@@usarhabilidade2697 There should be a rule that if you pick a champion in a first game, its locked for 2nd and 3rd game or something cos its actually miserable seeing like 15 champions over and over again.
@@Robul96that’s actually what drututt did for DUS his non pro streamer/EU region tourney. Was really funny watching these chal players (and especially the one tricks) making unique company with a variety of picks
You know the thing I really like about this is Adam is PROVING that other champs can be played in pro. These clowns pick the same crap every game without fail and Adam shows that it's not so one-note, and that you can play many many different champions in pro and still be successful.
they pick them for a reason, they want the best champions. if Adam picks troll champs he can surprise them and have an advantage which doesn't mean these are good champs
@@alihorda i wouldn't consider it troll, it is all about consistency you will see pros constantly talk about why these champs get picked and why they are reluctant to pick more than champs that don't really have much history on a big stage like worlds
@@alihorda Pros will literally int on Taliyah simply because she deals +10 damage on every rock on her Q. They just don't wanna play the slighty off 6/4.
@@dxprso Not just at some point, most of the time they are not wrong. In the team fight what they want from the top lane is reliable CC and tankiness. Playing off meta like this is mental gambling because you are banking on the chance that the other guys get broken enough they forgot to stick to the plan.
Adam gets it. He understands what western teams need to do to win worlds. You're not gonna beat Asian teams with practice, that's their game. You have them play YOUR game
@@Angkarpadevat while they didn't win todays game, JDG - who is supposed to be the best in the world - still had some issues with the DEMACIA guy. They're good enough to adapt and deal with it, but it looked iffy at certain points in the game
@@Angkarpadevat we still throwing "wild card" regions around? this ain't 2017 anymore. with this logic, NA is a wildcard region because they got stomped 3-0 with games two and three being Adam playing Garen.
I love the darius pick. Not only is he winning with it but is honestly more entertaining to watch other champs in pro play instead of the same 20 or something champs.
Aatrox is kinda trash tbh. Even during last years worlds he was only marginally useful for a very specific point in the game but after that was mega outscaled by everyone.
Lets hope that with all the people that like adam and his champion pool riot will finally get the idea that we dont like to see the same 2 or 3 champs every game.
there's some videos say it's because they're comfort picks, and the strength and difference in esports is that they're always coordinated and maximizing CC, etc
@@MangaGamified yeah imo this feels more like a similar situation to Pachirisu appearing in that one Pokemon tournament and winning. Neither Darius or Garen are that good in the pro scene, but what makes them work here is that the player is essentially taking advantage of the certain circumstances of the meta. Like, it's honestly shocking how there are pro players so used to playing with or against the same things that they really don't know what to do against stuff that average players see almost daily.
@@Ratty524 Ha so true, and it's not like a fighting game where even if you watch the same character, there's always something different and it's often fun for me to watch, like Tekken.
3:53 See, you’d think that, but then you realize there’s no one to practice against. None of the other top players play Darius or Garen anywhere near as much as Adam does, so you’re never going to be scrimming someone at his level. And you can only dedicate so much of your overall strategy to shutting down Adam before the rest of his team is left unchecked.
Champions that consistently fly under the balance radar because they didn't see pro play finally being shown in the only part of the game that Riot actually looks at is a good thing.
Renekton has always had a bad time against Darius, i found it very funny when i saw Adam had locked it in because it was someone going against the standardised rooster to pick a champion that was good into the enemy comp. Hope to see more matchups Adam has knowledge of over the competition.
@@TKO9871this i was a Darius twotrick in low master years ago, its a complete skill match up unless one of the two has gotten giga buffed and stat check eachother. Darius snowballs a bit harder tho imo you can still get away from the Rene as Darius if you fall behind slightly but you'll never escape the Darius.
@@fotis3v480 imo once you make it past early game and short trades its free for darius if renekton doesnt build an early lead he just gets outscaled and theres no point in the game where renek ever wins a long trade against darius. but renekton is less vulnerable to ganks than darius
i think it's a good stunt playing the champs that aren't "i have four passives, each of my abilities have a passive, all of them have soft cc and they all have a weird trade pattern". it sends riot a message that simpler champs are good too.
Really love what Adam is showing. Druttut had recently a tournament of his and I love how he fixed League pro boredom. Once a champ is picked it cant be picked again ( in BO5s could work in BO3s too) This rule would help the game by a mile in BO3s and BO5s
I'm kinda surprised it took so long for Garen, Darius etc. to take off in pro play. I know pros love their mobility and cc, but on the flipside it takes a lot of cc to keep a Darius from your backline, taking a lot of pressure from a agressive/engage adc like Samira, Tris, Vayne etc.
