Random Thoughts: What if ARAM

Cindikle·7/12/2015, 4:28:53 PM·56 votes·2,519 views

Didn't tell you the champion you got.

Trinkets are now 'standard' rune page builds worth of stats and mastery passives. Your own rune pages/masteries are disabled.

Not a QQ thread. Just thinking out loud.

Edit: I didn't think about how this would effect summoners. =
I guess everyone takes flash/snowball anyway =\

36 Comments

AMYS GRAVE7/12/2015, 5:11:53 PM12 votes

I like customizing runes and masteries to the team compositions though, and i think its a skill that is developed fairly well in aram. I would actually like to see the enemy team comp for a few seconds before the game starts for this reason as well.

Hatless Casual7/12/2015, 8:21:45 PM9 votes

That and ALL champions are available, thus putting an end to aram only accounts.

Dr Sippy Cup7/12/2015, 7:03:27 PM5 votes

That would actually be pretty cool. Honestly I just Riot to unlock all champions for ARAM games only but that as an alternative ARAM game mode would be fun.

ChaoticPinecone7/12/2015, 7:11:46 PM5 votes

i know too many people who like taking different summoners - flash, ghost, clarity, ignite, mark/dash, exhaust, heal. And what are "standard"? Does standard AP page have scaling AP, CDR, Mana Regen, or MR? Does the standard AD include lifesteal or attack speed quints? too many people have different runepages that fit their particular needs.

The only way this can be balanced is if there are no summoners, runes, or masteries. Which makes me a fan - i really didnt like the introduction of Mark/Dash.

Stiv12347/12/2015, 7:05:22 PM3 votes

And how would you choose summoner spells? Also in-game? Because I neither want to play Talon without Mark/Dash nor Koggles without Heal.

Sire Hippington7/13/2015, 12:59:40 PM2 votes

I see where your coming form, and it would probably keep aram actually random, no rerolling 'weak' champs, no leaving because you don't like you pick, and i realy support this idea.

However i'd prefer to see both comps to adjust summoners, runes and masteries, with no Quit-button, and no reroll. Leavers should be forced to either rejoin the game or wait till it's over+ the usually waiting time after the game ended while getting flagged as afk/leaver. If you play aram and dodge Que because you don't like you champ, you deserve a harsh punishment imo.

p.s. additionaly, all champs should be aviable for everyone in aram, just as Hatless Casual said.

Solaxo7/12/2015, 10:32:07 PM2 votes

No. ARAM isn't random anyway. Every week there's a different pattern. This week I've been constantly getting Soraka for example. Last week it was Ezreal... "random" my a$$.

Sarutobi7/13/2015, 9:12:08 AM2 votes

I like the idea. Would also be nice if all the champs were unlock with that. That way it truly is all random!

DeynaTaggerung7/13/2015, 10:16:47 PM1 votes

I'm curious what the advantage of this would be? All it's doing is getting rid of re-rolls and trading which were features purposefully added by Riot. I personally don't use those because I play ARAM to actually get a random champ. :P

In the end, the people who want a truly random experience can get it and the ones that don't, won't. Seems fair to me

RottedApples7/12/2015, 5:35:32 PM1 votes

so i can't choose my runes? ok, so i can't choose to be ap/ad on some champions, i'm forced into it (kinda). This raises some issues for people like Ezreal and KogMaw which are good both ways and doesn't let me play various champions as ap when they aren't normally or ad when they aren't normally.

1000angrybees7/12/2015, 6:34:33 PM1 votes

let me tell you, there would be some funky ass builds going on.

tbh that sounds fun as hell when you dont know what you're going in with until you see them on the loading screen.

Saianna7/13/2015, 4:48:26 AM1 votes

Random ARAM-related thoughts #2:

"does ARAM still have some Rioter responsible for ARAM playerbase communication?"

Cause last one failed miserably at doing his job. To the point of spam-hack-bots started spamming ARAM forum.

Taredom7/13/2015, 11:39:38 AM1 votes

I like this idea but I also like rerolling and trading, maybe just make the punishment for dodging more harsh? Half an hour queue hold if you dodge? (Wouldn't want it to scale, half an hour is enough.)

CoolKnightST7/13/2015, 11:50:24 AM1 votes

I don't think it's a good idea, rune & masteries actualy have a hugh effect in aram. Mostly the champion that have early pressure & supports that basicly only have offensive stats by runes. By removing this champions like Graves and every champion in the support role. It's nice to have a bloodbad out their but not for the cost of strategic diversity.

A lot of people take summoner 32 summoner 4 but their are still champions that takes different things. So adc's still prefer summoner 7 summoner 4. In some cases summoner 14 summoner 4 is still a thing for certain assassians.

If whe need something than it are more options in the summoning spells. So can summoner 13 become a thing if it's reballanced properly.

If something can be improved in aram than it are the trinkets that currently are not available in the field. Maybe something like this:

  • Revives you earlyer, +item 3342
NorthernDruid7/13/2015, 4:29:42 PM1 votes

So now, when I get a champion I don't know how to play from before I can't even chack out their kit in the already sparse time to do so?

Guess i'll be alt-tabbed from the loading screen appears with them until I've finished watchng their champion spotlight then.

Now multiply this by the oh-so-popular suggestion of having everyone availible, and you've got the perfect anti-new player mode.

I thought ARAM was supposed to be fun.

Calibretto97/13/2015, 7:58:16 PM1 votes

I think "Blind ARAMs" would be an absolutely awesome idea. You blind pick your summoners, runes and masteries heading into the match. Some players might go for a hybrid set up to try and cover their bases, while others might just roll the dice and pick an all AD set up and cross their fingers. I would say if this was made into a mode that they would have to increase the champs required, or alternatively unlock all champs for the mode so that you didn't just purchase all AD champs, run ad runes and masteries, and basically always be at an advantage over those who don't do the same.