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S5 - If I had the game my way

KingSmizzy·7/3/2014, 1:18:57 PM·2 votes·276 views

Theres always small things that I think about adding to the game, item builds, maybe skill changes, but this post isnt about champion balance or polishes to the game.

This post is as much to put my idea out there as it is to ask the community what they wish would happen to the game in season 5.

My idea is that in season 5 once all the champions are reworked and with all of the 2014 champions released that there be 5 bans per team in ranked 5v5, 1 ban per person.

The reason behind the number increase is that with so many champions in the game and with so many OP or counters it would make the game more enjoyable to be able to actually be rid of all the ones you didnt want to play against. It would also force ranked players to learn champions other than the currently popular ones.

The reason behind giving 1 ban to each team member is so they can have a fair say in which champion they detest the most and know that everytime they go into ranked queue they dont have to deal with -----'s BS. I personally have a few champs like that depending on the role I'm playing.

For me, knowing I always have a say in the ban phase would make the game more enticing and increase my enjoyment. It would also make it more interesting for me seeing players have to use uncommon picks due to more champs being banned.

Thanks for reading! Share your hopes for S5 or feedback and hate spam in the comments below. Upvote to get more community members to read yours and comment too.

4 Comments

Fires of Justice7/3/2014, 6:18:03 PM2 votes

I have to say, I really like the idea of 1 ban per person. There are way too many times when the person banning is way too trigger happy, and bans Champions without any consideration at all of their teamates. Between lack of communication and fleeting moments of simiply trolling teamates, I think 1 ban per player might be a thoughtful change.

KingSmizzy7/3/2014, 1:29:02 PM1 votes

As with most changes to the game I can see this becoming an abuse in lcs play, a team could ban 5 junglers and then first pick the best jungler, or do the same with any role, but for solo queue this could improve everyones experience with the game. If they find a way to balance it for lcs it could be amazing.

Worgslarg7/3/2014, 1:41:06 PM1 votes

4 bans a team.

Ranked and draft changed to blind draft( ala urf mode), allowing for bans but not getting counterpicked.

Boots changed to free trinket enchants at levels 6/ 11. I dislike a mandatory item, and all boots do in my opinion is take up an item slot for a mandatory increase, that everyone buys

Flash is no longer one of the summoner spells. instead, you can chose two spells, and flash, like recall, is default ingame.

It is simply so mandatory that it's really no choice to get it( there are exceptions, but I refer to the 90%ish of players that take it every game

A armor/ ap item other than zhonya's.

reworking the item 3342 so that it is actually decent

item 2049 as a trinket upgrade, but no more item 2045 ( no health on sightstone)

Featured gamemodes now permanently avaliable in custom games.