Garen agreed, Darius in high elo needs alot of really good spacing, because he has so many counters because of his unmobile kit, also his scaling isnt the best in late, garen otherwise, is just so stupid in scaling strong and easy to play, flash>Q>E>Ignite>Ult thats it
@@chincrimson3970 only w, Q and Ult are 3 stacks of 5, its better to e> auto cancel> w> Q> ult then u have 4 stacks, which doesnt kill a toplaner on the same lvl or one below as you, only if you ult a target who has 5 stacks and like 50-60% HP as a non Tank it can one shot.
I love how the words this year is showing everyone how obnoxious garen and darius are. what will the people that say that those champs are just low elo stompers say now?
Darius is strong as a champ since the day I started playing this game (3 years ago). He's just like garen, too simple too play, but not quite interesting as a champ to be popular. Nasus is also a monster of a champ, but rarely seen as no one wants to spend first 15 minutes of doing nothing but hitting creeps with Q.
@@vanjamenadzerthat's not the reason he's not popular in pro play, because he's "not interesting". It's because he lacks tankiness, mobility, teamfight potential and neutral game. Renekton is technically better on all those accounts. He can still get stomped 1 v 1 tho.
I mean he CAN be Tanky if you build him that way. Realistically speaking Darius gets enough AD from his passive in order to just buy almost full tank/brusier without focusing too heavy on AD. Not to mention his Q in the middle of a team fight will heal him A LOT if he’s in the thick of it and hits multiple people. He’s probably one of the most well designed champs in the game
@@bgdgdgdf4488Actually, Ap Tank Support Nasus hits pretty much all of those things pretty well, people are just too locked in on him being an AD bruiser to see the potential.
@@zachtemoro2116 i agree nasus is cool but in pro play, it's much more about finding tiny windows. Champs like nasus and darius are so immobile they will never even touch the enemy in pro play. They will literally juke around them or flank their carries or straight up ignore him. That's why most pro supps go for tons of cc
it would be insane if all these teams start adding Darius and Garen to their practices just for Adam to not even pick them and go even weirder off meta picks
Adam counter picks enemy top, so unless enemy's entire team gets countered by Brand, it ain't gonna happen with the current mobile+zhonya+stopwatch meta.
If I remember they only use that word if they just shift the power budget to somewhere else, now it seems a conditioned word to pre-calm down the masses, that only like Gen Y would be not confused.
Update: I made it from Gold 3 peak last season to Emerald 3 currently spamming Garen and only Garen. He’s really strong and is very hard to truly lose the game with. Feels like he’s always strong enough to contend or make map pressure, fun as fuck.
Worlds proving that solo que knowledge is still important in pro play. Like if Gnar goes swifties and ghost vs Darius he just kites him forever but they always go TP for late game
It's because in high elo these champs are considered "bad" and only good against noobs... Ego at its finest, because these champs are powercrept to balance their lack of mechanics and low skill ceiling, and in a game were maths DO matter, it's dreadful. Adam has just reminded all these people that powercrept champ are the key to elo climbing AND to win worlds.
@@sylphephilippe449 "in high elo champs are considered "bad" and only good against noobs" Well, you see the problem is that every champion is supposed to be viable in high elo and Adam is proving it.
Honestly, at this point, I'm so happy that a non-Asian player is doing this well, I'm kinda bored of the same teams and regions winning worlds by now...
Honestly this is what League of Legends was aiming for. And honestly I think he's in the right time to actually do these unorthodox pics seen pro play. Even if they aren't used to seeing the champion, seen them in High ELO is not as common. Doing so gives them an edge really depending on the confidence and the play style he brings to the table
this is the first time in my life I've found myself interested in pro play and actually kind of rooting for a team/player in worlds. seeing offmeta stuff like this is just so damn cool!
they always said that garen and darius are good in low elo, but people that have been actually playing the game know how these champs are good in high elo too
Back in a day, the best matches to watch were the ones of Alex Ich and his team. They got crazy team comps and unusual champ select pool which got them title and moreover... All eyes were on them
Well he has the balls to inject a little bit of risk in this picks to have an entertaining worlds. Everyone is fed up with the same champs over and over being played
so most players will tell you that champs like Darius/Garen can't work because at higher elo, people are better and more experienced, so these kind of stat checky champs won't work, right? But then when they win a tournament game, the goalpost shifts to "well the opponents just didn't have enough experience against the pick." So which is it? Are they that easy to counter by good players, or do you need experience to beat them?
@@TheCosmicAstro- It is, but that's literally how league works as a game, no way around it. Especially now that there's over 200 champions, there's no way in hell it can ever be based on pure skill.
