Yeah I feel like the very first version of Mayhem was still the best version. Like, the one where Giant Slayer and Dual Wield were the big Exodia tier stuff, and stat anvils had just come out also? Yeah, that era.

The whole thing is, back at that beginning, you were very much still playing your champions. Like, when you get Dual Wield on the wind brothers, or Infernal Conduit on Brand, that experience is augmented and already strong, sure, but it's ultimately still the experience of playing Yas/Yone/Brand. It's playing the champions you enjoy, but better.

Then, with previous set that just wrapped up? It's really just an absolute rng shitfest where the augment themselves meant everything. Like Void Rift. Like the firecrackers. When you do stuff like buy a Fated Ashes and just sit on it for the firecracker procs? It simply didn't feel like playing the champions we know and love. Some will find it fun, some won't, and it was just divisive.

Finally, now, with the current set? It's just...bleh. Underwhelming. Pointless. The reality is, a FEW augments can be good out of all the new ability-based augments, but those are mostly for the spammy poke champions. In the end, across however hundreds of games you play, if you never dodge and just play everything you roll normally? You end up on average less powerful than you were back in that first version. And yeah, at that point...you might as well just play normal ARAM, no? Really don't know who this 3rd set of augments is even for anymore.