Smite shouldn't be an auto loss if forgotten.
I posted this to @riotsupport on twitter, and they said it was a good idea, and to bring it to boards (again)
If you forget smite, you're at an almost impossible disadvantage. Any jungler worth their weight in salt would counter jungle the shit out of you, on top of that, dragon and baron is gone. While those are gone, you're behind in levels cuz monsters are worth less experience, and they will literally beat you to death.
I have two solutions. Both easy enough to input into the game.
- Simplest solution:
when you lock in your champion, as the jungle role without smite in your summoner spells, a pop up window appears, stating
You do not have smite equipped.
- More difficult solution.
Make smite required for the jungle role. As previously stated, this summoner spell is an absolute requirement in its current condition for EVERY champion in the jungle. There is no exception for this. Jungle items are locked, experience is lessened, monsters kill you really quickily early game. The only complaint I could conjure up about this idea is in the scenario where jungle wanted to trade roles with someone. To accommodate for them, and the "Off meta "Trust me this is Op""" People, there should be a similar popup window to solution 1. for replacing smite while in the jungle role.
TLDR:
Make smite mandatory, making one mistake in champion select shouldn't cost you 20 minutes of your time, 4 reports from your teammates, and a automatic loss.
Other lanes dont have to deal with this, if you forget heal and go adc you could still do just fine. Top without tp could still work. Mid without ignite just as well. Jungle requires this summoner spell to be relevant.
