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Lane Swaps

Skyslayer630·6/25/2016, 4:54:08 PM·2 votes·928 views

I like to watch the LCS vods. I especially like to see how the pros play out the early game. But is really frustrating that almost every game starts with a lane swap. Us lowly peons never see lane swaps in our games. Like, literally, never. I've not had one single lane swap game this season out of 600 ranked games. So Rito can we please get rid of these?

What if you granted a shield and bonus XP to any champion under turret when you are **solo **and they have **3 **or more? So you get a 100hp shield that refreshes every 0.5 seconds, when there are 3 enemy champions within turret range, as well as a 50% increase in XP. If there are 4 enemy champions then you get a 200 hp shield and 100% increased XP. If there are 5 enemy champions you get a 300 hp shield and 150% increased XP.

These effects would scale down as you reach level 6, where level 6 grants you no bonuses. Being level 5 grants you 20% of the aformentioned bonuses. Being level 4 grants you 40% of the aformentioned bonuses. Being level 3 grants you 60% of the aformentioned bonuses. Being level 2 grants you 80% of the aformentioned bonuses.

Would this not completely eliminate lane swapping, while only having a very marginal impact on the game as it is played by 99.9% of the playerbase?

5 Comments

TurquoiseYoshi6/25/2016, 6:53:40 PM1 votes

That would still not remove lane swapping. Whoever was going to defend would be basically left for dead, just as it is now.

Xantak6/27/2016, 1:14:46 AM1 votes

Lane swaps, as Montecristo said a while back, are a perfectly viable strategy. There are even various styles to the laneswap, whether it's the European style, or LGD's own brand on the laneswap. They help accelerate out of the early game/lane phase by gaining the extra gold quicker, and open up the map.

Are you sure that much of the player base in S. Korea, China, and Taiwan aren't doing laneswaps?

Skyslayer6307/1/2016, 12:37:57 AM1 votes

I am sure lane swaps are viable, even for silver games. But I have simply not had even one lane swap game this season.