The One Champ That You Thought Was Broken When You First Started....

TheTarians·3/31/2017, 6:10:12 PM·13 votes·2,278 views

We've all had it, that one champion that you thought was stupidly broken in League when we first started playing. That one champ that always seemed to beat you because you had no clue how to play against them.

Who was it?

For me: MonkeyKing

How do you react to this champ now?

77 Comments

Rindin143/31/2017, 7:01:41 PM19 votes

MasterYi Then: "Holy crap how does he kill my whole team so fast?"

Now: "Holy crap why won't my team cc him?"

Kukan Seishin3/31/2017, 6:28:58 PM11 votes

Katarina

I had a bad experience with pre rework kat...

xxxDogmanxxx4/1/2017, 4:12:43 AM5 votes

Seven years ago, I thought Xin Zhao was broken... oh wait...

RainXBlade3/31/2017, 7:26:40 PM4 votes

Yasuo: (My first main, next to Yi) Then: WTF? DOUBLE CRIT CHANCE, RELIABLE CC, HIGH DAMAGE AND MOBILITY AND WALL THAT BLOCKS ALL PROJECTILES!? WOW THIS GUY IS SO OP!

Now: Well, he IS perfectly balanced.

L Psy Kongroo3/31/2017, 7:24:44 PM3 votes

Blitzcrank bot used to piss me off a ton before my reaction time improved. That grab just seemed to cover the entire lane. And even against Rito's shitty AI, one grab usually meant death.

Laxfan524/1/2017, 12:40:10 AM3 votes

Yasuo and Zed I still dislike both of them but if i see a really good one then i feel like I have to respect them because I cant play either champ

FioraWillCarry3/31/2017, 7:17:33 PM3 votes

Fizz For a long time I thought he was unbeatable and the perfect champion. Today I know he's not. It took me a long time to realize his single target playstyle makes him very easy to counter. All he is good at is getting a bunch of kills and still losing the game. He can't siege, he can't counter-siege, he can't splitpush and he can't offer much in teamfights. Almost a trash champ. The only reason I'd say he is not trash is because of his outplay potential which can go a long way on a sufficiently skilled player.

Veigar Once the bane of my existence. Took me a while to understand he is slow as fuck and easy to play around once you bait out his cage.

Jax I still think he is a tad broken but I once thought him unbeatable. For a long time I didn't know that his E made him immune to autos.

Borbland4/1/2017, 12:27:05 PM2 votes

MasterYi

First is was AD MasterYi

Then it was AP MasterYi

And then it war Feral Flare MasterYi

Then it was On-hit MasterYi

Then Tank MasterYi

Well...

Niyumi3/31/2017, 6:30:35 PM2 votes

Wasn't a champ, it was a class. ADCs were broken back then, and become increasingly more so.

Troll for Trump4/1/2017, 3:43:48 PM2 votes

Then: LeeSin "why is everyone picking Lee Sin" Now: LeeSin "stop picking lee sin pls"

l Helios l3/31/2017, 6:14:05 PM2 votes

Nunu

Me then: "Holy shit, that ultimate does so much damage!"

Me now: "Garbage champ."

Eternal Torment3/31/2017, 6:21:24 PM2 votes

Zilean

My reactions the first time: immortal son of a bitch

and today: you have no power here

Asayake 5150glow3/31/2017, 11:22:25 PM2 votes

Not a champion, a mechanic, which I still hate.

Increased range on empowered autos.

It makes it so much harder to kite the important stuff.

Legacy Hydralpha4/1/2017, 1:15:47 AM2 votes

Lux and Yasuo.

Mostly annoyance factor made me think they were busted, but I know better.

Lux isn't broken (YET, until ult refresh), but her hitboxes feel like BS.

Yasuo is just annoying, and feels overloaded AF.

I have not changed my opinions much.

NGNL Asian4/1/2017, 1:42:20 AM2 votes

Darius : Omg broken as fuck wtf?<-Back then

NOw: Darius , still him, annoying to play against

Mighty Mortein4/1/2017, 1:47:33 AM2 votes

Always thought Jayce was broken as shit back when i started playing.

Now I usually think "Why is he still relevant?"

Sassmast3r4/1/2017, 2:13:59 AM2 votes

Teemo

My first game I played was with Lissandra (or at least it was one of my first... it's the first one I remember), and this fucking Teemo was doing so much damage to me that I legitimately could not live after hitting one or two shrooms. It was actually the game that made me stop playing league from August of 2014 to December of 2014, when I finally decided to give it another shot. Thank God I did, this game has been fantastic ever since.

