4/5 games are over at champion select

Yenn·Feb 23, 2015·5 votes·836 views

And Riot is okay with this?

Not only do I have to rely on my team mates to not be shit, I have to rely on them to know how to play champions that make a good team composition. This is pretty retarded.

6 Comments

Linna ExcelFeb 23, 20152 votes

If you want consistent good team comps, try ranked 5s.

fireincarnateFeb 23, 20152 votes

I am tired of playing 'role roulette' before I even get to pick a champ, then playing 'champ roulette' before getting to play the game. Here's the problem with the Ranked Draft system on League of Legends: In my experience only 1 of every 12 random team comps are good enough to have a chance. If you bought a box of cookies and only one of every 12 was edible, you'd be on the phone yelling at the manufacturer about it. So why do we tolerate it in LoL?

There is a simple fix for this: TeamBuilder! Riot has created a very powerful system for creating a coherent and logical team, and for some reason is not using that system in ranked. The Ranked Draft pick system was fine in seasons 1-3, it was getting silly in S4 and now it's S5 and the game has evolved to the point where it's no longer relevant or effective. There are simply too many champs, and too many ways to play them that don't always work together with other champs or playstyles.

For those of you skeptical about losing bans, here's how we do this, we queue up, pick our preferred roles. We get matched into an appropriate team. Once we have formed a coherent team where everybody knows what they're going to do, and where they're going to go, THEN we start matchmaking. The two formed teams then go through the motions of banning and picking champs.

This would create a much greater cohesion in ranked battles, and lead to livelier gameplay as you're far less likely to get any limp fish out in the game.

ZmuecatFeb 23, 20152 votes

Every time I've seen this brought up, people always come in and say 'but I don't want to wait 15 minutes for a support,'

Which seems like a decent trade off in a ranked game, waiting for a player who wants to/actually can play support well, versus making someone who's never supported and mains Assassins go play support.

Of course, then we could just have two different ranked solo queues... Or as Linna Excel said, play ranked 5s.

OhOkYeahFeb 23, 20153 votes

It will even out. People will get tired of waiting and either learn to play more than 1 role or they will constantly lose and end up in bronze.

Those who aren't useless will get into good team comps and have a chance to advance.

krawkawFeb 23, 20151 votes

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I am tired of playing 'role roulette' before I even get to pick a champ, then playing 'champ roulette' before getting to play the game. Here's the problem with the Ranked Draft system on League of Legends: In my experience only 1 of every 12 random team comps are good enough to have a chance. If you bought a box of cookies and only one of every 12 was edible, you'd be on the phone yelling at the manufacturer about it. So why do we tolerate it in LoL?

There is a simple fix for this: TeamBuilder! Riot has created a very powerful system for creating a coherent and logical team, and for some reason is not using that system in ranked. The Ranked Draft pick system was fine in seasons 1-3, it was getting silly in S4 and now it's S5 and the game has evolved to the point where it's no longer relevant or effective. There are simply too many champs, and too many ways to play them that don't always work together with other champs or playstyles.

For those of you skeptical about losing bans, here's how we do this, we queue up, pick our preferred roles. We get matched into an appropriate team. Once we have formed a coherent team where everybody knows what they're going to do, and where they're going to go, THEN we start matchmaking. The two formed teams then go through the motions of banning and picking champs.

This would create a much greater cohesion in ranked battles, and lead to livelier gameplay as you're far less likely to get any limp fish out in the game.

this...

I just don't get why riot doesn't do something like this. It would make the game so much more fun