@@TheCosmicAstro- That's just how the game should go, we haven't had item diff being more important than champ diff for a good 6-7 years. I remember when champs like Jax, Aatrox(pre-rework) and Irelia would just 1v9 after getting their core items. Now it's more like if the champ counters your champ, it's essentially a brick wall you can never climb over because champ skills matter more than items. But this can be dealt with if you just roam and stick with team, if you force fights top then you get punished hard. BDS vs JDG today should be a good example of lose lane but win game if you learn to stick, Garen is not as good in team fights even if he does counter Ornn.
@Aetolus that's kinda ignoring the point though. You shouldn't default lose just because of "champ diff". Thats shit design. Period. As well as you can't always rely on your team. And the argument "just be better" becomes less and less realistic the higher tier of a player you are.
I would WANT non meta champions played more in a World Championship Competition. What's the point of having 150+ champions if you ONLY see about 15 or maybe even 25 champions constantly played in a B01/B03/B05. It's getting kinda boring now. In the near future I would HOPE we get a some kind of a competitive Ban ruling where for example in a B03 IF you picked this champions in game 1 THEN you can't play them again in game 2 and so on in game 3. This forces the player to diverse more. Thoughts?
I did always think the whole "these champs are only good in low ranks because people dont know how to counter them" was wrong If you rarely play agaisnt these champs then you dont "know how to counter them" you just think they are beneath your consideration, and as darkest dungeon put it, Pride precipitates a dizying fall
Lowkey i could definitely see how he could do this exact thing with Kench. Hes the perfect top pick for worlds. Hard lane bully, high sustain damage, hard cc, can peel for his carry, can coordinate easily with an engage, good late game, and a massive shield that if timed right could win an entire fight.
I mean Adam played these champs in the play-ins against wildcard teams. I know they are more fun to watch, but they are reasons no other toplaner plays them
Zoom Darius is fun. Stride + Dead Man's Plate + Force of Nature is already fast enough, add in ghost and he's zooming all the way to your ADC in the backline (In Solo Q, of course)
These champions were always broken, and pros say they are not cause nobody plays them so they assume they are trash. If you pick one of these beast and the entire enemy team is not committed to stopping you, you are going to mop everything.
I am so used to DUS. I was so confused when I saw same champions picked again lmao. They will never implement those rules into pro play but I wish it was at least a side event for worlds 🙃
i mean i can stay a lane against garen or darius but they are so overbuffed rn that them losing a lane phase with a 0/3/0 score and no tower, they still comeback easly
weird i always did that darius build and stomped everyone and i tought its comon knowledge that darius is op. this video makes me wonder how much of a pro game i am and how much riot has been hostaging my account in bronze
4:20 UH OH. They did not listened. Those adjustments to Seraphine is them trying to shoehorn her into support when she is not really built to be one... Oh wait, they're different. This will break bot lane Seraphine, isn't it? 7 more armor, 40 more base damage on Q who is better up until you finish your third item, much more base damage on E. Yet it still feels shoehorned into support.
I remember using lethal tempo when it was changed and it’s good choice in my opinion against champs that dash around you. Like fiora so you rely less on your q and run her down. But that’s my idea there probably a better situation for it to be used.
You take tempo vs people who can dodge your Q, at least that's my take from a guy who played Darius for years in highish diamond and low master pisslow😂. Idk about nowadays what's the deal i quit like 4 years ago.
It's almost like if you don't play the same old 15 boring ass champions over and over and over again people get more hyped for the tournament and will watch more.
I love how First Strike is getting absolutely gutted, from 10% upon release, to 9% until the last two patches, to 7% within just those two patches. Might as well remove the rune altogether.
I don't want to be that guy. But it only works against low-mid tier team so far. vs 369 it looks like he stomp Ornn. Then the Ornn he 'stomp' suddenly become far more useful later
Garen was always strong in a way that if he wins lane there is not much anyone else can do... he's so simple to play, straightforward abilities. But the main underline issue here is not Garen itself... it's a huge flaw in game balance and I think riot will never fix it... the issue here is that tank champions having the ability to deal carry type of damage while still being able to sustain a lot.... literally most fighters / tank champions are raid bosses when they win his lane.... this combined with the fact they level up faster due to be a solo lane, if they win lane hard it's pretty much game over... well he wins lane hard or not should mean something in terms of power, true, but should not be game decisive factor... How many games I had where top gets massive leads in lane and then no one can do anything to stop that, one might say we need to delay the game as much as possible...... but then again no one can stop him to solo push towers / inibs, it would require 5 people to stop him eventually but if there are 5 people to stop him it means that the others can safely push other objectives....
Garen has been smashing all elo brackets for a while now, he s effectively overtuned, either in his base damage or tankiness. The playstyle against him is extremely non interactive since he s unkillable, and ungankable in lane due to Q MS and W and late game he s gonna afk split and be unmatchable because ult will kill you from 40%. The weakness of being kiteable has disappeared now with stridebreaker DMP phase rush and ghost being in the state they are now.
