League in its prime?

MechanicYX·Jan 4, 2015·10 votes·1,980 views

Honestly, with this new season coming out I've had loads of fun. I think this may be the most fun I've ever had in League actually. This is probably due to the new game play that we haven't experienced before in the last season. The jungle is completely different with the jungler having to making tough decisions with his smite. Top lane finally having some fun ranged characters to the mix so I can have a new joy in playing top lane. I find going against them makes you completely change your style that I had been doing for some many games with my two favorite top lane champs. The game is also so very balanced IMO. The only frustrating character I can think of is Soraka (Rito pls you said you fixed her also maybe Fizz cough op). The constant spam heal in lane is extremely annoying. Mid lane also has welcomed a variety of champs that were never played season 3. Bot lane no comment except pls make Thresh less solo que op and this is coming from a Thresh only support ,but don't overdo it rito. All in all I have a new joy in League of Legends.

This post may be fairly biased though since I have recently quickly risen up multiple ranks in a short amount of time (Bronze to Plat in 1 year baby.) and I have found some new friends that I enjoy playing League with. Also, I have been able to always stop an argument before it even begins recently which is making the game much more enjoyable.

I would like to know YOUR opinions on the new S5 and what you like about it and what you absolutely hate about it.

(P.S Don't say Zed is op... I have played over 2300 games and have only seen Zed hard carry at the most 9 games and the majority of them were because my friend is a beast with him.)

(P.P.S Also don't say that a huge amount of champs are unviable atm. The Riot members are working on it and if you actually enjoyed the champion then you wouldn't be complaining about them since in reality 90% of the champs in league are useful with the right playstyle, effort, and skill. I mained Riven in the phase where people said she was absolutely useless and I dominated.)

25 Comments

Aurelius MaximusJan 4, 20158 votes

people are always complaining but to be honest the game just gets better with time. I've been playing since before season one and shit used to be nuts in league.

MechanicYXJan 4, 20154 votes

I honestly though 1-2 were pretty stale I left the game back then. Season 3 is when the joy was rekindled and more people were playing the game so I came back. S4 I almost quit again but my friends kept me there. Preseason of S5 is completely great and can keep me playing for hours. Thanks for your comment btw

Joe DreddJan 4, 20156 votes

I think season 3 was the best season.

Aurelius MaximusJan 4, 20151 votes

naw. Season 2 was the only worse season than 3

imo

Joe DreddJan 4, 20155 votes

I'd say the upcoming season doesn't look promising and Season four was terrible imo

TocosamuriJan 4, 20152 votes

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I'd say the upcoming season doesn't look promising and Season four was terrible imo

Ive seen you respond negatively multiple times on the boards. Please get a life. You come straight up to argue with Posters. GET A LIFE.

Joe DreddJan 4, 20154 votes

Lol, sorry for having a different opinion. Fuck off kid.

chavyy142Jan 4, 20151 votes

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Ive seen you respond negatively multiple times on the boards. Please get a life. You come straight up to argue with Posters. GET A LIFE.

OP said he wanted opinions, And his opinion wasn't even aggressively phrased

I agree the game is getting better and more complex which is always good, but i miss the chaos that was pre-ranked

MechanicYXJan 5, 20152 votes

Honestly, I wasn't expecting different opinions. I actually made this partly because I've seen threads saying the new season was god awful. I might agree that the opinion however could've been supported by reasons because I'm interested in why.

DrogmyreJan 5, 20151 votes

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Honestly, I wasn't expecting different opinions. I actually made this partly because I've seen threads saying the new season was god awful. I might agree that the opinion however could've been supported by reasons because I'm interested in why.

The current meta reminds me of one of the most cancerous metas in Dota pub games. From what I've seen, the early game is ungodly important: Games are often decided at 10 minutes, and it's basically every game that this happens. Because of things like the Jungle getting gutted in terms of Xp and Gold, Dragon Buff being OP as fuck, and towers being incredibly underpowered (on top of a whole bunch of other stuff) the game feels very binary: Complete fucking pubstomp or get absolutely WRECKED. No middle ground.

It's not a skill thing, either. It's not like you see in high ELO play, where an advantage is seized and the team with the lead squeezes the enemy team's nuts till they pop. LoL has become ungodly snowbally, more snowbally than I remember it being in the recent past.

I don't like this at all. Games where the result can be reliably called before 15-20 minutes should not be a thing: They certainly aren't fun to be on the losing side of. There really isn't any chance of a comeback unless the enemy team is pants on head retarded or massively throws.

In a very real sense, this meta is defined not by how well the majority of the team plays, but by the retard who feeds.

MechanicYXJan 5, 20151 votes

The jungle does have a part to play in how snowbally the game is because of how the junglers are forced to gank more because of the jungle being less pleasurable to jungle in. Less XP and Gold have made it so ganking will get you ahead instead of constant farming. In return though they have absolutely destroyed the Godyr with his constant jungling and stacks and all the other farming champions. While this made some champs unviable it certainly has made league more enjoyable. I think almost everybody farmed to win not to have fun. It would also probably make it so that the junglers are being flamed less for not ganking since they are forced to now.

