should some "off meta picks" be punishable?

DEKInw·9/4/2016, 3:17:13 AM·3 votes·1,361 views

before you attack me for saying "aaaaaa if u dont play the meta slave champs ur a troll!11!" hear me out. i dont mean stuff like ap nunu, attack speed lulu, tank vayne or something like that. those things might not be as good as other things but they actually do something. ap nunu has ap scales e and ulti, lulu passive goes well with a/s, idk why tank vayne works but w/e. The "off meta picks" im talking about are shit like ap urgot support , full movespeed teemo mid, or ap yasuo support in ranked. you know stuff that is ridiculous picks that signifigantly make it harder to win the game because you want to make your team lose without "int feeding" and being protected under the "off meta" argument. While i see the argument that you should be free to play whatever you want its literally stupid to be able to literally hinder your team by a huge amount with no consequence. how about if someone builds ap or mana on a champ that doesnt use it at all, or attack speed on like viktor or nunu they should get a 10 game ranked ban, progressing to a 1 week ban 2 week ban and then perma if they continue to hinder teams with their troll picks.

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27 Comments

redfeenix9/4/2016, 3:21:24 AM7 votes

Never.

Never try to stop creativity and fun . Let players experiment and play this video game however they want. Let them be creative and let them have fun.

All players should have the freedom to play what they want where they want and how they want, without harassment from other players.

Jsut my two cents

Registeel12349/4/2016, 3:31:58 AM4 votes

I get what you're saying. You're talking about pick that doesn't make sense why you would build them like that (like going full AP on a champion with no AP scaling), right?

because if that's what you meant, it's already the case. It's called trolling and you can report it with "Griefing the game"

Kei1439/4/2016, 4:13:16 AM3 votes

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ap urgot support

You do realize that urgot's shield has a 0.8 AP ratio + 40% max mana?

It also last 5seconds with a 8 sec CD. AP Support Urgot is not about his dmg, its more about the use of his overall kit.

FurriesAreHot9/4/2016, 2:17:04 PM2 votes

Off - meta only becomes an issue when you use them to troll/harrass other players.

LordGeovanni9/4/2016, 4:33:26 AM2 votes

with items like item 3115 and item 3146 item 3100 ap anything is viable just because you dont know how it works doesnt mean it doesnt work also just because it didnt work the 1 game you saw it doesnt mean its bad yours just happend to be the game it didnt work in out of several games it couldnt have worked in and this usually happens when people leave you with out trying to help because they lack the knowledge of what an off meta champion can do

ModPrandine9/4/2016, 5:50:54 AM2 votes

I understand what you're saying, but understand that off-meta picks by themselves aren't punish worthy. It's only when players start using them as an excuse to be bullies and/or jerks that they become punishable.

oSEXYPLATYPUSo9/4/2016, 4:30:18 AM1 votes

you can not be banned or punished for playing off meta. if you wanna try something then its whatever. as long as you legit arent feeding intentionally, trolling, being toxic ect.

if i wanna play crit maokai top lane not a damn thing you can do about it.

or back in the day when Deathsfiregrasp item was in game i would play an ap garen assassin.

and alot of people get stats from times that their champs dont necessarily need. like the building triforce on shen,

there was alot ap mf supports for about 2 weeks. its not really viable it dies out. but people are trying things

that is how you find a build or a combination of build paths/masteries/runes and skill leveling that provides different aspects to the game,

like before cait rework if you maxed traps 1st you be dumb and a troll but its common to max W 1st then Q

i have played sona top and won. i have gnar adc and won. ziggs support . the other day my entire team with adcs with amumu jungle sounds bad? but amumu was getting tripple and quadra kills due to the fact people were so worried about our amount of attack damage and crit that his ap build melted people. we won that game as well. i was ashe support adc carry

Maximum Morde9/4/2016, 4:51:11 AM1 votes

U will never stop my full AP Lee Sin.