Show Favorite Champions in Champ Select

IS1762f773d4918ba8eb372·9/19/2013, 1:14:48 PM·69 votes·4,173 views

(Edit: See Attachment below for picture) Please show the 3 favorite Champions of each Summoner in Champ Select. Without typing anything, this will communicate:

role priority / experience
"don't bans"
opportunities to talk about strategies

There are still a few things more to consider:

Let the player choose 3 owned Champs in his profile page?
Show most played champions?
Show most recent Champions?
Show only for the relevant queue? (Ranked, Normal, TT, Dominion)
Add an option to hide this information about you (to avoid harassment)

I quickly photoshopped a design that could work. See the Attachment below.

Edit:

Let the player choose 3 owned champions and show colored borders around each one for the amount he has played them?
< 20 games would mean no border
< 50 games: Bronze Border
< 100 games: Silver Border
100+ games: Gold Border
500+ games: Diamond Border

47 Comments

Doomsie9/19/2013, 4:32:12 PM9 votes

Oh, that's interesting. I thought it might show the ENEMY team what your most-played (etc) champs were, but just showing your own team has possible merits.

What would suck, though, is if, let's say you have 2 supports show up next to your avatar, people may just automatically use that as an excuse/justification to force you into the support role (so that they have better "claim" on a different role). Or lack faith in someone who has all ADC champions who has to play a different role.

I still think this is a very awesome concept, though! :D

Lowel9/24/2013, 2:26:47 PM3 votes

I like the idea, could work well. But the most important thing is Riots need to add an option to hide it. (to avoid harassment)

If Riots don't add this option, this idea won't work.

RandomTShirt9/20/2013, 7:10:37 AM3 votes

I like the idea to choose your champs, And the option to choose none, having the option makes it so it wouldn't effect anyone who doesn't like it, chances are in ranked first pick will take what they want, or try to help the team get what they want, so mostly helps and doesn't outweighs the negatives. I want to see this happen.

The Lord Impaler9/22/2013, 3:09:49 AM3 votes

Allow people to fully select the champions shown, BUT show the quantity-of-games-played borders all the time to give other players a true picture of your experience.

Pryotra9/20/2013, 2:08:23 AM2 votes

How about Prefered role: support/adc/apc/ap bruiser/ad bruiser/tank/jungler choose 3

then "fav champs," which are most played champs

and Least wanted/weakest role: same as pref, but choose one

and yes, hiding the info would need an option

Etonio9/20/2013, 3:22:35 AM2 votes

Maybe make it optional?

HereComzBuu9/19/2013, 7:21:19 PM2 votes

That would be incredible. It would help the team prioritize positions a lot faster. Great idea!

Spectre Gadget9/19/2013, 5:10:38 PM2 votes

Me likey. RIOT PLS.

Lord Graves III9/22/2013, 1:01:59 AM2 votes

This is actually quite interesting. :)

Josiahfied9/19/2013, 2:19:02 PM2 votes

I'm in. Sounds awesome.

Koduh9/19/2013, 9:38:48 PM2 votes

I think the best bet would be to choose your shown champs. As this would also allow you to targeting a new position.

Say you have played jungle for the first half of the season but now you want to play mid, choosing champs would facilitate this the best way.

Kittoes9/19/2013, 5:44:59 PM2 votes

This is definitely something that you should be allowed to adjust. If it simply showed the champs that you have the most played games/highest KDA on then previous preferences will end up overriding current preferences. Early on in the season I might've mained top lane but switched to ADC. I really like this idea of quick/immediate communication though so being able to pick Rumble/Fizz/Lissandra as my "top champs" instantly tells my teammates that I prefer Mid/Top and not to ban those three champions.

TLDR; the idea is great but, if implemented, should not be something that is automatically filled in by any type of calculation.

Urdnot Entar9/19/2013, 11:35:23 PM2 votes

I like this a lot.

R0GER11/25/2013, 9:57:58 AM1 votes

that would be great to have the fovorite champ option in champ select...

yeldahman133/15/2014, 9:44:19 PM1 votes

Too bad riot wont try this ever, cause the chances of them taking ideas from fans is one out of 100000000000000000000000000000000000000!

Zorthian3/19/2014, 3:47:57 AM1 votes

Good idea as long as it doesn't severely SCREW UP THE WHOLE FREAKING META!

