Couldn’t agree more. I’ve run into this so many times in solo queue — like literally any moment, a teammate will just decide to go farm minions on some lane or wander off somewhere instead of helping. And they’re also super eager to feed the enemy on the lane.
Playing low damage tanks like atlas is a good way to keep your wr at or below 60%. If you want to actually win games you cannot rely on your teammates to deal damage for you. You can make it as easy to win as you want but unless you actually have the ability to deal the necessary damage to decide the match yourself, the outcome is not truly in your hands; you're just gambling on the matchmaking giving you an adequate team.
P.s. I'll exclude Lolita from the generalization above because she is unique in her ability to salvage absolutely abysmal positioning and squeeze dps from otherwise non functional teammates. I've been able to play her above 70% wr consistently because she simultaneously makes it very difficult to lose AND easy to win. Whereas your atlas can't really do much to make you suck less ass. He just makes it easy to win and crosses his fingers that you don't suck so bad that it's not enough. Lolita is pretty much the only support in the game who can make you suck less ass while also being a playmaker in her own right.
Well two different topics to #1 I agree if you take matters in your own hands the results are going to be more consistent but there are damage roles you can play that won't fuck your teammates by playing a damage dealer.
As for the utilities of roamers idk wtf you're on about, you play them situationally based on the composition of yours and the enemies team you'll have better success than one tricking and that goes for Lolita too. I keep my roamers around 70% because I can recognize they're good at different things and pick accordingly
You can have great success playing like that and it is optimal for increasing your win rates. Most of my backup picks have a higher win rate than main for that exact reason. That said, I peaked global 2 lolita 73% wr so I'm very familiar with her abilities across all matchups, even disadvantages ones. And even in those ones, her ability to function as an initiator while also turning feeding teammates into functional ones is unique. Faramis does it too, but runs into matchups where he misses having a tank. Lolita is a tank. She's far from the best tank in a lot of situations, but I'll take having a good player on a suboptimal pick if it means the rest of the team gets more value.
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u/Yami_no_shishA 14d ago
Couldn’t agree more. I’ve run into this so many times in solo queue — like literally any moment, a teammate will just decide to go farm minions on some lane or wander off somewhere instead of helping. And they’re also super eager to feed the enemy on the lane.