Harder to play Champs in League?

S2C2Xd9KOy·Jun 10, 2015·1 votes·634 views

Hey, so I've been thinking about this for a bit, and was wondering who would like to see some actually difficult to play champions in League? Aziz, Gnar and Bard were all sort of steps in this direction in my opinion (Bard requiring skill in the sense that 1 bad ult can lose a team fight and Gnar requiring skill in the sense that timing his Mega Gnar is so important).

I understand some champions have slightly harder mechanics... but I want a champion that;s actually difficult. I don't even mean difficult to master, I mean difficult to play in general that will take more than 3 games to get used to and sort of understand.

I'd just appreciate a more difficult champion(s) so the champion I'm playing is somewhat unique, one that not everyone can play but learning is very beneficial.

Thanks for any feedback provided :)

6 Comments

VaralessiaJun 10, 20152 votes

I'm adamant on the fact that League needs a Meepo or something similar.

For those who don't play Dota, Meepo is the most difficult and niche character in the game by many opinions. His main gimmick is his ultimate that he can level at odd levels, (3, 7, 16 iirc) that give him a permanent copy of himself (1 per level) that has it's own cooldowns, health, and mana, but can act independently. All exp and gold go to a pool. The only items that the meepos (Aside from the original) can wear is the boots of the original meepo.

The main catch is that if one dies, they all.

The concept itself is amazing, it's a crowd pleaser, a show off character as well as a monster if you can play him correctly. Even HotS managed to fit a meepo-esque character in their game through the Lost Vikings.

S2C2Xd9KOyJun 10, 20151 votes

I was gonna mention the HotS Vikings ;p. I wish Riot would introduce something as difficult as the characters you mentioned, maybe not difficult in the same way, but still something that you really don't see often because no one can play them.

RPGZexionJun 10, 20151 votes

Kassadin is pretty fricken hard for me personally. Leblanc But then again, so is LeBlanc. I've played like 5 pvp games with lb and have gotten fed in one of them, but have no idea how to carry a game as her. Kass is just...a whole other monster.

S2C2Xd9KOyJun 10, 20151 votes

Mained leblanc for a while. Cant really fully carry with her because if your team isnt coordinated you lose because of the fact that she could never get baron or dragon alone and she cant push a tower and in order to clear a wave you have to use basically all your abilities. If your team is coordinated though and when youre killing theyre pushing, you can definitely carry in the sense that youre causing the tower pushes.

PheonixwishJun 10, 20151 votes

Azir was insanely hard for me to pick up ( I considered refunding him once because I got so frustrated with his combo), and took about 5 games for me to become at least decent.

Cassiopeia. If you're not used to rapid firing skills like auto attacks and can't land a delayed q, you're gonna have a hard time. But from what I've heard, it's worth it.

Idk if we really need more challenging champs, as we have so many already, and we might actually benefit from a couple of champs geared toward new players instead of the classic Annie, Yi, and Garen. Probably won't happen soon because of the huge ip costs but still.

S2C2Xd9KOyJun 10, 20151 votes

I love Azir. Hes way too fun. You can easily finish off people hiding under towers and over walls. His escape and juke potential is incredible and his outplays are insane (WQ then E into someone and ult them into your tower range. RIP enemy). Also after a couple items his soldiers are insane, making triples sooo easy. He can also just chill off the side of teamfights and do insane damage with 2-3 soldiers. Hes a great champion. It took me like 2 games to understand his kit but a bit longer to learn to actually use him effectively.. He was a big step into what I wanted, harder champions.