[Suggestion] 'Swap Pick Order' with teammates in draft normals and ranked.

Dr Poro··78 votes·2,438 views

I hope this is possible with our new Client. It's something I hoped that would come along with its release.

Add a button next to every player on the spot of the 'swap champions' button, but in the previous phases of the draft. Click on the button of the player you want to swap positions with.

Why? Swapping champions require both players to have each other's champions. This impedes tactical drafting in soloQ since you don't know which champions the other player has or wants to play. Some players like to first pick their power pick while others want last pick to counter. Also, no more the occasional troll who promises to swap and then doesn't. Pure evil.

The only concern here is for Riot's wallet. I'm not sure how big of an impact this will have on the purchases of champions with RP, but I can imagine that less people would go for an instantly full champion pool. That being said, I believe that champion purchases is a tiny fraction of their income and most of these are probably players pre-level 30.

20 Comments

TwitchInMyPants5 votes

I feel like someone would badger you for first pick if they implemented this. Like I know we shouldn't restrict features over fringe abuse cases, but literally last night I had a guy say "Lock draven in or I int" and there's no way to report this behavior, if these kinds of people who can hold game hostages have the power to trade for first pick they have a bit more power to ruin games. I'd be fine with this if we can actually report these trolls and have them banned as rapidly as possible, we need to stop people holding champion select hostage.

Hello I am Bird3 votes

Step 1: Get Gyazo Step 2: Take screenshot of client with Gyazo Step 3: Send screenshots into support. BAM, you just reported them Though I agree there should be a MUCH easier way.

Sp33d Zer01 votes

Where do I recognize that name from?

TwitchInMyPants1 votes

I shitpost/argue a lot here, so anywhere from these boards.

I did look up myself on LoLprofile yesterday tho and noticed there's an EUW Twitch in my pants. I took this name early S6 and I'm wondering who copied who :V

Blu3Jay2 votes

You know you dont even need Gyazo? Windows (and if your not using windows to play league your doing it wrong) comes with a program called the snipper tool? Its just the windows Gyazo

Hello I am Bird1 votes

Yeah but it never works correctly for me and I just overall trust Gyazo better :x

OyddAWqJ5r3 votes

Lmao dafuq is Gyazo. I think you mean (ctrl + prt sc).

Who installs a program just to screenshot? Lmfao

LittleDemonTrist1 votes

nope. u cant send screenshot to support. i tried. they said that they much rather want me to play the game with a troll and report through client than screenshot, dodge and send to support.

King of Mongoose1 votes

would be super easy to photoshop false messages

50000000000000002 votes

We should just be able to report in champion select.

My Waifu Vanilla3 votes

I don't see a problem with this. Roles like Support or even ADC are hardly "counterpicked" and thus can usually be fine with picking first or second while being blue side first pick as top lane is usually asking for you to straight up lose lane unless you pick something incredibly safe. You simply can't blind pick something like Gnar top and expect to go unpunished while blind picking something like Lucian ADC is 100% fine since there are only soft counters bot lane while there are extreme hard counters top/mid lane.

AirKingNeo1 votes

Too be fair, you can blind pick Gnar top pretty easily. He counters more than half the top laners.

Btw, Top Laners Against Gnar Being Viable

My Waifu Vanilla1 votes

It was an example and I still refuse to blind pick Gnar when they can easily just pick a ranged top laner or Irelia and partially invalidate the pick.

Danjeng2 votes

Eh Gnar still trades well against Ranged champions. The worst that can happen is that the enemy toplaner goes even against gnar.

NoPaxt1 votes

I always wanna draft last...

Dr Poro1 votes

Me too, but if you see the enemy picking your lane, you can swap with the next player picking so they can also counterpick.

I Main Swain1 votes

personally i like how it is now

TechSpec1 votes

I feel the only issue with that is not everyone want to pick in the middle. would that cause issues in the select screen? people fighting prematch?

Leanus Crain1 votes

Maybe you just need to learn to increase your champion pool so trades aren't so restricted.

Dr Poro1 votes

I own nearly all champions, but I can't buy champions for my random teammates.

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