ïîï8/14/2014, 4:01:12 PM1 votes

I like it, but I can't see it coming true.

There's always the argument that we should get champion heads for our Icons when we unlock them (skins as well) and I feel this is just a more extreme version of that. "hey guys look at the champions I have" If I could I would have a Fiora icon because shes my main but I know they will never do this.

I do like the colored borders idea and they should implement that so you can show off your usage and experience with that champion.

TenSlashTen9/3/2014, 12:58:32 PM1 votes

I'd never get a border.

Keikomatsui 9/19/2013, 6:14:12 PM1 votes

There might be an issue, though, with people banning all of someone's favorite champions because they are fearful of that person taking the role. I think this system has the potential of being brilliant, but the "three most played" is what I'm concerned about. I like the idea of being able to chose your three "favorites" or maybe having it be the three your average k/d/a/ is the highest on? Highest winrates? ect.

eaglejorge9/19/2013, 7:49:13 PM1 votes

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wyznozy9/19/2013, 11:33:40 PM1 votes

Wow I am surprised I haven't seen this idea yet the only problem would be where would they show the favorite champs? When you click their name or something because the client for gaming is pretty small and they might need to make more room for this if you want this to be shown in a game lobby.

Swak9/20/2013, 9:33:09 AM1 votes

It is a fair idea, but also could be abused by people not wanting to give the wrong idea, especially in their first games. What I mean is people being idiots and if they are in some of their first games they will choose champions they like or that fit the role they want, even if they do not fit the team. It also adds another layer of complication to the "Pick order vs Calling role" argument. If someone calls a role that their champions do not indicate, their team I'd imagine would be FAR less likely to give them that role. Also, your 3 most played champions can be pretty misleading. For example, I believe my most played champions in ranked would be Janna/Leona/Quinn, but when I am playing normal games I play a lot of Thresh/Viktor/Xerath/Kha'Zix/Skarner. So my 3 icons would indicate that I play a lot of bot lane, but I actually play more mid and jungle (I play Quinn in solo lanes and Kha in the jungle) than I do support. I just play a lot of support in ranked because I am not being a dick and filling in for my team and making people happy.

Malanior9/20/2013, 3:54:56 PM1 votes

I think that this could be a viable option for the selection screen. Seeing as not all summoners are able to play effectively in all lanes, this would be useful for placement. However, there are some definite issues that would have to be hammered out before use.

FiendishNinja9/20/2013, 7:26:43 PM1 votes

I love all your ideas. Both the Poster and the comments. I think instead of automatically showing up, though, it should be something that is shown when you click on the summoner's name. So in the provided picture, I could click on Mancastle to have Anivia, Akali, and Singed show up. Also, I think it should be in 2 rows of 3 champs each, with the second row either showing the 3 most recently played champions or the 3 chosen (favorite, whatever) champions pics.

The Whovian9/25/2013, 8:06:38 PM1 votes

This actually is somewhat similar to my post, however I talk about the ability to shorten your list by use of tabs similar to runes and masteries during champion select. You should check it out if you have the time :)

My idea with yours could be that, in your favorites tab, your first 3 champions are the ones that show up, allowing riot to kill two birds with one stone. It's just an idea.

ItzRonnyRoo10/1/2013, 8:08:41 PM1 votes

It could even show three champs with highest win rate or something of the sort.

Solan Stonewhip10/16/2013, 6:52:55 PM1 votes

i dunno, i see that working against people too. while it would be nice from a draft perspective and might be a fun solution there. i think the team builder system they have in PBE will work for non ranked non draft games and make it easier to practice whatever role/position/champion you want anyway. and when it comes to ranked. well realistically you should be able to play all roles. all positions comfortably before you try to do tranked. but that's not going to happen. so why worry?

Fawlty10/20/2013, 1:29:56 AM1 votes

This is an interesting idea.

emTmyclipin2u10/29/2013, 1:07:36 AM1 votes

Only problem I see is a person banning these on purpose either because a, they don't like that champion for whatever reason (I say this because I Ad Sion Top, which is pretty controversial), or b, they wish to troll you. I think it's a good idea, but Riot seems very against adding anything that assists in trolling. You could make these picks unbannable, but then you would probably lose high priority picks to the other team because your last pick likes Kassadin.

Honeysack10/30/2013, 6:00:09 AM1 votes

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