League's casual modes are all but gone.
Over the years, we've seen a lot of them.
- ARAM, the only one remaining today.
- Treeline. Only considered a causal mode because Riot never supported it. Did you know that gold funneling was a problem on TT for years before it was a problem in SR, and was a problem there long after it was fixed in SR, but it was never fixed because Riot refused to do jack shit?
- Dominion. The same situation as Treeline, but even worse because Riot never delivered on the ranked queue they promised for the mode when it launched. Oh, and by the way, the removal of this map from custom lobbies killed the custom gamemodes players made, like the Hide and Seek game mode. Now, the only one of those old League custom modes you can still play is Donger Dash.
- Nexus Blitz. This was supposed to be a permanent addition to the game, and frankly I enjoyed this mode far more than
- Teamfight Tactics, which is not a League of Legends gamemode, but I thought I'd just put it in this list just to say how much I hate this gamemode. It isn't all that bad, honestly, but it isn't League and its existence proves to me beyond a shadow of a doubt that Riot had the resources to support their other gamemodes, but they refused to because those modes didn't make money for their tencent overlords, while they knew an RNG-loaded game with gacha elements would sell like hotcakes.
- Ascension, which was nice and I wish happened more often.
- Black Market Brawlers, which honestly could have been a great mode if it was given its own map and made permanent.
- One For All. Let me just say this flat out: there is no excuse for not having this mode available in custom lobbies. It would take absolutely nothing on your part.
- Nexus Siege, which was interesting, if not the most satisfying mode ever.
- Hexakill, which is the same deal as One For All as far as custom lobbies go.
- Nemesis Draft, which sucked in matchmaking but was incredible for tournament play. I remember I won a game with the pre-rework Taric Jungle in a custom game tourney of this mode. Good times, but it wouldn't work nowadays with the lack of troll champions. What are we down to now, just Teemo?
- Snowdown Showdown was a great mode, and Riot's rationale for not bringing it back in future years was horseshit. They said that players only played Snowdown Showdown for a small percentage of time spent in game that patch, meaning it was unpopular and a failure. Nevermind that the average game length was A couple minutes, or that it was a secondary mode, so of course people didn't spend as much time there as they did in Rift.
- Dark Star, which was fun but yeah doesn't really need to stay forever.
- Definitely Not Dominion, which is just a sick fucking joke that pleased nobody.
- Blood Moon, which is just LOL Team Deathmatch.
- Doom Bots, which were quietly put to sleep, as they haven't been seen since 2016.
- OVERCHARGE, which sucked.
- The PVE modes, which I wish happened more often since they really are cool little events.
- URF, which Riot really doesn't like implementing.
- ARURF, URF's cousin which players don't like playing.
- Poro King, a decent version of ARAM, and probably the only RGM that regularly comes back.