Is league of legends actually hard or is league of legends hard because everyone thinks about 1 way to play the game?

I think League is genuinely hard, but part of that difficulty comes from everyone believing there’s only one correct way to play.

The game has been optimised for so long that people treat the current meta, builds and strategies as fixed rules. If someone does something different, it’s usually called trolling before anyone considers whether it could actually work.

That said, most off-meta ideas probably are worse, especially against better players. The real skill is working out whether you’re doing something differently for the sake of it, or whether you’ve actually found a better way to play.

So League isn’t only hard because people think one way. It’s hard because you’re trying to find an advantage in a game that millions of players have already spent years optimising.

Hard to win, hard to have fun.

There are so many games now with a lower barrier of entry, league does require some form of motivation externally to learn now days due to its complexity.

Back when I started in 2011 it was a pretty straight forward game, while I did have experience with other MOBA type games like SOTUS in starcraft2 league was still a totally new experience. Fast forward to 2026 the game is its own beast.

Id say yes, its not the hardest but for sure ceiling wise it might be

I think it's pretty insane the choices of champions now days it doesn't make it that simple

@x4en does that mean that classic could be a good entry point to new players before they go out and learn the live version of the game?

Or do you think that the level of play has gotten so high that even classic will be too difficult for new players to learn?