Why is there no AI hard mode?

Pyme··3 votes·913 views

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but Coop VS Ai is meant to be a fun way to play non competitive as well as to learn new champs or practice. This is how i perceived Ai matches at least. But I've noticed how painfully easy the matches VS bots can be. Why is there not a "Hard Mode" for AI give give more challenge? When trying to learn a new champ and/or learn to play said champ with team coordination, i find that the bot games end far too quickly and there is truly not a challenging battle in which to hone the skills you are learning (or work out a viable style and build play). And jumping into a normals PvP is all well and good.... except that it can be far too hard to learn anything VS players as most just play their best in PvP. So i guess what im trying to say is, Riot, in all yoru wonderful creative..ness... if possible please find time to create a much more challenging Ai mode. ALSO can we possibly see an ARAM style Coop VS Ai in the near future?? (Just a side thought there as that could be fun too) Please feel free to comment or give feed back/Ideas aswell everyone!!

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MudintheWater1 votes

Intermeidiate bots play about as good as really super bad players, so I think the idea is Riot wants you to go play PvP and learn from there rather than just spend all the time playing bots.

HexaDecimel1 votes

Intermediate Bots use to be a little harder. Last year they made some changes to the AI and somehow through all that the bots lost their ability to flash, set up successful combos, and in general lost a bit of their bloodthirsty nature.

I totally agree that normals is a great way to go once you feel comfortable, but I would also like to see a permanent mode for Hard Bots. Better CS, Builds, and AI would be alot more fun then the current option. It would also be neat if they could set it up so the the bots had a jungler. Not sure how they would do that but it would be sweet. It would also make it a little better for people wanting to go top with it being a 1v2.

One thing that I would really like to see and a larger champion pool in bots. I understand that it would be alot of work coding for new champions, but it would be so much fun to have to lane against an azir or a bard.

Linthe1 votes

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Intermediate Bots use to be a little harder. Last year they made some changes to the AI and somehow through all that the bots lost their ability to flash, set up successful combos, and in general lost a bit of their bloodthirsty nature.

I totally agree that normals is a great way to go once you feel comfortable, but I would also like to see a permanent mode for Hard Bots. Better CS, Builds, and AI would be alot more fun then the current option. It would also be neat if they could set it up so the the bots had a jungler. Not sure how they would do that but it would be sweet. I would also make it a little better for people wanting to go top with it being a 1v2.

One thing that I would really like to see and a larger champion pool in bots. I understand that it would be alot of work coding for new champions, but it would be so much fun to have to lane against an azir or a bard.

Yea.. This. ALL of this. I did not realize until recently when I tried to set up a custom game that there was a smallish sub-set of champion bots available.

Kledy McKledFace1 votes

there was : doom bots but riot wont allow them to come back

HexaDecimel1 votes

That was a fun game mode, but I think OP is referring more to an AI mode that more accurately reflects normal champion behavior.

alfavhunter1 votes

I miss doom bots lol

SwapShadows1 votes

intermediate is the same as a bronze game

Zorae421 votes

Try Twisted Treeline bots. With only 3 people you get punished harder if someone isn't as good as they should be. And sometimes the bot combos are really brutal (like Malphite, Amumu, Annie).

Although it would be nice to have harder bots for 5v5s.

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