Why do "One Tricks" Exist? | League of Legends

[@ooobeniooo4690]

It’s interesting to see the difference between one tricks in league and mains in fighting games. Because in fighting games there often is a consensus that every character is so unique that it’s best for you to stick with one character for life because switching to others is just halting your learning curve.

[@lolsnowball_]

I think the main difference between the two is that there arent 165 characters HAHA

[@FootOfDOOM]

Overall I think the individual mechanics of a fighting game character are more complex and also they don’t get locked out by getting picked by the enemy or banned

[@luckas221a]

the pick/ban dynamic is what really changes it. You won't be able to play every single game with that one champ, if the champ is getting banned or picked by the enemy.

[@acraze2287]

i mean because of picks/bans you literally can't be a one trick like in fighting games, esp in pro play

[@ETIENNELIVE]

you cant also be one in most fighting games as they swap their chars around too. My Tekken 7 main will probably not be in Tekken 8 etc

[@Paandaas]

Calling Tyler1 a one trick at this point is undervaluing him a lot.

[@lolsnowball_]

yup, t1, yassuo, dantes and bausfs are all broken out of that one trick barrier, i simply used them for discussion!

[@LeMiooo]

@@lolsnowball_ wdym dantes and bausfs lol. They're still godaweful OTP's and the worst example of players for the community. People just give them a break because of their"HAHA LOL" content and that's all there is too it.

[@Moonking7]

@@LeMiooo yea, you don't watch them if you think they are still one tricks, Dantes leans more towards being a 1trick, but baus has 4 other champs he plays well enough, obviously his sion is still the best in the world

[@MagicoAmbulante]

i​@@LeMiooo

[@charliepea]

For me, finding my OTP is like having a really good married life and understanding the flaws of your partner lol. Used to be a mage main who spammed Veigar and Velkoz but I found Kled whose visual design and thematic was so good. Despite liking Kled's theme, I didn't appreciate his gameplay at firsdt because I was a mage main and I was a coward who wants long distance. Even with my cowardice, it didn't stop me from practicing Kled and now I finally learned how to be more aggressive thanks to him. Now I ditched my mages and focus solely on Kled. I don't care if being OTP is bad because I'm proud to be one and I play the game to have genuine fun with Kled no other.

[@lolsnowball_]

veigar is soooo fun

[@someguywithajacksparrowicon]

What rank r u?

[@lolsnowball_]

i hit challenger when i want@@someguywithajacksparrowicon

[@someguywithajacksparrowicon]

@@lolsnowball_ oh sry, I meant the kled guy :D

[@niscent_]

so you are a cowardly mage player at heart who mains kled? you're not a kled otp, you are a skaarl otp.

[@zherronvorse]

Teemo one trick here. I absolutely adore his playstyle and the hatred I get from both the enemy and my own team. I am also a Fill OTP so Teemo goes every where in every position. It's downright magical how angry people can get just because I locked in Teemo ADC or Teemo Jungle against someone who counters me. Yet somehow in spite of going 2/10/15 I still have the highest damage at the end of the game because of how well placed the shrooms are and everyone had to buy oracles for me. Hut two three four my fluffy brethren!

[@lolsnowball_]

teemo is unironically one of those champs that can viably be in any role

[@thatGass]

I can’t belive teemo one tricks exist, how sad your life must be

[@Uthael_Kileanea]

Vel main here: I would prefer to support a random Teemo over a random Ezreal or Kai'sa. A Kai'sa tends to run in even when behind, dying while trying to retreat. An Ezreal tends to play so safe he won't ever autoattack a champion unless going in for a kill. Doesn't zone the enemy. A Teemo has been in a top lane and knows to act optimally according to what the enemy is doing.

[@MIDO44444]

​@@thatGass his life is as good as ever and he probably drives happiness out of your misery

[@stoyantodorov2133]

@@thatGass Comment straight out of 2012... Can't understand the hate for Teemo when BS like Yone exists.

[@saucyllama1463]

I'm by no means a one trick, but I used to play a LOT of brand, so when someone suggested I try out Lissandra I didn't understand her initially. Once I played her like I play brand, she made so much more sense. I agree with what you said about being able to occasionally transfer knowledge across from your one trick to another similar kit.

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks for the comment! both champs are very cool

[@harshabhigyan928]

Gotta live lissandra, she is amazing

[@SupaSpaceBunnies]

Before I played League, my thing in other games actually was that I used many different things, and could play almost any pick in the game with decent success. That often lead to a love of off-meta tactics that I felt were strong, which is something I still enjoy a lot today. A few months after starting to play League, I began to play Tristana and immediately found that it was my favorite way to play the game, and one tricked her for months straight after that. There have been breaks I've taken from playing her, and I still have a few pocket picks when playing different roles, but I would still consider myself a one trick, just not quite as hardcore as some others. The interesting thing is that this one trick style has no found it's way into every other game I play. I would even go as far as to say I used to feel pretty annoyed by the idea of OTPs, thinking it is boring to play as and against. One match of Tris changed my mind on it completely.

[@lolsnowball_]

Wow bro thanks for the perspective! Why do you think you haven't OTPd in other games? Maybe it's because of the lack of character selection, where as in LoL there are so many characters that maybe you found "the one"

[@SupaSpaceBunnies]

@snowballbarrage My other main game before I started playing League (just over a year ago) was Destiny 2, and generally other shooters. I think when it was because in shooter games, I never saw the value of maining something. My logic was probably, "They're all guns, so aiming is the same skill," for all of them, without considering the deep things that I understand now when playing those same shooters, and one tricking things in them now. I now understand the depth of range, knowing your exact kill time, etc.. I think the reason why League changed my mind is because every champion is so different. Twitch is very similar to Tris, resets, attack speed bonuses, and even building up stacks for a big burst of damage. But it feels completely different from Tristana. I originally started playing her because I just found her quite fun, and her character was likeable enough. Now, I love her character design and voice line. And I'm sure it's not just me using the new champion icons Riot added to signify their OTP, haha. I think League is just a lot deeper than other games, and it showed me that digging deep into learning one thing is the most fun I could have, whereas in other games I hadn't had a reason to dig like I do now. 😃

[@lolsnowball_]

Yeah definitely LoL and MOBA's in general have a much higher skill floor - skill ceiling because there is so much information to grasp at all levels of gameplay, so it's deep. @@SupaSpaceBunnies

[@eleklenardsebescan7663]

You one trick cause you want to climb I one trick cause any other champion than Malphite is too much challenging for me We are not the same

[@lolsnowball_]

HAAHAH

[@zduduu6329]

You can't be a nunu OTP. No one but Kesha is the only true nunu OTP😡

[@lolsnowball_]

haha snowball 🤝kesha

[@abyssalczech6719]

WE WINDOOOOOOOOOOOOWS

[@neon1047]

Kesha fans try not to be autistic challenge : impossible

[@asurabehemoth2467]

CringeSha?

