Riot you're ruining your game (Long Post)

SunriseSkaterKid·8/23/2015, 1:32:08 AM·2 votes·984 views

Why did you have to change so much this season? What was the point of it? Are you trying to destroy the masterpiece you created?

It all started earlier this season with the introduction of Cinderhulk, as an item CInderhulk created the jungle tank meta. Now, in the early stages yes Cinderhulk was an insanely OP item and made the game sort of annoying because all we saw in games were Gragas and Sejuani's tearing it up but after a quick nerf the item was put in a pretty good position. Tanks were still very strong, not too strong but not under powered by any means. In my opinion the Meta was at a perfect state at this point. Top laners consisted of front line tanks who could peel, engage, etc. Jungle consisted of more support/tanky junglers who provided good CC and also gave the team buffs like Aegis and Righteous Glory. Mid consisted of strong team fighting/Poke champs like Viktor, Orianna, Varus and Azir. Support consisted of tanks like Alistar and Thresh and also peelers like Janna etc. ADC's consisted of Vayne, Jinx, Corki, Ezreal, and on the occasion Varus (yes im talking about you EU LCS) Overall the state of the game was good, not perfect but was good enough that it worked and was enjoyable at the same time.

Then in an instant you flipped the script and began to unleash a hell storm on all the players in league.

This brings me to the patch's of hell 5.12-5.16

First came 5.12 which added the Runeglave enchantment a much needed ap jungle item. Rejoice and thank the heavens!.... Right? Wrong. We got introduced to Runeglave Ezreal the man who could deal all of a tanks health in one swift combo and then be able to do it again in 20 seconds! Hoozah!!! If you have a Runeglave ezreal in any of your games you had about a 15 minute window to have fun, then after that time was up it was all about the Ezreal show! "Wow the top Maokai is fed and has 2K HP? BOOM ONE SHOTTED BABY" "Vayne has 3 items? Ulted anddddd dead." On top of that we also got to see a popular jungler in Nidalee have a blast while dominating everyone and anyone that was on the map. As soon as a Q hit you and you saw that "Hunt" sign appear above your head you knew you had about 1 second to say your final prayers before watching your screen go grey and the announcer saying "You have been slain." It made the game absolutely no fun, I felt like I was cosplaying my dog because 90 percent of the game my screen was Gray.

Patch 5.13 ALL HAIL THE STATED DEVOURER! Riot seriously.... it didn't work the first time when you made feral flare, what made you believe that making the same item but buffing it would work out better? Would you like to know what its like to only see Grey? Well, for 99 cents you can buy Stated devourer! Watch as this magical item works wonders and turns all the colors on your computer turn instantly grey! What's that Jimmy? You like to play Lee sin jungle? Well guess what bud too bad have fun learning how to main Shyvanna, Yi, Olaf, Warwick, XIn Zhoa, Kayle and Fizz because that's all you're ever going to be able to play! But guess what guys! We made it so that runeglave cant proc Ludens, but to make up for this we buffed both the AP and the scaling on the item! Isn't that great?

5.14-5.15 wasn't bad, it just added a bit of a buff to Elise who would become a problem in the future, made Vaynes tumble CD begin right when she tumbled, thankfully nerfed Runeglave ezreal, but also added Zekes Harbinger so that all Vaynes and Jinx's can have a field day with 100 percent crit without having to buy two crit items, and also released new GP who wouldn't really be a problem until people figured out how to play him (Only LCS players are really good at him so he's not really a big problem)

5.16 The Slaughternauts The newest patch which has released a heap storm of ridiculous champions. Darius, the 5 stack one hit wonder who needs to get 1 kill and then becomes a train of death and despair. Good luck trying to gank him, give him 1 kill and you are as good as dead for an easy double kill. Oh, you don't like blood? Then you should probably Spin to Win! Woah you're fed and killed Garen in lane? No worries! Now he gets to do BONUS TRUE DAMAGE TO YOU! Don't like spinning men with big swords? Try out a scorpion who can have a bazillion movement speed with a pillar and a crab combined! Not only that but he can build tanky and still one shot your ADC and Mid all in one go! But if he feels like building damage he can and still do everything a normal Skarner can do! 70% Win rate in his first day of release? Good, thats what we all want isn't it? No? Well why not? If you don't like Bugs and are an emo kid and likes things like Ghosts, and death then you can play Mordekaiser! With this new champion you dont need an ADC you can just role Morde and a support bot lane because Morde gets the XP of a solo lane so you can always be 2 level ahead of your lane! Wait, you just did baron at level 20 solo because you have a dragon following you around? Isn't that what all you guys wanted?

Seriously Riot get your Sh!t together and figure out your balancing issues. None of this is healthy for the community. There is not a single game where I dont have someone saying something along the lines of "Omg X champion is ridiculous, thanks riot" or "Balancing at its finest" The community is not happy at all, I love this game, I really do but the changes you've been making recently are unneeded and are breaking a once good game.

TL:DR Riot is breaking their own game with stupid buffs and changing things that didn't need to be changed.

4 Comments

MisterHealYoGirl8/23/2015, 1:56:30 AM3 votes

I actually like what Riot has been doing with the meta; they're trying to make everything more diverse. Sure, along the way, there are some mess-ups; AP Ezreal's spike in power is one of them. But ultimately, at the end of this crazy season, I can play more champions in more places than I could before, and that is a goal worth banning Ezreal for.

Ra1d8/23/2015, 2:23:00 AM1 votes

thats how its always been, they make something, its super strong then they bring it down till its at a reasonable level