ARAM Isssue - Too Many "4 Melee v 4 Ranged" Games

imBADyoureW0RSE·Oct 6, 2018·1 votes·1,468 views

QUOTE FROM RIOT SUPPORT TICKET -

> "Sorry to hear about that- I actually had a game like this earlier, but the opposing team was almost all supports whereas my team was mostly champs with a lot of poke, and it was a pretty quick match. I totally get the frustration behind this, but it is really random which champions everyone gets. It would be much harder to try and balance ARAM if there were a certain number of each role or style that would show per game, and I think a lot of people would dodge if they didn't get one of those characters like Jinx or Caitlyn that everyone seems to want"

I have noticed an issue in the ARAM Game mode that has come up many times over the past few months: One team is 4 Ranged Champions and the other team is 4 Melee champions, sometimes 5. This ranged/melee imbalance leads to the Melee-heavy team getting poked by ranged attacks under their own tower. This leads to the game being over in under 10 minutes as the Melee-heavy team can never reach the Ranged champions on the other team. I've seen this happen to me multiple times over the past few months; however, this has almost never happened to me before that. I've been playing the ARAM Game mode for around a Year, and this situation never used to happen prior to the last 2 or 3 months. I know there may not be any fix for this, but it's still something I'm wondering about, particularly to find out if it's happened to anyone else?

2 Comments

Pika FoxOct 6, 20185 votes

Its working as intended. Its not an issue, its called RNG. (Even then, given you have RRs its not entirely random)

RatpieOct 6, 20182 votes

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Its working as intended. Its not an issue, its called RNG. (Even then, given you have RRs its not entirely random)

Pretty much this ^^. SR is supposed to be where you go if you want balance (I almost made myself laugh over that one.....Sr being balanced.....). Random is literally in the name of the game. And honestly, if a melee team plays right, they can roll poke teams. You just have to go all in. Heavy engage rolls ARAM. I can't tell you how many times I have seen a poke team start strong, but then just get rolled. The only team comps I have seen really have no prayer is a majority support team. But usually when I see a team like that, they didn't reroll and are just playing as is.

Personally I do not have to win every ARAM game to have fun. Some really fun game have been with odd comps where we have done surprisingly well even though we still lost. I love games where I have an odd comp, and we lose, but at the end the other team says, 'gg you guys made that harder than it ever should have been'. I figure it only sucks to lose if I do not try my best or get toxic. It is normal to feel frustration when you lose, but it is not healthy to get so upset you cannot enjoy a game.