That answer is very simple.
Because people are stupid.
And that’s true from Iron to Challenger.
Horizon, Cosmic and Shadow are basicly the same Item in 3 different Flavors.
Yet Shadow has like 7x the pickrate.
AKA, people don’t think, just buy. Just like with Skins. =P
League needs roles back!
Noone but ADC can Siege.
Noone but APC can Waveclear.
Noone but Tank can Tank.
Supports, Support via Wards and/or Auras NOT DMG and Ganks!
Bruisers/Assassins controll early, but are useless late.
Oh and you gain 30 gold for some reason.
Collector exists.
Also alot of APs are forced into PoM over Triumph which has another 20G.
On topic:
I think the game quite alot systematical issues that go way beyond individual champs balance.
Those issue are bigger and more glaring than ever honestly.
The way the map is played is completely chaotic, completely unintuitive, especially for those who’ve been around for a long time.
Noone has a real role! Everyone does everything! And if your champ has a single weakness - which back in the days absolutely everyone had - it probably sucks.
If you ask me for a perfectly balanced game state:
Mid of Season 5!
That was the best time to ever play league in.
I don’t mind playing against better opponents, that would actually a huge pro for me.
Treat a Duo like they have +200 MMR, all perfectly fine.
The issue is when you somehow end up in games where your Solo-Teammates get matched into stronger opponents as well for absolutely no reason!
There is no reason to talk about the 3rd type.
Because the 3rd = 1st before it was sold.
And also the 2nd = 1st before it got hardstuck again.
Don’t missunderstand me:
Comapion is an incredibly powerfull item, just WAY less generic than Ludens could ever be. Both on Poke Champs due to 3s short refresh as well as Assassins due to stacking DMG when hitting an exposed Champ.
If you get hit by a Xerath that get’s a Ludens Proc on every single Q… THAT will be PAIN!
Yeah, people tend to call out BS when they see it.
Who would have thought!
You’re missing that Red-Mid is highly insentivized to play Bot while Blue-Mid is highly insentivized to play top and therefore controll their respective sides Vision due to the walls.
With Bot probably remaining overtuned in raw power that makes Red-Mid much more relevant than Blue-Mid.
Also when Blue-JGL wants to take the path you mentioned he would have to walk through terrain controlled by Red-Mid.
Ludens was a main source for Magic Pen which Companion gives Zero.
So that comparison is a bit lacking.
You just cant go Comapion if you’re unable to force low CD trade patterns or are able to hit isolated targets like Artillery Mages can.
I was never that much of a fan of Rylais rush because it results in a lack of waveclear but I guess that will be the only option.
With the level of toxicity comming from both pings and chat I feel like getting run down for being toxic should be the normal thing to happen.
Maybe than we’d slowly work towards a more enjoyable game overall.
That’s one of the few areas riot at least pretend to improove one, but this community is just something else…
The reworks are still a scam, objectively.
See my Profile, was an OTP for years, loved that skin and bought it because of it… wouldn’t even cross my mind after that atrocious “rework”…
Same for Tyrant…
Some Champs will really like and that’s all an Item has to do.
So it’s fine.
My only gripe is that I feel like there are quite some Champs that want neither Malig nor Companion and therefore have no real Mana-Item.
Seraphs 1st feels weird but what else would I build on something like ASol? Dunno.
I can agree with you, I can upvote, I can post a comment…
Just hope I have not. Riot apparently thinks smurfs make them more money than they loose due to quitting players and therefore don’t do anything about it…
I’d not be surprised if some Devs are in the bot-selling market.
They must be!
Otherwise you just can’t play a single day below Dia games without thinking:
“Well that’s fucked, we have to fix it!”
Unfortunately no fun allowed over christmas since people complained about unbalanced pre-season ranked. (Apparently)
So big NA-Creator subsidies program I guess.
Very sad…
Chill! OG Liandry was the strongest item in the game by far.
0% it will come back with on the same power level.
Tho I’d also use the first opportunity give to up the DMG to 10%, having no upgrade from its component is weird.
It’s really hard to tell IMO.
Tha main theme that’s going on is you 4 mutually exclusive build paths:
Champs that want more than 1 of those are facing issues, champs that happily put all their eggs in one basket eat GOOD.
So before we can even talk about who draws maximum profit out of the changes we need to understand whuch champs profit most of an individual stat which until now was not an issue since – generally speaking - you got everything at once.
Like that fuuny Karth VS Ashe clip we had floating around for a while, this guy had 20AH all game is that viable?
What about Veigar, this guy wan’t CDR ASAP, but doesn’t like Flat AP much which the new Pen item a great stat for him give o’plenty.
ASol has similar issues, you need CDR to farm stacks, but for a TF you want the DMG% HP route.
On the other hand Xerath Lux and Ziggs can go HAM witht he full Burst itemization.
It’s really hard to tell IMO.
Tha main theme that’s going on is you 4 mutually exclusive build paths:
Champs that want more than 1 of those are facing issues, champs that happily put all their eggs in one basket eat GOOD.
So before we can even talk about who draws maximum profit out of the changes we need to understand whuch champs profit most of an individual stat which until now was not an issue since – generally speaking - you got everything at once.
Like that fuuny Karth VS Ashe clip we had floating around for a while, this guy had 20AH all game is that viable?
What about Veigar, this guy wan’t CDR ASAP, but doesn’t like Flat AP much which the new Pen item a great stat for him give o’plenty.
ASol has similar issues, you need CDR to farm stacks, but for a TF you want the DMG% HP route.
On the other hand Xerath Lux and Ziggs can go HAM witht he full Burst itemization.
Funny, I’m in the exact opposite camp thinking it would be much better for overall health of the game if a new champ would be not bannable for 1 week after release to maximize data gained and have everyone start at an even playing field.
So many new releases I’ve not seen once for weeks straight, than play against one with no clue what any of its abilities even look like… that’s just antifun when the one playing it has like 50 games already…
Good idea actually, I like it.
Fails on technological level since voice rec is trash, especially when it comes to non-textbook words, but that should be fixable with some AI power in the near future.