Why are low elo players posting ballance suggestions?

Duobyte·2/1/2015, 9:02:36 PM·4 votes·1,140 views

Basically the title. All the "balance" threads are made by bronze, silver, unranked and possibly a low gold player(which is quite rare but somethimes happenes). Have you ever asked yourself "why aren't high elo players making balance threads"? Because they know what is broken and what is balanced. Often I see high elo players getting downvoted for making good points about champions just because they think differently than the mindless hate army.

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16 Comments

Altricad2/1/2015, 9:45:12 PM5 votes

Because High Elo players want to abuse the said OP champions.

When Lee Sin nerfs were proposed and ward hopping removed, high elo players and professionals came out of the woodwork and protested to save their elo.

Believe it or not, most high elo players get there by playing a small "strong" ( mind you not broken or OP) champion pool, and as long as they can keep playing them they really don't care about game balance.

There are some that legitimate high players that take part, but the occasional stupid threads "Yasuo/Riven/Jarvan is OOOP", are low elo players that refuse to acknoledge their weak points.

Yes, i said jarvan cuz despite popular belief his ulti is the one with the most counter play when compared to either getting ultied by or the zero-counterplay insec by LeeSin

Alderon WolfBane2/1/2015, 10:03:14 PM4 votes

The only "High Elo" player's i see comment are just one trick pony's when there champ get's (RIGHTFULLY) nerfed.

A good example is Fizz Fizz they didn't even bother giving the change a chance they instantly bashed it and cried

just because you are low elo means nothing i have seen countless thread's with great analysis by low elo player's and the one's high elo give's are just one sided trying to protect the freelo champ

RazorTS2/1/2015, 9:30:15 PM3 votes

low elo doesn't mean person is retard, or that high elo player isnt

CharQueen2/1/2015, 9:09:08 PM2 votes

Because good players don't want to see change to various champions. If Zed is OP, then that is fine. They can either enjoy his playstyle or counter him because they know what to do. Meanwhile, the lower players want to play a game that isn't so versed in rapid memory showdowns.

Gromble2/1/2015, 9:33:13 PM2 votes

league snobs lolz. You can't have a opinion unless you are part of the elite. Know your betters peasants, they always have your best interests at heart. This is the lamest kind of argument.

Tusutaki2/1/2015, 9:58:31 PM2 votes

Essentially high elo players want to keep their top teir champions untouched but not all elo players are like that. Low elo players however will complain about almost anything if they get destroyed by a champion and consider them OP like Yorick and Darius.

While there are very glaring problems (jungle) they get overshadowed by people who yell the most. I've seen too many comments and upvotes to threads that complains than threads that actually criticize in detail. So rather than the community supporting the author of the detailed thread, they support a general, simple complaint.

Oh and majority of players are silver and bronze so that says something.

Duobyte2/1/2015, 10:12:33 PM2 votes

It sucks that people are downvoting a thread to oblivion dispite the thread itself isn't offensive. It is like people don't accept the fact they are low elo.

Salidfingers2/1/2015, 10:42:56 PM1 votes

What i notice between low and high is counter picks.

Example:

No high elo with a mind will pick teemo into a ryze or a ZED into a lissandra, but low elo will pick teemo into ryze and complain that he is overpowered when he can combo teemo back to fountain or they cant do LCS plays against lissandra at level 6 with zed so apparently she must be overpowered.

Astral Zephyroro2/1/2015, 9:41:56 PM1 votes

I do happen to agree with OP, a lot of the "Balance" suggestions come from people who haven't mastered the mechanics behind champions to really figure out what balance truly is. I understand I am low elo so instead of hopping on here and making a balance post I just try to figure out what I did wrong that game, then spend the next 5 games not making that mistake. Then rinse lather and repeat. The day I make a balance post I am going to know what the hell I am talking about. Also the high elo "peasant" bull shit really needs to stop. Ok your better than me at a video game. Speak down to me like that in person and I promise you one of us is going to be missing teeth.