[@KillerBee698]

TRUUUUUUUEEEEEEE

[@tylercarter9965]

i enjoy other champs, but being able to have my one trick that i know i’m good at, that i know i will always perform is something i value a lot when climbing ranked. going into the game in an extreme comfort state that i know i won’t mess up personally does so much to winning a game. i want to play other champs more but when i lose on them i can’t help but think i could win much easier on my main instead of another champ. so i stick to one tricking in ranked, it’s not worth the ego or lp to say “i have a diverse champ pool,” cuz 99% of other players are only gonna see my rank and not my pool.

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks for the comment bro! you should do whatever you want since league of legends is a video game for fun, if you dont feel like learning other characters then stick with the one you already know, but if you really want to learn others without losing lp you could always play norms or make a new account

[@Asasin-ck8sn]

I am a Mundo OTP because i enjoy going where i please. Also Corporate Mundo

[@lolsnowball_]

Fire

[@Uthael_Kileanea]

If there's a Corporate Mundo, that's a person who loves playing him.

[@Jonathan2473076]

I think about this too. I used to play random champs and I was good with them, I could play it like they were my main, but then I started to use Udyr and became a otp. Suddenly I couldn't play other champs, it feels weird like I'm new to League. I play champs that I used to be good and now I'm trash with them

[@lolsnowball_]

udyr is really unique so its understandable that you lost your touch on other champs

[@mark00s100]

There is another reason for OTPing: Lack of time. I really enjoy Lillia as a jungle pick. Her design and unique play style locked me in LoL. I'd like to explore more champions, but with my 40 matches per split (it will be even less in upcoming seasons), it is not possible to learn new champions.

[@lolsnowball_]

gotcha, imo its possible to learn new champs, you just have to put your main on the back burner

[@shacolin6546]

Fun fact: in season 8, if I excluded my Shaco matches, my win rate was 14%. In season 11, Shaco was getting banned so much I had nearly double Elise matches than I had Shaco's. But this time around, my Elise's WR was 55% and my Shaco's was 54%.

[@lolsnowball_]

fire bro

[@caplnes-no2iq]

im a fiddlesticks one trick and i definitely agree. I can practically play anywhere with him but if I switch to even like nocturne who is pretty similar my skill drops significantly

[@lolsnowball_]

middlesticks.

[@caplnes-no2iq]

that wild@@lolsnowball_

[@Marqiyahu]

As a former Asol One Trick with 1M points I just wanna say, just create a new champion dont delete other champs just cause they're not popular hes not even the same champ anymore.

[@lolsnowball_]

u dont like the new one?

[@Marqiyahu]

@snowballbarrage Sadly no, but I think he looks cool. I'm just not a big fan of his new playstyle. It's completely different from his old one and feels boring imo.

[@lolsnowball_]

damn. eet ees what eet ees@@Marqiyahu

[@SaSo-mk6yh]

The new asol scales really well but he is too vulnerable to be played consistently

[@leekleek1]

Revert Aatrox 😢

[@jonathangillooly9361]

I started as an OTP Poppy jungle player then slowly branched out to play her top, mid and support to get a feel for new play styles before picking new champions to try playing. Being a one trick pony is good to start learning the game and get the basics down

[@lolsnowball_]

poppy gets so many skins

[@jester6789]

Spamming one champ feels like you are in an anime and you are fighting the villians or heros and your skins are your transformesions

[@lolsnowball_]

lets take our meds homie

[@jester6789]

@@lolsnowball_ hahaha

[@KingoftheFreljord]

Me playing one champion feels more like this. I've spent years mastering him and I've understood my matchups so I'm confident in my abilities. I feel comfortable with every movement and decision I make so I'm more focused on who I'm playing against not necessarily the champion they play because I already know what I need to do against that champion but I don't know what insane play the person will make and being evenly matched or outmatched is exciting because I play top lane/solo lane and it's almost always a complete 1v1. Only 2 things cause a loss, they are better or their champion is just stronger and it's pretty rare that I run into a busted champion that can't be dominated with game knowledge and champion mastery.

[@lolsnowball_]

very anime.@@KingoftheFreljord

[@ClownCity777]

I feel like one tricking for me is mainly aesthetic, and I do like one tricking in every game I come across. I usually take a look at the character pool try then pick out a few characters that I think match my vibe and then try it out, if one of them matches my vibe and play style imma keep playing it. For me I was split between Twisted Fate, Zac, Braum and Shaco and I ended up being a shaco otp. He just seems like a sadistic villain and that is the vibe I love, like Doflamingo from One Piece or Hazama from BlazBlue, just torturing and playing with food before their inevitable demise that you stalled because it was VERY amusing is something I enjoy (in game).

[@lolsnowball_]

i play zac too

[@cyrus6236]

In game btw

[@shinii4645]

I feel u on this, when i first started i stuck with leona and pyke then i found senna and learned the ins and outs of league through senna up to 200k mastery. then for whatever reason i decided to play shaco and now i otp him. Ive never left support before that and now im almost at half a mil mastery and shaco is just so ungodly fun that i dont mind losing even getting stomped by the enemy team, all i care about now is if i get to pull a funny play with shaco every once in a while lmao.

