Chapter 288: The Hero Isn't Weak, You're Just Bad
By the end of November, the tools had arrived and the games had begun. Playing a couple rounds of *League of Legends* during breaks had become a trend in the studio.
“Holy crap, you sneaky bastard, hiding in the bush to ambush me again! Are you a dog? I’m not letting this go!”
“Hurry up, that turret’s got one sliver of health left, someone go tap it!”
“Hahahaha, three against one and you got killed instead, do you even know how to play?”
“You guys hold them off, I’m going to backdoor the turret!”
Once everyone got into the groove, they were all shouting and yelling excitedly. Luckily, it was break time, or else these people might have been thrown out by now.
Chen Mo felt like he had time-traveled back to an internet café in his past life, surrounded by a bunch of elementary school kids.
Sure, getting so absorbed in the game that you start yelling might look stupid to outsiders, but it also showed that this game was well-made, with a strong sense of immersion.
Of course, at this point, everyone was still in the “randomly flailing around” phase. Their understanding of minion waves, turrets, and team compositions was basically zero.
Fortunately, Chen Mo had strictly enforced the five roles, and after removing the rune system, he had slightly buffed all champions’ base stats. So, their team compositions were still somewhat structured, with even dedicated players for the jungle role.
Chen Mo also encouraged everyone to play more games, treating it as a chance to test things out. If they found anything unreasonable, they could fix it in time.
However, the biggest complaints about the game actually came from champion balance.
“Boss, what’s the point of Teemo? Every time I pick him for top lane, people hate it! He’s basically just a mascot!”
“Yeah, boss, why don’t we just turn him into a ward skin?”
“Boss, isn’t Anivia too weak? Her skills eat up way too much mana, and that Q never hits anyone. No one plays her.”
“Boss, isn’t Miss Fortune a bit too strong? Long range, strong laning phase, and that ultimate is a massive, long-range AOE. It seems way too broken.”
“Boss, can we cut Blitzcrank’s hook range in half…”
Chen Mo’s response to all these doubts was simple: “Don’t worry, these champions’ stats are fine. If you think they’re weak, it’s just because you’re bad.”
Everyone was pretty unconvinced at first, but after Chen Mo showed off a 22-0-9 Teemo game, they all shut up.
Especially Qian Kun, who got killed by stepping on a mushroom. From then on, he had a pretty big psychological scar regarding Teemo.
As for Zhao Yunting, who complained about Blitzcrank being too strong, Chen Mo picked Vayne, set Blitzcrank’s health to 100,000, and set his Q damage to 100,000, both with full items.
In the end, Blitzcrank got shot to death without landing a single hook on Vayne.
After that, no one complained about champion balance anymore.