[Poll] What is your favorite rotating game mode?

AlienPrimate·Jun 10, 2017·3 votes·1,926 views

If all game modes were permanently available, which one would you play the most? I know a lot of people like URF, but after about a week of urf it would get old. I am not including Blood Moon Hunt and Dark Star Singularity because I'm pretty sure those were a one time themed deal going with skin releases.

Just for reference, this is how many times we have had each mode.

Ascension - 13 Legend of the Poro King - 11 Nexus Siege - 8 One for All - 6 Doom Bots of Doom - 4 Hexakill: Twisted Treeline - 3 All Random Ultra Rapid Fire - 3 Ultra Rapid Fire - 2 Hexakill - 2 Nemesis Draft - 1

24 Comments

EedatJun 10, 20173 votes

Blood Moon

mkynerJun 10, 20173 votes

You missed Dominion.

AlienPrimateJun 10, 20171 votes

That was changed into Ascension.

Project XayahJun 10, 20175 votes

No, it wasn't. Ascension is a different game mode to the "new dominion" (called "Definitely Not Dominion", in reference to the "Definitely Not [champion]" skin line).

SwiftKitten88Jun 10, 20172 votes

Ascension was the best BEFORE they ruined it by making Xerath drop a token... i have boycotted ascension ever since. i wont play any of their rotating games modes now...

i literally loved ascension more than rift... and they fucking RUINED IT

fuffychanJun 10, 20174 votes

I agree that change was so stupid. Lets favor melee bruisers more on a mode they already dominate

DrCyanideJun 10, 20171 votes

Voted URF, but no Black Market Brawlers?

AlienPrimateJun 10, 20171 votes

Riot said that it won't come back again because the amount of time they have to invest to get it running.

DrCyanideJun 10, 20171 votes

Probably not. Black Market Brawlers had some unique ideas in it but suffered from a split-identity crisis. Having both the minion customisation and the new items side by side was just too much going on inside a single mode. Lessons learned.

We would more likely choose one of those two systems to double down on if we wanted to resurrect a part of that mode. One of them might come back in some other form, but it’s unlikely to be in the specific incarnation that was Black Market Brawlers.

I'm OK with either part coming back, personally.

DethflashJun 10, 20171 votes

Id says Definitely not Dominion, then normal Urf

Arcus DiabolusJun 10, 20171 votes

The only game mode i actively made an effort to log in JUST to play was Blood Moon. Easily their most balanced game mode. Just wished there was a deeper champion pool. Unfortunately it is not a rotating game mode.

The Fuzzy 0neJun 10, 20171 votes

I miss that one and the thresh one

AlienPrimateJun 10, 20171 votes

I guess you didn't read the post.

Project XayahJun 10, 20171 votes

I've got to be honest, I'm kind of torn between ARURF and ARSR. Thing is, I love random pick modes because it gets me playing champs I wouldn't normally touch. ARURF has the fast paced, action packed features of URF, whereas ARSR bring some challenging situations to "standard" play (which is something I don't normally touch).

Doom Bots was definitely better when you could vote for the level. From what I played last weekend, it's permanently set to 100 (which is weird, since that was Riot's issue with letting players vote [because apparently "too many players" went straight for 100]). I don't know if there was some bug with it, though, but it was definitely harder than 25, which is apparently what the Teemoing is set to.

Honestly, Siege is always fun when it comes around, as is Hexakill and OFA (in my opinion). Not something I'd play consistently if it were permanent, though. I liked Nemesis, and I think it would be fun to go back to that every 4-6 months or so. Ascension and LotPK were fun at first, but they've become so... Bland, for lack of a better word. I see them on the rotation now and just think it's not worth it.

From what I understand about Blood Moon and Dark Star, they were just Riot testing out something different. The lack of popularity with them doesn't necessarily mean we wont see them again, but if we do they'll likely have a few changes (wouldn't be the first time that's happened with a mode). Personally, Blodd Moon was just terrible. It was boring, repetitive and seemed to require minimal skill. As for Dark Star, that got repetitive really fast. Three games, and both icons, and I was gone (as were my friends).

Hexs FortuneJun 10, 20171 votes

remove URF so we can get a better poll

AlienPrimateJun 10, 20171 votes

I would like to, but then I wouldn't be able to see how many people prefer something other than urf. So far it is about 60% for urf and 40% for something else.

Irelia BotJun 10, 20171 votes

Making URF was one mistake riot will never escape.

Proxy345Jun 10, 20171 votes

AR URF
URF
One for all
Hexakill

The rest are garbage lol

AlienPrimateJun 10, 20171 votes

My favorite is nemesis draft. It is sad that we have only had it a single time. I always liked having my team give the enemy all adc's who deal only physical damage and then my team just has anyone who can viably stack armor do it.

ErockandrollJun 10, 20171 votes

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I am not including Blood Moon Hunt and Dark Star Singularity because I'm pretty sure those were a one time themed deal going with skin releases.

Blood moon in back on the PBE, so expect it to come next patch. They're adding Riven to the Roster.

Dark start is more likely a one time thing. But if it was, it feels like they would be letting those assets go to waste. They will probably bring it back if they need a break from Ascension and LotPK, while waiting to implement older modes like TT Hexakill and DND.