Patch 12.16 arrived in League of Legends this week with a number of balancing changes. But the time lapse is more than enough to reveal one of the most incomprehensible mistakes Riot Games has made in the recent past. Zer has become the worst champion in the game. It’s a dubious honor that he earned with an embarrassing edge over his rivals on this underrated list. Considering all of the game’s ratings, ADC can’t even win 42% of the games he’s been selected in.
Worst champion in League of Legends history
Chosen a thousand times, Zero’s stats are incredibly reliable, which undoubtedly allows him to rank as the worst character in League of Legends history. Anyway, in modern times – and we spend a lot of time looking at stats – there’s only one character that can compare to current ADC status. Of course, we’re talking about Ryze, which collected similar stats in some patches midway through Season 12. However, some situations allow for a technical disconnect.
The first thing to play against Zero is that Raiz’s performance always increases as he is used at higher ranks. This meant that even if the champion’s overall win rate was abysmal, the most skilled members of the League of Legends community could continue to use him in games. In fact, it’s been one of Riot Games’ biggest problems balancing one of its performance-enhancing characters with the player’s ability to control it.
In the case of “zero”, this assumption is no longer true. Considering all games played at Platinum level and above, the win rate is 41% and decreases as you level up. More specifically, this means that Zeri is not a game for the entire League of Legends community. Also note that the champion is in the ADC category. Riot Games has confirmed that this pool of champions is the only one they are balancing, and they aim to keep everyone at 50% as there is always one on the team.
Since then, the context has been extremely worrying The win rate difference between Zeri and Aphelios, the second worst ADC in ranked play, is 7%.. What’s worse is that it’s completely useless as well as excessive power consumption. Zer didn’t top the leaderboard and the pick rate wasn’t that high. His participation in competitive play has also declined, with teams using him having the worst results in Championship history. The situation showed that solving problems was now a matter of patience.
In this sense, the actions of Riot Games can only be considered one of the most horrific mistakes a developer has made in its history. Since he is one of the most difficult characters in this level, his initial failure or difficulty in balancing it is understandable. However, finding a place where a character has control and throwing it away and starting from scratch seems like bad practice on the part of the most talented development team on the planet.
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Source : Millenium
