So I haven't played LoL in probably close to a year and a half/two years. Can anyone give me a general outline of what the meta is/what champions have changed/who's popular/etc.? I used to play almost everyday, but school got in the way and I dropped off.
Vesarixx2 votes
is an ADC now, 
are super tanky and still do tons of damage, 
is now pretty much impossible to properly balance, 
is still like that, 
there is an ADC that dashes after every auto attack and only gets 90% AD scaling on auto attacks, 
is viable as a mid and top laner, green wards are gone from the shop, mid laners are buying 
, Jax is now top tier and building 
as a core item, the masteries are completely different, 
now builds into 2 different items that both suck, so armor stacking is a major thing, 
finally got reworked, 
is very strong right now, you can't get level 2 off of jungle monsters unless you have 
, clairvoyance, clarity and revive were removed, DFG is gone, 
is an ADC, the best ADC right now are 
. 
and can now jungle, there is an ADC that was released specifically for jungling 
, 
deals 55% of his auto attacks in magic and 55% in physical damage and his W is sometimes a rumble ult, autos are AOE, ult can crit, 
now places a visible ward that lasts the entire game, 
is a good item now, 
builds full crit now and destroys whole teams with crazy AOE if he can get to late game, 
can jungle now, rangers trailblazer is gone and so is poachers knife, there is a new jungle item that places wards instead. You can get 45% CDR now, 
can attack 5 times a second, 
builds completely differently now, 
can slow you for years with 
, 
has a negative win rate but people are still complaining about her being OP, 
was nerfed even though he wasn't being played, 
is jungling and getting 
, then killing everyone, and 
/ 
are now 2 different items, neither of which reveal stealthed champions. Also the pink ward trinket and sword of the occult are gone.
ModWulf Helhammer1 votesReally? Quinn? Not that hard to beat her if you play well.
Also she's pretty balanced right now after the Q damage nerfs
Vesarixx1 votesI'm not complaining about her being overpowered, the changes removed quite a bit of the complexity from her kit, she's now balanced entirely around 2 damage abilities, one of which is very reliable and has a lot of effects worked into it, the simpler and more reliable a kit becomes the more it relies on numbers to balance, which in an asymmetrical game is pretty much impossible to do. The issue you end up with is a champion will either end up being overpowered or under powered but never really in a spot that allows them to be both viable and healthy for the game, Skarner has had the same issue for quite some time, so have champions that are balanced around a single low interaction ability like old poppy.
Dinko1 votesVery entertaining and informative post; well done ;)
Mimy1 votesIdk if you had a higher rank 2 years ago, but if your bronze just keep playing what you love. doesn't matter much.
As far as it goes..
Lucian, trynd, yasuo, yi, Jax, asri, SWANE OMG... this guy playing swane.. there was nothing we could do.. it was the most horrifying experiances last night...
are all pretty strong as it seems....
M15TAH JAY1 votesYou can check patch notes and things like that
There's this new champ Illaoi...she's not that bad
Poppy got a rework
community is still pretty toxic
GG
shyv1 votesoh man, a year and a half is a long time. i would recommend playing to catch up and learn from experience
short version: sight wards are gone and i want to throw a tantrum
