I've climbed this split in ~100 games from Iron 2 to Gold 3. Playing through bronze and silver, you encounter various types, but it's a pretty chill experience.

Once you hit Gold, it's INSANE. Every game is filled with the most toxic people who have no idea how to play. They go like 10/2 and then have no idea how to macro, die 8 times in a row and lose. Giant wave pushing bot with baron and 1 enemy inhib down? They go top and try to push a wave that's at our base instead of TPing bot to siege. Time to setup for drag? They're AFK farming on Krugs.

But the craziest thing I see is, the number of people who were high plat or even emerald 1-2 splits ago, and are now 3, 4, 5, even 6 HUNDRED games hard stuck S1 or G4 this split. Like they've played 3-4x the number of games as me and they can't climb to their previous rank? Like did something completely change in how the game is played that these people could climb a few months ago to Emerald, but they can't even get past Silver now? Are they completely boosted?

I thought climbing higher would lead to people who are better at the game, but honestly, it feels like people are worse the higher I've gotten.

Hello. Im just wondering... how does it work that I (a bronze 2 player) have to play against platinium, emeralnd and even diamond players in drafts and arams?

Im just... shocked and tired. Im a bronze, a rather good bronze, but still i never left it so I guess i deserve to be there. I try to play regularly, i watch tutorials and read a bunch of stuff to get better.

And yet.... i just can't enjoy the game at all, as I am being mopped up by far more experienced players. Either it's people with lvl of over 300, or new accounts of level 11 or sth (obvious smurf and cheater accounts) and Im just wondering... whats the fucking point of all of this.

I just want to enjoy a game after a hard day at work. But the matchmaking system is so busted that i feel like an easy ego boost for people from higher ranks.

Just yesterday i played on top against nasus from diamond and there was nothing i could do. By the level 7 he was able to walk under my tower 1v1 me ( at full health) and walk away alive. This is just pain, and i don't think i will play this game again.

I play alone. And i just want to have some fun, not dominate, but have a chance. Im not awful, i know how to play. I just.... can't deal with people from far higher ranks T_T.

(This is a rant post, i don't need or want any advices, so please, don't grill me, tell me its my fault and try to stuff advices down my throat)

I'm looking to see if there is some correlation between your preferred role in this game, and your real-life career.

I just went through all champions (as of Ambessa release), and there's a total of:

25 Champions without a hard cc, but a slow

10 Champions with no cc at all, including slows.

I counted Fiora, Kayn and Samira as having hard CC, since they CAN have it, although it's not guaranteed.

If you don't want to count that it would be 27 with slows and 11 with nothing.

The washed up Jungle king did it once again! He is still clean. https://www.twitch.tv/jankos/clip/CrepuscularMoistOilMVGame--GTXHFv083V5n-8H

General reminder that many changes cannot be easily datamined, such as functionality changes or bugfixes, and are not always final.

Champions

Both of these earlier changes were accidental and have now been reverted.

Irelia

• R zone duration:  2.05s --> 2.5s  (revert to live)

Kha'Zix

• W slow:
  • unevolved:  none (unchanged)
  • evolved, unisolated:  40% (unchanged)
  • evolved, isolated:  75% --> 60%  (revert to live)

Changes from previous days

See here.

Hello i have an account that i stopped playing on in 2022. I had diamond 1 and after not playing ranked i decided to queue a game today as i didn t know the season didn t end. I got placed emerald 4 and my question is if i don t finish the placements will i be emerald 4 next season too or do i need to grind as much as possible now?

If you suck at the game (I do) what is the best game mode to improve?

I have played very on and off throughout the years (like 2 year breaks), and I always struggled making significant improvements in the time spans when I played. I have adhd making it hard to follow guides but shorter form content helped!

I am wondering if I should stop queueing for ranked if I suck so terribly? I used to be plat (still bad but less bad than now) but I have driven my account into the ground as I was really eager to learn jungle this year after reinstalling.

Genuinely asking for opinion if maybe it is wiser to play drafts until I become more efficient in jungle, but I feel like drafts are always too easy because no one actually tries since it is a more casual mode.

i’m still kinda new to they game and don’t know if those items stack if multiple champions buy them, so is it just a waste of item slot if someone already bought it before you or a double burn? 🤔

im a top laner sitting at 38 wr rn, ive tried everything to climb but i lose literally every game, i win lane most games, i watch every single youtube video but yet still cant climb im really starting to give up with it, i was plat 4 last season ive now demoted to silver 1 and still losing, teams saying ff after first death ect

Why are there no ranged only items? Some items even offer specificaly worse stats if you are a ranged champ. ADC items are hard to balance as when they are strong Yasuo seems to be a demon. Why don't they just make some new ranged only AD items? Or items that are specifically better if you're ranged. Feel like this is such an obvious workaround that they have never even tried.

