'd rather address separately).

From "A" Ahri to "Z" Zed most of the most hated(by everyone except their mains) champions in the game tend to be mobile. So if you are among people who are perpetually hating on every champion with a dash, blink or leap in their kit, please answer this for me.

What is your ideal LoL? A wall of 4 slow moving(melee) champions beating on one another with a support healing until their stats/mana give out? I constantly see people talking about how mobility is unfair. Even during metas where Tanks and Juggernauts aren't suffering(which admittedly they have been awful in the diver meta barring a couple tanks and Darius). So what is your solution? What is the LoL you want? This is a serious question, because it seriously needs to be asked if people really hate mobility(and range) that much.

This extends somewhat to ranged champions as well, but again, that is another topic. I just feel the community far too much is looking for a game of immobile(melee) stat sticks beating on one another to death. Unless they are the ones who enjoy playing mobile(or ranged) champions, and even if they do, they sometimes even then demonize other mobile(or ranged) champions...

Me personally, I want all classes to be valid, and all champions to be viable. And for all players to have agency regardless of what they pick. No point in having 135 champions if we only want 20-30 to be viable(looking at both the community and Riot here).

Disclaimer: I do believe there is a such thing as too mobile, obviously if there was a champion with a 1000 range leap on a 2 second cooldown it would be utterly game breaking. And yes, Shyvana is Mobile for a Juggernaut. But before calling too much bias some of my other mains are Ashe, Leona, Malzahar and Soraka.

9 Comments

Eedat3 votes

Theres a difference between mobile and hyper mobile. Thee also is just a flat out advantage if your champion is ranged. Items also get ruined because theyre intended to help melees and are balanced on them, but inevitably get exploited by ranged champions and nerfed. Their is really no practical benefit to being melee, but some of these champs have kits that are appealing to other players. So you get a bunch of people who get annoyed when the champion they like is put at a disadvantage just because

Mira Arya Enthe3 votes

Their is really no practical benefit to being melee

which is why most ranged champions are fair squishier, lower burst/dps and easier to pop than melee champions. Ranged champions may have some annoying advantages(especially in top lane) but as a Shyvana player once I touch Ashe she vanishes.

Eedat2 votes

which is why most ranged champions are fair squishier, lower burst/dps and easier to pop than melee champions

Lower burst?

Syndra Veigar Lux Ryze Velkoz Ziggs Ahri

Lower DPS?

Are you aware of the entire ADC class?

Mira Arya Enthe3 votes

Yi does more DPS in melee range than an ADC with comparable items. The difference is he has to be in melee range to do so, he is also more mobile than most ADCs and has a tanking steroid.

Riven does more burst(to multiple targets even) than Syndra while in melee range, that said she has to be in melee range to do it. She is also more mobile than Syndra.

Shyvana does about as much burst as some ranged champions, that said she is generally more mobile and TANKY.

These are what are known as tradeoffs. Some champions do not trade-off enough, this is what we call "55% winrate broken bullshit rito pls fix now!". When champions do not tradeoff enough for their benefits, they are OP, when they tradeoff too much or their benefits are too weak, they are UP. That however does not change baseline the concept of tradeoffs.

dunder kill1 votes

Ranged champs dont have great burst or DPS? Are you joking?

Mira Arya Enthe1 votes

Yi does more DPS in melee range than an ADC with comparable items. The difference is he has to be in melee range to do so, he is also more mobile than most ADCs and has a tanking steroid.

Riven does more burst(to multiple targets even) than Syndra while in melee range, that said she has to be in melee range to do it. She is also more mobile than Syndra.

Shyvana does about as much burst as some ranged champions, that said she is generally more mobile and TANKY.

These are what are known as tradeoffs. Some champions do not trade-off enough, this is what we call "55% winrate broken bullshit rito pls fix now!". When champions do not tradeoff enough for their benefits, they are OP, when they tradeoff too much or their benefits are too weak, they are UP. That however does not change baseline the concept of tradeoffs.

CancerBasedGod1 votes

I'd say because summoners rift is too big, and non mobile champs can't be able to fly to another lane in an instant like Camille. In the smaller TT the most hated are probably Illa and Darius. Well also Poppy is almost always banned.

zlumpy1 votes

So many dashes and leaps coukd have just been friggen speed buffs instead. Then add in the fact that the biggest counter to mobility is targeted cc which riot is doing their damndest to remove from the game and it tends to get out of hand.

Mira Arya Enthe1 votes

Before dashes were common it was whining about Teemo's W, Vayne's passive and Warwick's blood hunt. It doesn't matter if it is mobility or dashes, people just hate on anything mobile.

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