ARAM is legitimately the only gamemode i currently have fun playing atm.

ChaddyFantome··60 votes·4,243 views

I don't even win most ARAMs. But i at least enjoy myself. Even when we get set up versus poke as a bunch of melees. I still have a better time than when playing Summoners' Rift to any degree.

That last patch somehow just made everything worse.

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AirKingNeo22 votes

Pff. Most fun I had in league was the Star Guardian mode. Sure, I hated the announcer, but it's much more fun than facing all the broken shit in the game.

AetherArising23 votes

Oh fuck yeah man. I love PvE modes pretty much always, and it was a blast when we finally beat the hell out of the Alien Herald, but unfortunately the quests were too finnicky. "Get an S on Onslaught mode" or "Win a game of Onslaught without Support or Utility"

StarGuardianWeeb1 votes

and for a damn ward skin. NOT EVEN THOSE COOL ORBS LIKE EVERY OTHER EVENT. A DUMB WARD SKIN!!!! Edit: liked the mode tho fer sure was 10/10

Hexs Fortune3 votes

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Pff. Most fun I had in league was the Star Guardian mode. Sure, I hated the announcer, but it's much more fun than facing all the broken shit in the game.

Star guardian was really nice, especially when it was a new thing. Felt good to have diablo 3 style gameplay with League of legends controls.

Love tap all the things!

Xion The XIV18 votes

How is aram fun? 9/10 games is one sided to the point as soon as you see the loading screen you know who wins. The 10th one is where the game is evenly match with multiple aces constantly.

Ariel the Cruel17 votes

"Most fun."

If what you say is true, the statement is even more depressing. XD

Xion The XIV2 votes

think you replied to the wrong person.

Ariel the Cruel9 votes

Nah. Even if I did, LoL etiquette dictates that I never admit it and blame Yasuo instead. ;p

SpecterVonBaren5 votes

I think he meant that even with those issue in ARAM that if it's still the most fun then the issue with SR are even worse.

Pale Pirate2 votes

But please, if you are a person who gets so tilted from teamcomps that you say "open" in the first 3 minutes, don't play ARAM.

Solitair1 votes

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How is aram fun? 9/10 games is one sided to the point as soon as you see the loading screen you know who wins. The 10th one is where the game is evenly match with multiple aces constantly.

Yea the balance is so fucky and inconsistent. Sona had a 70% win rate in ARAM for such a long time and nobody at Riot gave a shit.

Iffy Jarl4 votes

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How is aram fun? 9/10 games is one sided to the point as soon as you see the loading screen you know who wins. The 10th one is where the game is evenly match with multiple aces constantly.

I've had a much different experience

EssenceOfPoo7 votes

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How is aram fun? 9/10 games is one sided to the point as soon as you see the loading screen you know who wins. The 10th one is where the game is evenly match with multiple aces constantly.

he's complaining that even though ARAM is broken, it's fun. meanwhile, for him, Summoner Rift is broken so it's not fun. so I guess it's not whether something is broken or not that makes it unfun, it's whether or not everyone runs down mid? hmm....

[sg-lux-2]

[slayer-jinx-unamused]

Professor Ward15 votes

Over 4.2k arams played

By far and above the most healthy mode league of legends has.

HarrisonOwns13 votes

It would be nice if Riot did ANY balancing in ARAM at all.

A huge population of players play mostly ARAM.

They don't do enough for it.

paisy4 votes

I mean they already have, not saying they couldn't do more

JustaNewb10 votes

That's because ARAM feels more like old LoL than the rest of LoL. Chaotic, fast and tactical, and nobody really has a handle on the situation.

The game mode has yet to be completely watered down by Metas, tournament wannabes, or streamlining.

Ive played only ARAM for a very long time now... when I do dip into Summoners Rift I dominate... too many players stagnated by metas and expected play styles they have lost all sense of REAL strategy, cunning, or adaptability.

The pro players don't lose those skills, somehow, and that is what makes them Pro.

NekoniClaws10 votes

ARAM you get what you're given, and you have to work with it. You get to be creative. You don't play the game for ten minutes and then realise your toplane is 0/12. It's always gonna' be stress free and awesome <3

SR games feel a little extra stressful- with the rune changes and the frankly-- bizarre 'let's make nunu strong suddenly!' decisions going on, and how badly lanes are snowballing beyond repair (just pray they're on your team) it's just... ugh.