[@Swordkiller55623]

I used to be a Voli OTP because of his Q, it was just so fun to throw enemies behind me into my team to have them help me clean up, or throw them into the tower and trap them out. then they reworked him and I just didn't vibe with the rework and stopped playing the game

[@tylercarter9965]

there is always singed, and based on your play style, singed probably isn’t that much different from how you played old voli.

[@neeltrip2443]

@@tylercarter9965 Singed is very different from voli other than the flinging tho lmao

[@GorambeXbox]

urgot😩

[@lleeum7109]

im not a otp (aram warrior) but the more i got into league content the more i learned ppl dont like OTPs and never understood why. some ppl just "click" with certain champs, they feel more comfortable, confident, and just have more fun.

[@lolsnowball_]

Yeah idk just in life the general population like to cast out people who are different for whatever reason, maybe it can be that deep who knows

[@reinstriver5432]

The whole thing about the game not being worth playing if you're not on your OTP is soooooo accurate. I mained Irelia back in season 5-7, then she got reworked and I've more or less discontinued playing the game. I still pop in here and there to play with friends but otherwise I've basically quit ranked.

[@lolsnowball_]

i mained oldi relia haha

[@reinstriver5432]

@@lolsnowball_ that means we were otp broddas 😌

[@morning_staar]

same here, i was katarina otp, after rework i never took game seriously anymore, i still play here and there (not rankeds) and i smash with new katarina just as good but the feeling is not there anymore

[@lolsnowball_]

i remember old katarina@@morning_staar

[@randomtwist5023]

A very interesting video, I'm so glad your video popped in my recomendations. Keep it up man you really explained a lot of things, I've become an OTP Sett since the day it released and whenever my friends ask me "Idk how you can keep playing Sett after so many hours/years, I'll get bored right away after a couple matches" because even if it's a relatively simple champion I absolute LOVE playing him, I love the design, his personality, his abilities, his story and many times I've said "Wow, I really wouldn't be playing league if Sett didn't exist. Because even though I've managed to get to Diamond 2 back in seasons where you had to play promos I'm 100% sure that I've would've climbed a LOT easier or higher If I played something like Darius, Renekton, or other meta champs

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks for the love bro!

[@BlueFireDudester]

Your take on onetricks being onetricks in any other game is spot on. I'm a Brand OTP and in every smash game I mained Captain Falcon. The reason is simple, I just love fire.

[@lolsnowball_]

HAHA bro I swear it's just who you are as a person

[@BlueFireDudester]

@@lolsnowball_ Yep, keep up the content man. You're talented king 🔥

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks a lot bro!@@BlueFireDudester

[@whysoserious9214]

1 champion you should know everything on him every limit and what to do when 2 champs you should have mechanics on them another 2 for backup like if you get autofilled in a role u might not play alot its like in real life a hand full of friends

[@lolsnowball_]

hmm

[@Fushur7]

Interesting Video, I actually tried OTP'ing as a way to get to my target rank last Season and found it quite helpful. The part I didnt even thoguht about before which I think is really cool is that some People just OTP more or less every Game instead of this being a case by case choice.

[@lolsnowball_]

yup! im gladyou hit the target rank bro

[@LarsCaesar]

Ezreal has been my favorite champ since I started playing and if I ever haven’t played league for a while it’s not league I miss but playing him

[@lolsnowball_]

:(

[@LarsCaesar]

@@lolsnowball_ it was a positive statement xd

[@lolsnowball_]

play him again@@LarsCaesar

[@LarsCaesar]

@@lolsnowball_ Been playing him for a couple days now hehe

[@JotaG3467]

Another thing that I noticed is that there are some people that one trick a certain style, me for example, I really like fast champions, not dashes, but movement speed, because of that I one tricked Rammus for half of my League years and Udyr for the other half, and I pocket pick champs like nunu and hecarim, I don't know why but pressing ghost and running at the enemy team dodging all of their skillshots is so satisfying to me, and somehow I still reached masters almost getting grandmaster this year, another example would be a friend of mine that only plays mechanically difficult champions just because he likes to spend the time mastering it and expressing his skill. 🐻

[@simulacrumdei6462]

The only time i ever really considered becoming an otp was when i had my ivern phase I just love how cheeky you can play as him, like quickly stealing the enemy blue buff into a level 1 top gank, his unique jungle clear mechanics, his personality, daisy, the fact i don't have to carry to be useful with him being a supporter and also how back then he was the only one who could share buffs On top of that he was simply unique and rare But most of all, playing ivern i simply couldn't get mad at the game, he was simply too cheerful and positive

[@lolsnowball_]

why didnt u become a one trick?

[@lollalolla100]

as an evelynn otp who plays her support sometimes, i agree with your points. the mind games are just so fun

[@lolsnowball_]

haha

[@Notllamalord]

I get bored easily so I constantly rotate between lanes and champs, I have a “main” but they only last a few weeks

[@lolsnowball_]

an example of someone who cant otp!

[@alphalupusdo]

I am an anivia OTP, but I play league only casually in between if I got time for it. The origin why I picked anivia was because as a beginner I played Lux alot but she often got picked before me or got banned and I needed an alternative. From the perspective of a casual player it makes no sense to put hours and hours in the game learning all the champions that exist in the game. This is my opinion at least.

[@lolsnowball_]

its not really about "making sense" out of anything, the reason people play either one champ or all the champs is because thats the way they have the most fun! i also played anivia a lot, support specifically

[@ayatorpy]

Yes, games without Katarina feel so weird and like a different game. One difference from other OTPs and me is that, I do enjoy playing other characters only if I'm vsing a Katarina. So long as she is in the game I'm happy.

[@lolsnowball_]

Katarina mains rise up

[@mathwizard296]

so basically you just hate when they ban katarina

[@aliyutube]

that's passion man

[@lolsnowball_]

true@@aliyutube

[@austinharvey9116]

I feel the same way man. Katarina is my one love in league

[@Horrosity]

I'm so glad I played exclusively Thresh for 3 years since I can transfer my skill in landing hooks to other support champs with hooks or just aby champ with lots of skillshots except Ezreal for some reason

[@lolsnowball_]

my favorite supports are hook champions

[@karenwang313]

I've kinda ended up a Hwei OTP in recent weeks and that bit about not wanting to play the game if he's banned or taken is so true. He's the only reason I still play this game.

