His new kit feels ridiculously clunky too, I just don't like it. I don't care whether or not he's still viable. I don't care if his win rate suddenly skyrockets to 80%, Riot killed my favorite champion :|
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I used to play elise many times every day, she was (and still is) my favorite and best champion. Ever since they changed the jungle, top lane and done some changes to her as well, I just didn't find playing her to be quite as profitable. It's been a while since I last played her, doesn't mean I will stop playing the game since they killed my favorite champion.
Every champion shines if you put effort into practicing him/her/it, it's just a matter of how it takes for you to practice him/her/it or dedicate time for him/her/it. Just keep playing, adapt to the changes, don't just stop because you don't like the changes.
i understand that you're upset about recent changes, but if changes never occurred, the game would be boring and not nearly as many people would watch/play it. the meta is constantly changing, and i find it exciting
i don't understand what you mean when riot 'killed' your favorite champion. learn to adapt to changes and get better with the champion then you were previously. they nerfed several of my favorite champions pretty hard, a few of them include jayce, miss fortune, ahri, riven, gragas, etc., and i still love to play all 5 of them
one of my favorite champions when i first got into ranked was jayce, specifically mid, and he was the first real champion that i felt like i progressed with. i got out of bronze originally in season 3 with miss fortune, and when she got nerfed, i thought i was fucked; then i climbed to high silver in season 3 with ahri, and when she got nerfed, i thought i was fucked; then i learned how to play gragas, and i climbed to high silver again in season 4 after climbing out of bronze with him, and when he got nerfed, i thought i was fucked, yet again. even after all the changes and nerfs, i still play all of those champions very often, gragas is my current most played, ahri is up in the top 5 or so, and miss fortune is in the top 10. i love the game for what it is and i just want to be able to enjoy myself even in the most serious and crucial games. i keep picking up new champions because i am always excited to try new things, and i honestly wouldn't play if they didn't change the meta constantly
recently i hit gold and a lot of that success was due to the current meta jayce, current meta miss fortune, current meta ahri, etc. i also owe some of my thanks to nami, h o l y fk that 71% win-rate 4.5 kda after 21 games
anywayyyy i'm currently playing a lot of orianna and hopefully i can keep climbing