Riot has said time and time again that they don't support smurfs but they won't take any action against them. Veteran(mobas or league) players make the complaint that the leveling process for new accounts is an irksome experience. At first glance this works out for Riot because new players usually don't detest leveling unless they have friends who tell them its something they should hate for so and...
State of AD Carries and PBE Bloodthirster
The popularity of the BT has dipped across all regions and elos since the changes made to it. With 30 stacks the old BT had 20 AD + 3% more lifesteal than the current one. While it may not seem like a lot on first glance, the BT lost 20% of its AD and 16% of its lifesteal. BT did get a new passive but that didn't stop it from being a low-tier item for ad carries. Aside from just the raw numbers there...
League of Casuals
League of Legends has been accused of sacrificing game depth by the various DOTA communities and even the game's own players. The accusation is that League of Legends panders to new players so that it can be more popular, that the game is made for the lowest common denominator. Whether that is true or not doesn't really matter; does making...
Guide to Challenger
Being a challenger tier player is more about discipline and repetition than it is raw skill. Just like playing instruments, playing sports or doing almost anything worthwhile takes discipline. Reading guides don't make you a better player, believe it or not. Just like how reading a book on how to dribble a basketball doesn't make you better at dribbling, or how reading a book on better hand positioning...
Misconceptions in Solo-Q: You're not carrying shit
I have to admit my pet peeve when it comes to League of Legends is when someone on my team says they couldn't carry in a demeaning manner. As if they were going above and beyond trying to carry us but we were trying to lose on purpose. Not to be the bearer of bad news but your score isn't the deciding factor of whether you're carrying or not, if anything it displays your potential to carry. And we...
Mute/Ignore Button; Useful but Unused Feature & Curbing Toxic Behavior
In my opinion the ignore button is the single most powerful tool for keeping a game cleansed of toxicity. Generally to succeed in a game you have to be playing a mental game with your enemy. Thinking about what they're going to do, where you have to go or which objectives you should go for next. When someone spouts toxic nonsense at you(and if you argue back, you're definitely not thinking about the...
Itemization
Lately there has been a lot of discussion about itemization in league of legends. People complain that there isn't enough choice in items, that there is always an 80%+ optimal build path to choose. Then people ask for items with a different arrangement of stats, as if that will help anything. When people talk about the optimal build, you have to realize how much optimization and numbers relate to...
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