ARAM BALANCE CHANGES AND QUALITY OF LIFE IMPROVEMENTS + THE RETURN TO BUTCHER’S BRIDGE MAP

Almo·5/17/2018, 7:14:36 PM·24 votes·11,553 views

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I have over 4000 ARAM games and I could not be more happier than today. THANK YOU RIOT! I really just hope you continue to support and maintain this game mode so we are not waiting for years =/.

28 Comments

Dead flag blues5/17/2018, 7:29:58 PM10 votes

Holy shit after months of spamming the boards, something is happening. Thank you Rito, for once

Voidzilla5/18/2018, 1:41:12 AM5 votes

I was so super stoked to hear about these changes. Thank you Riot for finally giving ARAM some love outside of slight number changes.

sardonisms5/18/2018, 1:02:46 AM4 votes

I am SO HAPPY they found a middle ground that prevents ARAM-only account abuse while not crippling the new players like me who use it to learn, or the players like my friend who stock their accounts partly with off-role champs they enjoy playing in ARAM (or the one who owns almost everyone but, "Know why I don't own this champ? If I don't own them, I can't roll them in ARAM," if he REALLY hates a champ).

Now if only they'd put a stricter set of dodge penalties in place, everyone can be happy. (Please Rito? Someone always picks the game I got Ahri/MF/Jinx to bail.) I'd also really appreciate an ARAM-specific revert of the 8.10 bounty changes.

[sg-janna]

All in all, though, quite pleased.

Malfectious5/17/2018, 7:49:49 PM4 votes

Damn RITO ...if you keep this kinda thing up, what are people on the boards gonna complain about all day. [slayer-jinx-wink]

Lord Zeta 13135/17/2018, 7:48:37 PM3 votes

riot should keep these "bonus items" for good. i mean these would be a great help when it comes to melee champions on ARAM

Ratpie5/18/2018, 5:03:38 AM3 votes

I love the attention to ARAM as long as is does not mean they will "fix" or "balance" it like they did SR and make it a complete fun killer. Maybe it is time to give up on SR and just play ARAM.

KZ Engel5/17/2018, 7:56:11 PM2 votes

does butcher's bridge returning (something they said they'd never do) also mean that BMB could potentially return? (something they also said they'd never do)

hhaavviikk5/17/2018, 9:45:02 PM2 votes

I want them to change the takedown rune for ARAM as well, currently if you don't get the gold/health on takedown rune you are hugely gimping yourself

SpiritOfOdysseus5/19/2018, 4:42:24 PM1 votes

As someone who plays an equal amount of every "role" in ARAM, I'm glad warmogs is going. Warmogs is basically a low-skill Get out of jail free card. However warmogs was the ONLY way to win some games with super heavy poke and CC. Something needs to be moved to its place. Maybe if MELEE champions have doubled lifesteal and doubled up hp regeneration it would be perfect. Ranged AD have no problems staying healthy because of their range, so both types of melee (lifesteal and regen) need to be compensated for this hole left. It's always been hard to lifesteal as a melee, especially when you have an ADC on your team with shiv AND waveclesr. HP regeneration is also very abysmal. Doubling both would be decent compensation because melee champions get hit twice if not three times more than a typical ranged. They're also the ones that get cc'd the most and are forced to take the heaviest risks to succeed.

Until something like this is put in warmogs place, melees will be forced to build little resistance and HP in other words assassins because HP and resistances are null and void if 5 people focus you for more than 3 seconds and you're left with 10% HP until you die. I don't think the green medic kits should be buffed at ALL because an early game winning team already gets heavy access to 3 of the kits, and if you lose just ONE turret than they get all 4.

Jabbic5/18/2018, 1:42:09 AM1 votes

I only play ARAMs and I think that increasing the free to play pool is horrible idea! The worst thing in ARAM is when you get a random champ from the free to play pool. you don't own them, you don't know how to play them, you lose with them, and your team hates you for it. now there is 3x more chance of getting a champ i have no idea how to play... how is that a good idea?

I guess ARAM is just for the hardcore players now who have time to master all 100+ champs and not the casual players like me who can only get a few games in a week. that's sad. I'm going to miss LoL

Killer of Night95/18/2018, 10:37:36 AM1 votes

Will there be the Gp annuncier too maybe?[sg-lux]

Silverjust5/18/2018, 11:03:33 AM1 votes

If they dont replace warmogs with something else, ARAM will be horrible for tanks

Yatol5/18/2018, 12:12:50 PM1 votes

i hope someday we will get the option to only get characters you own, when you have a certain number of characters to not abuse it.

Rayjay Redfang5/18/2018, 4:28:57 PM1 votes

I really like these changes, my only comment is that something needs to be a substitute for warmogs. Warmogs removal is fine but something needs to take its place so that people can deal with heavy poke.