[@lolsnowball_]

do u think hes broken

[@jeremymontel6010]

I'm a Darius OTP, (sorry melees) and the frequency of players complaining about him is always funny. My champion is completely helpless with one or two intentional picks (think cc or kiting) and very reliant on flash for a late game fight. But I play him because I enjoy dueling over winning the actual game, i don't one trick to win, I one trick for fun. TLDR: I'm goin in

[@lolsnowball_]

exactly one trick is for fuin

[@thiagohenrique7452]

Same thing with Yorick, the champ is absolutely dodoo, but when the enemy complain i feel good >:)

[@senpaizuri5166]

One CON that you didn't mention is that if Riot decides to rework it (unless changes are small) you'll effectively will need to learn everything from scratch.

[@lolsnowball_]

yup just like aurelion sol

[@student6393]

I was a Samira OTP for a while even while she was nerfed. I just loved her play style more than any other tbh

[@lolsnowball_]

samira is very cool and unique, most respectable adc mains

[@kehmisst]

absolutely not, samiras are sub human @@lolsnowball_

[@lolsnowball_]

i disagree@@kehmisst

[@toddwilliams8128]

As an ARAM fanatic, I have a TOP FIVE champs who I will try to play at all costs, whether re-rolling, trading, or sniping someone on the board for more than .02 seconds. These champs have all found their own special niches in my heart., and the NEXT FIVE fulfill these criteria as well, just not as strong as the top five. Then I have the NEXT TWENTY, who I will not hesitate to play unless I can get one of the TOP TEN champs. THE NEXT TWENTY after those are champs I generally feel good enough about playing to not get mad because I couldn't get one of thirty champs I'd rather be playing.If I have two good players on my team, I can usually make one of them pop off, and if I can help a teamie get 20K, I feel like I've done some good. If I can help two get to 20K, that's typically a W. Anything beyond that, and I'm down to hoping I have three good players on the team, cuz I probably won't be one of them...

[@lolsnowball_]

bro you cant say all that then not tell me your top 5 aram champs?? mine are 1. veigar, 2. pyke, 3. nunu, 4. orianna, 5. nidalee

[@toddwilliams8128]

Nami Soraka Morgana Sion Poppy

[@lolsnowball_]

intereesting@@toddwilliams8128

[@SystemDemon]

I otp vayne since season 5, and i made a new account and climbed from silver to plat 4 in a month only with vayne. It's the second time i climbed to plat with 2 accounts and i love it! It's fair to say learning one champion can be so rewarding if you are activley improving. I noticed when i play kai sa or Jinx i play much worse than other champs but i think it's okay. It's worth it. League is not only about mechanics after all. It's about other factors that make you good like Macro, farm, keeping your cool when it feels impossible to win.

[@lolsnowball_]

wow vayne in season 5 i bet u liked gosu

[@walkingburgers95]

Imagine playing since season 5 and only managing to reach plat xddd

[@lolsnowball_]

some people didn't actively try to rank up every year - just because they only hit plat doesnt mean they can only hit plat@@walkingburgers95

[@walkingburgers95]

@@lolsnowball_ teletubby elo player excuses

[@lolsnowball_]

vat@@walkingburgers95

[@therealtime34]

yone otp here (with some pantheon incase he gets banned), i used to play lots of support (with a bit of jungle here and there) until i got tired of team diff, i sucked at laning as him but i love his lategame so i tried playing him on the jungle and it's such a fun experience, he's usually a follow up but i can engage when playing jungle as him

[@lolsnowball_]

if only his clear wasn't so bad

[@therealtime34]

@@lolsnowball_ it's ok imo, you just have to use his aoe q creatively, also i think happychime made a video on the topic lol

[@lolsnowball_]

i think he did yeah@@therealtime34

[@sorroren2711]

Okay like I resonate with this video cause I Otp Sett and play talon religiously but it's gotten to the point where I don't even like top lane anymore because of how hard it is to play against some of the champs, so I play ADC SETT because of how different you have to play and now I can't go back top lane or I'll lose to all the meta picks, i'm an Otp bot sett player it's a dark point.😭😭😭

[@lolsnowball_]

have u tried sett support?

[@sorroren2711]

@@lolsnowball_ I have but I never really liked running tank sett, always wanted to be the one to get the kills so I tried adc and found it works better than trying non tank on top and tank on support. Might try heartsteel sett supp with an aphelios when the skin comes out for the bit though

[@lolsnowball_]

what about mid lane?@@sorroren2711

[@sorroren2711]

@@lolsnowball_ Never really liked mid sett since it's usually filled with casters and disengage, but it's a nice counter to Yone or Yasuo if my mid gets countered. But then again that's why i have talon as my backup character since I actually like his playstyles. I've tried to make jungle work but setts clear is so bad without stride or drinker so I just get mega gapped due to speed, though his ult is more useful than Jarvans if I use him jungle imo.

[@lolsnowball_]

maybe adc is just the way@@sorroren2711

[@SomeRandomGuyNamedJD]

as an OTP voli with 2m pts i mostly feel most comfortable with him and find it fun. The only reason i started playing him was because the first skin i got was a volibear skin. I can play other champs pretty decently but just doesn't feel as fun plus i aim for many more mastery points with voli.

[@lolsnowball_]

sick bro! im on 4 milion with nunu

[@oliverwittm]

me like win. me win with kayn. me play kayn only.

[@lolsnowball_]

the duality of man

[@Violetttttttttttttt]

THE MOST REPLAYED MOMENT IS 7:36 WITH THE KATARINA TIDDIES LMFAO

[@lolsnowball_]

HAHAHA

[@Violetttttttttttttt]

​@@lolsnowball_ How tf are you responding to every comment

[@lolsnowball_]

because i appreciate them and they excite me! @@Violetttttttttttttt

[@gergelyritter4412]

I used to be a one-trick, when I joined the game, due to me not knowing how to play. I found it easiest to just learn one champ somewhat. After I got used to the game I started playing a few other champs. For some time after that I didnt have a main and played a few picks mostly off-role. Stuff like Brand mid, old Wukong top or Swain top were my favourite picks. Then I started to one-trick again, after the rework of Wukong, although it may have started even before that. That went on for some time. One day I just got bored and started playing other champs again. Since then, there have been times, when I play a single champ much more than others, but not to the point of being an otp.