Almighty Pillow1 votes

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ARAM you get what you're given, and you have to work with it. You get to be creative. You don't play the game for ten minutes and then realise your toplane is 0/12. It's always gonna' be stress free and awesome <3

SR games feel a little extra stressful- with the rune changes and the frankly-- bizarre 'let's make nunu strong suddenly!' decisions going on, and how badly lanes are snowballing beyond repair (just pray they're on your team) it's just... ugh.

every game, no matter what lane i'm in, if my friends are also not in the lane, the lane goes 0/12

hhaavviikk7 votes

ever since runes got reworked ARAM stopped being fun, triump made games significantly more snowbally and with runes removed I can't try fun stuff anymore, 20% crit chance garen, full Attack speed gnar, can't try any of that and woe is you if you don't get triump, you're hugely gimping yourself.

since the rune rework I've been having games end at 7-8 minutes way more frequently than before which is a shame

PePsiLemoNN7 votes

So play ARAM?

ChaddyFantome2 votes

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So play ARAM?

My point is that it is sad that I now feel like I can only enjoy this game when playing what is and I personally also largely consider a breaktime warm up mode to shoot the shit in.

CHODES AND LOADS7 votes

i will play aram again when they unlock the entire roster for it. the more u play it the more obvious it becomes that a good chunk of ppl playing aram have aram accounts and u see the same fuckin cancerous champs every goddamn game.

Six Inch Heals6 votes

Yeah, to be honest, this would greatly improve the ARAM experience.

SpecterVonBaren5 votes

I dunno dude, even ARAM doesn't feel as much fun for me anymore. I remember when I could build tank Shaco because otherwise my team would have no frontline and I'd be a tanky bastard. Now, even the tanks with some kind of tank steroid feel like they get shredded in seconds.

Bonipherus5 votes

poro king and ascension best game modes

Naono5 votes

I like ARAM because it's less stressful than SR.

In SR, there's always this feel of an invisible pressure. Like, you have to win your lane or else prepared to be flamed.

I had ppl in ARAM, was saying stop feeding. Yeah, feeding is not really a thing in ARAM. There is usually a minor gold difference.

DJOKER5 votes

#I only play Aram currently.

Nea1044 votes

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Even when we get set up versus poke as a bunch of melees.

No. That happens a lot, because their matchmaking is even more broken in Aram (since champ selection is not random), and then you just gonna have 10-15 minutes of pure agony.

They failed about Aram as well, sadly, and are not gonna rework anything of course :D

ShaolinToilet5 votes

Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it failed.

Nea1042 votes

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Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it failed.

Yeah it's true, still I think nobody likes 15 minutes of agony :P I agree it can be challenging to play in a disadvantage, but I think that whoever allows an unintended disadvantage in a game has messed up something.

THE RlVER KlNG4 votes

I rarely have fun in ARAM anymore, although I do play it a lot.

I always, always am playing against some god tier comp that makes me want to drive a nail through my head. Never fun when its a Blitz/Lux/Cho/Twitch/Ornn and your team is some shit.

paisy3 votes

I have most of my game time on aram. Even though it can one sided, I still love it. There's a lot of hidden strats people are unaware of.

SpiritOfOdysseus3 votes

I've played ARAM only for years, unlocking most champions and somehow still winning when it's obvious the enemy has an aram account advantage when you see zyra or ziggs on their team every freakin game. Despite that its still 1000000000000000x more fun than SR

FatedSaviour2 votes

i agree with you, but its because for some reason, in aram my teams dont feed 4/5 games and i can actually not 1v5, honest to god, one game, i went teemo top against a darius, enemy team build mostly MR, i had a draven on my team, and at the end, i did more than the rest of my team combined +20k, the instant i died my team lost the game

HaIlMonitor2 votes

All Random All Mid All Random All All Random Random.....

My team Nunu Nunu Nunu Nunu Nunu

Their team Soraka Ziggs Katarina Malphite Draven

rtbf2216514122 votes

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All Random All Mid All Random All All Random Random.....

My team Nunu Nunu Nunu Nunu Nunu

Their team Soraka Ziggs Katarina Malphite Draven

Does Nunu 120% AP stack?

HaIlMonitor1 votes

No, I was making a joke about how bad he is... at the time I wasnt thinking about the current patch lol.

Violet Fields2 votes

Twisted Treeline is the only mode I have fun in, and me saying this is just sad.

Kowchi2 votes

Yeah I tried to play Rank Games but that shit sucks.

I think the people who play ARAM tend to be more mature and relaxed.

Pinkaj1 votes

I think this is the gamemode with the least toxicity

NocturnalKernal1 votes

each new patch makes sr and ranked that much more unenjoyable, BUT this is exactly riots goal. they want you to either spend money on your main account make an alt account and spend money on it. ranked is by far the most oppressing it can be and the better you perform the more likely you are to lose the game and get flamed because you refuse to int with the team. the game has been soley about money but they are going about it all wrong. I would rather pay money to buy the game than be forced to play with all the random, drug using extremely disrespectful youth that are allowed to play. if riot just charged to buy the game that would weed out quite a bit of the braindeads straight off and it would be better for us all.

Jaspers1 votes

ARAM is great at the moment. New Runes means everyone is broken in it. Not just ADCs.

