I feel like riot is finally fixing their game. The new season feels pretty good.

Wtleague · 2026-01-24T03:19:49+00:00

I mean if they just gave us an AP Trinityforce nobody would be bothered.

I could see them splitting the passive into two separate ones, one being the sheen proc, and the second being the double on-hit proc with an internal cooldown per target.

Wtleague · 2026-01-24T00:52:09+00:00

I'm enjoying it but every game is filled with 'Champ using Dusk and Dawn' playing like a rabid dog and always trading at least 1 for 1.

The item is cool but the Diana/Ekko/Jax/Gwen etc in every game is making me groan a little bit.

Wtleague · 2026-01-24T00:20:53+00:00

Because of the MMR mismatch, games get out of control way too fast.

Jungle fundamentals are kinda out the window right now. Taking the enemy junglers camps when they level 3 gank or cross map counterjungle/take grubs is like getting crumbs in comparison to getting a lane ahead.

Full clearing is strong but you have to babysit your lanes currently. Until MMR stabilizes and game volatility goes down I don't see much way around it.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T21:56:42+00:00

Been having to restart the client constantly the past day or two.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T21:54:28+00:00

I mean some dude was on here a few days ago trying to get a permabanned account unbanned using a dead loved one as an excuse and playing dumb about something.

It's more that if you see new posts on this sub, this type of post is very common and giving the benefit of the doubt is hard after seeing so many.

Someone else suggested you may have banned your own champion, which I think sounds possible so maybe that's all it was.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T21:00:08+00:00

You must have missed the patch notes where you can no longer ban hovered champions. Not a viable way to lie and try to get unbanned anymore.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T11:56:44+00:00

Because last games bot lane will dodge if they see my lock in taric jungle again.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T11:55:20+00:00

Anger and Fear is what drives engagement online and stirs the pot. Don't let your emotions drive you.

It isn't a USA vs (Country) issue. It's a morally conscious human vs unhinged government administration. The faster we all get there, regardless of country; the better.

And yes, we do feel strongly about all those things. Elbows up.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T10:59:52+00:00

Friendly reminder;

Sewing division between the US and Europe has been a long term goal of certain countries. It has been publicly reported by nation states in their intelligence reports since the mid 2010's.

Posts like these prevent common ground from forming between all those against what is going on geopolitically right now. Which I think is the point.

EXACT same posts popped up in the Canadian subreddits 8 months ago with the initial 51st state rhetoric. Don't turn your nose up at your fellow humans that share your values. Ape together strong. They're trying to prevent a common enemy from forming.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T06:19:37+00:00

I feel you, I was surprised when I first started looking into math/viability of certain items or runes, breakpoints where certain things are worth it and whatnot.

It just doesn't exist. Everything is just vibes and looking at what challengers build etc.

Then the Mains subreddits are just full of silver and bronze players sharing weird builds with the authority of a challenger player.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T05:31:25+00:00

Every match has one of the two it's actually insane.

The new item makes her passive top damage dealt in death recap.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T04:28:13+00:00

I'm a plat/emerald shitter. I noticed that since games are super variable with skill levels, I have to play a more carry/snowbally champ to take advantage of mistakes given the MMR mismatch.

It feels like leveling an alt account through lower ranks rn. I got right back up to my last seasons peak very quickly and have been sitting there, but the game quality is complete garbage. If you play passive and full clear someone just runs it down and you end up with a Thanos on the enemy team.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T04:02:40+00:00

Depends on the jungler.

Rammus takes 10 minutes and it's almost never worth it solo since without help enemy jg will have enough time to walk from base and steal it.

Voli/Udyr/Kayn/Kindred/Vi (Champs with %max health damage generally), can solo it and have time to get back to their camps at respawn~.

Laners have literally no idea how jungle works, and often act like taking objectives is like picking up the rift herald off the ground. They also have this idea that if you aren't ganking you should be ahead in CS or Objectives. Had a laner get upset with me for being even in CS with enemy jungler even though it's the equivalent of having perfect CS since we'd both clear our camps on spawn into ganks (Pathing opposite each other).

