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If a champion is hard to play, he should be better

Halcyn·12/22/2015, 6:14:19 PM·2 votes·996 views

I am absolutely sick and tired of seeing posts about YASUO, LEE SIN, ZED, RIVEN and a few others.

If they are hard to play, and I mean play at a plat + level, then they should be better. Sure, you're silver 2 and you had a great ranked game on Lee and that's good! But it doesn't mean he's easy, your competition just probably understands him less than you do. These champions, without a doubt, unarguably, are hard to play at max Potential. Are they hard to play against also? Yes, they're annoying to play against and it can be hard. However, nothing about them is actually unfair (Yes riven is fast, yes yas is resourcelsss, yes lee can ward hop) but is nessecary for them to be better or else why would you play a champion that takes months to master. Let me ask you a question.

Why would you play Yasuo over Annie if yas was worse? You wouldn't. But if you're good enough you'd pick Yas over Annie because his potential for outplay and team fight impact can be much greater. What's the drawback to him being better? He's hard to play.

That's why they're better, stop complaining about them. Either you're good enough to play them, good enough to outplay them, or you make do with someone simpler and easier

18 Comments

venomous frost12/22/2015, 6:18:44 PM4 votes

worst balancing ever

you are saying that if somebody can play the hardest to play champion in league correctly, he can not be countered by anybody because his kit will be stronger when played correctly.

Himbeekee12/22/2015, 6:17:56 PM3 votes

Riven and Yasuo are hard to play? I must be playing the wrong game...

Sky of Smiles12/22/2015, 6:17:53 PM2 votes

Can't you just play a champion because of their lore/character?

The dilemma of whether a champion's kit defines their lore or if their lore defines their kit. Do you pick a champion because of their kit alone and then learn their lore later on or do you pick it because of their lore and invest into learning to master their kit because of it?

Quepha12/22/2015, 6:27:08 PM2 votes

They aren't really hard to play. They have hard MECHANICS but their abilities nullify skills that other champions need. Positioning and knowledge of the threat ranges of other champs, damage taken during a dive, all of that stuff is irrelevant to champs with the mobility to get in and out before any of that stuff matters.

LeBlanc needs to be able to quickly fire off a combo before anyone can react, and track which button did what so she knows how to jump where she wants. Lux needs to know the ranges of every champ so that she can stand in a position where she threatens with her range without being threatened.

Neither is inherently more difficult although they are inherently different.

HolyCrapItsMe12/22/2015, 7:17:36 PM1 votes

Definitely not, being hard to play should not make a champion better. you just play like 20 games, get wrecked and then you have a free-win ticket for every game for the rest of your life? a champ being hard to play should give you the personal feeling that you achieved mastery with a hard to play champion, not the ability to completely demolish everyone else no matter the circumstances. You choose to play a hard champion, so you cant complain that you dont deal enough damage with him, you DO NOT choose to fight against a hard champion, so why should you be punished for it? for example, if I play yasuo and I cant hit a single Q, I cant say "why is yasuo so weak" since Im the one who picked him, and im the one who fails with him. if I queue up and face a player who is playing a hard to play champion but KNOWS how to play with it, I have absolutely no chance at beating him, just because hes playing a champion who is a bit hard to master?

You say "make do with someone simpler and easier". but if I pick annie and queue up against a good yasuo, ill lose every game just because I chose an easy champion, which isnt balanced. its not making do. its either "get good and play the powerful champion" or "eat shit and die motherfucker". I dont choose to play against yasuo even when hes way more powerful than I am.

Cindikle12/22/2015, 7:19:25 PM1 votes

I came here expecting you to be in silver/bronze.

How did you get to diamond with this mentality.

At some point this game becomes less on champion mastery and more on game mastery. When what to do, what to build and when to do it.

An ADC diamond Karthus would likely win over a silver Varus. Because of their game knowledge.

This does change for pro's. Where every little advantage is needed to win. But for the rest of us. Being good at a champion but poor at the game is the cause of "win lane, lose game".