I want to use X to Select Ally 2 but whenever I press X it toggles an enemy vision ping so if I left click afterwards, it will ping enemy vision. I have checked all binds and X is not bound to anything else. It's not a huge issue but it's annoying having to right click after pressing X so I don't randomly ping.

Hello guys!

A while ago, Riot updated the Masterie System along with the Emotes that are associated with it.

People didn't really liked it and to be honest, at the time, I didn't mind it. Until I realized they left the job done by half and didn't update the Eternal Shards that show up when you use the emotes. After that, because of the backlash, they announced that they were re-updating, the emotes, to these ones.

Months went by, and I haven't heard about the update since then. Is it me or Riot simply forgot that they were updating the Masteries Emotes?

https://imgur.com/8I09MnK

Viktor went AFK before the minions spawned, and we got the opportunity to surrender (and not remake). I geniunely didn't know it was an option.

Especially frustrating considering our team was 3/2.

https://preview.redd.it/qiuebt19d18e1.png?width=810&format=png&auto=webp&s=1cef9f445dbd25edc51061d7442f4f87455e802c

I invaded and we got in a level 1 fight. Everyone showed up but after us getting a kill, the game remade. How is that possible?!?

Before replying negatively to this post, hear me out:

Caitlyn is a sniper. We can see it in her kit: Both her W and E lets you deal a single empowered basic attack at a long range, and her R locks the target from a very long range.

And as we know, sniper rifles aren't made to shoot fast like a machine gun, like Jinx's Pow-Pow. They are made to shoot from a long range and precisely.

However, let's take a look at her passive:

Every few attacks you get to deal the same empowered basic attack as the one from your W or your E.

Since attacking faster = stacking faster = more empowered basic attacks, it encourages players to build attack speed, completely ignoring the fantasy of being a sniper that hits slowly but surely.

Yes, i know attacking from a bush stacks faster, which helps the idea of a sniper (attacking from a hidden spot), but honestly, i don't think it has any uses aside from the laning phase.

Hi! My currently main next: Qiyana-Leblanc and jayce Can suggest me somebody in this pool 4th? Ik ik just play whatever you want,ahri fitt perfectly etc. I really hate play simple champion like you see but need something for fit in this champion pool perfectly Maybe azir or cassiopeia?

I'm lvl 20, but I think I would consider myself pretty bad at the moment, and trying my best to learn. As much as I am though, how does this game manage to make every match I play against a lvl 200-500 plus player, with over 100k mastery? I play majority of my games with a duo that is lvl 17, I really don't get how it thinks it's fair to put me in a lane against a onetrick with over 1 million mastery and expect me to do any good.

Imagine spending so many hours getting to honor 5 for 3 key fragments and an Ambessa shard.

I have all champions in the game since many years ago, and I have 12 keys and 0 chests, making both rewards completely useless, key shards used to be nice before the recent change.

Don't you guys also feel like these things should be something to look forward to?

https://preview.redd.it/stzsvakcw08e1.png?width=1280&format=png&auto=webp&s=f5916d20d31228778b6b007ee564b616bb624616

What the title says. I would get 1320 Tokens. Idk if that's worth it or not. I would be able to buy 6 orbs. In the next 3 days I might be able to get to 1400 tokens which would mean that I could by 7 orbs. What do yall think worth it or not?

For context, you are put into a position of facing a totally random player, and you have no clue what his level is, the winner walks away, the loser gets killed.

What would be your strategy (champion, items, runes...) to make sure you 100% win even if the guy is better at the game than you are.

The rule is simple, aram, first blood wins, no second chance, even the most obnoxious pick is accepted but your life in on the line.

What jungler can be useful for a team without ganking the lanes? ( or gank only after full clear )

Advice Some jungler who will be weak at the early game and strong in the mid or late game because of good scaling from farm

When champions quotes hit different alongside the Undertale theme.

After so many requests, I’m excited to share the third volume of League of Feels! This video is packed with inspirational and motivational quotes from the world of League of Legends that will resonate with every Summoner. Whether you're climbing the ladder or just need some words to lift your spirits, this is for you.