Can we talk about the ARAM Bench

ChewieDragon·Jun 1, 2018·3 votes·3,502 views

I'm curious what people think because people on the boards seem to kinda like it. I'm exclusively ARAM and it feels like the bench is not necessarily a good thing for this mode. There are some good ideas, like the ability to backtrack on your own rerolls, yes that's fantastic. But with a few or more rerolls on the table, the bench starts to give you the ability to actually work out a predetermined team comp in a spirit that seems to defeat the heart of ARAM.

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5 Comments

thecowleyJun 1, 20183 votes

perhaps, but also, getting faced against a well balanced random team that have combo chains between them that is annoying as hell, i dont mind having the chance to make a bit more balanced team

ChewieDragonJun 1, 20183 votes

That's fair, I totally agree that it's annoying. I think like most ARAM players I suffer through it because I know it was random; it's much harder to stomach now that champ select is giving people the ability to do that more. I guess what I'm saying is I'd rather have to fight that occasional godcomp that rng draws up than to have to constantly worry in champ select when there aren't enough rerolls to build a functional comp.

OleandervineJun 1, 20182 votes

It's still governed by RNG. The champs that go to the bench got selected by RNG, as do their replacements. There's marginal planning, yes, but everything is still at the mercy of odds.

Mr DallowayJun 2, 20182 votes

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It's still governed by RNG. The champs that go to the bench got selected by RNG, as do their replacements. There's marginal planning, yes, but everything is still at the mercy of odds.

Yup. It is still random. And while there are some champs that are overall great in ARAM a lot of it depends on what the enemy team has and that is out of your control.

Also while I initially had this thought too I thought about it a bit and realized it really isn't that much different than trades. Just easier and faster with less time wasted negotiating with teammates.

Ponce PılateSep 12, 20181 votes

With the bench, we went from 3.6% certainty (5/137 champions) to 10.94% certainty (5*3/137), so it's not a big deal. There is still 90% of randomness left.