Wait, how is hullbreaker's update an "adjustment"? No matter how I look at it, the loss of stats on the item sounds like a direct nerf. An adjustment suggests there's some compensation to offset those nerfs and introduce power in a new way, which clearly is not happening here. Unless the stats are increasing based on level in a favorable way that's just not mentioned? I don't know.
good, that item was so toxic and it was ruining toplane what item lets a 0/2 laner suddenly become more powerful in a 1v1 than the laner that was rightfully beating them beforehand
Can we speak about how overtuned letalithy is atm and about how much the resist items don't help all that much for squishy champs, previously a tank item helped you survive a lot, now it adds 0.4 seconds survavility with how much damage there is in the game.
Adam is singlehandedly trolling the Worlds statistics
Reminds me of pr0lly from back in the day.
Adam is turning worlds into Solo Q at this point
That is good, because you are supposed to play what your team tells you to play. It's good if they have more freedom during champ select.
i prefer it that way honestly, im tired of seeing the same champions getting played over and over again
gnar, azir, rakan alistar and rell
I hate how you can get in trouble for picking "troll champ"
well i can say that the game of today felt like a soloQ
@@Megaman-2407peoplebare just brain dead dont listen to people with wheels/goggles
Adam is making worlds actually interesting to watch, I wish all games and all lanes were like that instead of the same 3 to 4 champs every game.
Agree, this is the fist time I'm actually seeing It and am having fun
@@usarhabilidade2697 There should be a rule that if you pick a champion in a first game, its locked for 2nd and 3rd game or something cos its actually miserable seeing like 15 champions over and over again.
@@Robul96that’s actually what drututt did for DUS his non pro streamer/EU region tourney. Was really funny watching these chal players (and especially the one tricks) making unique company with a variety of picks
Ou he brings the drama I remember stuff went down with his last team when he got heated and talked 💩 about someone's girl xd
It's hilarious the first thing Riot does is nerf the runes he is using too - they don't like that the same 5 Champs aren't being played
You know the thing I really like about this is Adam is PROVING that other champs can be played in pro. These clowns pick the same crap every game without fail and Adam shows that it's not so one-note, and that you can play many many different champions in pro and still be successful.
they pick them for a reason, they want the best champions. if Adam picks troll champs he can surprise them and have an advantage which doesn't mean these are good champs
@@alihorda i wouldn't consider it troll, it is all about consistency you will see pros constantly talk about why these champs get picked and why they are reluctant to pick more than champs that don't really have much history on a big stage like worlds
@@alihordanope its not only the best but the most comfortable picks. Rengar or Riven for example are very good picks but no pro bothers learning them
@@alihorda Pros will literally int on Taliyah simply because she deals +10 damage on every rock on her Q. They just don't wanna play the slighty off 6/4.
@@superfranky8054 who in the world told you riven is good in pro play? shes horrible
Pro : Just kite Darius he is not mobile
Darius with Ghost and Stridebreaker : Yes.
I mean most champs in this game have a dash slow cc, so at some point the pros arent really wrong
Jesus watches the worlds now...
@@dxprso Not just at some point, most of the time they are not wrong. In the team fight what they want from the top lane is reliable CC and tankiness. Playing off meta like this is mental gambling because you are banking on the chance that the other guys get broken enough they forgot to stick to the plan.
Adam gets it. He understands what western teams need to do to win worlds. You're not gonna beat Asian teams with practice, that's their game. You have them play YOUR game
don't worry they played against wild card regions, asian teams would just obliterate the garen pick
@@Angkarpadevat while they didn't win todays game, JDG - who is supposed to be the best in the world - still had some issues with the DEMACIA guy.
They're good enough to adapt and deal with it, but it looked iffy at certain points in the game
@@lazydk2654 That tells me the idea is solid. Imagine if all EU teams did this, we might actually have a shot again
@@Angkarpadevat we still throwing "wild card" regions around? this ain't 2017 anymore. with this logic, NA is a wildcard region because they got stomped 3-0 with games two and three being Adam playing Garen.
I love the darius pick. Not only is he winning with it but is honestly more entertaining to watch other champs in pro play instead of the same 20 or something champs.
As a top laner i love adam and his unusual picks he never makes worlds boring
Still waiting for Nasus to dominate worlds
same i wanna see DA DAWG eating towers
Hardly,bigger chances are seeing ap nasus than regular tank
Waiting for someone to pick Zeri then we get the Nasus support
Still waiting for someone picks zed and dominate worlds
@@Faustianspirit88 season 3 I guess lol
Adam is channeling his "inner khan," and I'm all for it than just "play safe pick tanks and occasional aatrox"
Aatrox is kinda trash tbh.
Even during last years worlds he was only marginally useful for a very specific point in the game but after that was mega outscaled by everyone.
