tbh its pretty lazy on riots part that we cant already cause all its rivals like overwatch and dota 2 let you and i might need to make the switch if it doesnt happen soon.
im honestly ashamed of riot at this point
You cannot even compare overwatch with league. They aren't even in the same genre. Dota 2 allows it? Great! Go play that game then.
Outside of maybe some unusual gamemode, Dota 2 doesn't allow you to change hero midgame. Overwatch is a hero shooter, not a MOBA, so the mechanics of that genre aren't necessarily good things. This would also be a massive game change that requires an entire rebalance of the game, and may not even be feasible to handle from a code level. It also removes a lot of the purpose of pick-ban: being locked into what you're playing for the game is what makes the phase so impactful and what gives things like counterpicks and scaling picks their meaning.
Imagine, for a moment, playing Renekton top lane (or some equally strong early game top laner). you get a lead, maybe get a couple kills with jungle intervation, but you start to fall off late game. Except now you just switch to Kayle, and you get to skip her entire weak laning phase and difficulty farming to get her god tier late game earlier than most Kayles could due to their early game weakness, and still maintain your advantage over the enemy team.
Being able to switch while in base in overwatch works because the hero kits are all there is, there's no added bonuses outside of them. Thus, switching is simply a tactical decision to either counter an enemy choice of pick something more suited to the situation. In league, with scaling, snowballing, and items, that system wouldn't work.
Here is what your idea would entail...
“They picked this champion? Let me counterpick it with this!”
“They counterpicked with that? Let me counter their counterpick with this!”
“I’ll use this counter to counterpick their counterpick!”
Games will end when one team runs out of counterpicks to counterpick with...
what are you on?
I agree this feature has been missing far too long
huh? dota 2 allow you to change heroes?since when? [slayer-pantheon-popcorn]
