How people feel about being counter-picked
I just want to know what the community thinks about that in Ranked.
Yeah, counter-picking is a big part of the game and often decides the outcome. But why should it?
Along with that, I ask the question of how people feel about needing to ban the same champions every game simply because if one team gets them, you can't pick them as well.
Sure, Darius, Garen, and Fiora are problems. But if your players are genuinely better than theirs, why should it be an automatic loss if they get that champion just because yours didn't?
It'd help so much ban-wise, if players didn't always have to ban the same champions and could instead count on their allies being better with said champion than the enemy.
It's not a test of skill to beat a counter, it's a test of skill if you can beat the enemy playing your champion, as that champion.
And before ANYONE says anything about that making the game "boring": Need I remind you Ranked is **not for fun. ** It's for rewards and serious players. Often times, it's only possible to rank up if you master an extremely safe, easy champion. So you aren't going to be having fun outside of the euphoria of winning regardless. What's boring is seeing the same champions have a high winrate just because they're stronger than others and harder to play against even with counters. Yes, those champions will have even higher pick rates if mirrored, but they'd have even win rates since those champions also Lost that same match, on the other team.
My suggestion: Allow players, at the end of champion select, to switch to the enemy's champion to undo the counter-pick. Not to counter pick theirs, but to be the same champion. If they're really better than you, they'll win. If they were only going to win because they counter you despite the fact you're better, they'll rightfully lose. Of course, this is only possible with the NEW champion select, or a similar style of having the roles in place beforehand.
Bans also need to be placed throughout picking, instead of the beginning. Then you could actually ban picks that hard-counter you and your allies instead of just banning who's OP that month. If both teams can pick Darius, then not only does he not need to be banned, you can also use that ban on someone who he'd have trouble playing against.
