Leveling bots (X-post from General Discussion)

Let's talk about level botting

So, over the course of the past week, I have been power leveling one of my smurf accounts to level 30. By power leveling, I play only Summoners Rift Intermediate Bot matches, as it is the fastest way to get 450 exp in 15 minutes lol. In about 95% of these matches, there has been automated leveling bot. It doesn't affect the outcome of the game, as it's just bots, but on the other hand so many people are getting away with this. I've been grinding to level my smurf and these people are just clicking a button and leaving?

All of these bots follow the exact same patterns and could be easy to filter out, if you run into one of these bots, here is how to spot them:

BOT # 1 -Most common -Running ghost/heal or smite/heal -Will not chat in game or lobby -Start corrupting potion -Only do gromp/wolves, rarely do kruggs, never do buffs -Always rushes a BOTRK, starting with 2 daggers. These bots will back as soon as they have the gold to buy a part of the BOTRK, even if they're in the middle of doing a camp -Randomly afk or stop moving, stay in base for prolonged periods of time Notice: if there are 2+ of these bots in the same game, only 1 will play, other 2 will juggle connection (disconnect reconnect) all game

BOT #2 -Very less common but still see a lot -Random summs and champs -Will not chat in game or lobby -Autopath to nexus turret through mid repeatedly -Does not buy items -Does not attack minions or champions -Only attacks nexus turrets

These bots seem to follow a routine algorithm and really take away from the game, especially for new players who don't recognize these people are bots. If there is anything Riot could do about these, that would be great. I'm just trying to bring attention. I will update if I run into any new types of bots, until then, remember to always report these people for cheating if you suspect they are a bot, or fall under the categories covered in this thread!

GLHF Summoners [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]