Lets hope that with all the people that like adam and his champion pool riot will finally get the idea that we dont like to see the same 2 or 3 champs every game.
there's some videos say it's because they're comfort picks, and the strength and difference in esports is that they're always coordinated and maximizing CC, etc
@@MangaGamified yeah imo this feels more like a similar situation to Pachirisu appearing in that one Pokemon tournament and winning. Neither Darius or Garen are that good in the pro scene, but what makes them work here is that the player is essentially taking advantage of the certain circumstances of the meta. Like, it's honestly shocking how there are pro players so used to playing with or against the same things that they really don't know what to do against stuff that average players see almost daily.
@@Ratty524 Ha so true, and it's not like a fighting game where even if you watch the same character, there's always something different and it's often fun for me to watch, like Tekken.
3:53 See, you’d think that, but then you realize there’s no one to practice against. None of the other top players play Darius or Garen anywhere near as much as Adam does, so you’re never going to be scrimming someone at his level. And you can only dedicate so much of your overall strategy to shutting down Adam before the rest of his team is left unchecked.
Worlds 2023 really is kinda a wild ride, and I'm here for it
Fitting this year’s Worlds animation is called “Gods” and Garen, Olaf, Darius, and Sett makes a perfect “G.O.D.S” acronym
Champions that consistently fly under the balance radar because they didn't see pro play finally being shown in the only part of the game that Riot actually looks at is a good thing.
It was hilarious to see jdg banning Darius as their first ban against bds
Renekton has always had a bad time against Darius, i found it very funny when i saw Adam had locked it in because it was someone going against the standardised rooster to pick a champion that was good into the enemy comp. Hope to see more matchups Adam has knowledge of over the competition.
renekton vs darius is a volatile skill matchup. if either side fucks up once its unplayable for them
@@TKO9871this i was a Darius twotrick in low master years ago, its a complete skill match up unless one of the two has gotten giga buffed and stat check eachother.
Darius snowballs a bit harder tho imo you can still get away from the Rene as Darius if you fall behind slightly but you'll never escape the Darius.
@@fotis3v480 imo once you make it past early game and short trades its free for darius if renekton doesnt build an early lead he just gets outscaled and theres no point in the game where renek ever wins a long trade against darius. but renekton is less vulnerable to ganks than darius
i think it's a good stunt playing the champs that aren't "i have four passives, each of my abilities have a passive, all of them have soft cc and they all have a weird trade pattern". it sends riot a message that simpler champs are good too.
But simple champions are popular in pro play though? Alistar, taliyah and jarvan are all incredibly simple champions. Idk what you are talking aboyt
@@inbeing3464 am noob, taliyah is hard for me T_T
@@alphenhousplaysgames4565 well taliyah is a hard champion, but shes still pretty simple.
Darius: I do damage, and if I do a lot of damage and do even more!
Pretty sure the only complex top laner out there is K'sante and he was butchered recently.
Really love what Adam is showing. Druttut had recently a tournament of his and I love how he fixed League pro boredom. Once a champ is picked it cant be picked again ( in BO5s could work in BO3s too) This rule would help the game by a mile in BO3s and BO5s
I'm kinda surprised it took so long for Garen, Darius etc. to take off in pro play. I know pros love their mobility and cc, but on the flipside it takes a lot of cc to keep a Darius from your backline, taking a lot of pressure from a agressive/engage adc like Samira, Tris, Vayne etc.
You know its a good thing that Adams sums up what World's is, just your average SoloQ experience.
Adam's a hero, trolling worlds with "noob champs" so rito finally fixes them
Garen agreed, Darius in high elo needs alot of really good spacing, because he has so many counters because of his unmobile kit, also his scaling isnt the best in late, garen otherwise, is just so stupid in scaling strong and easy to play, flash>Q>E>Ignite>Ult thats it
@@NoxianSinner666 tldr nerf darius
ok zoomer@@sunlightwarrior4893
@@NoxianSinner666I agree that Darius is less mobile than Garen but can't Darius just also flash e into w into q into ult?
@@chincrimson3970 only w, Q and Ult are 3 stacks of 5, its better to e> auto cancel> w> Q> ult then u have 4 stacks, which doesnt kill a toplaner on the same lvl or one below as you, only if you ult a target who has 5 stacks and like 50-60% HP as a non Tank it can one shot.
I love how the words this year is showing everyone how obnoxious garen and darius are. what will the people that say that those champs are just low elo stompers say now?
I mean Darius has never been bad, especially with skirmishers who basically needs to go in to exert pressure. He can punish most champs in a 1 v 1
Darius is strong as a champ since the day I started playing this game (3 years ago). He's just like garen, too simple too play, but not quite interesting as a champ to be popular. Nasus is also a monster of a champ, but rarely seen as no one wants to spend first 15 minutes of doing nothing but hitting creeps with Q.
