Why are Fizz players stereotyped.

SKT GodKiller·Jun 21, 2016·1 votes·1,072 views

Sure, people think hes complete and utter "bullshit", which, if he gets cdr and zhonyas, can be, but i'm just wondering how the stereotype of fizz players are jerks come from?

10 Comments

Junsui AoiJun 21, 20164 votes

certain champions attract certain kinds of people. Most, not all, Fizz players I have come across believe 1) they are gods, 2) its never their fault, and/or 3) they're infinitely better than you/your champion.

SKT GodKillerJun 21, 20161 votes

I understand that part, but can someone say why they feel like it, like, what part of their kit makes them feel this way, other than his e

Junsui AoiJun 21, 20162 votes

Honestly, its not the kit that's made that generalization true to me. It the people behind it that are rude and obnoxious.

I will say, for an assassin that does that much damage, even when building tank, he's far too safe.

SKT GodKillerJun 21, 20161 votes

I see, I understand

Doctor JarvisJun 21, 20161 votes

You see this a lot with assassins, really. They believe their ability to blow up one or two people and safely get out makes them Gods. The stereotype also exists with Rivens, Vaynes, Master Yis, etc. This attracts the kind of player that just wants to kill shit without having to worry about objectives and teamwork, and then when things crash down around them (and they always do) they can safely blame the rest of their team because they aren't getting all the kills.

BladeSteelJun 21, 20161 votes

We call these the "fotm" mains...they bounce back and forth between freelo fotm champions and expect to win. Then when they don't they rage and are jerks. If they do win they act all high and mighty "oh I'm so good at this game". May i ask where all of the "riven mains" went? I know there are still some, but I haven't seen a riven in a game for months now. My theory is they move between all the fotm champs.

Fisherman FízzJun 21, 20161 votes

You got that one right xD Fizz

redniwediSJun 21, 20162 votes

Everyone loves a scapegoat. People make assumptions about the player base behind any champion who is considered OP or annoying, or in your case both.

In the case of Fizz he just generates a ton of frustration in his opponents. Most people don't like feeling helpless, and having an opponent who can just ignore the damage you're dealing kind of does that to people.

Rather than deal with their frustration in a constructive way and learn from the experience a lot of people would rather make assumptions about something else. X champion isn't fair, Y champion is too strong. It's not them, it's the champion, and if it's the champion it must also be the person who decided to play it.

Part of it is what I just described, but the other part is the competitive nature of League. A lot of people just want to win, particularly in ranked, which means a bit of psychological warfare is fair game. Completely nice people will play the part of the stereotype in order to put their opponents on tilt. Emote spamming, BM, and an occasional unsportsmanlike all chat message are all it really takes for most annoying champions. Not everyone tilts so easily, but BMing your opponent takes very little effort compared to the potential gain.

Then again I might just be stereotyping people myself. Who knows.

SKT GodKillerJun 21, 20161 votes

I see where your getting at. Your saying players are blaming annoyance or op rather than themselves. Also, it could be a facade too. However, I theorize that Fizz's kit can also make fizz seem too strong and make the fizz player feel like hes better. His kit can be considered flashy and give a sense of outplay. For example, his q makes him dash fast to distort an enemy, his w apply's extra damage and an over time that can basically be an execute, his e is a slow that makes him invulnerable, and finally his ult can make an enemy slowed incredibly and take large amounts of damage. Your also right, but I also believe that a kit can also give this feeling, wether the kit makes some Fizz's an asshole or not, is entirely unsure