Why Breaking the Meta actually works.

AttackOnTeemos·Oct 31, 2016·1 votes·449 views

Now I'm going to use one my last games for example. Even though it was a lost( Bad baron call for the win) No one on our team was mad, hell we were laughing throughout the whole game.

Take a moment to examine the Soraka game I did, I went mid with her, and used a build that could confuse anyone on the planet. Now it worked, I was slowing people for days and still surviving with a spark of life. I'm a strong believer of a champ can go anywhere as long as the person playing him/her knows what they are doing. O.O Has anyone else tried to unusual and make it work?

http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/2333675705/34553032?tab=overview

11 Comments

Mr CarbonOct 31, 20161 votes

Champion mastery > Champion Strength

1wolfpackOct 31, 20161 votes

ekko support all day used to play some akali jungle im sure there is more i used to play. its always fun to try something different

DarianEXOct 31, 20161 votes

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ekko support all day used to play some akali jungle im sure there is more i used to play. its always fun to try something different

Janna Mid B) Lets the storm rekt them! :D

AttackOnTeemosOct 31, 20161 votes

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Mid B) Lets the storm rekt them! :D

Back in my Silver days this made me almost break two keyboards....with my face.

DarianEXOct 31, 20161 votes

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Back in my Silver days this made me almost break two keyboards....with my face.

In a good way or bad way? xD

TyrekGoldenspearOct 31, 20161 votes

Good lord that Hybrid Tank Soraka build looks sexy.

I know how to play Soraka decently. I should try this.

And to answer your question, I took Azir bot several times as he is a marksman. Confused the enemy, I stomped.

I have also played bruiser Brand, on the notion that his base damage is high enough for me not to need to build AP and being tired of getting blown up by sneezes.

KaiokoOct 31, 20161 votes

With that build you're not tanky, can't initiate don't really heal and managed to deal half the damage as every single other person on your team support included.

AttackOnTeemosOct 31, 20161 votes

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With that build you're not tanky, can't initiate don't really heal and managed to deal half the damage as every single other person on your team support included.

It wasn't about the damage XD, it was simply drawing the fire on me, I've had their junglar camp me cause she assumed I was squishy. Most people see champions and pay more attention to what they look like rather then what they build o.o. Vel could never get his Ultimate off cause I threw my E down and about time he could back out and reline we had already killed 1- 2 people.

:D True my damage wasn't there but the focus on me is what allowed the team to keep going.

KaiokoOct 31, 20161 votes

The point being is that there's better options for soaking up damage especially since that build meant you were actually more squishy than a typical bruiser or tank. Just play taric top if you want to soak up damage for example it's much more valuable, but then again it'll be less effective than let's say a malphite.

Also playing it in normal where honestly I never take a game seriously since I use it to learn champs is not a very good data point for your argument. Try in ranked instead and report back?

AttackOnTeemosOct 31, 20161 votes

_> I did, two months ago to be exact Soraka vs Renekton.

catastrophicSkilOct 31, 20161 votes

this stuff typically only works for 1 of 2 or 3 reasons

The enemy team doesn't know how to play against it. Soraka is a toxic champ if did the same thing in the support role nothing changes it has nothing to do with you going mid it was just soraka existing in the game.
It's a specific counter to a certain champ/play style. Back when sona got her minor rework she was viable mid it wasn't great but it worked against certain champs
bad overconfident players