New champ select Q&A with the dev team!

RiotLyte·11/12/2015, 6:37:31 PM·49 votes·275,649 views

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Hey all,

Lyte here. Last week we shared the new champ select for the first time. For the next couple of hours, the design team behind the feature will be here to answer all your champ select questions.

Here’s who’s hanging out with me:

Daniel “ryedan” Balmert, Kam “boourns” Fung, and Eric “Socrates” Kenna. Come ask us anything you want about the design, the visuals, or experience of the new champ select!

EDIT ::: Team's going to grab some lunch! May drop by here and there to answer some remaining questions. Thanks for stopping by!

1,102 Comments

ADepressedLeona11/12/2015, 6:39:33 PM46 votes

I still have a concern with everyone showing what champion they want to play before the bans.

I can already see the trolls grinning from ear to ear.

Pharoh11/12/2015, 7:30:41 PM41 votes

Will a lobby vote to kick ever be implemented? I'm sick of people trolling in lobbies and either ruining the gaming or causing everyone to requeue.

Azuran11/12/2015, 7:21:29 PM31 votes

Will we have the option of creating a custom pool of champions? In the same vein, would it be possible for me to have different 'pages' of pools? For example, if I get assigned Top, I'd like my Top Mains list to come up. If I get to ban, Maybe have a Preferred Bans list.

7ha7guy77711/12/2015, 6:38:26 PM29 votes

Will there be a fill except X option for people who are jacks of 4 trades?

Deep Terror Nami11/12/2015, 7:51:33 PM19 votes

I don't have a question, I just want to say thank you to everyone that worked on this. [slayer-jinx-wink] ######P.S. Rioters and and mods feel free to add me in game. I love chatting and having an occasional game with them :3

FlippyGoneTrippy11/12/2015, 6:50:53 PM17 votes

I'm worried that this will increase the time before games by too much. The only reason I don't play ranked or draft often is because I go through 5 minutes of people picking their champions (maybe not that long but I feel like everyone always waits till the last second to lock in and ban). I know this was addressed in the main post (I remember reading something about the pregame times being shorter) but I want to make sure I have a full understanding of this.

Could someone bullet point breakdown each step of what happens before you start a game for me and how long the players have to complete that step?

Veraska11/12/2015, 6:44:48 PM16 votes

Simple question, if you can tell us do you know how soon it'll be for us to get new champ select, I was under the impression it was part of the preseason changes but that was my mistake

Thales11/12/2015, 7:07:43 PM13 votes

Hi, Lyte! I tried out the new champion select on PBE last week.

It looks really, really cool. Are you at all concerned that the huge visual change may confound attempts to gauge the actual impact of the functional changes?

I like the choice to have the champion select quote play globally when champs get locked in. What prompted this change? Is there any concern about champ select quotes (Sona, etc.) that don't make much sense this way?

NativePervert11/12/2015, 7:09:28 PM12 votes

when will this be released?

Pryotra11/12/2015, 6:55:09 PM8 votes

Well, when is it going live? Even a rough estimate would be nice.

Also, will people be able to see your champion mastery in select? For example, I'm lvl 5 mastery with Heimer. Would other players be able to see that this guy who wants to take Heimer in knows how to play him? Or would it be hidden until the loading screen?

GPU11/12/2015, 7:18:13 PM7 votes

Hey guys, when will this go live in EUW?

Vanillite11/12/2015, 7:17:04 PM6 votes

Will we be able to choose ward skins and buy champion skins in the future during the new select?

OKIGorgon11/12/2015, 7:18:31 PM5 votes

If a player fails to lock in a pick or ban, champ select ends and players return to queue

Does this mean, it's impossible to wait until timer runs out to NOT ban anyone? Will we get option to abstain from banning or to ban random champion? I actually prefer banless games (even ranked) just because of challenge it provides.

Maou Emperor11/12/2015, 8:02:08 PM5 votes

With the new champion select, would it be possible to have like when your champion you wanted to play is ban, where you can also show your team mates who you want to play while they are pick and banning?

Like FE: I picked Zed to play, and then they began to ban Zed, would there be a like a button where I can show my team mates who I may play instead after they banned Zed.

Bauble11/12/2015, 8:16:36 PM3 votes

Guys please.. very important question for me! Did you consider adding Summoner Icon Select into new Champion Select? E.g. I'm going to play Mecha skin so I can select Mecha icon during draft. (So many icons, not so many reasons to buy them all atm!)

Olãf11/12/2015, 7:44:45 PM1 votes

So, first of all I want to say that you created something awesome there. It looks really nice and the banphase is -in my opinion- really great so there is no possibility of the first pick, may he be a troll, trollbanning three champs.

Now coming to my questions:

1.) Why did you choose the last three people to ban instead of the first three? 2.) What if a summoner, who picked 'fill' as one of his roles/positions gets to fill a position he actually doesn't want to play? Will there be a chance to kick this one in champselect and return to queue? Or will there be something like an extra reason to report him after the game? And what will you do against people like this?

Tuhglife11/12/2015, 7:59:21 PM1 votes

i like the design and how you can pick now your lane. but showing the champions before banning..... trolls will use it.