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Intermediate Bots Aren't So Hot -- Pursuit Into Turrets

MadeOfNintendium·4/19/2014, 11:50:35 PM·1 votes·472 views

This happened during my last match in Co-op vs. AI.

I was Nami. My team was going 4v5 since our Wukong had disconnected. I went to go help push back an attack at mid, but when everyone else left, Annie and Xin Zhao rushed at me. Obviously, I ran.

I ran straight through mid's outer turret. And they followed.

I ran straight through the inner turret. And they followed.

I ran straight through the inhibitor turret.

And thus, on April 19th, 2014, not one, but TWO intermediate--intermediate bots were executed. That was only the first time that match that it happened, mind you; the second time around (silly me for getting into the same situation twice), Draven showed up at mid and got a triple kill on the weakened bots. I find it absurd that the bots' code allows for crazy behavior like that.

This was around mid-game. I'll try to record my next intermediate bot match to see if it'll happen again.

1 Comments

HexSeal4/20/2014, 4:54:15 AM1 votes

Yes these new bots are "lacking", in the fact that while trying to act more human they need to assess whether or not they can actually get a kill or not better, based on items and specific champion kits. A riven bot(pretend) should probably dive a bit more than a, say, mordekaiser or some other slow champ bot, due to being able to go in and secure a kill rather than just getting executed. A good start for Riot would be to make champion-specific bot codes, so bots can better utilize their kits and overall act more like human.