Are there too many champions op to the point where banning them is the only counter?

Glory97··28 votes·2,902 views

Is it just me or do you feel the same? Khazix Camille Vi Rengar Katarina Talon Jayce Caitlyn Maokai Leblanc Malzahar In my opinion all of these are must ban or pick.

The current state of the game is pretty unhealthy.

I prefer sticking to champs that i like to play, but at the moment it seems inefficient if i want to climb

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Critmaster Garen12 votes

Hecarim

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Eedat3 votes

Would rather play against him than Vi Khazix

Spaceman5pff2 votes

IDK... Whenever I play against a Hecarim, I manage to countergank for a kill early, then he gets item 3715 item 3057 and is suddenly 12-2

Eedat2 votes

At least you can kind of juke his ult by taking a step towards him when you see him use it or dashing sideways. Vi just point and click locks you down and can hop over walls with her Q. Kha kills you before he even lands from his leap. There may not be much wiggle room with Hec, but there's at least some. I'll take some over none all day

Dabrick013 votes

What? Did you watch NB3's video or something?

FULL LETHALITY ONE SHOT HECARIM BUSTED GAMEPLAY HAS TO GET NERFED!111!!!!11!!!!!!!1!!

Critmaster Garen8 votes

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What? Did you watch NB3's video or something?

FULL LETHALITY ONE SHOT HECARIM BUSTED GAMEPLAY HAS TO GET NERFED!111!!!!11!!!!!!!1!!

nightblue stupidity aside, hecarim has been top teir jungler for quite some time.

GankedFromBehind1 votes

Fucking finally something I can agree with.

Ahristocats4 votes

cait isn't must ban/pick same for talon

Glory972 votes

after the buffs to lethality talon is really strong if you know what you are doing. Yes there aren't that many talon players out there, thats why i dont prioritise banning him but if you face a good talon he is insane.

In plat+ talon has an average winrate 54.5%, among the highest of all champions https://www.op.gg/champion/talon/statistics/mid

and in my opinion cait is also very strong

Oelyk1 votes

Yay for talon mains.

Thefrostyviking1 votes

I don't think Caitlyn is but hasn't Talon skyrocketed in popularity since the lethality buffs?

Altho mainly in Korea as far as i know. His ability to rush it and hard carry to end a game early is apparently loved over there.

Ahristocats1 votes

i didn't say talon is bad WTF

i said he isn't must pick or ban

Thefrostyviking1 votes

I never said that you said that he was bad either O_O

What i meant to ask you was if he hasn't risen to the lvl of pick or ban considering how much the koreans are focusing on him. They are usually ahead of everyone else so i wouldn't be suprised at all if it was the case. And just last night i had the displeasure of playing against one, i wasn't able to tell how strong the champ was for i got quite fed and the rest of the team did as well.

However he could oneshot my little mage if i missplayed, and i doubt he'd have any issue's with any other squishy for his damage was very damm high. Only issue was that the player himself constantly ran face first into CC .....

Troll for Trump1 votes

He's good for the korean(and prob Chinese) playstyle and meta, but not so much for NA meta.

LankPants2 votes

He's near a 55% winrate in NA, I don't know what the fuck you're smoking. The Lethality changes broke more or less every champion who can use Lethality.

Troll for Trump1 votes

Yeah, but that's with a small playrate.

He's good, but not something you can pick every game, like a Lee Sin/Yasuo type

Thefrostyviking1 votes

Same goes for EU, we aren't as good as them at the early aggro game.

However i do think that if someone here were to learn how to do it properly it would certainly be scary for the opponents.

ThePikol3 votes

Yasuo is not one of them anymore? Also, how is Mao op?

Glory975 votes

yes i think Yasuo is still op, but if i dare to say so in the first place, a few million yasuo mains will come to convince me he isnt op. And i'll be treated like bronze because according to them only bronze player dont know how to counter them. (Ok im silver, and i didnt mean to insult bronze players)

Maokai goes full tank, with his ult dmg reduction he can tank an entire team for 10 seconds or so, and he still does enough dmg to be an effective assassin pre 30 min. Imo maokai is op but if you disagree i wont argue about it

Aquafuge1 votes

So by what you're saying Yas isn't op as long as you can get Maokai on your side? That is pretty much true though, i Played mao against a yas a week or so ago and Yas must have had a bad game or it was a bad yas because Mao dismantled him

LVL 5 PORO3 votes

For me, its: Caitlyn just flat out busted. Camille overtuned, overpowered, and overloaded. Darius arguably not OP, but he goes 10/0 against my top every game and I'm tired of it. Graves An ADC that's a better duelist and jungler than duelist and junglers ... k. LeeSin in 100% of my games, tired of seeing him. Just flat out broken and OP for ages and Riot refuses to do anything about it. Malzahar Not OP, but Support Malz is annoying. Poppy "Lets build full tank and one-shot squishes!" Vayne Please for the love of God don't feed her! Yasuo I refuse to play a game with a Yasuo in it. I ban him every game and if he manages to slip through I dodge. I dont fucking care anymore, I'm not dealing with this bullshit anymore. Even if my teammate hovers it, oh well. Zed Don't even get me started ...

