Didn't take long to realise that certain champions are basically mandatory, and these aren't the free ones.

Sure, I could've just read up on who's good and got me and my friends to just buy those with the event 15k gold. But we didn't because we didn't think the balance in this game was that off. I don't expect to win with only 2.4 hours of experience, not by a long shot. But I expect to not just get deleted by people we only took 25% hp from when we worked hard trying to upgrade everything we could as fast as possible.
Sure, I could just not play the game till the 'good ones' are in rotation. Or grind out losing streaks till we can afford them. But even then, what's the point of having a choice? I'm not asking for perfect balance, but something is clearly wrong here.

Didn't take long to realise that certain champions are basically mandatory, and these aren't the free ones. Sure, I could've just read up on who's good and got me and my friends to just buy those with the event 15k gold. But we didn't because we didn't think the balance in this game was that off. I don't expect to win with only 2.4 hours of experience, not by a long shot. But I expect to not just get deleted by people we only took 25% hp from when we worked hard trying to upgrade everything we could as fast as possible. Sure, I could just not play the game till the 'good ones' are in rotation. Or grind out losing streaks till we can afford them. But even then, what's the point of having a choice? I'm not asking for perfect balance, but something is clearly wrong here.