Banning phase before champs are randomly given in ARAM ?

1st Time Yasuo·Feb 25, 2018·3 votes·422 views

I love ARAM I really do it's a great mode and I've had tons of enjoyment playing it but I've also experienced going up against some of the most cancerous team comps ever imaginable. I'm all for all random champs and all but I know I'm not the only one who has been up against comps similar to / and your team comp looks something like this and you get shafted. It's not like it would really impact aram in a negative way so much would it ? I mean what are the odds that a player with let's say 3 reroll's get's Lux out of their champ pool ? (139 champs on live servers, 140 if you count Kai'Sa) It just seems like it would be healthier for the game mode.

3 Comments

Nanuk PihoqahiakFeb 25, 20183 votes

What really needs to happen, and has needed to happen for a long time is making it so ALL CHAMPIONS are available when playing ARAM, even if you don't own them. This way it is truly all random, and you can't just make an account loaded with overpowered picks to cycle between 'randoming'.

Spiffy McBangFeb 25, 20182 votes

Bans are for competitive gaming. ARAM is not designed to be a competitive mode. Institute bans and no one will ever play Lux again; of course she's a pain in the ass when she's on the enemy team, but playing her is insanely fun, which is the whole point. Same for Sona, a bunch of ADCs, etc.

If you want to minimize shafting while maintaining the spirit of the game mode, the most logical course would be to allow the same champ to be on each team. Then, if one team happens upon a Lux/Sona/Caitlyn/Jinx/insert useful tank god comp, the other team isn't rerolling hopelessly for champs that can't possibly hold up.

MinardeFeb 26, 20181 votes

Bans are for competitive gaming. ARAM is not designed to be a competitive mode.

It's PvP. It's intrinsically competitive. Plus, design is an irrelevant argument anyway, since Dominion was designed as a competitive mode, yet Riot never treated it as one.

While I agree that it'd be unpleasant to never see certain champs again, bans seem like the best compromise if Riot's not willing to adjust outliers (both strong and weak). At the same time, I realize there's some players who don't care about any of that and just want to get into game. As such, the most logical course would be to leave the current queue as-is and add a new queue that has extra fuss like bans along with incentives for playing it (e.g. ranked).