Meta is disgusting and terrible

Dwarvesneedfood2·10/14/2017, 7:59:24 AM·115 votes·4,509 views

I am watching worlds right now and an adc who is 1-2-5 241 cs is out dpsing a mid on the same team who is 4-0-4 292 cs (that is ~1250g difference including subtraction of death). I am trying to keep as quick information as i can... but i am 100% grossed out by what i am seeing. A Cassiopeia that flash ults in a fight... can not out dps an adc that was outplayed and out comp'd in the bottom lane.

Grossed. Misfits will lose because of the risky Yasuo pick.. But the fact a Twitch adc with a gigantic gold difference can out dps his own mid __laner makes no sense.

*edit just looked at the end of the score and it was 18.5 vs 27k damage. ABSOLUTELY APPALLING that someone who contributes to more OVERALL play... Can not contribute MORE to the win of the game. Then someone who dies... AND BANKS on the rest of the team... But is completely successful... just... due... to champion selection.

77 Comments

Feathermane10/14/2017, 9:33:52 AM54 votes

Late game comps are twice as safe as they should be. Also, what kind of late game starts at 1.5 items? Riot really fucked up with this series of patches. And I agree that mages look completely outclassed - thanks to shield stacking, they can barely scratch ad carries. Also, Cho is basically ruining the entire tournament - no matter how stupid the play, he makes it work with power of broken.

XDDD10/14/2017, 5:41:02 PM31 votes

"We are aware that ardent is too strong"

So are you gonna do anything? "We are monitoring the item closely and understand that ardent has less skill expression than redemption"

Then why haven't you done anything about it? "Well we really don't want to shake up the meta around worlds or, you know, any other time really. If we nerf something, then we'll buff something else related to the same kit/item and tell ourselves it's a net power-down."

So are you gonna do anything? "We're working on some changes but keep in mind that most of our resources are devoted to the horde of changes coming preseason"

So are you gonna do anything this season? "Nah we'll chill till next season till the balance gets thrown off anyway and we might not have to deal with it anymore. Oh and by the way here's another post about my Quick Gameplay Thoughts that lets you know that I realize there's an issue and we might fix it later. Enjoy the meta since it's not changing till preseason friends."

Davaken10/14/2017, 9:38:05 AM24 votes

Didn't Double just get to stand and free-hit the whole teamfight, while Bjerg was cc'ed and stuff? Context matters.

PePsiLemoNN10/14/2017, 9:11:55 AM21 votes

Back at it again with the upvote farm

Silmaril10/14/2017, 2:53:57 PM11 votes

Meanwhile on the same stage, Jensen outdamages all 9 other players combined in a teamfight with Syndra.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2430&v=LR3fEzsQDnU

I'm not going to deny that ADCs, or rather botlane as a whole, aren't too strong, but this idea that ADCs absolutely rule the Rift with an iron fist while every other role has apparently zero relevance is so exaggerated it's not even funny.

PaffWasTaken10/14/2017, 10:34:13 PM7 votes

Remember when people who mained the role who's main action is to click on someone to get kills complained about how their lane was horrible? Yeah, I miss those days

Elikain10/14/2017, 8:07:19 PM6 votes

You forget that Cass is a single target DPS mage (most of the time) while Twitch with his items can wipe out entire team if he gets into a good position. Let's be realistic and compare champions that can be compared instead of just thinking that being down for a certain amount of time should equal to not being able to deal enough damage compared to someone who had a slightly better laning experience than you.

There are a lot of other factors coming into play, not just the 1250 gold difference you mentioned. When you look at it, that's not even a full item but at best, a single big component of a said item.

Boulderox10/15/2017, 3:59:33 AM4 votes

gee item 3504 I Wonder Why this meta sucks It's like the entire game is reliant on funneling xp and gold into one item, slapping the adc on the ass and sending them to kill the enemy because for a tiny moment in time, support was a great role, but not in a good way, it is strictly supports that can build this cancer item 3504 . And from this, when supports hold so much power, the adc becomes more vital and powerful as a role which isn't healthy in most cases.

It doubly sucks because it is so boring to watch the SAME thing happen every game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHp95KO8en4