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something that really needs to be addressed with people and their thoughts of the meta

Eternal Torment·4/13/2017, 2:08:54 PM·1 votes·472 views

since i actually lost a ranked due to this very issue there will be ecspecially the targeted people of this who will claim this as merely a vent and a rant and to 25% they are right.

so to the issue: there are a lot of strong Things in this game right now, carry builds and recommendations on proguides and other sites. however...there is a reason it is called PROguides and not GOODguides. it is a Build for the good people, guys who can one trick their champion, people who are high elo, carry Gamers etc. NOT for everyman. there are people who plague their teams by losing games because they go stuff like bork ashe or bork draven THEN have the nerve to excuse losing by saying "but it is good, look pro builds" so i personally have just one Thing to say

YOU ARE NOT A PRO! and if you Keep on trying this Build until you get lucky enough to fight someone whos very new to this game and loses to YOU, then you never will be pro. you can't just go stuff that doesnt work because someone in the lcs made it work. he/she is in the lcs because they are so good they can make it work. you are not. i don't go bork ashe bork draven or triforce lucian just because some high elo god made it work and now i think everyone can win with the Build. no. thats false Propaganda. thats bullshit to sabotage your entire team and get yourself tons and tons of reports for inting.

stop making pro builds in ranked games that you can't utilize at all. the reason i write this in PB&M is because it isnt something that has to do with gameplay, it has to do with how wrong people are about picking recommendations and meta builds up. it is so wrong that i daresay that this is a screw up. just because it is meta does not make it op, or even strong for the matter. it means it is very popular, it is Fashion. just because it is Fashion does not mean it is great. and your teammates will certainly curse you for throwing the game just because you falsely assumed that such is the case. go to normals with it first, or even against bots. learn to Play those pro builds before you actually go in ranked where it is very decisive and people WILL flame you over it.

long story short, stop building stuff thats popular and misconfuse it with being good. Build what is strong instead, Things you CAN make work, Things you are very comfortable with. then at least you wont be completely useless, then at least you can actually say you tried your hardest and best, and not go mute and report every single Person just because you wanted to Experiment in THE ONE place where you do not Experiment builds.

thank you for your attention, and for those that are or feel addressed by this. take this from someone who is stuck in his elo for 100+ games thanks to guys pulling the "but pros Build it" all the time.

11 Comments

dark green4/13/2017, 6:32:09 PM2 votes

I find that you have a very odd definition of meta. It doesn't exist because some people who are good at the game randomly choose these items for no reason, they are reaction to changes in the games constant patches. Now I will admit picking up some pro build without understanding them is not a great way to climb, but no matter how you cut it the build will not be bad to the point where it is even the 3rd biggest reason a team loses a game. At this point in the season, BotRK is honestly an acceptable start on any adc (minus cait who really needs the I.E. Passive ASAP) especially on draven a champ that will always hit like a freight train with his q active but also is required to be able to stick to his target (which BotRK active helps with immensely) Not sure what pro is picking up tri on Lucian, but yeahhhhh that's not great compared to Black Cleaver unless you are 4 kills and 50… once again not a super large game losing factor though.

P.S. Ahhhh yes I remember my silver days when I would fully blame my teammates for my loss instead of my own multiple screw ups lack of positioning knowledge and objective control. Good times. Just focus on yourself and getting to at least gold is a very easy thing my good sir.

aZ3R0n4/13/2017, 5:13:33 PM1 votes

So... What's wrong with building BORK on an ADC?

Kei1434/13/2017, 7:41:26 PM1 votes

Well... The meta changes every two weeks, are you keeping up with what's good? Cos good things normally become meta.