@@vanjamenadzerthat's not the reason he's not popular in pro play, because he's "not interesting". It's because he lacks tankiness, mobility, teamfight potential and neutral game. Renekton is technically better on all those accounts. He can still get stomped 1 v 1 tho.
I mean he CAN be Tanky if you build him that way. Realistically speaking Darius gets enough AD from his passive in order to just buy almost full tank/brusier without focusing too heavy on AD. Not to mention his Q in the middle of a team fight will heal him A LOT if he’s in the thick of it and hits multiple people. He’s probably one of the most well designed champs in the game
@@bgdgdgdf4488Actually, Ap Tank Support Nasus hits pretty much all of those things pretty well, people are just too locked in on him being an AD bruiser to see the potential.
@@zachtemoro2116 i agree nasus is cool but in pro play, it's much more about finding tiny windows. Champs like nasus and darius are so immobile they will never even touch the enemy in pro play. They will literally juke around them or flank their carries or straight up ignore him. That's why most pro supps go for tons of cc
it would be insane if all these teams start adding Darius and Garen to their practices just for Adam to not even pick them and go even weirder off meta picks
i love seeing stuff like this it gives a lot of excitement contrary to last year where almost the same champs were picked every single game
Waiting for brand to get picked at worlds so my league life can be complete
Adam counter picks enemy top, so unless enemy's entire team gets countered by Brand, it ain't gonna happen with the current mobile+zhonya+stopwatch meta.
i love how they call nerfin hull an adjustment
If I remember they only use that word if they just shift the power budget to somewhere else, now it seems a conditioned word to pre-calm down the masses, that only like Gen Y would be not confused.
@@MangaGamified they shifted the power budget from the isolated resistances to seraphine’s band aids after they broke her arms
Adam's games have been more entertaining than a lot of other stuff I seen from worlds over the years.
2:36 a bit of an oopsie right there
oops fixing it now
Two Champion with 40% hp executions and one of them can do it without cool down ain't that surprising to pick in the match where you have to win
I can agree Garen and Darius are pretty good but holy salt.
Well I'm glad they're having fun
But they got 0 team utility lol
@@danvulkhan3284putting enemies in gray screen is the best form of peel
Update: I made it from Gold 3 peak last season to Emerald 3 currently spamming Garen and only Garen. He’s really strong and is very hard to truly lose the game with. Feels like he’s always strong enough to contend or make map pressure, fun as fuck.
Riot: “We don’t want to nerf or buff Seraphine for the support role”
Phreak: “Anyways, i’ll ignore that”
These champions never were bad, imo, pros are just very stubborn for newer picks
Worlds proving that solo que knowledge is still important in pro play. Like if Gnar goes swifties and ghost vs Darius he just kites him forever but they always go TP for late game
A "weird champion" is picked in Worlds
People: OMG I knew that champ was OP and I was calling it from the start.
It's because in high elo these champs are considered "bad" and only good against noobs... Ego at its finest, because these champs are powercrept to balance their lack of mechanics and low skill ceiling, and in a game were maths DO matter, it's dreadful. Adam has just reminded all these people that powercrept champ are the key to elo climbing AND to win worlds.
@@sylphephilippe449
"in high elo champs are considered "bad" and only good against noobs"
Well, you see the problem is that every champion is supposed to be viable in high elo and Adam is proving it.
League Esports is at its best when there are teams playing stupid ass picks and getting results
Honestly, at this point, I'm so happy that a non-Asian player is doing this well, I'm kinda bored of the same teams and regions winning worlds by now...
so R.
Honestly this is what League of Legends was aiming for. And honestly I think he's in the right time to actually do these unorthodox pics seen pro play. Even if they aren't used to seeing the champion, seen them in High ELO is not as common. Doing so gives them an edge really depending on the confidence and the play style he brings to the table
this is the first time in my life I've found myself interested in pro play and actually kind of rooting for a team/player in worlds. seeing offmeta stuff like this is just so damn cool!
they always said that garen and darius are good in low elo, but people that have been actually playing the game know how these champs are good in high elo too
its honestly nice not seeing the same champion all the time
Just proofs again how the only reason we keep seeing the same 20 champs is because pro players cant be arsed to learn any other champions
This is great. More variety in champs being played rather the standard boring champs.
Riot: Finally,we have a valid reason to neft Garen to the ground:))
It proves that any champion can be made work if you are good enough with it. Impressive
Back in a day, the best matches to watch were the ones of Alex Ich and his team. They got crazy team comps and unusual champ select pool which got them title and moreover... All eyes were on them
Well he has the balls to inject a little bit of risk in this picks to have an entertaining worlds. Everyone is fed up with the same champs over and over being played
so most players will tell you that champs like Darius/Garen can't work because at higher elo, people are better and more experienced, so these kind of stat checky champs won't work, right?
