Unconventional Champs for Specific Roles: Any Reason Why Your Teammates Hate Even Though They WORK?

Rakvir·2/13/2016, 3:11:33 PM·1 votes·424 views

So this thread mostly stems from me taking Talon jungle, more than I ever use him mid by a very large margin (well, large to me, anyway....), and when I do this...I generally build in a bruiser/tank kind of way.

My history is pretty obvious what I use and Talon is my best champion in win rates for the time being MOSTLY because of the way I play him but people generally get all in a huff because I don't like building him like most would build him mid.

I'm not crazy and understand that because of his kit, he's good for engaging and disengaging (though I really hate to bail on a teamfight, but necessary at times) and his passive and E makes up for what would otherwise be VERY mediocre damage without being a tank with CC (the E slow doesn't truly qualify here compared to the standard we've come to expect).

I'm not saying it's the best and I do try to tailor my build to the situation in each different game but the general premise is the same: I give up HYPER-PEWPEW-DAMAGE in favour of a semi-but-not-really- Juggernaut-vibe of an assassin. I generally lean towards a tanky playstyle and I like Talon's kit. Why not combne the two if I can actually make it function on a reasonably reliable basis?

Regardless, even if my team is winning, I still get called out and insulted despite all the contributions I make which I could not have even DARED to achieve with a one-shot-wonder Talon build.

How about you? What are your off-builds that should earn praise but instead have teammates spamming /all with "report X for troll build" and similar when you've proven that you, yourself, are good and reliable with it?

4 Comments

Chaotic Reks2/13/2016, 3:21:34 PM1 votes

AP Shaco support: gives you insane bush control, you can juke hard, and you have decent poke.

Cassiopeia Jg: Echo's is amazing on her, her initial clears and first few ganks are rough, but once you start getting levels, clears are insanely fast and ganks are better

AP Warwick: that Q hurts like a bitch

Fawksea2/13/2016, 3:39:17 PM1 votes

people dont like different things, because they aren't sure it would work played kata jungle the other day cus it was just for the fun and i did the best in the team (and y'know my fave which is ekko support and i end up carrying my adc'd butt by building rod of ages and still having wards) as long as it isn't ranked or you're sure it works, go for it

Taric the Gay2/13/2016, 4:48:02 PM1 votes

Taric top lane and Taric jungle.

MyLittleWindmill2/14/2016, 1:49:32 AM1 votes

One of my friends is always playing off-meta. One of his favorites is ADC Bard or Jungle Thresh. At the beginning of every game, it's always the same thing. Report him for trolling, or, /all "gg".

Funny thing is, by the end of the game the enemy team is sending "how" in /all chat.

One of my favorite moments was during an All For One, he built his ADC Bard, all the other Bards flamed him. The game ended with nearly a full ADC Bard team.