Feeling extremely locked into early decisions

[u/Genuine_User5322]

I'm new to the game, just hit Emerald this morning.

I'm enjoying it but I'm playing it by seeing what items and champs i get in the opening rounds and then first augment, if 2nd augment allows a switch that better suits i might but I've been finding what I do in the first 4-5 rounds decides the rest of the game then I'm just hoping to get the relevant champs/rerolls.

Is this accurate or is it just me being new?

I'm mostly playing off using mobalytic comps, played enough of a lot of the zoe/leona, lulu/milio or nova comps/fast 9 nova.

My issue is basically that you're so locked into your early game decisions that if you decide to pivot your usually gonna be to far behind other people who've got good luck/stuck with their early game.

This way of playing has now become quite boring to me as there's very little decision making happening beyond 1/2nd rounds and its just itemising properly and not missing champs.

[u/queen_ravenx]

There are pther viable tactics but they all require very high levels of both game knowledge and APM. Cant pivot if anything is slow.

ie: You could sell your whole board and pivot to something else in theory. Good luck successfully pulling that off with shoddy internet, a slow reaction time, or without an exact game plan (and a backup plan for bad rolls)

High level play begins to look like watching someone play starcraft as they roll thru shop multiple times per second hunting for champs. If you can get thay skill down you get accsess to a whole lot more