EB24 about League of Legends #1 The meta and balance of the game - Learning with the analysis (Part 1)

As you all know, League of Legends celebrated its 10th anniversary. A lot has happened in these 10 years, 9 seasons passed by and the 10th one is already knocking at the door. League has changed a lot since the beginning and we know that as long as it is still alive, the game will be in constant change, that's what we all love on League too, right? The constant patch notes that keep switching the meta and creating new strategies. 

On this blog post, we will talk about the balancing and the meta of League throughout these 9 seasons. We will analyze a questionnaire that was done to our EB24 community, related to it. The data doesn't only contain our boosters and staff's opinion, everyone was able to join and give them feedback on the meta and balancing of League, not only on this season but also on the summary of all seasons.

The questionnaire had 3 questions. Those 3 questions gave us a lot of data related to this season and all of the pasting ones. But well... Better than talking, it's actually showing the results and the data we have, so let's begin!

First question:

• “What do you think of the current meta and the balance of the champions?“ (1)

Illustration (1): Responses in the chart from the question above

As we can see from the chart, there's the main consensus on this season's balance. Almost 50% of the replies from our community think that there are a few champions unbalanced and the statistics don't lie with Akali, Kayle, Malphite, Nautilus being nerfed next patch due to being overpowered. We all know that the game might be lost when we're facing an Akali or Kayle, especially when they're fed... 

Paying attention to the chart, we can also see that almost 21% of the responses where to the “Most champions are balanced.”, most people also have such opinion due to those who actually benefit from these changes and the state of the meta, so if you're an Akali main, of course, you won't complain, right? Don't worry, I understand, I guess we all do! But seeing this also means that the meta and the current balance isn't in that bad of a state. It was only a few champions that were unbalanced and League is going to nerf them now so everyone has a chance to stand against Akali in the late game, which I think the community agrees, especially those who play squishy champions!

For those who have difficulty finding what is broken and what is “unbalanced” so you can abuse it and climb to the stars on the ladder, you can always get a coaching session for your specific role and we can guarantee you that you'll be the best the player of all your friends!

But let's move on to the next question.

Second question:

• “This season, have you enjoyed playing League in terms of the balance of the champions and the current meta?” (2)

Illustration (2): Responses in the chart from the question above

The second question is related to enjoyment. We asked our community if they actually liked and enjoyed this season in terms of balance and meta. The results are very straight forward. 30% liked this season very much while almost 25% were neutral probably because their role/champion pool wasn't affected or simply didn't really change much to them. But in a general conclusion, this chart shows that even with 30% liking a lot, there's still 25% and 20% that either was neutral or didn't like that much. There were also 11% that actually hated the season. 

We can see that this season was very varied in terms of enjoyment, there's no major consensus if it was positive or negative, we had a bit of everything, love, and hate are always next to each other.

Moving to the third and last question...

Third question:

• "Which season(s) did you like the most?" (3)

Illustration (3): Responses in the chart from the question above

This question had multiple choices so we can analyze which season or season that our community actually enjoyed the most. The response is immediate: season 6 was the most enjoyed. This makes us question... How is that possible? For those who don't know, season 6 was the season where League implemented the “Dynamic Queue”. And we all know, that it was removed for one reason only: people HATED it. We were expecting different results related to this but the truth is that, even with the Dynamic Queue event, I would say people still enjoyed League a lot probably because the meta and the balance were fine and stable.

We can also see the rise until season 6. Since season 3 that the improvements were very impactful for the community and made them enjoy the game much more. Last season wasn't that appealing to the majority of the community, hard to discuss why exactly because since then, League didn't really change much, probably the most impactful was the AP champions going as ADC, that probably had a negative impact on the community towards season 8. The huge amount of skins that have been released isn't the most appealing since a lot of players complain that the game produces more skins than anything else. People ask a lot for more balances on specific champions or new events or game modes, like URF. 

But this season, League made sure to get back on track and as we can see on the chart, this season was also starting to rise. The reason behind the fact that not everyone enjoyed League this season, will probably be the fact that League is a lot faster and has way more damage than on the previous seasons, with super fed assassins like Akali or Kha'Zix, the game is full of burst and not many tanks to actually counter it. This is just our analysis of the reason we think based on this season's meta and balance. We all know that there's a lot of damage now, with Qiyana, Elise, etc. You can't really escape once you're stunned, you're instantly dead. Sometimes, it makes your climb harder and we understand why... But if you need help, we're also here to help! If you ever need help, you can always purchase a boosting service or a coaching session and you'll climb for sure, we guarantee you'll be on your dream rank in less time than you think!

And that's it for this first part of EB24 about League of Legends! We hope you enjoyed and make sure to stay tuned for more blogs because we have a lot of new content just for you! And also, don't forget to follow us on our social media down below:

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