How would the game change if each team had 6 champions?

FunkmasterFunk·2/9/2015, 8:00:11 PM·3 votes·618 views

This is meant to be a fun little discussion about a highly improbable change. I was just thinking about how predictable this game has gotten since I began playing. In an overwhelming majority of games you have one champion top lane (sustain usually), one champion middle lane (AP usually), two champions bottom lane(ADC and Support usually), and one champion in the jungle (Sustain/mobility/fighter usually). I like the way that the map is set up. I feel like three lanes and a jungle is complex enough to allow for multiple strategies, yet easy enough to digest. With that said, the team compositions and assignments feel too stale and repetitive sometimes. So, I was thinking about the implications of adding a sixth champion to each team, and this is what I came up with. (Note: This would likely require an additional ban for each team)

Pros

1. Allows for greater diversity in strategy

  • This one is pretty straight-forward. You could set up a duo top lane, a duo mid lane, a three person bottom lane, have a roaming champion, a dedicated counterjungling champion, the possibilities feel endless. This would put pressure on players to either adapt to the strategy of the enemy team, or stick to their original strategy and hope it pays off.

2. Champion synergy

  • With additional champions in lanes that are rarely played as duo lanes, we'd likely see combinations that we aren't used to seeing, thus opening opportunities for lesser chosen champions to shine, provided they lane with another champion they synergize well with.

Cons

1. Less gold

  • By having an additional champion in the mix, it could mean that the sixth champion is forced into a second support role. Of course, with additional champions, there is additional chances for kills, and thus gold. Which brings me to my next point.

2. Snowballing is scary

  • With 6 champions on the map, a champion that's snowballing can be a terror as they have additional exp and gold potential.

That's all that I could come up with on my own. So I'm curious, what do you guys think about a change such as this?

9 Comments

AnOstrichWithPMS2/9/2015, 8:21:40 PM3 votes

hexakill mode was allready a thing man

BubbaDuke2/9/2015, 9:34:46 PM2 votes

I think top lane would be a lot more interesting if two champs were up there.

It might help the whole "two bruisers walk up, use all their abilities, and see who wins" problem.

Kitten of Evil2/9/2015, 8:35:18 PM1 votes

HEXAKILL! No but seriously, that was probably the most fun game mode in recent memory. Ezreal, Kat, Lux in every single game.

FunkmasterFunk2/9/2015, 10:06:58 PM1 votes

Woah, I've only been playing since like mid season 4 so I had no idea this was already a thing.

GaleWinUnleashed2/9/2015, 10:07:58 PM1 votes

I assume you missed Hexakill mode last year?

Drunk Rummate2/9/2015, 10:09:18 PM1 votes

I'd jump on an opportunity to play a 4 man mode and see where a 1 per lane + jungle strategy ended up. 5 people seems a bit crowded to me at times, let alone 6.

Fuaztin2/9/2015, 8:21:25 PM1 votes

You can't have a roaming champion in this game because there isn't a champion in the game who can pull off a good gank with a level 1 ability. Roaming works in dota and Mirana is prized for that role because max range arrows are always a 5 second stun.

WhereTheNamesAt2/9/2015, 10:14:05 PM1 votes

What an embarrassing thread...

Isajohoff2/9/2015, 8:24:07 PM1 votes

diversity in strategy?

I'm afraid we'd just find the strategy that works best. This would become the meta. -> Same old league (just with a different meta and more champs)