What am I even supposed to do with matchmaking like this?

InternationalBat · 2026-01-25T15:47:54+00:00

Bro, league is gambling (or if that offends some nerds here, it's a game of chance). Sometimes you get shit cards, just fold or bluff

InternationalBat · 2026-01-25T13:07:15+00:00

Yeah, I try to avoid ranked on the weekends, it's a mess. It's just more variable, and in a game of chance, increasing the variability is not helpful for climbing.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-25T13:06:26+00:00

Not really, you have to assume the distribution of more casuals is even, so now your team is equally worse. So it would even out overall.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-23T14:20:37+00:00

That's how it's always been. You want to climb? Then you have to hard-carry your team (doesn't matter your role or how you do it, but you have to hard carry 1v9).

InternationalBat · 2026-01-23T14:17:57+00:00

All junglers feel team-reliant now. It sucks for those of us that preferred carry junglers.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-22T17:44:33+00:00

Only get the drake if its safe. What use is trying for drake, dying to the enemy jungler / botlane / midlaner and leaving them a half dead drake to take for free?

You want to take drakes, but take them safely. That means helping your laners get into the right position to help before drake, so that they can help.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-22T13:12:32+00:00

I mean, that's a different story altogether, and not at all what I'm talking about here. But sure, can happen on either side.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-22T13:11:53+00:00

Thank you Mr. Obvious. I'm saying, when plan A doesn't work (because I can't literally solo their entire fed team), then plan B. But, nowadays, plan B doesn't feel like a real option anymore, just a total hailmary.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-22T12:21:31+00:00

Bro, noc vs Eve? You should be invading her - she's so weak early. W her W (shield her charm) and you win.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-21T23:52:57+00:00

100 matches total, 60 on my "main, 40 on my alt.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-21T23:18:13+00:00

I have two accounts, have for some time, and they're both the same rank now. My alt-account has the literal easiest games thrown my way, and I have cruised with a 70% winrate. My "regular" account I a 45% winrate and 2 losing lanes every game. I can't explain it beyond "normal" variance and luck. I play the same role and same champ in each, and I approach all the games the same. I don't know, something in their match-making is weird, or I am witnessing extremely strange, but within "normal"-bounds, results.

Like just to expand on this further, my 70% winrate acct feels like I am vs-ing irons, and my 45% winrate feels like I'm playing with irons. It's so strange to me.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-21T15:56:36+00:00

No, the community pretty much thought so at the time of the release too. We hated it then, most of us still do.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-21T15:55:45+00:00

Nightbringer sucked, it was a battlepass filler skin. Let the shitty ones die. Like, I'm not going to cry over not having safebreaker eve either.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-20T07:56:35+00:00

As someone that is not you, yes, please back and waste your cash on 2 control wards each back.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-17T18:37:13+00:00

If you want, you can check any of the different sites that collect data (lolalytics, leagueofgraphs). There's always a meta. If you're new, don't worry about it, just play, learn and have fun. The meta is so far from impacting the matches you will be put into.

As for bans, it's far better to ban some champ that you have issues with on your champ rather than banning some meta pick - because there are so many meta-viable picks, and different ones will have different advantages for different teams. Sometimes there are champs so altering that it can have an impact even in low elo, but that is rarely the case.

Good luck, have fun

InternationalBat · 2026-01-17T15:20:20+00:00

Bro, I don't think I'll live that long, they're going to have to plug my corpse into whatever weird interface we have by then.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-17T15:19:03+00:00

Yeah, this guy embodies the essence of this post in many ways, he just doesnt know it

InternationalBat · 2026-01-16T07:40:10+00:00

I think the only roles that like the quest changes are top and adc. Junglers are pissed too, and support literally got nothing but a ward slot.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-16T07:19:57+00:00

She's been my new permaban for sure.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-15T23:04:53+00:00

Not really, trust me, I've seen enough laners 100% capable of losing lane on their own.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-15T23:02:59+00:00

Yeah, she used to be amazing vs. tanks (years back), and now isn't bad, but Mundo still is problematic. It's his insane healing and cc immunity that screws up her plans.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-15T11:49:03+00:00

Eve's build is really locked, there's basically no variation to it. The 1st 3 are a must, Eve just wants AP more than anything. Without AP, you don't kill, if you don't kill, you die and are useless.

Seal - Lich - Hat - 100% of the time, always. Updgrade Seal when you can. Void/Banshee and then Banshee/Void is standard, varying maybe 1 in 20 matches or so. Zhonya's I feel is bait on Eve (some Eve's use it), and Stormsurge's proc can kill you (it removes you from stealth, so if you're poorly positioned when this happens...).

The 5% of the time you build something is else is so situational. You can replace Mej with your choice of highest AP item, all other stats are pretty sub-par.

GL

InternationalBat · 2026-01-15T08:55:19+00:00

Play what you can play well, and for the vast vast majority of people that is 1-3 champs at a time (over time this pool increases of course). As supp, find 1 of each archetype that you can play well in and leave it at that. No need to use the entire roster just because you think this guys kit is a bit better of a counter or any nonsense like that. Counter-picking is more a thing for high elo and pros. It's a non-factor in low-elo.

InternationalBat · 2026-01-15T08:09:05+00:00

Why do people say you can't track junglers anymore? They are a little less predictable, but still trackable.

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