No respect or recognition for Darshan on this sub

Ok Flame is definitely better than Darshan, but let's not pretend that KDA matters that much. KDA very highly favors risk aversion for example, and at the point we start contextualizing why their KDA difference matters, we might as well pick better arguments than "his KDA is better". KDA reliant analysis has been considered the dead end of League statistics for a huge stretch of time, it's just not worth talking about.

1. When CLG prioritizes Darshan the weaker lanes lose hard. This forces CLG to deprioritize Darshan but the problem isn't that he falls heavily behind, the problem is the other lanes / jg don't get the leads they were responsible for getting or they outright get outplayed. Depending on the split there are also differences in meta. In some metas the top laners literally don't do shit all game but the outcome of the game is dependent on the better adc or mid/jg dynamic. Again you're looking at games won and lost without putting any of it into context. When / where was the turning point in those games? When did CLG start losing and why?

2. Its so easy to scapegoat players through stats without even looking at the causal factors for those stats. Poor stats doesn't mean bad player but bad player often times means poor stats. This whole idea of skill being directly responsible for stats is not universal. Supports die more and have worse kdas than other roles. Does that mean the majority of support players are shitters? No that is the nature of the role and / or meta. In the top lane if you're playing tanks but your team loses hard, you're going to get blown up when you try to frontline, engage or peel. Also top lane is an island, if your team loses map pressure you're basically getting hard fucked. That is the nature of the game / meta.

3. That whole Flame argument doesn't even make sense. First of all, I was referencing the rhetoric behind Flame and other players considered far superior without any justification and second of all to even go by statistics like KDA you need to look at it relative to the league and the teams. What place did CLG place? What's Flame's teammates KDA compared to Darshan? Even damage percentages are misleading because they suggest a player is hard carrying when really they're just being facilitated or another player is being depriotized / relegated to playing things that don't do damage but take damage / play a supportive role.

Lol so you just going to downvote me after taking the time to message you? You can disagree but if you're going to not offer any points then don't expect any more replies.

Huh? That's an EXAMPLE not an argument. But nice try.

Which one? Explain.

Honestly, after Ssumday and Licorice and maybe Impact (who never has to be a carry on TL), all the other toplaners last Summer split were just in one big pile of players who can beat the other in a given match.

You don't know if he understands my point. He didn't state or make any references to my point, he just said if I assume something to be true then that thing would be true, my point is that I do assume that to be true and here is why.

Sick argument

I'll look for an example bc you're the first person to bother presenting a decent response. In league there are several things that matter, some are quantifiable like damage dealt / damage taken (depending on the game and champs played) others like map pressure and decision making / play making ability are not. In any case, stats only matter in relation to one another. For example, damage taken by a tank could indicate that a player front lined effectively but if they have a poor assist record / low KDA then it would suggest otherwise. Furthermore, no one is able to look at a list of statistics and say whether or not a player played great or poorly. Players could play dog shit but ks the entire game and boost their stats. You don't even need to go that far, LOL is a game that has a massive built in snowball mechanic compared to other games. For example Halo has a lower snowball mechanic than CSGO because Halo only really has limited power weapons / power ups and spawn killing opportunities versus CS leads which will lead to a higher economy to purchase significantly higher power weapons than your opponents for the entire of a fixed round (much more oppressive). By its very nature LoL snowball mechanics at a professional level is the most punishing with gold (economy), experience gained, and of course map pressure. Not to mention that league is a team game. When one teammate or lane is feeding, that has a spill over effect. This is a real long winded way of saying that Darshan is not as dog shit and people make him out to be. There are several players in poor performing teams that are absolutely rare talents - POE is another great example.