The dragon buff is one of my personal favorites. The season previous there was always the option of turtling for a long ass time and the enemy team not being able to do anything with a dive comp because they had ziggs etc. Early game by at least 10 min mark the dragon has been taken and the 1st buff doesn't make a big enough difference to decide the outcome of the game. The other 3 buffs aren't very strong compared to the 1st buff so the objective is almost always the 5th drag, the 1st drag, gold, or that little boost to make the game easier. Going back on to the point of stalling, it is always stupid when you have had the advantage for so long but can't do anything just because of them turtling and then end up losing. The 5th dragon power spike ends the game for the complete pub stombs which I'm fine with because I find the comebacks after being 2-19 toxic. P.S. I forgot to add that if you haven't been able to get a drag by 30 minutes or so for the 1st buff then it would probably be considered a stomp and you had no chance.

Instead of thinking it of how much the retard feeds you should be thinking of how much that one person is carrying your asses. It also happens as when someone is carrying on one team but at the same time mid lane absolutely feeding. It really isn't fair to judge this season by the saying that the retard who feeds is the deciding factor because as you probably already know you have the same chance to have a fed person on YOUR team or have 1 fed and 1 feeding. This was the case in all the other seasons.

The new season however, might be a huge change that many people don't like but many people are liking because OF it's snowball. I personally, like it now more than I ever have maybe because what I have considered toxic has left the game for me.

Aurelius MaximusJan 4, 20151 votes

id have to respectfully but heartily disagree with you sir

Duchess of DeerJan 4, 20151 votes

season 3 was da bomb

The SoulforgedJan 4, 20153 votes

Season two was when I really enjoyed the game.

SexyTaylorSwiftJan 4, 20152 votes

I don't know. I liked S3, when I started playing. I honestly don't think I would have stuck with the game now. New champs have overloaded kits that make playing old champs feel outdated...you see the same champs in most games, especially at the competitive level....Riot allows certain champs to be strong at all times (Lee Sin) while nerfing others that get strong for a day...I don't know. I feel a lot of champs, mostly new ones and assassins, have little risk with high reward.

WooBeeWooJan 5, 20152 votes

This is the worst balanced I've ever seen league with some roles being completely unplayable. I have moved from the jungle to mid lane because I hate it so much.

MechanicYXJan 5, 20151 votes

The new jungle promotes ganking instead of farming. You never see an udyr anymore stacking feral flare not just because it's gone but partly because of the how difficult its gotten with less reward for their efforts. The new jungle will also take a long time to be figured out and almost nobody knows the best route to take with what you should take as jungle. I would suggest waiting a bit and trying jungle again if you really love it.

AxlStreamJan 5, 20152 votes

Yes... Because I love seeing Lee Sin often for 4 seasons straight doing the same trick over and over and over... Oh who am I kidding...

MechanicYXJan 5, 20151 votes

IMO Lee Sin isn't that great. 25/75 times the lee sin is either a god that makes an actually difference in the game or a failure which can't make a huge impact on the game. I never understood why people complain about Lee Sin so much when nobody cares about the LCS anyways.

CharQueenJan 4, 20151 votes

I started playing LoL S2. I got bored and left. Came back S3 / S4. The game is a helluva lot more fun and interesting. Perchance because I know what I am doing now.

NarasimhaJan 4, 20151 votes

Season two was the best. Nocturne ganks from halfway in the jungle? Yes please.

But the new season isn't looking too bad. Despite people's problems, champion designs ARE getting better. There's more power spread over the entire kit rather than being focused in one or two abilities.

Penguin EclipseJan 4, 20151 votes

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Season two was the best. Nocturne ganks from halfway in the jungle? Yes please.

But the new season isn't looking too bad. Despite people's problems, champion designs ARE getting better. There's more power spread over the entire kit rather than being focused in one or two abilities.

Reworked Cass begs to differ.

JedenVojakJan 5, 20151 votes

I kinda liked the new jungle buffs and uses for smite.

I like the idea of the new regen items, but they used them as a stick to make regen worse for all champions except for a select few.

I miss Atma's.

The big problem though is that they keep nerfing all the champions and making them worse overall. Champion power should only go in one direction, and that is up.

Chromatic EagleJan 5, 20151 votes

Despite it's many flaws, this season may not be that bad. As long as you don't think about the LCS, Riot is trying to promote more champions.

MahnigguhJan 5, 20151 votes

started playing at ziggs and even though i had fun losing at season 2 season 3 was my gravy man...almost 1k games in b5 solidified that i sucked but i had fun losing and trying....season 4 i just lost minus the fun so i quit. come back for preseason and i am having fun losing again. can i at least get to b3 this year...we'll see xD