Ascension (or something else) for real tho
So why not just make Ascension an actual game mode? I know its not everyone's cup of tea, but I feel out of playing serious league a while ago and really just mess around on ARAM occasionally (and poro when available). To that end, I sure would play a whole lot more if ascension was regularly available to just jump in and have some fast-paced fun with a hard time-cap.
League is the biggest online multiplayer game of all time and only has 3 game modes during the week, that seems completely unnecessary from a queue time perspective...
Why not give players some consistent options after 8 years of development and 67 million monthly players. Hell now that you've almost managed to push out a new client, the sky's the limit!
Sure the current strategy has worked well for Riot with the focus on core gameplay and esports, hell even I still enjoy catching the LCS. But with the coming esports explosion if something beats out LoL eventually, it'll be easy to go back and say, "man, how did a game with so much time in development and such an active user base offer the users so little options." <3