What goes through your mind when you pick a champion?

Sèx Craved Eve·Apr 25, 2017·7 votes·1,737 views

Personally, I'm like, "I really want to play ____ right now."

Do you guys pick consistently for meta, or for fun?

61 Comments

OurLestradeApr 25, 201716 votes

What the team needs. Which is another way of saying Tank.

PaquayApr 25, 20173 votes

Haha, right? One thing you'll never hear during champ select: hey, I want to play a tanky champ. X, can you please play a carry champ so our team has enough damage?

MelledoneusApr 26, 20171 votes

This man gets it.

DeathBurstApr 26, 20171 votes

+1, and that is so fucking annoying.

Listen, I main Tanks and Juggernauts. I like them, they're fun and all. But once in a while I'd like to be able to pick Fiora or Tryndamere without gimping my team because no one else picked a frontline. Gaaah...

Asayake 5150glowApr 25, 20176 votes

Sometimes it's 'I wanna box', so I play someone I haven't got a box with yet.

Other times it's 'I wanna mastery lvl 7', in which case I play that champion.

Otherwise I play whoever feels fun.

Ben SharpioApr 25, 20173 votes

i look at my name and then whisperr "gg" to myself

AFilthyCaitMainApr 25, 20172 votes

I pick whatever i want. If i were playing ranked id be more strategic tho.

Kai GuyApr 25, 20172 votes

Look at Comp, ours for synergy and enemy for matchups, Then select some one I feel I'm good with that fits well. When that's not an option default to Bard who can do a little bit of everything.

EffluentApr 25, 20172 votes

Depends on the situation.. lose three games in a row and it's "I hate people. Teemo jg it is."

Worst Kench NAApr 25, 20172 votes

Same thing that always goes through my mind. Lock in my mains and ponder on how I'm not Bronze 5 yet.

Sèx Craved EveApr 26, 20171 votes

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Same thing that always goes through my mind. Lock in my mains and ponder on how I'm not Bronze 5 yet.

lmao

Mataka TekApr 26, 20172 votes

I am a one trick pony player. So, after I make my pick, my first thought is... I hope he don't get banned. My second thought is... it really don't matter, my champ is so freakin nerfed, my team is probably better off if my champ gets banned.

Project omenApr 26, 20171 votes

Shift al mani main? Malzahar

KVbqbFsC8eApr 26, 20172 votes

I wonder how garbage my team will be this time....

WheatloafApr 26, 20172 votes

"This is probably a bad idea."

Viktor Von LazerApr 25, 20171 votes

I pick Orianna because I can do everything.

sheilds, speed ups, slow downs, AoE damage, sustained damage, single target deletion combo. etc etc

as well as not have any really bad matchups

UnboundCreatorApr 26, 20171 votes

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I pick because I can do everything.

sheilds, speed ups, slow downs, AoE damage, sustained damage, single target deletion combo. etc etc

as well as not have any really bad matchups

Syndra is a really bad matchup for ori.

Viktor Von LazerApr 26, 20171 votes

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Syndra is a really bad matchup for ori.

orianna takes barrier and gets a negatron.. syndra becomes wortheless till she gets void. as like a third item. Orianna has utility and her ult, she can build somewhat defensively (early negatron after lost chapter) with syndra you are worthless if you can't 1 shot your opponent (i don't mean literally 1 shot but when you press R they better die or it's wasted)

UnboundCreatorApr 26, 20171 votes

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orianna takes barrier and gets a negatron.. syndra becomes wortheless till she gets void. as like a third item. Orianna has utility and her ult, she can build somewhat defensively (early negatron after lost chapter) with syndra you are worthless if you can't 1 shot your opponent (i don't mean literally 1 shot but when you press R they better die or it's wasted)

Statistics show otherwise. Ori loses that lane 58% of the time. that show's syndra is a VERY big counter.

Big LincolnApr 25, 20171 votes

Illaoi if im top and we need damage Illaoi if im top and team asks for a tank Illaoi no matter what

Bard if support

ExternalLinkApr 26, 20171 votes

Nothing. I play three roles, one champion for each role...no thought goes into it...

EbonyBladeJ88Apr 26, 20171 votes

I go with my tried and true picks dependent on the role I am playing.

As for the thought process, it's something like this:

"Make sure to double check your Runes and Masteries." There's been many a time where I've gone with ALL the wrong Runes and Masteries for some of my champions.

gremgarApr 26, 20171 votes

I think about all the bullshit I deal with and realize i need to queue for botlane as that is the #1 reason i get shutdown as a very successful top laner (in lane)

So now I second pick top and main Sivir because no matter how shitty your support is you cant die unless you mess up real bad

6SfoolApr 26, 20171 votes

I try to pick whatever fits the team best. Sometimes it's just a craving for a certain champ but especially when I'm bot or support, I want good synergy and to counter my enemy. I don't give a crap about meta though. You went draven adc? I take Jarvan support. We need a tank? Braum top it is. Enemy mid went melee assassin? Naut mid here we go.