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks for sharing brother

[@lunxs4943]

this perfectly translates 2 me first kayn otp then learning top/darius and now being able to play darius/garen/quin/pantheon/yone/katarina/zed/ahri/umbral glaive full letalety lee sin supp/nunu mid/shacco jngl and with being able 2 i mean i win 90% of my lane ot go even in almost imposibil matchups but i have no fun playing lol anymore if even a tiny bit goes wrong like my jngl not taking free baron or my toplaner darius loosing 1v1 against camile lvl 2 cause camile got prio somehow and hit lvl 2 first and has ignite vs darius ghost i tilt extreamly fast and chances are high i afk or just go atleast into autopilot and runing it down perma spliting or farming jngl camps. still have a tiny bit of hope for hwei very cool champ maybe trying to otp him might bring me back the dopamine when i startet learning the game or new champs.

[@roswell6422]

im a fiddle support otp, i have an ego and like feeling important so his kit just clicked with me, fear to disable the carry then ill take the credit, drain to keep me alive, reap is very satisfying to land in the early game and silences casters and the ult is the best in the game, land a good ult then win the teamfight and everyone will be praising you

[@lolsnowball_]

fiddlesticks is a really cool design

[@Purafus_the_world_ender]

OTP isn't my cause but it was interesting to know more about this. I am another type: main champ, main's counter and different play style champ

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks for the insight bro!

[@mspectrum]

Love the video, and as a Yorick OTP I love how you ended up talking about him out of nowhere haha

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks a lot for the support :D

[@FirePhoenix103]

Simply find 2-3 lanes you can play with 2-3 characters you could play for each lane. Even better if a champ can off lane a second lane. This way you have a limited pool to maximize time played and learning the champ whilst also not being forced into one champ and lane.

[@lolsnowball_]

if youre suggesting this for the purpose of ranking up, in my opinion it's the far opposite of the truth - if you want to rank up the most efficiently you should only play 2-3 characters and stick to one role, dodge whenever you get filled

[@FirePhoenix103]

@snowballbarrage not quite for ranked, I've just found this to work for me and my 4 stack. With everyone wanting to play different characters, we don't stay in one lane and will hop around. I mostly play mid and top so I have been playing alot of jayce

[@lolsnowball_]

ah yeah, whatever system makes you and your friends have the most fun is definitely what it's all about!@@FirePhoenix103

[@edawreizod3495]

I call myself a fake one trick when I'm in that period of time of playing just a single champion for weeks or months straight (including watching high elo and tips and tricks vids with the champion to really get to know the champion) and then once I feel like I've got a good grasp I'll spam something else.

[@lolsnowball_]

pretty chill

[@LolElekktro]

Can’t be a one trick if you main Viego

[@lolsnowball_]

ermm itsh technically every champion

[@bonchily]

cringe

[@VnD77]

Preach

[@JgHaverty]

Im sorry people didnt get the joke lol

[@derrekingledue3138]

End of the day, do what brings you enjoyment. If it's one tricking, go for it. If it is changing your character like a DND player who begs his DM to kill him to play someone else, go for it. It's a game; have fun

[@lolsnowball_]

for real, its a video game

[@Demost2]

And when the champion that you OneTrick gets reworked you quit the game indefinitely, that’s the magic of it. People onetrick so they can quit the game un willingly.

[@lolsnowball_]

HAHA

[@arthurfernandes3256]

I'm becoming an Aphelios OTP becuase I have a weak side for characters with multiple skills/weapons/fighting styles. Because of that I tried being a Hwei main but the champ didnt get me that much even do I was a Master rank Mid laner in Wild Rift. Then I saw Aphelios, his weapons, his complexity, and his neglection in soloq and it was love at first sight. I'm still lvl 30 at the PC and improving some things but as long as I have fun playing Aphelios, I will be proud of being an OTP

[@lolsnowball_]

aphelios is cool, his skill ceiling isnt really that high hes just gatekept by probably the highest skill floor of any champ

[@arthurfernandes3256]

@@lolsnowball_ I personally think he just SEEMS overwhelming, when I start playing him I did pretty decently, what is holding me back is my fundamentals since it's much more dificult to be mecanically good at the PC than it is in Wild Rift

[@lolsnowball_]

ah yeah i mean wild rift is tweaked so that the game is more simple. i think the hardest part about aphelios is managing his gun switches and using them to your advantage @@arthurfernandes3256

[@spadedarrows]

i dont understand how one of my friends is the pure opposite and doesnt have a main he has mains/otps in other games but not league like the person who commented about fire, im just really drawn towards bird themes and some of my most played are swain anivia rakan and xayah. sometimes in other games where theres extensive freedom on characters, i refuse to play if there isnt a choice for something birdlike even if it hardly matters though sometimes i dont care? i dont care who i main in legends of runeterra even though swain and anivia are there. it's such a weird phenomenon. much like how im drawn to hwei? my playstyle in games are usually aggro or battlemage, im drawn to birds... why do i like a depressed artillery mage artist? really well done video, i liked your discussion on otp despite alternatives. i think its really interesting how people just dont wanna play if they dont have their champ.

[@lolsnowball_]

your comment highlights whats so cool about character customization in video games - and thanks a lot for enjoying the video!

[@TheGreatChrisB]

In my opinion 1 tricks are not good at LoL, no matter their rank. If you can only win as 1 champ, you're not a great League player, you're a great (insert champ) player. I 1 tricked Shaco for a while and did great, but I realized I sucked at the game. Look at the highest ranked players, none are 1 tricks, the literal number 1 player currently is a guy who plays only off-meta picks. He is truly great at League because he can win no matter what, he doesn't need a crutch. He understands the actual game.