Let's see how my recent ARAM games have gone.5 Melees vs a team with range and J4 (who needs a actual nerf at some point, hint hint Riot), even with their range advantage we still made it last 23 minutes. Dark Harvest Gangplank with trinity and static shiv, chunking people for 50% of their HP with 1 Q. Purple Build AP Udyr with Aftershock maxing R then E (item 3194 item 3001 item 3029 item 3091 item 3111 ). Taric in general, Taric is stupid in ARAM (get these: item 3040 item 3800, bloody fun).

My only concern is the 'random' part. Over the weekend I got Poppy (whether by actually getting her or via a swap) 4 times, and yet in all the games I played, not once did I or anyone else get Nami, my main. It's weird. I got an S- with Poppy so got a chest but I'd like Nami at some point.

My only change I'd do is reduce both Triumph heal and Dark Harvest stacks. Currently, Dark Harvest and Triumph are balanced for 15 minute laning phases and 35 minute games. Not ARAM cluster fights.

Almighty Pillow3 votes

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ARAM is great at the moment. New Runes means everyone is broken in it. Not just ADCs.

Let's see how my recent ARAM games have gone.5 Melees vs a team with range and J4 (who needs a actual nerf at some point, hint hint Riot), even with their range advantage we still made it last 23 minutes. Dark Harvest Gangplank with trinity and static shiv, chunking people for 50% of their HP with 1 Q. Purple Build AP Udyr with Aftershock maxing R then E (item 3194 item 3001 item 3029 item 3091 item 3111 ). Taric in general, Taric is stupid in ARAM (get these: item 3040 item 3800, bloody fun).

My only concern is the 'random' part. Over the weekend I got Poppy (whether by actually getting her or via a swap) 4 times, and yet in all the games I played, not once did I or anyone else get Nami, my main. It's weird. I got an S- with Poppy so got a chest but I'd like Nami at some point.

My only change I'd do is reduce both Triumph heal and Dark Harvest stacks. Currently, Dark Harvest and Triumph are balanced for 15 minute laning phases and 35 minute games. Not ARAM cluster fights.

the only bad point about Aram are Aram only accounts. not fair.

SpiritOfOdysseus1 votes

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ARAM is great at the moment. New Runes means everyone is broken in it. Not just ADCs.

Let's see how my recent ARAM games have gone.5 Melees vs a team with range and J4 (who needs a actual nerf at some point, hint hint Riot), even with their range advantage we still made it last 23 minutes. Dark Harvest Gangplank with trinity and static shiv, chunking people for 50% of their HP with 1 Q. Purple Build AP Udyr with Aftershock maxing R then E (item 3194 item 3001 item 3029 item 3091 item 3111 ). Taric in general, Taric is stupid in ARAM (get these: item 3040 item 3800, bloody fun).

My only concern is the 'random' part. Over the weekend I got Poppy (whether by actually getting her or via a swap) 4 times, and yet in all the games I played, not once did I or anyone else get Nami, my main. It's weird. I got an S- with Poppy so got a chest but I'd like Nami at some point.

My only change I'd do is reduce both Triumph heal and Dark Harvest stacks. Currently, Dark Harvest and Triumph are balanced for 15 minute laning phases and 35 minute games. Not ARAM cluster fights.

I'd have loved to play that match as the melees. We'd probably instalose first (and second) tower but once I got 2750 hp with warmogs and either visage or armor spamming it'd be gg as long as I had snowball and a team that knew how to follow up

Jaspers1 votes

I like them, the challenge of it, as long as their range advantage is 'fair'. Had one ARAM not long ago, we had a Teemo but he afk'd for half the game, our only 4 remaining melee against a Ziggs, some adcs and Ornn. We held them off and at some points were doing really well, even with the disadvantage, once Teemo reconnected near the end it was basically game over for them.

Tomoe Gozen1 votes

You didn't explain anything. You just said you like playing a clown fiesta with random picks and all of you going on mid, instead of having a laning phase.

ChaddyFantome2 votes

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You didn't explain anything. You just said you like playing a clown fiesta with random picks and all of you going on mid, instead of having a laning phase.

Do you want me to just repeat what everyone else is saying? ADCs decide the game. Jungle gets punished for giving any attention to any lane but bot UNLESS their bot is already winning, in which case they camp mid. Top is irrelevant. Games feel like you have no agency in them.

Happy?

MissCha0s1 votes

I myself sadly never have had too much fun with ARAM, I honestly hate saying this but I could probably count on my fingers all the actual enjoyable experiences I’ve had on it, maybe because I just rarely play except when friends want to, but I’ve been steered away from it just cause I never enjoy myself when playing ARAM, I feel like I have the worst luck with who I get and our and the enemy’s team comps, the experience has mainly just been an unenjoyable one to sadly say the least.

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