1 human, 9 bots in ARAM

Ajuaro·1/5/2017, 3:10:17 PM·3 votes·986 views

I feel like i just played a game of ARAM with 9 bots.

There were 2 distinct patterns to playstyle.

Style 1: Run straight down the middle, autoattack whatever is closest, die, respawn and do the same again.

Style 2: Hide behind friendly creep line, auto attack/cast spells on anything that comes close to the creep line. If creep line came to a turret then they would stand still behind the creeps.

I am a returning player and was playing aram to get myself back into the basics of lol. As Karthus i managed an easy pentakill, and came out 22/2/23

My enemy team all seemed to use the same bot script, style 2. They would all be trying to stand in the same area, and would all move up to attack and move back at identical times.

During the game i tried to raise this issue with the other players on both teams but had no response.

Has anyone else noticed similar issues? Is botting now a big problem in lol? Should i report every player or will that give me a bad reputation? Do normal players not talk(flame) anymore?

6 Comments

Zielmann1/5/2017, 3:15:19 PM3 votes

Yes, report any bot account you come across.

Bots have been an issue for a while, unfortunately. People level accounts and/or farm IP via scripts so they can sell the accounts later. They used to be most prominent on Dominion, but moved mostly to ARAM after they got rid of Dominion.

The good news for you is that it shouldn't take long to bring your MMR above what the bots are capable of achieving, so you shouldn't see them for all that long. Just string together a few wins in a row and you should escape them.

SirTeemoMushroom1/5/2017, 3:11:11 PM1 votes

you can play aram with bots? how? lol

Magical Player1/5/2017, 9:12:38 PM1 votes

As you say this, bots become more developed 1 script ponies in ranked at all levels doing all sorts of things

RookPusher1/5/2017, 9:16:02 PM1 votes

Sounds like a lucky day for that human.