ZettoApr 26, 20171 votes

I want to play nocturne but ill get shit on by Graves and LeeSin so I don't :/

Volibear BossApr 26, 20171 votes

OneTrick Volibear

My team need a Tank?

My team need a AP?

My team need a Bruiser?

My team need a Peeler?

Volibear is ALWAYS the answer, even if he is not the answer.

Comrade NapoleonApr 26, 20171 votes

it is usually a question, depending on my role either "how about a magic trick?" or "how about a drink?"

sirwaterflesApr 26, 20171 votes

Swain :bring it on bitches TahmKench :UNLOAD DA TOAD UNBENCH DAT KENCH Urgot sup : instructions unclear, panic picked , fuck my life

NiyumiApr 26, 20171 votes

"What does my team need? A tank? CC? Damage? AP / AD?"
"What does their team do? Are they relying on an engage? Do they have a lot of CC and kiting?"
- "What champ can fight their team while filling the gap in my team's picks?"

But sometimes I just pick what sounds like fun.

RenownedWheat42Apr 26, 20171 votes

"Oh shit, I have ___? Guess I'm trying them out today."

Sadistic VeigarApr 26, 20171 votes

Free win

locks in lulu

SpookyNeedleApr 26, 20171 votes

I'm basically a Fiora 1 trick in ranked, rocking that 69% winrate xd But in norms it's just whoever I feel like, not a metaslave

JihyobdaApr 26, 20171 votes

I pick one of my comfort picks that is safe against the enemy or has a good synergy with my team, if I have to blindpick I play Ashe

NineTailedMysticApr 26, 20171 votes

Ahri

RiskyWiskyApr 26, 20171 votes

I mainly play normals and i just think of what stupid shit i can come up with today. latest games include: Crit Darius top. AP SONA MID AP Blitz Top ADC Twisted Fate

SkywallkerAApr 26, 20171 votes

Who do i want to play and what does the teamchomp need to be somewhat competent. meta slavery isnt my style

Avarosan BonnieApr 26, 20171 votes

I just go with what I feel like playing. Sometimes I pick a specific champion hoping a teammate has a matching skin (Star Guardian Janna or Lux with Jinx, PROJECT: Ashe with Leona). I'm also not much of a Xayah player but if she isn't banned or picked already and my support wants Rakan, I'll go for Xayah in that case.

Blue Moon WolfApr 26, 20171 votes

I go with what I want to play... unless I get countered. then I try to go with something I know will stand a better chance against that. If I play Ranked, I'd try my best to fill the need for the team, but at the same time I'd want the same thought to be put into what I pick in regards to the rest of my team. If I pick a champ with a high mana cost that REALLY could use blue buff, I'd hope that our mid and jungler would pick champs that are generally not mana hungry.

Project omenApr 26, 20171 votes

I pick Vladimir because I like sucking people dry. No but seriously I like the champion so I pick him almost every time unless I'm too bored too play him.

Fed by Snu SnuApr 26, 20171 votes

"I think this champion completes the needs of our team, but it's not going to matter anyway because our mid/adc will get caught out"

A Basic IslandApr 26, 20171 votes

is the champion im hovering shaco?

no.

pick shaco

Neeko N DimeApr 26, 20171 votes

i generally pick what i have fun playing and am good at. i have a few champs i use for each role but it doesnt hurt, say for instance, if you're last pick in select and see their whole team, to avoid picking a champ that will be useless vs enemy comp. but ya pick what you have fun playing imo. ill even go further and say just play to have fun and you'll climb more.

Kukan SeishinApr 26, 20171 votes

Ahri

I feel like wanting to play for fun today...

enemy locks in yasuo

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU

FioraWillCarryApr 26, 20171 votes

What runs through my mind ? I always always hope I get the team that doesn't feed. I don't care about counter picks, meta or any of that shit because it's not what decides a game for me. What always decides is who feeds. I've seen troll pick shit like Riven bot with Shaco support win games because the enemy team feeds. I've seen people counter-pick and still feed their ass off. Feeding is what decides games. Meta and counter picks and all that only work at Master and up. Not even Diamond. Diamond players for all their hoohaa still feed their asses off just like Bronze and Silvers.

nextgenpwningApr 26, 20171 votes

I'm with you I gotta say. I have so many champs and I want to play all of them and I keep forgetting how fun they are. Tho meta and fun are actually pretty similar. Meta=wins or busted, wins and busted=fun to me at least.

NodirjonSattarovApr 26, 20171 votes

ya boy doesn't ride the meta - don't be a meta whore

Truly PridefulApr 26, 20171 votes

I pick Jhin if available, otherwise something like Ashe. I like being able to enable my teammates, really dislike playing champions that only bring damage.

When I play support I pick for the lane.