Champ Select Trolls.

The Last Solari·12/14/2017, 4:16:48 PM·3 votes·592 views

I am sick of champ select trolls who join draft pick and ranked lobbies with the intention of banning a preferred champ selected by their team members. It happens too often. What is the point in showing your team who you would like to play if you are just going to be targeted by one of these trolls. League already has a bit of a reputation with salt among its community but to start off the game with this behavior is extremely frustrating. This is a team based game, you should start the game off on good terms with your team, not cause hostility in champ select. We have not even summoned in yet and people are already mad. I was put in the same lobby with as one of these people and they chose to ban one of our champs both times. They were not meta picks but not bad picks. This person did not even ask if we wanted to play someone else, just banned them. The second time only one person had shown a preferred champ, and this same troll banned their pick with out hesitation.

7 Comments

Scuttle12/14/2017, 4:38:15 PM2 votes

Maybe you saw my post? Do not assume because someone banned your champion that they are trolling you. I queue up with the intent to ban one champion that I have already decided to ban.

with the intention of banning a preferred champ selected by their team members

There is always the chance someone will hover the champ I ban in absolutely every game I play. I tell them that I always ban this champion and invite them to look at my match history for proof. Not everyone is a troll, so please don't insinuate those who ban a hovered champ always are.

HalcyonDweller12/14/2017, 4:43:20 PM2 votes

I'm with you, it sucks when people ban your champion, but it is rarely possible to tell accurately whether or not they have done it on purpose.

Just do what I do. Hover something similar to what I want to play without hovering the actual pick intent. Then after ban phase I switch my hover to the champion I actually intend to play. Then if they ban what I actually want to play, I know it was because they don't want to play against it, and if they ban my fake pick intent it doesn't actually affect me because I still get to play what I actually want to play.

Infernape12/14/2017, 4:17:57 PM1 votes

To be fair it's not like banning a teammate's pick intent is punishable anyway. Not that I do that though.

Hμghes12/14/2017, 5:01:01 PM1 votes

The Time when someone says something like "please dont ban tristana" "please dont" .. man i tell ya the bait was too strong

The Last Solari12/15/2017, 6:14:16 AM1 votes

I know it was on purpose because i was put in 2 lobbies with same person because someone dodged the first lobby. He banned Xayah first and Sivir second time. The second time, only Sivir was selected as a preferred champ. Why would you change your ban between lobbies? Most people ban constantly.