Hello summoners,

I was wondering if this is just a me-thing or if it affects more people than just me. I play toplane and I feel like the game has become more boring for a few weeks now. At first, I thought it was just temporarily, but now I have come to the point that I just don’t feel compelled to play anymore, not because of anger or frustration but just because of boredom.

I feel like it started with patch V13.20, when Turret Plating and the Runes were nerfed. The games I played recently are rarely defined by the laning phase because even if I stomp my opponent, they can come back if their team is not too far behind as well. The justification for the anti-snowball changes were that games shouldn’t be decided too quickly by a few mistakes and even though the changes didn’t feel significant at first, it has come to the point where I think it’s making the game boring.

When I stomp my opponent and still lose the game more often than not because it’s all dependent on the rest of the team anyway, even more than pre 13.20, it feels frustrating on the one hand, but even more than that, it takes out the risks and thrill of playing the game. The few games where you pop off and carry your whole team by creating a lead and continuing to hold it are very rare now. It feels a bit more like HoTS for those of you who remember that game. It sucks because it makes it less interesting to play, especially toplane where you can’t impact the map other by killing your opponent and farming plates for the first 14 minutes.

Anyway, I could go into more detail, but I was wondering whether it’s just a me-thing or not. I’m going to take a break for a few weeks, I think.