Fuck you Teemo

Siachi4/1/2017, 4:26:54 PM1 votes

Karthus Bot

Because Karthus Bot would always use it to get at least a double kill, and it became a stupid running meme of mine to shout 'KAAARTHUUUUS' everytime he killed someone with his ult.

Auroraen4/1/2017, 7:25:49 PM1 votes

... Did anyone else not understand how Fiddlesticks 's Drain worked? Fkin highest potential damage on a basic ability in the game (at the time)

jeIlyman4/1/2017, 8:02:55 PM1 votes

When I started my friends had been playing this for a few years already so i was a really big noob in their eyes. Anyway, when i started the whole master yi devourer, botrk, and old guinsoo's build where hed farm the whole game till he got sated devourer and 1v5 was a thing so by far the most broken champ in my eyes was master yi untill my bronze mind realized his ult didnt stop hard cc.

1374343/31/2017, 7:23:42 PM1 votes

Tryndamere Thought he was broken and unkillable because of his cheap ult.

Now I still think he is annoying but I don't mind seeing him that much. Granted his undying duration was a lot longer when I first started playing.

ThirteenJesters4/1/2017, 2:53:19 AM1 votes

Nidalee Then: "How do I avoid dying to her? The spears go so fast and one shot me"

Now: "Wow I was fucking idiot I just have to step slightly to the left or the right and she's useless"

hammond is god4/1/2017, 2:54:35 AM1 votes

I thought Khazix was insanely broken, because when I played him, I saw he could evolve into 3 forms, giving him extra effects. I was blown away. He basically got free effects on abilities that were already good. I now realize how wrong I was. I also built AP Kha'Zix.

58697132DEL14/1/2017, 5:07:15 AM1 votes

Yasuo

Nothings changed he's a piece of shit and even getting buffed I hate this guy.

Who is Taliyah4/1/2017, 5:45:24 AM1 votes

Old Fiora duh.

Darksun Dragoon4/1/2017, 6:02:08 AM1 votes

I started playing the same week that Nocturne was released. Such a fun learning curve...

These days I'm more surprised when he's picked.

Ràinbow4/1/2017, 7:27:12 AM1 votes

Pre-rework Leblanc Literally Q+W + No MR runes was absolute hell.

Now it's eh since she's in the gutter.

BIAKaboose4/1/2017, 8:11:49 AM1 votes

Shaco

Then: "Holy shit what does that clown do"

Now: As mastery 6 Shaco "I know what they're gonna do before they even know and I've already got 4 boxes down to ping pong them to death once they do it"

Played some Nexus Siege earlier, both as Shaco and against one, homie couldn't get anywhere near me without tripping over boxes, clones, and spare knives and he kept trying to Deceive to dodge my E, despite him dying every time he tried it previously.

Violet Fields4/1/2017, 8:12:39 AM1 votes

Nidalee Now I play Kennen and I don't have an issue.

Blue Moon Wolf4/1/2017, 8:35:12 AM1 votes

Khazix (He was the newest champ at the time)

Then: OMG, he can shoot me with projectiles that heal him while I can't even get close enough to hit him. How is this fair?! Now: ... do people still use Kha? I never see him anymore. (Don't know if he isn't getting picked or if I just have dumb luck)

Sexy Jack Rabbit4/1/2017, 8:39:24 AM1 votes

Zed Eugh...

FlyingKhezu4/1/2017, 10:16:28 AM1 votes

Lux I couldn't dodge skillshots for crap back then lel

meowwow74/1/2017, 10:32:23 AM1 votes

Fizz mostly because of his e and i still think he's still pretty annoying to deal with to this day

Thrakaz0g4/1/2017, 10:46:34 AM1 votes

Morgana When I first started playing I was a Veigar main. Got tilted at every Morg I saw because "Omg she can just walk right through my stun?!?!!? What is this s**t?!!???! I can't deal with this!"

Now: Bait out her shield... alright and ult for 2k+ damage [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

zaire904/1/2017, 1:00:21 PM1 votes

There was a MasterYi that got a penta ran it down mid and whenwe spawned he got a penta again now people know to cc him but before holy shit man Side note used to think Yasuo was bad before i started playing league consistently because never fought a good one boy was i wrong

PePsiLemoNN4/1/2017, 1:59:13 PM1 votes

I think everyone thought MasterYi was the most broken champ.

I thought all champs without mana/energy are broken af cause ''HEY THEY HAVE NO MANA''