Changes to Champ Select that the community seems to want (from what I see)

Deep Terror Nami · 2016-01-15T17:41:45.230Z

1. Not needing to lock in your picks/bans. Riot's point seems to be to make people make their decisions faster, but what's really happening is now you fear champ select; Lock-in in time or you'll get dodge penalties. Instead, just lower the time to pick a little bit (you know, down to the time you're wanting them to lock in on average) and have it auto-lock instead of dodge. Everybody wins. Causing people to dodge just puts us back in the queue meaning you only made it longer. 2. Bring back Team Builder. TB was obviously just a stepping stone to what they wanted to create in the new Champ Select, but I think you could simply compromise by allowing players to queue for the new Blind Pick with as few as 1 role; it would basically be TB for those that only join the queue with 1 role selected (but they could pick as many as they want). Those that pick 1 get to make their own choice to sacrifice queue time for a guaranteed role. The only difference is a captain can't keep kicking players, and it's possible for an ally to lock in the champion you want (mainly flex picks). 3. Add an option to leave champion select without closing the client or not picking. Rito plz. Are we supposed to wait for the new client for this basic feature? 4. Add that champ select reporting you mentioned, Lyte. Even if champ select trolling is reduced, I think we should still get this. Maybe it's another thing that requires the new client, but if so we'd love to know. 5. Tabs to sort champions by Roles and custom tabs This should be self-explanatory; if I want a Support, I click the support tab and look at them. If I want one of my favorite picks, I click on the custom tab I made in my profile. I'd also suggest reclassifying some champions to match how they are used in the current meta, not just what they were intended for on release. 6. I'm sure there's more. I'm done for now and may make additions as they are presented. Comment if there's a necessary feature of the new Champ Select many are asking for, or anything pertaining to the recent changes such as the removal of Team Builder.

Deep Terror Nami·Jan 15, 2016·12 votes·851 views

1. Not needing to lock in your picks/bans.

Riot's point seems to be to make people make their decisions faster, but what's really happening is now you fear champ select; Lock-in in time or you'll get dodge penalties. Instead, just lower the time to pick a little bit (you know, down to the time you're wanting them to lock in on average) and have it auto-lock instead of dodge. Everybody wins. Causing people to dodge just puts us back in the queue meaning you only made it longer.

2. Bring back Team Builder.

TB was obviously just a stepping stone to what they wanted to create in the new Champ Select, but I think you could simply compromise by allowing players to queue for the new Blind Pick with as few as 1 role; it would basically be TB for those that only join the queue with 1 role selected (but they could pick as many as they want). Those that pick 1 get to make their own choice to sacrifice queue time for a guaranteed role. The only difference is a captain can't keep kicking players, and it's possible for an ally to lock in the champion you want (mainly flex picks).

3. Add an option to leave champion select without closing the client or not picking.

Rito plz. Are we supposed to wait for the new client for this basic feature?

4. Add that champ select reporting you mentioned, Lyte.

Even if champ select trolling is reduced, I think we should still get this. Maybe it's another thing that requires the new client, but if so we'd love to know.

5. Tabs to sort champions by Roles and custom tabs

This should be self-explanatory; if I want a Support, I click the support tab and look at them. If I want one of my favorite picks, I click on the custom tab I made in my profile. I'd also suggest reclassifying some champions to match how they are used in the current meta, not just what they were intended for on release.

6. I'm sure there's more. I'm done for now and may make additions as they are presented.

Comment if there's a necessary feature of the new Champ Select many are asking for, or anything pertaining to the recent changes such as the removal of Team Builder.