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Champion Mastery as a requirement for Ranked

Smegma123·9/4/2015, 1:48:58 PM·1 votes·697 views

Why not allow only level 5 champion(or level 4 if 5 is too unrealistic) masters to be played in ranked games? So you need at least 14 full-mastery champs to enter the queue and you can only select those champs in champ select.

If ranked is really "ranked" in the sense that it is a serious, competitive queue, then this should be one of the rules to enter.

That'll prevent people from of course first-timing in ranked and also just encourage better overall play since everyone will be good at their champ. It'll be harder to get into ranked queue, sure, but after the initial 2-3 weeks of slogging, the ranked queues will be filled with much better overall player skill and gameplay. Plus this will get rid of smurfs completely.

Also, what about another requirement that you need to earn the Team Builder icons for every single role before entering ranked? A more minor requirement, but just one to ensure that people have at the very least a basic understanding of each role.

11 Comments

ZephyrDrake9/4/2015, 2:54:35 PM3 votes

how many lvl 5 mastery champions do you have? and how long have you been playing since the champ mastery was released? you are also severely limiting players champion pool in ranked for no reason whatsoever

Doggie Kruger9/4/2015, 1:51:17 PM2 votes

If this was the case , there would only be like 8 people in ranked.

I think having 3 would be fair , but not 14.

Crowe Stalker9/4/2015, 3:01:05 PM2 votes

Because not everyone has a Rank 5 Champion, much less 10. This would also severely cripple people further through any nerf or severely empower any champion through buffs. I remember before the Rework how dominant and useful Lucian was up until end-game, but now he's one of the most lackluster of any ADC. If anyone had Mastery 5 on him before the rework, then that would be cheating them.

This also stifles champion pick flexibility horribly because you could only play Champions who you have spent weeks playing. What happens if you see Annie but you only have Talon or if you see Riven but could only pick Singed ? You get cheated out of a lot of Champions just because you haven't played to Mastery 5 with them.

Magneto819/4/2015, 2:49:00 PM1 votes

Interesting idea. I like the idea of playing with people who know their champions.. Maybe a requirement for certain Elo? Like Plat+? Even at that, it would have to be rolled out very slowly and it sort of takes away the idea of 'maining' a certain champion/role which a lot of people do (think of Annie Bot). Honestly, I think queuing up with the role you want to play like teambuilder would be enough to solve TONS of the issues.

mfknlwig9/4/2015, 3:14:04 PM1 votes

think the ranks needs more then just 5 levels...my sion be like level 23 by now