Team Builder vs Normal Drafts

Brain Errör 404·Apr 18, 2017·2 votes·455 views

What do you guys think is better? Solo wise, I think normal drafts are a bunch of shit. I spent 1 freaking hour looking for a game, then got paired up with toxic ass teammates after 1 hour of game searching only for someone to call me a "fggt" and to "kys". After that, I had 3 more games dodged in normal drafts. So I went back to blinds. Instantly got in a game. This is why blinds are great.

However, what do you guys think about Team Builder? Do you think you get more GPH over drafts?

3 Comments

SciFi ScrivenerApr 18, 20171 votes

I prefer drafts. I'll take the dodges, because, once in game, the team comp tends to be better. In blinds you get two people fighting over mid because they both "called" it in champ select. In draft games you get assigned roles and it lessons those kinds of arguments.

Brain Errör 404Apr 18, 20171 votes

I don't know, I played thousands of blind games. It's pretty rare to get people not respect calls. It'll probably happen once every 15 games or so, but most times if someone is unsatisfied they'll dodge themselves. The thing with drafts is, when people dodge it's already another 1min ban session. Then another minute or 2 for picks and then your 30 second preparation time. This is without including the 3 - 5minute wait. So yeah, dodges I feel really screw you over in drafts time wise.

GeminiRuneApr 18, 20171 votes

Personally I found Team Builder to be the better experience. It's like you said with the amount of time required to get into a game with Normal Draft: that along with the increased potential to have relatively negative players who my or may not hold your game hostage because of whatever select reason. At least with Team Builder, you were able to take in who you were alright with and kick out whoever had an issue. I remember my games where I would join a group and get booted immediately for something unconventional (one was actually Vi mid back when AD assassins were a common trend) or they just didn't want me...but why would you accept me then. I had other groups where people would join for the heck of it but there would be that one outlier that would throw shade, or express question. Normally that player would leave (and sometimes wind up on the other side) or I would just kick them because I don't fly with tryhard meta slavery - the fondest memory I have of a case like that was the all smite comp I produced. We lost but it was hilarious...we're 5 smites; no we didn't throw at Baron...