Hextech meta is driving me insane.

Illabethe·8/16/2019, 7:29:41 AM·5 votes·2,259 views

But...... Not really. I've been losing. A LOT. Aredethe is down from Plat IV to Gold IV. There's always some fluke which gives some other players a MAJOR advantage in this patch.

At the very least, it doesn't seem like winning is possible near reliably enough, and there is immense pressure to spend coins earlier than you should now, because if someone gets an early Hextech lead, coupled with some quick execute mechanic on the rest of their team.... they start pressuring HP MUCH earlier.

I'm someone who generally understands how to create economy. But..... I've been running into a LOT of situations where no feasible build path has arrived by ~ round 4.

Not only do I not get items, the items that used to be core are no longer core (morello/red buff). It seems like item 3124 item 3094 item 3087 item 3072 are the items now; if you don't get them you're going to lose!

I don't think Hextech is powerful when people spread out. But JINX IS. If you kill 2 of 9 units on the other team, Jinx will kill the rest!

#I think the biggest problem Hextech created:

-It had several Buffs/Nerfs to other stuff accompany it which made more champs broken. -It came with a sizeable addition to the "deck's" card total, reducing the ability of players to 2-3 star champions, because they are having to run through more of them. -Hextech's effect needs toned down, as 8 seconds + is too powerful for ANY trait.

^ Has resulted in a situation that whoever wins the early big champion lottery early...... translates that into a huge lead later in the game. Larger than they had before.


The following is basically what I have to do to win now:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/kDrylrb.png[/img]

Yeah. 3 star Aatrox. Items I had in this match:

Aatrox: Yuumi item 3089 (boosted by both Sorc AND Demon for Mana procs) Kayle: item 3161 Cho Gath: (If I recall late game only a item 1031 ) Jinx: item 3085 + Sword Breaker Gangplank: Naked (wasn't core to this game's build; was mostly to get Gunslinger for Jinx) Morgana: item 3087 item 3165 (Shiv was the only thing I could build early on, and she was 1 star until VERY late game) Darius: Nothing Garen: Nothing Kass: Nothing

#Before this is like 12 consecutive losses.....

5 Comments

PhearBunny8/16/2019, 12:04:51 PM1 votes

Blademasters, Gunslingers, Brawlers feel so mandatory to me now.

Subdue8/16/2019, 4:42:39 PM1 votes

So you got 1st place with only one of the four items you said you need to get in order to not lose?