In the low levels of where new players and smurfs lie, there is no communication at all. Every single game there's someone who is stuck with support and because of it they go Yasuo, Shaco, Riven, etc. and just run it down mid. Every game, this is tiring. I have 6 champions Riot. What am I supposed to do? I want to be able to have as fair a chance as anyone else would in draft.
There's always the option to grind for IP through Bot Games. Sure, they may not be exciting but from my experience having played hundreds of Bot Games when I was a new player, they're far less toxic than other game modes. Plus, you also gain experience playing bot games and I believe you can play Draft Mode when you hit level 10 (you also have to own at least 20 champions - but the 10 Free Week Rotation champions also count so you technically only need to own 10 champions). It takes time and patience but you'll eventually get there.
You can also play ARAM starting at level 6, so I'd recommend trying it out. It can be fun and help take the edge off of playing Blind Pick sometimes.
Blind has to be the option because new players can't jungle, and Draft requires a jungler. Blind Pick is also the fastest and most simple lobby for new players to understand. Lastly, it requires no Champions to play Blind Pick.
The idea behind blind pick was to just pick whoever you want and play him/her the way you want. But as most of LoL's community seems like kind of dumb if it's about creativity, they forced a very strict "meta"-setup and they try to strictly follow it even in blind picks. Btw afaik Riot seriously fought against that meta through a long time when they finally gave up... especially that no other MOBA has this, not even DoTA. Double times funny that as the skill level rises you will see it less and less strict, with many roaming and lane-swapping and such... e.g. just watch a pro match. In its current state it's more than terrible, I agree. I don't even play it, max with premades.
Anyway, the problems why you won't be perfectly satisfied with draft pick:
I'm guessing that the reason is because even if you can see the enemy team, you won't know what to pick to counter their comp, or pick to build a good team comp. Blind pick is definitely terrible, though.
there is no such thing as a support role in blind pick. just play whatever you want in which ever position
I don't envy new players at all.
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