[ToRChoboSniper]

Originally Posted by Sparrow

Taking risks is fine and can win you some games, however the current meta on both SEA and NA servers is quite aggressive, you'll probably come across an aggressive player over a macro player 80% of the time, these builds are tailored towards being safe because of that, meaning you'll have a higher win %. Sure you might get behind against a macro player, however you will almost always be ahead against an aggressive one.

I honestly don't agree with this mindset at all, and I feel like practicing this way will severely hamper your ability to beat the best players in tournaments. I think it's self-explanatory that tailoring your playstyle to ladder opponents is not optimal unless you only care for your ladder rank, but playing extra safe and not cutting corners strikes me as lazy. IMO, it's important to continuosly push the envelope and develop yourself as a player, and with such a huge emphasis on safety and on your ladder opponents you're restricting yourself to a very narrow range of builds and disregarding some incredibly important aspects of the game.