[@lolsnowball_]

I hit challenger one tricking nunu, and I'm confident I can hit challenger on jungle without nunu. Also on other roles like support or mid. Point is, the general game knowledge you collect after being good at a certain character doesn't go away if you switch champs

[@TheGreatChrisB]

@@lolsnowball_ But it does. Until you actually hit Challenger on other champs you may not realize it. You may think you could hit Challenger without Nunu, until you go against Fakers who are God's on all champs or you face a 1 trick who isn't branching out

[@lolsnowball_]

no one is a good on all champs, also respectfully do you think I haven't performed/carried on other champs IN challenger matches? people banned out nunu all the time, even if I was offrole @@TheGreatChrisB

[@azse8524]

For a good stretch of time I was playing exclusively draven adc, but at the end of the day I still did well when I went back to other marksmen because to me, the entire role of marksman is identical with one or two alternate build exceptions. Might just be me playing for too long, though, League has made me appreciate fighting games, too; if you're bad at character mechanics, you're basically screwed, no alternative win condition if someone else is just better.

[@lolsnowball_]

fire perspective

[@johnathan5906]

When i first started league a few years ago i had no clue what champ i wanted to main. But then one day i played a game of Rakan and i really enjoyed his gameplay. So i kept playing him until i eventually became a one trick. I don't have 1 million mastery yet but I'm getting close. I am emerald but i know I'm only emerald with Rakan. I have mastery 7 on some other champs. But i am no where near as good with them as i am with Rakan. I can play them at a somewhat competent level but i would never take them into ranked.

[@lolsnowball_]

rakan is cool i like his skins! personally i have 4 million on nunu across all my accounts

[@tetronoma]

As a yorick otp i wish they had more pure summoning champs its fun to feel like your comanding an army

[@lolsnowball_]

yeah that is pretty cool, well they added nafiri but thats a bit different i guess

[@Ahrone1586]

I literally otp in everygame, idk why but gives me results. In overwatch i reaches top 500 with only dva, and in league masters with ahri (old and nerfed ahri), now i started to play league again and the new ahri is PERFECT to me. The reset in the r was a change i were saying years ago, like that champ needs it. I think i have 4millions of mastery points with all my accounts

[@lolsnowball_]

the ranked results come from essentially taking a shortcut to learn the game, as i explained in the vid thers pros and cons

[@myrmikonosthemyrmidon9387]

it's like choosing a character and then identifying with it after you enjoyed the game. also there is the problem with decision making when you have to choose from those over 9000 figurines each time you want to play a game. that's eating away willpower from the start. i mean if this is more troublesome than housework you probably don't even need to procrastinate then.

[@lolsnowball_]

for real bro. crystals matter

[@Astowael]

There's this one thing tho, i can play every champion in the game well, even after taking a break from the game, i perform decently, i have been playing for 10 years so i know the ins and outs of every champion's kit as i have at least 50+ games on most of them, but Evelynn is still my go to pick whenever i get the chance to play her

[@lolsnowball_]

playing the game well is subjective

[@Astowael]

I meant by General standards, by no means do i claim to be the best as i am currently only d2, and i feel like that's the standard of "decency"

[@lolsnowball_]

gotcha gotcha, well i appreciate the comment and the support 🔥🔥@@Astowael

[@n0ro335]

Bro u had literally the same onetricks as me, Shy Guy, Reptile and Treecko rock dude

[@lolsnowball_]

were the goats bro

[@Illuminat-ve5ue]

Riven onetrick, it is just fun to learn all the combos and macro and build path, especially considering the history riven has in summoners rift

[@lolsnowball_]

definitely a champ full of history

[@SergieXD]

For me I love playing Yuumi. I enjoy to aim and stun them. Sometimes the enemys are smart enough and then it gets even more interesting. Or some long range skillshot behind the enemy tower and bam. Instant happyness.

[@lolsnowball_]

yuumi doesnt have a stun right?

[@SergieXD]

it does actually. Not exactly a typical stun, but the Q is a slow down(-20% slow 1sec) on contact and the R is slowing down 10% every hit(5 times so ideally 50%). And + exhaust is a powerfull combie @@lolsnowball_

[@lolsnowball_]

ah yeah a large slow@@SergieXD

[@vannoah]

As someone who had 500 games on kayn in s10 (norms mostly) with kayn being my most played in every role but support (he was second) and after the gradual nerfs to rhaast I’ve slowly stoped playing him for other assassin/drain tanks and eventually settling on samira nilah as they play similarly to kayn (when I played him Bot). Tho now I mostly play whatever just for fun instead of otping

[@lolsnowball_]

interesting lore thank you traveler

[@vannoah]

@@lolsnowball_ otping was fun while it lasted but yeah not quite cut from that cloth anymore

[@lolsnowball_]

thank you for sharing@@vannoah

[@mawa349]

I'd also add that some one tricks keep playing their champ out of spite. I personnally play Amumu and I complain A LOT about his weaknesses but I keep otp'ing him because no one's challenger as an otp Amumu and I want to change that and I feel like many otp's on weak champs feel the same.

[@lolsnowball_]

imo one tricks are always the one complaining about how weak their champ is, and its because they know exactly whats wrong with their character but often its just exhausting and coping

[@JulitoRM]

In Soul Calibur III I always played Cassandra or SSophitia, both gladiator with similar play style and abilities. Now in League I only play Ahri and recently a give a chance to Seraphine and Gwen, but I don't feel satisfy if I don't play Ahri, there isn't another champion like her in League.

[@lolsnowball_]

ahri is very unique because she has aspects of mobilility, assassin, and control mage options in her kit - good choice

[@liamberry121]

"Would you order from McDonalds if you knew your favourite order was discontinued?" me who stopped going to maccies after they discontinued my favourite order (chicken legend) and also is a OTP. Logic checks out 👍

[@lolsnowball_]

whats a chicken legend?