But then when they win a tournament game, the goalpost shifts to "well the opponents just didn't have enough experience against the pick."
So which is it? Are they that easy to counter by good players, or do you need experience to beat them?
A good player makes all champions viable- even if they have to brute force the off-meta.
LETHAL. TEMPO. DARIUS.
CAN I GET AN AMEN
That’s because people finally realized there’s no consistency in this game anymore and whichever team does more random bs wins
Huh
Consistency is boring, random bs is fun.
I never said it wasn’t, but ultimately at the end of the day it’s two teams bashing their heads together until one gives.
Ryscu casually forgetting that Hans Sama played Kog Maw for an entire split
Who would have thought, making juggernauts completely overtuned would make it so even pros can’t deal with them
lol Adam took my idea, people always questioned me going lethal tempo, then I'm no longer questioned when I carry the team with it, pretty broken
I like how he sees himself as some reinventor of toplane meta but instead he is just abusing some of the most braindead champs in LoL
Nothing weird about it, he proved that no amount of mechanics and teamplay can undo champion counters even at Worlds
Which is pretty dumb if you think about it lol.
"Champ diff" deciding anything is just outright garbage.
@@TheCosmicAstro- It is, but that's literally how league works as a game, no way around it. Especially now that there's over 200 champions, there's no way in hell it can ever be based on pure skill.
@gabor6200 if they allowed mirror matches it could be
@@TheCosmicAstro- That's just how the game should go, we haven't had item diff being more important than champ diff for a good 6-7 years. I remember when champs like Jax, Aatrox(pre-rework) and Irelia would just 1v9 after getting their core items. Now it's more like if the champ counters your champ, it's essentially a brick wall you can never climb over because champ skills matter more than items. But this can be dealt with if you just roam and stick with team, if you force fights top then you get punished hard. BDS vs JDG today should be a good example of lose lane but win game if you learn to stick, Garen is not as good in team fights even if he does counter Ornn.
@Aetolus that's kinda ignoring the point though.
You shouldn't default lose just because of "champ diff".
Thats shit design. Period.
As well as you can't always rely on your team.
And the argument "just be better" becomes less and less realistic the higher tier of a player you are.
I would WANT non meta champions played more in a World Championship Competition.
What's the point of having 150+ champions if you ONLY see about 15 or maybe even 25 champions constantly played in a B01/B03/B05. It's getting kinda boring now.
In the near future I would HOPE we get a some kind of a competitive Ban ruling where for example in a B03 IF you picked this champions in game 1 THEN you can't play them again in game 2 and so on in game 3. This forces the player to diverse more.
Thoughts?
I did always think the whole "these champs are only good in low ranks because people dont know how to counter them" was wrong
If you rarely play agaisnt these champs then you dont "know how to counter them" you just think they are beneath your consideration, and as darkest dungeon put it, Pride precipitates a dizying fall
All I have to say is that any nerfs to hullbreaker will not solve the issue with the item, it needs to be removed from the game!
It was a breath of fresh air. Like we are back when Kikis in UOL picking udyr and shacos jungle.
I dont really follow world but i love this. I love stuff like this. This is all just a big middle finger against meta en those who only go for meta.
Lowkey i could definitely see how he could do this exact thing with Kench. Hes the perfect top pick for worlds. Hard lane bully, high sustain damage, hard cc, can peel for his carry, can coordinate easily with an engage, good late game, and a massive shield that if timed right could win an entire fight.
I mean Adam played these champs in the play-ins against wildcard teams. I know they are more fun to watch, but they are reasons no other toplaner plays them
Zoom Darius is fun. Stride + Dead Man's Plate + Force of Nature is already fast enough, add in ghost and he's zooming all the way to your ADC in the backline (In Solo Q, of course)
as someone who doesnt really follow pro lol the idea of darius and garen being off-meta top picks is really funny
wholesome darius playing agressive lvl1?
Well, it’s lane kingdom right now rather than teamfight central in the meta, so it actually makes sense that darius and garen would work
No one talking about PSG Wako dying during stopwatch?
jinx: passive stacks maxed at 5 stacks
vandiril:
These champions were always broken, and pros say they are not cause nobody plays them so they assume they are trash. If you pick one of these beast and the entire enemy team is not committed to stopping you, you are going to mop everything.
Gnar tried to stand there and melee auto attack Darius 😂
I love that Riot has consistently nerfed Tahm Kench top because they "didn't want him in a solo lane," but they give a random buff for him now?
I am so used to DUS. I was so confused when I saw same champions picked again lmao.
