I thought something would have been done by now about mages bot.
Since mage bot meta started my mind was always thinking they will do something soon but i guess they dont want to fix it so imma rant here because why not.
My problems with mages bot are is not that they have a massive winrate or that they are too op but that it makes laning completely obsolete its just a farming simulator. Mages just sit back and one shot the wave as a marksman you have to stand off the wave so you dont get hit with the abilities so its just farming simulator even more than before
Not trying to flame the supports in NA the server has traditionally rewarded scaling and slow play so there are not that many good engage support mains and to be honest the adc players in the server dont reward aggressive support players too much because of the passive play the server which makes countering mages even harder because if you’re support locks in sona lulu milio or a champion like that then its gg the lane is non existent so you just try to make plays and die.
Mages where by design built to be solo laners thats why almost all of them have cc that cc they have is what makes it so hard when enemy support locks in pyke or camille or pantheon because you get perma ccd and one shoted by them so what summoner spell do you take cleanse barrier ? Talking about summoners most mages take tp which completely changes the wave management and macro of the role even if you chunk the mage they just base and tp and they lose nothing actually you lose if you try to crash.
Even if you try to play something that counters a mage kat yasuo yone sylas or other assassin esc picks bot if the support picks enchanter its pretty hard so. Boots for adc are also pretty rough berserkers are horrible and if you take glutinous then you want kills and to snowball but if there is no interaction then how can you snowball pretty rough thank god c44 exists because if this mage bot meta cane when starting items where horrible for adc then we would be 100% cooked.
TLDR- Mages bot are not designed for botlane thay are designed for solo roles it makes laning boring and uninteresting supports have a bigger role to play now more than before so if you get a enchanter support even if you want to counter the mage its up to your support NA has a influx of enchanter supp players which is something the server has rewarded historically mages take tp making wave states and macro very different and even when locking in a traditional counter like a assassin its hard if sup cant play engage its not impossible to beat mages bot but its very boring also boots and summoner spells are a hard choice for traditional adc right now. Hope something is done and keep climbing guys and if you play mage bot u not cool :(