RAGE Thread

[Kaden]

Rage: I'm coming to realize I'm not particularly good at mages and worse with everything else

Start playing some of the zany hybrids that LoL has. That's one of my favorite things about the game.

Aren't great at as a straight "mage" because you like to get in people's faces? Swain, Gragas, and Maokai would all like to say hi.

Like casting but don't like having a worthless autoattack? Pantheon and Skarner might fit the bill.

The reason there are a ton of "worthless" champions is because of meta-game optimization in the high-elo play. Cassiopea is actually a great example of this. She can outlane just about anyone in the game, can push as well as Morde or Sivir, does tons of AoE damage, and has a fairly sizable CC-ult. Why do people not play her? Annie and Brand do most of that with a lower skill requirement. Does that make Cass a bad champion? No. It makes her a less efficient champion. Two very different things.

Wukong and Xin Zhao are another great example. Just looking at his numbers, Wukong is just a weaker Xin Zhao. Xin, though, can't knock up an entire team at one time or shred armor for better focus fire. The versatility that Wukong's Decoy provides is also something to give heavy consideration. If you're just looking for "melee DPS" then Xin is probably going to be a more efficient choice because his skill set is relatively mindless. Wukong's is also a simply skill set, but his simple mechanics provide a lot of depth in a way that Xin's don't.

I suggest experimenting with champions without boxing them into roles. Try out Maokai with something like Rylai's, Mercs, and Zhonya's and see what you get out of it. A lot of champions get reduced down to these simplistic roles even when their kits have a lot of diversity built into them.