GankedFromBehind1 votes

Vayne is actually so sad right now in this meta.

Edge of Night fucks her only peel and most Lethality ADCs tear her to shreads before she ever gets in range.

LVL 5 PORO1 votes

Tell that to my team that manages to give her 5 kills before 10mins.

Bootleg Gay2 votes

I find it easier to play against Khazix Camille Caitlyn Maokai Leblanc and Malzahar than the others. I usually never even ban champions like these. If I work with my team, these kinds of champions are easy to fight.

Wolf Queen2 votes

Katarina Khazix Malzahar Maokai Vi Talon Jayce Caitlyn are all not even close to op. Even rengar has counters, though as always hes pretty strong for OTP. In fact kha'zix is probably the easiest of all of those to counter. Do you seriously not know how to counter a kha'zix? If you seriously think banning kha'zix is "his only counter" then you really need to rethink everything you think you know about league. Stay near minions or your allies. How fucken complicated is that?

LankPants13 votes

https://na.op.gg/champion/khazix/statistics/jungle

Kha'zix with his 56% banrate, 53.25% winrate and 22.4% pickrate isn't broken?

Here's what's actually happening here, Kha'zix is actually busted as fuck and you're just really bad at playing him, hence the 33% winrate.

He's absolutely pick/ban right now, he's a disgusting champ.

Spaceman5pff2 votes

I wouldn't say Broken when Overtuned is likely a better word.

Kha has some of the clearest, most cut and dry counterplay on LOL. He is definitely not broken. Sure his numbers are high, and combine that with being a fun and unique assassin, and you get a very popular champion.

JoeMG2 votes

His kit is actually pretty healthy. The main problem is how strong his early game is. Because of this he can usually get a few kills ahead during laning phase and the game is so snowbally right now that he just gets out of control from there.

Pimasterchampion1 votes

the problem with kha is that his q can duel tanks and burst squishies. if you nerf the q enough to not kill tanks, it won't have enough damage to kill the squishies before they burst you.

Spaceman5pff1 votes

Which is why the OLD Q would be nice to have back.

Higher damage, but longer CD.

Still destroys squishies, but is no longer a tank buster

Wolf Queen1 votes

out of 14 games played on him...yea cause a win rate out of 14 games really shows how good or bad you are at a champ...thats like saying 80% win rate with ahri is amazing...out of 10 games

LankPants1 votes

No I'm saying the reason you undervalue him is that when you play him you lack the impact that other players have. I wouldn't say that based off of your games alone, but the fact you say he's not broken and have poor results shows that you're probably not quite using him correctly.

Spaceman5pff2 votes

Need more OP champs to counter the OP ones.

This is the goal, make EVERYTHING overloaded cancer to counter the overloaded cancer already in the game.

Ultra Rapid Fyre1 votes

no champ is too op to counter. play better

SEKAI1 votes

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no champ is too op to counter. play better

By your logic, taking a gun into a knife fight is entirely okay, it's just that the knife fighter needs to do better eh?

Who is Taliyah1 votes

https://fat.gfycat.com/FragrantPreciousAcornwoodpecker.webm

couldn't find the gif so here is a webm

SEKAI1 votes

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https://fat.gfycat.com/FragrantPreciousAcornwoodpecker.webm

couldn't find the gif so here is a webm

To be fair, he was using a lightsaber, the most OP weapon there is. It cuts through anything, blocks anything, instantly grants you the power to predict and parry even the fastest of lasers, grant you access to the Force, and.....

Anyway, nice clip.

Covert Ops Gnar1 votes

Corki Evelynn Zac Quinn LeeSin Brand

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Zac 49,50% winrate in plat+ and you want to add him to the op list.... really?

Who is Taliyah3 votes

winrate is not all there is. Zac is pure cancer to play against.

Chembaron Yamada1 votes

Granted, he may be annoying to play against. But overpowered and so a must ban? Don't think so.

Iźuku Midoriya1 votes

Honestly at around 100-125 champs in the game, riot should have 5 bans on each team, there are just too many in the pool of champs

Troll for Trump1 votes

Lol, played vs a yas last game

banned Camille Rengar Lux

I only control 1 or 0 of the bans. Yas starts being obnoxious in game(Yas has basically done nothing the entire game, yet he 1v2s Naut and Draven).

"That's why you have 3 bans lul"

.

LankPants1 votes

Can't wait for 5 bans. Lee Sin/Kha'zix/Yas every game, get them to 100% ban rate so Riot knows where their nerf hammer must be swung.

zarxus12341 votes

riots balance is really poor at the moment.

I Am Ravi1 votes

Pro play has 10 banns, they still can't ban all the OPs. Nuff said.

Swaid1 votes

That feel when the champions you normally play aren't listed in OP's post.

ItsOrval1 votes

DrMundo Fiddlesticks Galio Lissandra Mordekaiser Nidalee Nunu Rammus Sona Urgot

you forgot a few Kappa

IA9hRfpP5q1 votes

Camille

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

Part of the problem is the game systems which allow those champions to snowball. Each of (most of) their kits individually are in principle balanceable.

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