It isn’t punishable to be handed a role

After a long discussion in another thread, I have a response from a Riot Support person (from player behavior) that has said that if you give someone a role because they picked a non-meta champ for the role they were assigned, they will not be punished.

They confirmed that they do not punish for activity that hasn’t happened yet, and that if you voluntarily take their role you are in effect giving them your role, thus they can no longer “steal” the role in the game.

If they go into games and don't actually troll, then there's nothing we can necessarily punish them for. However we can't ignore the pain threats of trolling or 'mid or feed' attitudes cause for our game. Players should use the report feature on players who exhibit this behavior at the end of screen report text box so we can track it and see if a player has a pattern of doing this. > > To sum up- if they only threaten to troll, feed, etc, in pre game lobby, it's purely a negative chat issue. If they are true to their word and follow through with it in the game itself and feed or troll, then it is a game play offense. We are very harsh on trolls and intentional feeding too as we know you can't simply "mute" game play, so often after one offense a player who feeds will find themselves banned outright. > > Hope that helps answer your question! > > The 0rphan > Riot Games Player Support > Morgana Support

Regardless of if you like it or not, if you take their role just because they picked a versatile champ (such as fizz), they can only be punished for the negative attitude in chat.

Just thought I’d clear this up pending an official post from Riot if one is coming on this matter.