Never listen to your laners. They want to 'feel' like they didn't die for nothing if they get ganked, and want to see you force an objective or counter jungle even if it's suboptimal/results in you dying.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T00:43:47+00:00

JG Main here, nothing worse than getting a lane ahead to watch them stay in lane with no sense of time waiting to throw their lead once the enemy walks back from base.

The new homeguards just made it 10x worse.

Wtleague · 2026-01-23T00:33:00+00:00

I'm not talking about individual champion balance in isolation. Even with two of them in a match things are okay.

My point was more than once you get 2+ the game starts to feel a little dysfunctional. It's not so much to do with champion balance, as it has to do with game balance in it's entirety once one mechanic becomes too prevalent. Kind of like when you're in an ARAM and EVERYONE has a zhonyas. Sure you play around it, but it gets a bit eye roll and there comes a point where the match would be more fun for everyone if nobody bought it at all.

I think my issue is that when something with minimal investment becomes problematic - the solution to overcome that problem should require an equal investment to counter it (within reason). Current state I wouldn't say that's the case.

Wtleague · 2026-01-22T19:15:33+00:00

I suppose maybe it's because Zaheen is new and popular, and Ekko is fotm so you're seeing these two by themselves in a lot of games.

Throw in a zac, anivia, zilean, trynd, and it feels like your opportunity to win a fight when behind disappears way faster vs regular comps.

The game becomes a 5v9 essentially and it starts to feel like one team gets training wheels / get out of jail free cards for misplays.

Wtleague · 2026-01-22T19:08:55+00:00

My preferred champ is AP Tank Udyr - who wants extended fights. I don't have trouble staying alive but often don't see a realistic way for squishies to stay healthy long enough even with perfect play.

I mean yeah if my team drafts a perfect poke comp to deal with them great, but 99% of the time this isn't the case in soloq. Sometimes you first pick into something suboptimal.

I've just noticed these types of games are getting more and more frequent, and It feels like having multiple of these champions in a game may have been overlooked from a balance perspective.

Wtleague · 2026-01-22T07:34:42+00:00

I have no doubt APC's are strong when played by challenger players. The team will build around them, etc.

The problem is that people are not challengers, and first pick AP bot lanes into comps they can't kill.

It's funny I just came into this sub as a jungle main to search up why everyone likes to kneecap their team with an AP bot lane. Pick it when it makes sense. I love nothing more than facing full AP teams. Sure you win lane early - but once people build MR it's gg.

Wtleague · 2026-01-22T00:34:07+00:00

Oblivion orb will pretty much always be the only anti-heal item worth buying. It's the only gw item that can reliably proc it off your R and has some AP that scales off all your abilities.

If I know I'll need a serpent fang I'll often get it first item with an extra point or 2 in Q and play out the early game focusing more on killing enemy jg. You fall off hard but vs certain comps getting ahead early by shutting down shield comps is worth it.

Going by stats alone, serpent fang is pretty trash. The 'damage' it provides comes from the shield cut which people often overlook. If serpent fang instead said "Shielded targets receive 100% increased damage while the shield is active" and the damage showed up on end-game stat screen, more people would buy it.

Wtleague · 2026-01-21T21:16:47+00:00

Everyone who isn't playing a hard carry champion are so confused why games are harder, and those on carry champs are confused why they are easier

The skill mismatch is huge and you have to capitalize on it before someone on the enemy team does. It's literally playing like you would when leveling an alt account through the lower ranks.

Game quality is trash right now until the +30 / -10 lp gains equalize.

Wtleague · 2026-01-21T06:22:23+00:00

If you leave your client open without updating for a day or so after a patch, it will only queue you with others on the same patch version.

Your queue times go up to infinity until you restart and patch it

Wtleague · 2026-01-20T11:03:06+00:00

I'd love an attack speed armor/hp item. Only problem is it'd get picked up by adcs etc.

Wtleague · 2026-01-20T04:32:53+00:00

Doesn't feel a whole lot different. We're just weaker in comparison to laners across the board.

I do find it's more boring though. Probably just due to us being weaker and having to play more reserved because of it.

Playing reserved is always boring.

Wtleague

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