My BIGGEST problem with power creep

Horse Grenades··50 votes·12,952 views

Is that it reduces the skill gap between players. Without a true laning phase and fights that last more than one rotation the skill expression between two people is lowered because whoever gets the combo off first as early as 3:30“wins” without the need for wave management, proper backs, trading stances, or even itemization. Why itemize when you just snowball? Why worry about backing when the tower falls at 7 min?

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z63XnLCMwX21 votes

It would be nice if champion have to manage resources instead of getting free spam.

BEK Makadur7 votes

Play Dota.

Muxxik20 votes

Actually agree with this. The better laner used to win a lot more of their lanes, rather than just whichever laner happened to proc their electrocute by landing a single rotation. When you have to land 2-3 rotations to really get ahead before first back, it makes it a lot harder to bring down a laner that is actually higher skill than yourself.

EkyonKun4 votes

I've had to smack myself in the face for not rushing pure damage items in the early game.

"Oh they're immobile, I'll get Rylai's" "Oh they're AP and stun reliant, I'll rush Banshee's"

NO

LUDEN'S. FIRST. EVERY. GAME. NO. MATTER. WHAT.

I just want to be able to counterbuild my opponents smartly to gain a statistical advantage, while they attempt to do the same. But no, we're both rushing the same damage item every game no matter what depending on what our class is: Be it bruiser, assassin, mage, adc, whatever. Try to build defensively against an opponent? Watch yourself be useless and still get one shot regardless of what you just built.

It's actually starting to irk me a bit.

LegitBusinessman3 votes

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I've had to smack myself in the face for not rushing pure damage items in the early game.

"Oh they're immobile, I'll get Rylai's" "Oh they're AP and stun reliant, I'll rush Banshee's"

NO

LUDEN'S. FIRST. EVERY. GAME. NO. MATTER. WHAT.

I just want to be able to counterbuild my opponents smartly to gain a statistical advantage, while they attempt to do the same. But no, we're both rushing the same damage item every game no matter what depending on what our class is: Be it bruiser, assassin, mage, adc, whatever. Try to build defensively against an opponent? Watch yourself be useless and still get one shot regardless of what you just built.

It's actually starting to irk me a bit.

I hear the nubs who don't play anything except some instant burst champ like

'HURRR DURRR DID YOU BUILD TABIS AGAINST THE TALON DERRRRRRRP"

Imagine thinking Tabies does anything against anything nowadays.

Child of the Pit2 votes

I mean, recently i played against Yasuo top, as Darius, got hit by an AA and Q on lv,1 he then engaged on me, so we did an AA battle, we both did 5 auto atacks, but i died because he had ignite.

Literally, where was the skill in that lol, walking to my tower and kiting and dying to 5 auto atacks and a Q, that just shows how Riot over the years forced the game to become faster and faster paced, like, could you imagine how that trade would've looked in Season 4 ? Probably no one died and i would have returned to farm whil'st popping a health potion...

I mean, i pretty much stomped him the whole game afterwards cos i was Darius, but to watch that was actually fun and pathetic at the same time.

PooWho3 votes

He got a Q and an auto on you then you decided to fight him? And you knew he had ignite?

Child of the Pit2 votes

Yeah im not excusing my stupidity, just saying i find it hilarious how fast a first blood can be decided nowadays

KOGMIDONLY1 votes

Hahaha u crack me up child 😂

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