It's Officially; I Hate The New Champ Select
At first, I was glad to see this new champ select, thinking it would be a good ranked team builder, making sure I could at least play a role if I wanted it, but the more I use it, the more I wish I had the old champ select back.
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The queues are just about double what they were even in low elo unless you pick support (and unless you specifically pick something that isn't fill or support you WILL be getting support).
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Half the time even when I actually get the role I want having to game the system, someone just dodges or forgets to lock in their ban/champ, so I sit in queue for another 5 minutes.
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Getting first pick now actually sucks, because it is nothing but a counter pick magnet instead of having the benefit of controlling bans.
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It seems unfinished still, as it didn't even come with the ability to pick ward skins, and you still can't buy skins from the champ select like the old champ select. I know this is minor, but it is odd to leave out.
Overall I might not have gotten the role I wanted every game in the old champ select (I still don't in this one either most of the time as it seems to ignore your primary choice most of the time) but it was worth it to get into queue considerably faster.