Champ Select needs an update please.

Deepicex··48 votes·3,498 views

I am getting frustrated with champion select. I am a Solo queue player and I do not microphone or voice chat. Now that I am playing more ranked games than blind pick and really trying to win. I am working with others more and more often to make good team compositions and select strong champions. I play all positions from top lane to bot lane with a decent champion pool.

When I start a match I try to pick and ban and talk with other players about who they want, where they want to go, and if they would like to trade. During this time we are on a timer looking at huge wall of champions with no names and when hovered over we cannot see chat and have to make decisions fairly quickly, so please hear me out.

Here is what i would like to see

  1. Champion favorites section of the champions I love to play and are really good with

  2. Easy to click categories Please keep alphabetical listing. This I feel is part of the essence of champion select, but also add role selectors, tank, fighter, marksman, ect.. (yes I know you can type it in, however again I am on a timer I have little time for typing especially if I am typing to a teammate. In a last minute decision I sometimes cannot find a champion fast enough and I lose LP by timing out trying to help the team get a win by picking a champion that would make our team stronger. very frustrating and unfair.)

  3. Add champion names under there pictures With all of the reworks, and visual updates (which are awesome) it is hard to keep up with all of the new portraits and when I hover over a champion to see which champion it is. My chat gets covered up by champion information that is fairly vague and that I usually already know. It makes my decision harder and less about the teamwork because I cannot see what we are working out in chat. So either take off the champion information, move it, and add champion names PLEASE!

Thanks for listening Best wishes to all and remember GL HF :)

31 Comments

cshakes20 votes

What I'd like is for there to be some time before the banning starts where people could chat, even if it's just "pls don't ban morg". It would make life easier, especially for blue side.

lorewise6 votes

This. In addition to chat during the loading screen so teams can discuss strategy while waiting. Chat should just be available for a time before and after the ban/select phase.

AbodyHUN6662 votes

Also people should pick preferred roles and make them visible without having to use chat, it would make champ select a lot faster

lorewise2 votes

That's a good idea and preferable to the suggestions regarding a Team Builder type implementation for Ranked Solo.

Nik The Summoner1 votes

Great idea, I'd love something like 30 seconds before banning. This would encourage people to pick roles and champions earlier, instead of remaining silently and suddenly locking in Teemo, as well as reduce "WTF U BANNED YI SO FKING STUPID AFK"

GrandMa5TR1 votes

What I'd like is for there to be some time before the banning starts where people could chat, even if it's just "pls don't ban morg". It would make life easier, especially for blue side.

This and numbers 1-3 would make champion select a lot better.

Arch Mage Magnus13 votes

I think it might be beneficial if you hover your cursor over whatever team-mate you have, it could show you their top 3 played characters, and also their top 3 ban picks. This gives you a quick idea what role they like to play, who they like to play, and who they don't like to play against.

SolidPooh11 votes

For one the pictures could be downsized. I'd say some good ideas are:

1: Add a slider for thumbnail sizes, perfect option for users of monitors in any size/resolution.

2: Have fun with text presentation options (aesthetically). Perhaps when you mouse over them, a thumbnail become visible. So instead of viewing 120+ thumbnails at once, instead you are given an alphabetical list. Again, make this a check-marked option.

3: Implement a system akin to team builder, where after the banning phase (a lot of people tend to change roles after a banning phase), each team member selects the role they want to play from top to bottom. instead of those battling and arguing through text. This allows bans to be distributed while the team discusses roles, then a visual display of those roles after the banning phase is given (for those that dont pay attention, if you don't choose, you are automated to "Fill." I suppose you could even go the extra mile and add preferred position selection while searching for a game.

4: Have The chat appear out of champion select as an arranged chat, ALA the pre-lobby organized team chat.

5: Have selected skin Art appear as your selected champion. (see attachment)

Just some morning ideas I came up with, I also looked online and found a sleek custom imagery, I'm not sure who to give credit to but I altered it a tad on paint. the full example is only represented on the top left Riven (I'm lazy). If anyone is bored and would like to make it prettier please do!

See attachment.

MelodyKin3 votes

This seems like a rather good concept hope rito see's thisMorgana

EvilRabbitt2 votes

Give this man a cookie! And bump his idea =P. Seriously though, I want to do more ranked but the selection is a pain =/. This would encourage me to do more than 1 or 2 a week instead of spamming ARAM so I can win no matter what cruddy champion I get (see other thread regarding said Map to see my opinion.). Self advertisement is not ludicrous if it works ;D.

CupcakeTrap6 votes

The chatbox is tiny and scrolls fast. People often afk to get some water or whatever. I think it would make sense to let us have an easy-to-see statement of our preferred roles, so we can keep track of who wants what. Just let us set our preferred roles and our least-favorite role, and have that appear next to our name.

http://i.imgur.com/heuP6Je.jpg

Purely a signalling system: it's not Team Builder. It's just easier than having to bang out "mid or supp pref" every match, or constantly ask, "wait narutoslayer420, where do you want to go?"

Deepicex3 votes

great idea deep :D

Bouffon dAnglais13 votes

Did you just answered to your post?

SolidPooh2 votes

he did lol

Flintfall5 votes

Classic example of when someone forgot to log in on their smurf.

Blunts4Brekfast1 votes

great idea deep :D

wtf? downvoted lol

The Bunnÿ2 votes

rito please this guy talked about everything i wanted

GranspearZX2 votes

You know, with all the champion-specific quality of life buffs... this is an excellent series of ideas.

MaknBacnPancakes2 votes

I like the idea of team builder type selection process without selecting a champion along with the role (for ranked). That way, when you get into champ select, everyone can just type- Jon: top Bill: Mid Chris: ADC Etc... Or, people's names are a certain color Jon(top) is red Bill(mid) is white Chris(ADC) is blue Etc.. it cuts down arguments. Once in lobby, everyone knows where everyone is going, That way.. If you WANT TO PLAY ADC in ranked, you are guaranteed the slot on the team. I have witnessed, the happier people are in team select lobby, the less likely a team/person is to turn toxic.

I typically have a pre-set list of ban able champions, with backups in case someone throws a "don't ban X" into the mix.. However, not everyone is as prepared and some team captains railroad the game before the match even starts.

DemonKiller72 votes

+10

Gunpoint2 votes

How about a report button during champion select so if you dodge to avoid a troll the troll doesn't get off scott free.

Doom Brownies1 votes

You know there is a search bar, right?

Pisang panas4 votes

Didnt you read his statement on it? He is on a timer, he has no time to type in the names of the champ. Read carefully. Here, use this {{summoner:2}} or maybe use these headgear on these two Jax or MasterYi

EvilRabbitt1 votes

Your images summoner 3 me. =P

owenstarkiller1 votes

I'd like a way to announce what role I'd like to play like team builder. I'm "order over call" but if someone likes something it would be nice to know.

Void22581 votes

Almost everything on this thread is a good idea.

Son Olivia Hye1 votes

Bump for best idea ever

Xocolatl1 votes

Maybe you could have a "personal champion ranking" tab? Something akin to what you have with item order, but where you also have a set of your favorite champs highlighted?

Stanmangundy1 votes

On the left hand side of the current icon of the champ YOU pick they could put 3 mini champion icons, your last 3 champs played in ranked with green/red border around them indicating win/loss as well. then on the right next to you summs icons your 2 pref lane/role icons similar to teambuilder icons.

If that seems too cluttered they could just add 1 icon for summoner info and have it be a small pop-up-bubble with that info in it.

Sogreth1 votes

No.

Phatdiamond1 votes

I see a lot of people asking for more time....please don't make champion select longer. It's already long enough, kthx.

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