He is, but he will be a LOL hero done right. Icefrog will show that he can make a balanced game that has old school Dota kits and modernized LOL kits. Then League will have nothing else to offer aside for their anime/korean aesthetic (though Marci, Hoodwink, and Willow are already trying to go in that direction).

People have been saying this forever about almost every new thing, since Monkey King came out even, or the skill trees got added.

It's not just a lack of BKB, but also the stupidly low TTK and the lack of turnrate that makes melee carries nonviable.

@@SadFace201 well, the thing is, League's system is just impossible to balance the TTK. In Dota, carry is usually either Str or Agi. Just from their natural stat already give them some kinda tanky with Str also give HP and Agi give armor. However, in League, most damage item don't help with your survivability. A carry in League will die just from someone looking at them a bit mean. However, nerfing the damage won't solve anything at all. It's a dilemma, they already tried it like 5 or 6 years ago. If damage isn't high enough, late game tank is unkillable. The tank meta back then was so toxic that a full built tank can easily chase like 2-3 full built carry at the same time, without getting killed. So, they have to buff damage enough that full built carry can still kill tank fast enough. And the result? Of course if they can melt tank they can melt anything with their damage so of course TTK will be low. It's pretty much impossible to balance this in League at this point. If a melee carry have somewhat average TTK, tank will basically be unkillable. If tank have average TTK, anything not tanky enough will melt like cheese. The game is unbalanced by choice, that's all.

@@kani_wannabe I mean, you're not wrong. League has many design choices that limit their ability to balance their game. For example: - why do carries have to build 6 damage items unlike in dota? - why are full built items in League more cost efficient than components? - why are there few or limited hybrid defense/offense and AP/AD items in League? - why are there so few items with strong actives? - why is the entire game still balanced around Flash? - why are certain class archetypes pigeon-holed into specific lanes? So many things that compound into the stale meta that is League of Legends.

​@@SadFace201 Well, most of your questions already kinda answered by League's dev: - why do carries have to build 6 damage items unlike in dota? They don't want any champion to be best of both world, both tanky and high dps at the same time. They designed the game to be min-max so missing items will result in missing out a lot of damage (of course you can still choose to do lower damage for better survival). - why are full built items in League more cost efficient than components? They already tried that in the past, there used to be some strategies about buying multiple Doran's items (the same as 2 3 Bracer for dota). Simple answer: they didn't like it so they changed it into kinda forcing player to build full item. - why are there few or limited hybrid defense/offense and AP/AD items in League? According to them, hybrid is toxic. Hybrid damage is very hard to defend against, while hybrid defense is way too versatile. There's still hybrid damage but they don't need hybrid item to do hybrid damage. - why are there so few items with strong actives? - why is the entire game still balanced around Flash? They already tried, like 2 or 3 years ago. They added a few items with strong effect (equivalent to dota's aeon disk, force staff, orge seal totem,...). The game back then was so broken that they have to remove them all in 1 year. Simply put, most champion was designed to be strong with their kit alone without item, and strong item instantly cause them to become balance nightmare. That's also why the game is still balance around flash, because giving blink dagger to Doom or DK is normal but is a disaster for Darius in League. - why are certain class archetypes pigeon-holed into specific lanes? This is just because player want it? Seriously, League's player really want the current laning, they're not as adaptive as Dota's player. Like, if Rubick going mid and destroy someone, Dota's player will just shrug it off. But if a support champion in League going mid and destroy someone, League's player will scream and demand riot to nerf the fk out of that champ. What else can riot do lol? League's player is the culprit in this case imo. TLDR: Everything is a combination of Riot's design being a balance nightmare and them just wanting to stick to their design. Also League's players are not mature enough.

Especially in Korea league

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