[Patch 1.0.0.142: Jayce] General Discussion - Page 41

On July 10 2012 23:41 Requizen wrote:
No matter how good you are at balancing, there's still going to be champions that fall into (generally) one of four categories: OP, Good, UP, or Shit.

Shit champs don't matter, they're in the pool, but who cares? Aside from trolling, no one is going to pick champions that are inherently bad. However, I suppose we could get to a point where there are no Shit champs, but I find it highly unlikely. There will always be at least a couple that are severely, absurdly outclassed in every way possible for one reason or another.

UP champs will be the ones that have the potential to be Good, but are held back by one thing or another. These generally will fluctuate with buffs, items, meta, etc. Brand, I would say, is UP right now, as one of the more held back AP mids. These generally don't matter in the pool, because you won't ever see them outside of one person stubbornly playing them (Scarra on Kat, for example).

OP champs, in a way, don't matter for Draft play. Someone who is truly OP for whatever reason (Morg for several reasons, Shen for his ult) will always, always be banned. They don't matter to the pool, because they're removed immediately nearly every time.

Good Champs are the ones that really matter from a meta perspective. The ones that are viable and competitive, can be counter picked or can counter pick, or can be played safely. The only time they see bans is specific counter picks or banning out a certain players.

What does this seemingly asinine post mean when it comes to ranked? That it really will never matter how many champs are in the total pool. Even if there are 250 champs in the future, you'll knock out a handful immediately that are Shit picks, and more that are UP and really unplayed until the meta changes. OP ones will always be banned out, so even with 250 champs, that suddenly gets whittled down to maybe 150 after all is said and done, and once you take team comps and counter picking into account, you really only have to "worry" about a double handful.

That was a ramble, sorry I'm tired. The point I was trying to make is that people need to stop worrying about how many champs there are in the game. At any given time, as long as you pay attention to nerfs/buffs/meta, you only really need to be aware of around half of them. I doubt that there will ever be a time where every champ is viable enough that you need all of them and know the ins and outs of playing as/with/against all of them.

This post makes no sense.