How to Properly Switch Roles with Someone in Ranked

nightsharks·3/17/2016, 1:07:39 AM·13 votes·3,443 views

Recently I found myself in ranked champ select with ADC as my pick intent. Apparently the rest of the team was a 4-man queue, and they begged me to trade with their mid laner. I'm not a good mid laner at all (it's my worst role), but they assured me that they would carry and not get mad at me if I didn't do so well. It's bronze, anything can happen, so I locked in Annie even though I've played her twice (two times more than any other mid laner I own).

And guess what? They didn't! The game was one of the most positive experiences I've had in LoL. Their jungler focused on getting the other lanes ahead instead of trying to cover for my lackluster Annie skills, and I just focused on not losing my tower before the enemy Urgot did. They didn't get mad at me for going 0/3 in the first fifteen minutes, and gave me some tips as well as ganked quite often once they all got fed. We eventually won the game by a good margin.

And that's the story of how I won my first game as a mid laner! Props to that 4-man queue for carrying me, bearing with my terrible mid abilities, and staying positive + not flaming. tl;dr, be nice to your teammates and they'll be nice to you.

21 Comments

No flash no life3/17/2016, 1:26:53 AM3 votes

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be nice to your teammates and they'll be nice to you.

Emphasis on the word teammates.

-game starts- Me: [/all] gl hf Opponent: [/all] fk u Me: item 3151

Linthe3/17/2016, 4:25:22 PM2 votes

Solid story. +1. Thanks for sharing... These stories are fewish... But awesome when they roll in...

Ada Wong3/17/2016, 3:22:22 AM1 votes

If you actually change role with a player I am sure Riot has no problem with players respectfully trading roles with one another.

Cindice3/17/2016, 7:28:00 AM1 votes

bearing with my terrible mid abilities, and staying positive + not flaming.

i see what u did there

Mech0p3/17/2016, 8:37:15 AM1 votes

Gangplank Me: Hey guys just chill out a bitwhile I push this wave... try to ward and farm up and let me get to late game and ill be able to carry also don't get caught out or fight, give up tower if you have to.. DrMundo Jgl; Mundo goes where he pleases Katarina Mid: Fk that your useless... you split top and we got raped 4 v 5 Gangplank I told you that I was going to push out top why push mid then engage when you know it 4v5 plus I just got 3rd item so well win the next fight Katarina Fk you noob gg report GP for trolling all game..

Iqqi3/17/2016, 3:09:09 PM1 votes

How to switch roles?

Answer: Don't.

Kitty Clarissa3/17/2016, 9:24:59 PM1 votes

hey look a none toxic premade celebrate~

It Hertz When IP3/18/2016, 1:39:45 AM1 votes

Nice to know you had this kind of experience, especially with a premade.

Leblancster3/19/2016, 4:50:55 AM1 votes

{quoted}

tl;dr, be nice to your teammates and they'll be nice to you.

Wow you ran into the one in a million game where the dynamic que doesn't talk so much shit that you have no choice but to retort, and then get 4 man reported even though you did nothing wrong and get a ban.

Stop trying to tell people being nice will always turn out this way. That is a lie. I bet if you guys were about to lose the game they would have talked about how "annie needs to gitgud, what a freakin noob."

Astôlfo3/17/2016, 2:59:04 AM1 votes

Stories like this warm my heart. Thanks OP!