League of Legends has too many champions. At least that’s what the reigning world champion and profile BeryL claims. He demands: Riot should concentrate less on releasing new heroes and rather rework those that are already there. The community sees it differently.
Who is the professional?
Beryl criticizes this: In a statement, BeryL wishes that Riot would release fewer new champions (via e-focus.co.kr). He keeps it quite short:
I wish there were no more new champions […] In my opinion, there are just over 20 champions that need a rework.
According to BeryL, it is more important to first bring all champions into balance. It’s not good if a new champion appears that you can’t balance.
There are now 165 champions in LoL, the newest of which is the jungler Briar, who has one of the worst win rates of all champs. However, BeryL’s statement is not only met with approval in the community.
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“Nothing would kill the game faster”
The post was read and commented on by thousands of fans on Reddit. There is agreement from players who believe that other professionals should also comment on this. It’s annoying when old heroes aren’t touched at all.
Concrete examples include Evelynn or Akshan. Both are extremely strong or have even received a buff, but have not been touched for years – because they cannot be found in the professional league.
In regular play, however, they are a plague for anyone who has to play against them. According to OP.GG, Evelynn currently has a win rate of 52.09% in the jungle at Platinum and above, placing her in 5th place. Akshan comes in at 3rd place in the middle with 52.20%.
However, other fans counter: If Riot really stopped bringing new champs, LoL would be doomed. Players would immediately assume that the game is in maintenance mode and no new content is coming.
This is certainly convenient for professionals. You no longer have to learn new heroes and counterattacks, and you would continue playing anyway. That’s what they get paid for. But the game will be boring for casuals.
It’s not good when a season feels like the one before it, without any changes. That is not the expectation that LoL players have of their game. Nevertheless, Riot has already stated that the new champions will eventually come to an end:
LoL will stop getting new champions at some point – Riot explains when that time will come