[@kakoa4674]

Started with riven, sticked with riven. Now sitting with about 2.5 million mastery. (send help)

[@lolsnowball_]

fire! im over 4 with nunu haha

[@ThefirstGuardianYT]

It’s funny u used the yone yasuo 1 trick comparison I started the game as a yone 1 trick and I still am but I now slot in yasuo occasionally

[@lolsnowball_]

very chill

[@guppybass]

having your ign be nunu main might be a big factor with people seeing you off nunu and tilting XD

[@lolsnowball_]

HAHA maybe, but it wouldn't matter cuz in high elo people check opgg

[@katestatt]

my favorite champion is ashe and by a lot, i play literally only her. I do have backups though in case she's picked or banned, because i don't like dodging. i figured out that i like attack speed a lot so i added kai'sa, xayah and jinx to my pool, but still play ashe when she's available. however, i do still enjoy other champions like enchanters when i play normals with friends, and occasionally try other roles because a champion i had in aram seemed cool. not sure if that disqualifies me from being an otp

[@lolsnowball_]

i used to duo with an ashe otp in season 4

[@punishedsneed]

I feel like one trick has broadened into just "I main this one champ" nowadays with how I see people use it. I pretty much only played GP for 3 years, but I'm at a point where I like trying new characters and roles a ton. Playing characters who are hard matchups for GP really made me better at him.

[@lolsnowball_]

makes sense!

[@Lionhart1991]

I am the opposite of a 1 trick, every time i hit mastery V, i change champ Let me say, playing many champions will give you grasp of many of concepts that your otp champ can't give you, if i play Bard i need to learn good roam windows etc, if i play a hard engage champ i need to know how and when to set up, if i play a low health poke mage, i need to learn to land skillshot, adc? Spacing/cs etc etc etc In my personal exp. If an otp is going to be at 120% potential in their champ but 20% on others and 60% in general concepts (if you change role) A style like the one i take will leave you at 80% in everything What this means? That you are gonna lose in top, you are gonna lose in mid, you are gonna lose in adc, you are gonna lose in jun. Why? Bc if you change not only champ but also role you are just killing your progress I did not mention supp, why? Bc i have done this but only as a supp, results? That 80% is now a 85% that at least will not decrese over time, wow. But i have to say, i have so much fun and all the exp i get from playing so many champ in that role got me far, like, i can carry with a Diana supp or a Skarner supp, i can pick the best counter in every mu, bc i know every single one of theme, bc i played vs and in first person those champs I troll myself by doing this but i don't care to rank and if lol has to be my toxic place, it's not my place. I wanna make the game interesting for me and every time i do a brainstorm to try builds on a new pick, learning new things, wo man, that's joy! Obv i give my best and heart in every game (63% Diana +25 games and also a Belveth with 65%). I have the mental of a challenger, i wont tilt even on the teemo adc that flamed my pick, get killed like an ameba and then troll by run around in base giving you a free loss and "i am at 2 lp i don't care, i wants you to lose tho" (at champ select) for me this is your real victory, i always looked at this game from a different point, i wanna stay here to do my best but also having fun, be competitive and without tilting but not be a meta slave, no matter what. I think if you can take lol this way, then it's a game worth your time Obv of you have 60.000 h in this game you can play in a matter of concepts always at 100% in every role but still, you can't be a otp in every champ even then but and i am not talking about the special cases (like tyler for ex) but from the point of view of someone who has work, family etc and can't live in the server.

[@lolsnowball_]

thank you for commenting bro!

[@Aaron-bj3wt]

What's fun about me is I main like at least two of the most one tricked characters, being Twitch and Akali. Twitch was one that i thought would be a fun pick up because I was playing a lot of jungle at the start of me playing the game at the end of season 10 into season 11, so I thought twitch would be a funny pick since he goes invisible, but ended up just liking his entire kit way more than any other ADC at the time. Akali came much more recently to me, something about her combos and mechanics are just really really fun to me, even if she can be a little brain dead with items and whatnot. But playing those two champs are what make league enjoyable. I can flex quite easily into other champs in the same roles, but I much prefer those two over anyone else

[@Jonkronn]

I used to occasionally play with a one trick singed. Same proxy style every single game. The most single minded and lone wolf style ever. He would never play as a team, but was extremely good at knowing singeds limits. Constantly thought he was too deep or too cocky and he would somehow end up with a 2/3 vs 1 success. It was so frustrating as he was the most inadaptable person ever when it came to not doing what he just did every game. Having him on a good day was glorious as he was just as oppressive to the enemies as something like a fed split pushing tryndamere. Though on a bad day, he was pure toxic. Safe to say not many people play with him anymore.

[@marxyogurt]

Woah no way it's snowball barrage the x pip, 1 shadow ice polaris spell from Wizard101. Thanks for carrying me through Lemuria old friend

[@takedown5680]

As a otp eve in league. Otp Ashe in overwatch. Otp the morrigan in smite. Otp Bangalore in apex. Otp fait in Brawlhalla. I can confirm that one tricks are the way and will always be the way ✊

[@lolsnowball_]

HAHA

[@Sencronized]

As a Yuumi one trick I'm really good on thresh man, my user is Senki on the NA server the new Yuumi made me stray from her for a while but when I play her I don't hold back.

[@lolsnowball_]

yeah bro :)

[@Uthael_Kileanea]

As a Vel'Koz main, seeing Azzapp in there made me smile.

[@lolsnowball_]

chill guy

[@Darrentime]

Good video! I did not know people hated OTP’s that much haha

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks! maybe people dont outright hate otps, but in my experience its a targeted point if youre getting flamed

[@DynamiteDominique]

I only play malz and yorick if i can help it cuz I love summoner classes. Before playing league I ran a snorlax fan page in high school and would force snorlax into all my pokemon showdown teams. It do be like that sometimes.

[@lolsnowball_]

snorlax is rly cool

[@EzrealenaGomez]

Ezreal otp since I started learning league. This champ mastering curve is infinite. Every match is different, every player dodges differently and thus how I play him every game it’s different. It’s continuously brain stimulating, I never go autopilot on him because it forces me to be always active. Plus he’s higher risk but high reward. (See HanQL who mains him) The possibilities of combos are unlimited. Learning and playing this champ will hardly bore me. Plus learning a champ who’s only based on skillshots I noticed it makes me pretty good on other characters that need to hit skillshots or get hooks, like a Thresh, a Blitz. So I don’t really dodge if he’s banned even tho the game becomes less fun for me.😂

[@EzrealenaGomez]

To sum it up, I otp Ezreal cuz I’m as simp

[@lolsnowball_]

yeah i think ezreal is the first or second highest adc skill ceiling in the game

[@EzrealenaGomez]

@@lolsnowball_ Yea, probably first as to play him perfectly you must be a robot

[@lolsnowball_]

haha@@EzrealenaGomez

[@BronzeCactusorBronzeCaktus]

I have favourite champs, and sometimes I play league to olay them, but I cannot imagine purposefully not playing anything except one champ, it would be so stagnant; as for the McDonalds discontinuing a menu item point, Subway has discontinued my favourite sandwich before and I think they may have again, but I still eat there, because only the same thing forever sucks, and I personally can't understand only liking one thing.

