Can we PLEASE have all champs unlocked in the practice tool?

sardonisms·5/24/2018, 10:37:35 PM·14 votes·8,699 views

Title. As a new player, it's very frustrating to play against a champ and not know why you lost, what abilities they used, whether that spell that blasted you was a 6-second-cooldown maxed-out Q or a 100-mana-120-second-cooldown ultimate ability. Not to mention the really awful feeling that comes from getting a shard for a champ you haven't played and then not having a way to find out if you like them or if the BE would be better used buying literally anyone else.

Currently the only solution appears to be going on the PBE client, but even that seems unfair, as it's not broadcast in any meaningful way to new players, and what you learn as a new player on the PBE may or may not represent live. So why can't you use the practice tool? You can't get mastery points or experience points for the practice tool. You can only see how the champ plays, see what that abstract-feeling .6 ability power ratio actually means for the build you see on the champ when they're played against you.

This is not a fair experience for new players. I spent a month sitting on a Katarina shard I eventually upgraded, as well as Fizz and Vlad shards I disenchanted around the same time. I STILL have a Jhin shard because I STILL have not gotten to play the champ, and then I got one for Gangplank, who I ALSO have never played. The idea of renting the shard feels even worse in these cases--if I like them I now can't get them, and if I hate them I now can't get the BE for them. It doesn't feel fair as a new player who still hasn't played half the champs at all. At least once a champ has entered rotation (as in after the first three weeks), can we PLEASE have all the champs in the practice tool?

11 Comments

need a namexD5/24/2018, 10:40:25 PM4 votes

No. Please don't do that Riot.

Keshaun5/25/2018, 12:56:14 AM4 votes

I wouldn't be opposed to that idea. I personally own all the champions, but I can remember when I was a new player and I wanted to play a new champion but didn't have the money for it. My best bet for you is to apply for a Public Beta Account because all the champions are unlocked on that server. The only downside is the players over there are pretty bad so you can't really get a good feel for the champion other than the abilities and basic combos. I'd go to this link and see if you're eligible for a PBE account.

https://pbesignup.na.leagueoflegends.com/en_US/pbe

15425/25/2018, 7:00:38 AM3 votes

salty people ew, im here since S2 and i agree with ya it should let you pick any champ in practice mode, would be nice for new players so they can test champs b4 they buy them, i remember buying so many champs cuz i thought they would be cool to play and ended up leaving them untouched after first game.

lolipopevelynn5/25/2018, 12:15:43 PM3 votes

Every moba nowa days have a free champion previewer. Good idea to have all champs unlocked for practice tool since thats what its made for anyway. Over 130 champs, game needs a way to preview a champ before you buy.

Dunker5/25/2018, 3:29:09 AM2 votes

No. You don't get to be handed, for free, everything that your elders worked so hard for. Suck it up and earn that shit