How about adding simultaneous picks, so counter picking doesn't end games in the lobby in solo queue

Yenn·Dec 25, 2016·2 votes·526 views

Or does this make too much sense?

It's really fun to first pick something because nobody wants to swap and then have 3/5 of the enemy players pick hard counters.

6 Comments

EschetonDec 25, 20162 votes

But counter picking is a major part of the game. And motivates one to not be a one-trick.

Also, there are good all-round picks that don't really have counters, that you can safely first pick, in every role. Champs like Ahri.

Whereas champs like Malphite are prettymuch designed to be used as a counterpick.

YennDec 25, 20161 votes

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But counter picking is a major part of the game. And motivates one to not be a one-trick.

Also, there are good all-round picks that don't really have counters, that you can safely first pick, in every role. Champs like Ahri.

Whereas champs like Malphite is prettymuch designed to be used as a counterpick.

Unless you have to first pick, in which case you're completely at the mercy of the enemy team and can be invalidated before the game even starts, which is not okay. Ahri has many counters.

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So what you're asking for is a blind draft pick?

I'm asking for each role on both teams to pick simultaneously

Reaper SorakaDec 25, 20161 votes

People would still try to counterpick eachother, and just swap at the last second.

It would be an even bigger mess in my opinion. If they wanted to get that champion select coordination, they need to unlock all champions that all players own in champ select.

YennDec 25, 20161 votes

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People would still try to counterpick eachother, and just swap at the last second.

It would be an even bigger mess in my opinion. If they wanted to get that champion select coordination, they need to unlock all champions that all players own in champ select.

Except no, that's not how solo queue works. And even if it did, you would be picking for someone else, so there's equal room for counter picking by both teams.

Reaper SorakaDec 25, 20161 votes

So what you're asking for is a blind draft pick?