[@lolsnowball_]

you keep eating at subway because you enjoy other menu items, if you didnt, you wouldnt keep eating there

[@something4179]

1. Why OTPs exist? Its a natural affinity that people have towards certain characters that they like to play non stop, either for their aesthetic, cool looks, animations etc or gameplay feeling and mechanics. 2. Are there different types of OTPs? Yes actually 2, one of them is a die hard fan of X character that if they do not get to play as them they just forfeit, dodge or do anything to avoid a forced new experience of another kind of gameplay or character. The second type is hardly even considered a OTPs but is basically the same as the first one with their major difference being the fact they find other characters to play with if they do not get their favourite main one. A "OTP" that can play and enjoy the game no matter if they get their favourite character, unlike the first type. 3. Is one tricking a problem? Gameplay wise, it has its pros and cons as mentioned in the video. So its a yes but also a no answer. Otherwise its not bad at all, it is actually really favourable for the franchise. Why do you think popularity and OTPs of certain champions get over the roof to a ridiculous point that they get more skins or overall merchantise than others?

[@lolsnowball_]

i will religiously come back to this breakdown

[@something4179]

@@lolsnowball_ Cool

[@Jin2e3]

Accurate. I’ve one tricked Katarina the whole time I played this game, and even in other mobas I first onetricked 1 character for years before finally branching out.

[@lolsnowball_]

yup!

[@AntonioZL]

I completely understand why they exist, but I can't really see myself doing that. However, I'm a 'class OTP', playing mainly juggernauts/skirmishers.

[@lolsnowball_]

interesting!

[@abaal-hassanmurtadha2753]

7:38 most replayed

[@lolsnowball_]

wonder why 😍😍

[@saintuary1283]

A lot of people think I'm a one trick Alistar because of the plays I make on him and I've been compared even to Alicopter. While Alistar is my favorite support to play, i can still play other champs in the supp/jg role at a decent level. As long as you're having fun and trying your best, I don't think it matters who you play.

[@lolsnowball_]

yup it doesnt matter! fun is the whole point, also the alicopter is crazy since hes the best alistar NA easily

[@EB-tr2ly]

This is very accurate, if you are main Lux you can switch to Morgana and Seraphine. But if you are main Ahri... there's nothing like Ahri, if she's banned you are playing other gamestyle but nothing similar to her, and that sucks when you are used to play the game in a certain way and you cannot.

[@SwedishFox]

I look up to OTPs because I have adhd and the only thing keeping me on league is the massive roster. I really want to get really good on one thing but I just can't stick with it. For reference I have 5 accounts and my main is level 200 (every other account is around 20-50) and my highest mastery score is 60K

[@lolsnowball_]

I mean, maybe OTPing isnt for you bro, it's not a bad thing!

[@tekstego9654]

For players under d1 i'd say its best to one trick, because you learn a lot of the fundamentals off the role a whole lot faster than if you were to swap characters every so often and have to relearn their kit.

[@tranducquang5912]

OTP is just the fastest way to climb for me so i choose to be one. I pick a champion i like the most, atm its aphelios and i pick him in whatever. After reaching masters i started to learn other champions though. I mostly just want to learn the game more efficiently tbh

[@lolsnowball_]

otping as an adc is completely fine considering 90% of adc champs jobs are the exact same

[@SettMyBeloved]

im a sett otp and the video is so accurate if hes banned = dodge , if i have first pick at my side i spam swap order and insta lock in sett i cant play anyone else but only him other champions arent fun

[@lolsnowball_]

thanks for commenting!

[@nojaodoggo2896]

Imagine Yummi as your fav. champ 🥶🥶

[@lolsnowball_]

they exist

[@DLMicah]

I am a otp kayn. Man its quite simple why, I get to be two different classes and have great voice lines... Though if I waste my dodges that day I have second character, ( Since in my opinion, kayn gets banned too much.) Which is nautilus.

[@lolsnowball_]

nautilus jungle? or support

[@arkfiya]

Im no one trick But there are literally only two champions i can play, those being Thresh and Poppy. Ive been playing them both since i pretty much started and ive delved into all their in and ojts with possible builds and well yeah, youve pretry much nailed it, theres just nothing that feels like the two of them to the point where when i play anything else its like ive only been playing for a week tops. I enjoy my two picks and im happy to at least have two i know i can rely on, even if i sometimes have the occasional want to play with a new toy for just a day

[@lolsnowball_]

You're a two trick 👌👌

[@franciscom.bodinho2219]

I didn't see the video yet, but, as a otp myself, i can say that i'm an otp because it's fun to play shyvana top every game.

[@lolsnowball_]

post-video thoughts?

[@franciscom.bodinho2219]

​@@lolsnowball_ shyvana top is fun and the only thing i disagree with you is that people hate otp's. But i think this is a regional problem, i see why people would hate us like you said on the cons but, in my region (Brazil) we are loved. Well, at least, most of the time 🤔

[@lolsnowball_]

interesting@@franciscom.bodinho2219

[@shiifox]

For me the appearance, personality, voiceover, all that design of the character matters a lot more than the gameplay, so even if theres another character thats similar in kit, I most likely wont dig their design as much. Been one tricking Lucio in overwatch 1, Neon in valorant and Saati in paladins, and they all just "clicked" when i tried them out for the first time and they stuck with me since. I just recently started league and have that with Briar, I love most things about her, feel like shes getting nerfs soon but ill stay on her

[@lolsnowball_]

stay with her through the nerfs king