The solo queue AD carry meta in League of Legends has been quite diverse for a while. In his most recent stream, Doublelift made some harsh remarks about its current state.
On June 9, the former pro player and full-time streamer was playing and reviewing his League of Legends high-elo games. In one of them, he chose Seraphine, a popular champion in solo queue. Despite making a few missteps during the laning phase, he nevertheless emerged successful in the majority of skirmishes, prompting him to make some insightful remarks about the position overall.
“I’m playing Smolder late-game, I’m playing Jinx late-game, like dude, I’m gonna carry, I need to carry, I’ll do everything to fucking carry this game. And the guy who is like fucking coked out in his living room, playing League on overheating laptop on Seraphine is just winning the game,” Doublelift said.
The streamer brought attention to the present condition of the solo queue meta. In his opinion, no matter how hard you try against traditional, ranged AD-based champions in the bottom lane, you will still be outscaled and outplayed by mages like Seraphine.
You do not have to accept his word for it; simply look at the statistics. At the time of writing, the two best champions in the role above Emerald rank are Brand and Seraphine, with win rates of 53.18 and 52.96 according to U.GG. Ziggs is also among the top ten.
On the same show, Doublelift analyzed one of the two-on-two fights he participated in. A viewer commented by saying: “Do everything wrong, still win,” to which Doublelift responded “yup, pretty much.”
Mages are not new in the ADC meta. They have been around for a while, but it is still distressing to see them remain so formidable that they push conventional marksmen out of their positions.