Promoting a more healthy ranked experience through champion limitations

Soals··5 votes·807 views

This is my very first post here, and I'm positive this has been brought up before but..

I just finished a game on ranked with people who take positions such as marksman, jungle and so on however, it is their first time playing that champion in ranked play.

I think if ranked had a restriction so that you are not allowed to play champions you've never played before it would do the following.

  • Decrease the amount of burden for other players having to 'carry'.
  • Reduce negativity within ranked matches.
  • Promotes a more consistent level of play throughout all divisions.
  • As an example you shouldn't have to deal with someone who is playing at a Silver level if you're in Diamond just because they decide to first time pick a champion they've never played before.
  • Requires extra effort for smurfs.
  • I believe Riot has said before smurfing is an issue, this discourages smurfing.
  • Smurfs will need to go through the trouble of having to do required games before they can enter ranked play.
  • Makes League of Legends more of a unified team effort game.
  • The chances are if one person is unable to play up to their usual level of play due to the fact that they're using a champion they're using for the first time it places a burden on the team and possibly themselves and as they say "You're only as a strong as your weakest link.".

What I am suggesting is that there be a required amount of games that you have played on any champion before you're allowed to play it in ranked. This could be done by playing normal games, normal drafts or using the current mastery system (suggested by Yazzy814). I understand that you should be allowed to choose any champion you wish to play, however I believe ranked play is not a acceptable place to test out or play champions for the first time.

If you agree or disagree with this idea or have anything you would like to added to this list of how it would affect overall ranked play, I would like to hear it.

10 Comments

Yazzy8142 votes

Just a suggestion to add on to what you said, perhaps Riot could implement a system that allows you to only play a champ you've reach a minimum of lvl 1 or 2 mastery with in ranked solo queue to ensure the player has some sort of experience with the champ ?

its just an idea I know it has its flaws

Nameless Voice2 votes

This has been mentioned often before, and it has the huge glaring flaw that you can have played 1000 games with the champion before the Mastery system was introduced, and still not be allowed to play the champion.

Yazzy8141 votes

Oh yes that's true I hadn't bothered thinking about that at all.

Soals1 votes

Flaw as in its not possible due to the way thats the way the game is or do you mean flaw as in a bug?

Nameless Voice1 votes

I mean that you only get mastery points from when the system was introduced. So, you wouldn't be allowed to play a champion that you hadn't played much since the mastery system was introduced, even if you'd played 1,000 games with them before.

Soals1 votes

Yes. the Mastery system could be used as well! good idea. However I personally think level 1 or 2 with a champion is quite low.

mimzy1111 votes

wow i totally agree, this way ill be able to bard jg in ranked as well!!!!

ChargeItDownMid1 votes

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Soals1 votes

You make a good point in your second paragraph however there are your placement matches and If one should take placements seriously I would imagine you would be placed in diamond/platinum for your placements! However I do see your point with testing new champions on normals with a higher level of MMR and that is a drawback. perhaps a separate queue for champion testing and practice would be a good idea :P

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