Been noticing a lot of AFK bots and AFK timer exploits in Co-Op v. AI games

Solfaire·3/15/2016, 12:38:16 AM·3 votes·1,112 views

Recently I've been matched up with a few summoners with generally bot-like usernames (i.e. asdads1235) in Co-op vs. AI games. They usually don't say anything throughout the game. When they do, it's in champion select or post-game results and say messages that could easily come from a script. In game, it looks like they're actual players. They go to lane and farm for a bit. However, it seems that once they get enough gold to buy Bami's Cinder, they go back to base, usually immediately, to buy it. Afterwards, they head straight to a jungle camp and simply sit there until the game ends. Due to Bami's Cinder's passive, it looks like the AFK timer simply won't apply while they're near a monster they can't kill. Most of the time, I see Teemo or any other champion with an invisibility ability. It clearly looks like scripted bots to me, but I'd prefer if Riot took a look at this.

4 Comments

Mama Soraka3/15/2016, 3:29:58 AM2 votes

Man the bot accounts in intro/beginner never used to do this. They must be evolving new ways to ruin matches for everyone else.

Master Pantz3/15/2016, 5:27:40 AM1 votes

Don't worry, they'll delete Co-Op soon like they did with Dominion because they don't know how to stop bots in their own game.

No flash no life3/15/2016, 5:55:59 AM1 votes

Bots will just roam to aram - which they already have. If howling abyss gets removed as a result then they'll head to normal SR.

Rabblerouser3/15/2016, 12:09:08 PM1 votes

Report them for cheating? Just type in "suspected bot account"? I might need confirmation on whether this is a viable report.