Dynamic Q gave me first pick 10 games in a row. Team was unresponsive to trades and so I had to blind pick a top laner and got countered all 10 games. This is dumb. Didn't feel like playing a meta champ since it's normals. Riot needs to alternate who gets to pick first.
TheThundersRoar1 votesYou avoid it by:
I don't see how 'alternating' would work. It's total 50-50 and you got very unlucky with that coin flip.
The Last Ballad1 votesTrading with someone else.
Didn't he just say that this wasn't working?
Hopeslayer1 votesplaying against your counter is how you learn to improve, playing against easy opponents will make you weaker
Friendly Ram1 votesHow off meta are you talking?
Swiftstrike41 votesI first pick 
a lot. I will try to trade if I can, but in general he is my best champion and learning how to play when you get countered improves your ability to play your main and improve significantly.
I had to learn to play against 
and 
to get better as a player to get into gold.
How I look at it: By picking my best champion I give myself the best chance of winning. By the enemy counter-picking me they are presumably not playing their best champion. Their chance of winning goes down in order to have an specific advantage over your selection. You are still better off playing who you are best with when they decide to not pick their best champion. If their main IS the counter-pick than you would have faced that champion in all likelihood anyways. You will probably lose that match-up if your skill is equal.
You know how many mediocre and s I have played against? I have only run into issues with counter-picks when their main champion is a direct counter to mine. I typically get dumpstered, but there is not much I could have done in those scenarios except learn to get better against that matchup. I see them as "informational matchups." I like playing against counter mains because then I gain a better undestanding of what a specific champion can do in the hands of a good player.
MunchCrunchLunch1 votesplay a champion that can at least farm safely.even against hard counters you can at least cs under turret from range. if your gonna opt into a close range counter then your gonna have some bad time.
