What exactly is "Instalocking?"

Mal the Red··1 votes·240 views

Because I'm under the impression that if you lock in your champ instantly after you call your lane. That's instalocking, but people tell me I'm wrong.

Edit: I realize maybe this should probably be in the "Player Behavior" board... please move it if that's the case.

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archerno12 votes

Term invented by unskilled people in blind pick where someone just locks his champion without saying anything.

Mecha MaIphite3 votes

found the instalocker

archerno11 votes

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found the instalocker

Not playing blind pick.

Fuh Queue1 votes

It works in a couple ways.

You're playing draft and someone locks their pick as soon as they get the chance to. This is done to show confidence in their pick and to hopefully intimidate the enemy team.

You're playing blind pick where everyone calls their intended role. So say you're in the lobby and you called adc. Now you're thinking about what adc you want to play while another teammate quickly locks ashe and intends to adc.

That's basically the 2 types of instalocking.

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