ARAM, balanced? You've got to be joking...

Milodic Mellodi··1 votes·633 views

You'd think that when Riot says ARAM is "All Random" that they'd inherently have any sort of balancing mechanics built in. Not literally "ALL Random". I get into ARAM. Our team ends up having 3 ADCs (Tristana (me), Ashe, and Twitch), Alistar, and Warwick). I could've dodged but I didn't, because I thought that with Alistar setting up and us ADCs taking them one-by-one we could salvage something. Right? Already when I saw Blitzcrank and Bard I was like NOPE. Then Brand and Fiora...and Ryze of all things. Of course, because I ended up being their first target I ended up being their primary target, and being that Tristana can't do much without snowballing I was left in the dust. I managed to get 5 kills before the match was over. Bard actually went under the tower and killed himself, no one damaging him but the tower, because he said he wanted to die. Brandflakes and Fiora continually one-shot'd everyone on our team.

Riot, I know that Season 5 is ending very shortly. I also know that I sound salty and butthurt (because I am). I'm just wondering, Riot: Is Season 6 going to have any sort of balance in ARAM, or are we going to be dealing with matches that end before they even start? I ask that any answers aren't Flaming. I might sound salty but my responses to the Community and Riot will be polite and justified. Thanks for reading this, and I hope to hear back!

12 Comments

Edge of Daybreak3 votes

They need to make it actually random instead of make a smurf for this game mode. I face more smurf accounts than anything these days. I loved early aram. Had all kinds of weird teams formed. Now its mostly just a medly of the same things because most players are on smurfs. I havent seen udyr in over a year. I used to see him a lot when it first came out though.

Kãtãrinã3 votes

it should be legit random with all champions available not "only champions you own" cause people make "ARAM only accounts" which are specifically made to only play aram on.

Milodic Mellodi3 votes

I do understand that. If they're going to force us to play "free-to-play" Champs in ARAM, the least they could do is allow us the rest. I don't mean that sarcastically, by the way, I believe you.

heckin dead2 votes

ARAM is nothing short of a single lane fuckfest. It is indeed random, but you get a reroll if you don't like what you got. There is nothing really competitive about ARAM, you get tossed a champion and are told to run down this bridge and stay alive longer than the other team.

Milodic Mellodi1 votes

That's not a fuckfest, that's a slaughterhouse. I totally agree, though.

Maximum Morde2 votes

I can't play ARAM, its nothing but ARAM only accounts unless I keep remaking a smurf to reset my mmr in there.

Crossette2 votes

The summoner 11 equivalent of ARAM (Assault) actually lets you use EVERY character, and even allows mirror matches!

THANKS LEAGUE FOR MAKING ME WASTE $800

MisterHealYoGirl2 votes

ARAM is a fundamentally unbalanced mode; that's what's fun about it. The point is taking what you're given, even if it's suboptimal, and welding it into a teamcomp that would NEVER fly on Rift, but works here because your opponent's comp is just as janky as yours is. Sure, sometimes it breaks down and you just get ROFLstomped, but that's not as common as you might think. Think about it in Minecraft terms; Rift is Creative mode. You have all the power to pick whatever you want and make whatever you want; the fun is in using whatever you've built. ARAM, in contrast, is survival mode. You're given certain parts and told to make a whole better than the enemy team's; the fun is in building the thing.

Dessim82 votes

Maybe instead of making it LESS balanced, they should make it more balanced. I'm tired of being told 'it's just aram.'

That's like saying "it's just art" or "It's just thyroid cancer!" The insensitivity is astounding.

I want a balanced version maybe champion specific balance, maybe a draft option so I don't have to pray I get either a champ I know or a leaver.

I want more control over my All Mid mode, but I feel so unheard.

Dominick Destine1 votes

What part of "Random" did you not understand?

shyv1 votes

aram isn't meant to be taken seriously. back before aram was an actual game mode, it was just all random, all mid, summoners rift. and it was awful, but so fun. enjoy the fact that you have an entire map dedicated to playing casually and fucking around.

ShaftyMegee1 votes

What would you suggest? How would they make it more balanced? I don't see any easy ways

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