Doublelift speaks on his concerns and poor performance
Anyone who has watched the LCS is well aware that the Doublelift they were watching is not the Doublelift they remember and he has been in somewhat of a slump.
Doublelift has always been regarded as one of the most competitively sound AD carries, boasting some of the best mechanics in the world. He has shown his dismay in the effectiveness on bruisers and the current weakness in his role, also claiming that the role of AD carry will be deceased if the game continues going the way it is.
Through lack of motivation from not playing his favorite champions to overall being insightful regarding the weak performances, Doublelift rants a bit about the current state of LoL and his current performance.
“Hmm so I've decided I should write up a little about why I feel my performance has been very weak lately. I've never really had such a feeling before. It seems my mechanics and concentration have been broken recently.
I remember a year ago living in Travis' house, I loved League and I did nothing but sit in my room all day screaming at the top of my lungs, laughing and playing solo queue like a maniac. I loved my role, I learned new things from Chauster every day, and I appreciated all the criticism he gave me.
Now, I avoid solo queue like the plague. I lost my love for the game, and it's become more of a chore to practice instead of something to look forward to and become better.
I think a lot of this is in part because I feel my role has been nerfed into the ground, and I have been very apprehensive of the changes Riot has done to the game and especially to AD carries. I feel useless; where before I had the opportunity to outplay lategame bruisers, the changes to Randuin's Omen make me want to break my keyboard.
The other thing is that I have always been an innovative player. At IEM Hanover and MLG Anaheim, I was one of the first competitive Ezreal players at a time when everyone thought he was terrible. They have since nerfed him severely. Chauster and I had countless hours of bot lane practice in Korea that never came to fruition. As a very strange example, we practiced role swaps to run Janna Jayce lane and we had Chauster play Jayce. With the addition of Loco to our team, I was the first to start the Nunu Cait trend at IPL5. They have since nerfed Nunu as well.
Lately, my team has been picking me champions that I sincerely don't want to play (such as Urgot), and as a result I have lost a lot of my enthusiasm for the game. I feel like all of my best performances have been on my favorite champions - Ezreal, Vayne, Cait, and Graves. I am naturally inclined to play and improve on these champions because I like them, and my play has always been a huge step ahead of my competition because of this.
I hope I can remedy this problem and return to my normal level of play next week. Even in my current state, I am much better than my NA counterparts. Despite this, I am very disconcerted."
Arrogant or not, we've got some extensive insight from Doublelift after their lacking performance for where they stand in this week's LCS.
Source - Facebook
Doublelift has always been regarded as one of the most competitively sound AD carries, boasting some of the best mechanics in the world. He has shown his dismay in the effectiveness on bruisers and the current weakness in his role, also claiming that the role of AD carry will be deceased if the game continues going the way it is.
Through lack of motivation from not playing his favorite champions to overall being insightful regarding the weak performances, Doublelift rants a bit about the current state of LoL and his current performance.
“Hmm so I've decided I should write up a little about why I feel my performance has been very weak lately. I've never really had such a feeling before. It seems my mechanics and concentration have been broken recently.
I remember a year ago living in Travis' house, I loved League and I did nothing but sit in my room all day screaming at the top of my lungs, laughing and playing solo queue like a maniac. I loved my role, I learned new things from Chauster every day, and I appreciated all the criticism he gave me.
Now, I avoid solo queue like the plague. I lost my love for the game, and it's become more of a chore to practice instead of something to look forward to and become better.
I think a lot of this is in part because I feel my role has been nerfed into the ground, and I have been very apprehensive of the changes Riot has done to the game and especially to AD carries. I feel useless; where before I had the opportunity to outplay lategame bruisers, the changes to Randuin's Omen make me want to break my keyboard.
The other thing is that I have always been an innovative player. At IEM Hanover and MLG Anaheim, I was one of the first competitive Ezreal players at a time when everyone thought he was terrible. They have since nerfed him severely. Chauster and I had countless hours of bot lane practice in Korea that never came to fruition. As a very strange example, we practiced role swaps to run Janna Jayce lane and we had Chauster play Jayce. With the addition of Loco to our team, I was the first to start the Nunu Cait trend at IPL5. They have since nerfed Nunu as well.
Lately, my team has been picking me champions that I sincerely don't want to play (such as Urgot), and as a result I have lost a lot of my enthusiasm for the game. I feel like all of my best performances have been on my favorite champions - Ezreal, Vayne, Cait, and Graves. I am naturally inclined to play and improve on these champions because I like them, and my play has always been a huge step ahead of my competition because of this.
I hope I can remedy this problem and return to my normal level of play next week. Even in my current state, I am much better than my NA counterparts. Despite this, I am very disconcerted."
Arrogant or not, we've got some extensive insight from Doublelift after their lacking performance for where they stand in this week's LCS.
Source - Facebook