They will never implement those rules into pro play but I wish it was at least a side event for worlds 🙃
Adam just such a Gigachad even when he plays Darius.
i mean i can stay a lane against garen or darius but they are so overbuffed rn that them losing a lane phase with a 0/3/0 score and no tower, they still comeback easly
This is what make league fun, not boring meta slave, but do whatever the f u want
This is the era of "Let him cook"
weird i always did that darius build and stomped everyone and i tought its comon knowledge that darius is op. this video makes me wonder how much of a pro game i am and how much riot has been hostaging my account in bronze
I would find it hilarious to see Tahm Kench top in pro play after this. 😂
League be going wild ever since I quit playing it 😅
4:20 UH OH. They did not listened. Those adjustments to Seraphine is them trying to shoehorn her into support when she is not really built to be one...
Oh wait, they're different. This will break bot lane Seraphine, isn't it? 7 more armor, 40 more base damage on Q who is better up until you finish your third item, much more base damage on E. Yet it still feels shoehorned into support.
0:33 wow, top mordekaiser lvl 3 moment
I find the lethal tempo on darius pretty interesting and I'm currently asking myself why I haven't tried it before.
I remember using lethal tempo when it was changed and it’s good choice in my opinion against champs that dash around you. Like fiora so you rely less on your q and run her down. But that’s my idea there probably a better situation for it to be used.
You take tempo vs people who can dodge your Q, at least that's my take from a guy who played Darius for years in highish diamond and low master pisslow😂.
Idk about nowadays what's the deal i quit like 4 years ago.
oh i dont play either since last year but I found it interesting anyway.@@fotis3v480
Did anyone have Morgana Jungle buffs on their bingo card? Riot is weirdly determined to make that one work it seems.
Day I lost count of asking what the song is in the background at 3:06. It sounds familiar
It's almost like if you don't play the same old 15 boring ass champions over and over and over again people get more hyped for the tournament and will watch more.
Darn! May we see season 1-2 in action, where everyone played solo q champs?
Thanks for the news!
I love how First Strike is getting absolutely gutted, from 10% upon release, to 9% until the last two patches, to 7% within just those two patches. Might as well remove the rune altogether.
i thought we got used to it when we saw gore graves top was a thing
This is why I love eu in the worlds stage because of the spicy picks
hullbreaker adjustment is just a nerf 😮
I don't want to be that guy. But it only works against low-mid tier team so far.
vs 369 it looks like he stomp Ornn. Then the Ornn he 'stomp' suddenly become far more useful later
Garen was always strong in a way that if he wins lane there is not much anyone else can do... he's so simple to play, straightforward abilities. But the main underline issue here is not Garen itself... it's a huge flaw in game balance and I think riot will never fix it... the issue here is that tank champions having the ability to deal carry type of damage while still being able to sustain a lot.... literally most fighters / tank champions are raid bosses when they win his lane.... this combined with the fact they level up faster due to be a solo lane, if they win lane hard it's pretty much game over... well he wins lane hard or not should mean something in terms of power, true, but should not be game decisive factor... How many games I had where top gets massive leads in lane and then no one can do anything to stop that, one might say we need to delay the game as much as possible...... but then again no one can stop him to solo push towers / inibs, it would require 5 people to stop him eventually but if there are 5 people to stop him it means that the others can safely push other objectives....
Garen has been smashing all elo brackets for a while now, he s effectively overtuned, either in his base damage or tankiness. The playstyle against him is extremely non interactive since he s unkillable, and ungankable in lane due to Q MS and W and late game he s gonna afk split and be unmatchable because ult will kill you from 40%. The weakness of being kiteable has disappeared now with stridebreaker DMP phase rush and ghost being in the state they are now.
For Hullbreaker that's not an adjustment that's a plain bloody Nerf
Adam is so good that he got bored of the common meta
Wait, how is hullbreaker's update an "adjustment"?
No matter how I look at it, the loss of stats on the item sounds like a direct nerf.
An adjustment suggests there's some compensation to offset those nerfs and introduce power in a new way, which clearly is not happening here.
Unless the stats are increasing based on level in a favorable way that's just not mentioned? I don't know.
good, that item was so toxic and it was ruining toplane
what item lets a 0/2 laner suddenly become more powerful in a 1v1 than the laner that was rightfully beating them beforehand
Can we speak about how overtuned letalithy is atm and about how much the resist items don't help all that much for squishy champs, previously a tank item helped you survive a lot, now it adds 0.4 seconds survavility with how much damage there is in the game.
I'm not sure if anybody ever noticed, but Aphelios bled out in stopwatch and went to GA in that final fight of the series.
Why does hullbreaker changes are stated as "adjustments"? Its clearly a nerfed, deserved, but a nerf
why am i looking at an animation of a cat talking for 5 minutes
They finnaly noticed those champs are op if enemny doesnt know best counterpicks