Players using Bots to Level their Account

Aerilus·1/20/2016, 1:38:27 AM·4 votes·761 views

This has always been a problem, but lately I've noticed it a LOT more, getting 1 bot every 2-3 games at least. In the last 10 games, I've had at least 2 games where I had at least 2 bots. 7/10 of them were in ARAM, 3/10 were in CoOp vs AI

Not all bots are the same, but here are some obvious signs, that alone don't mean much, but when you see them together it becomes more significant

  1. Walk under tower and won't even try to run away, and sometimes will run away from an enemy that has 1 hit left
  2. Exact same builds between multiple characters, even getting mana on Garen, etc, or won't buy items at all
  3. Either doesn't use spells at all, or uses them on empty space
  4. They usually get the summoner spells heal and ghost, and will usually use heal at random intervals even if health is full
  5. They will recall at specific positions behind the turret
  6. They will move back and forth (glitch-like) in certain positions
  7. Looking at match history, gets a score similar to 0/15/1 in every game, the exception to this is some bots that are actually oddly good, like Morg bot.

It's very easy for the other team to take advantage of especially in ARAM, our bot teammate goes in 1v5 under turret every time and free kills for the other team.

15 Comments

No flash no life1/20/2016, 2:54:28 AM4 votes

Obvious patterns that you can tell after running into them a few times, including but not limited to the following:

  • names (bots tend to queue as a group which makes it even easier to identify their unique naming pattern)
  • summoner spells
  • instant lock-in
  • inactive at base until minions spawn
  • only shop once
  • rely on movement with attack function - move forward and attack nearest target until health is low, then run behind turret and afk there as turret goes down
  • leave post-game lobby instantly when game ends and automatically queue for next game.
AJStarhiker1/20/2016, 2:56:48 AM3 votes

Also: matching item builds, regardless of champion/matchup.

Drawxne1/20/2016, 2:13:48 AM2 votes

How exactly can you tell if they were bots?

Alsek1/20/2016, 10:34:05 PM1 votes

Bots become generally not a problem in aram post 30. They would up in gradually lower and lower MMR as they level and by like level 20-25 you shouldn't really be seeing them anymore unless you're having similar success rates to the bots.