What can be done about people banning your selected pick in draft/ranked?

Risen29·Apr 5, 2018·2 votes·901 views

Is it a reportable offense?

There are several instances of where this happens:

They want to force someone else to dodge so they ban someone's pick, because they didn't get their role.
They don't like the champion I've picked for a role, and don't understand that it's completely viable, so they ban it. This one is the most concern for me, depending on what I'm playing.

I would like to know if I'm wasting my time reporting these people or not.

13 Comments

ModMaybeFiftyOttersApr 5, 20185 votes

As far as I know it is not a reportable offense to ban somebody else's hover but if they act rude once in game a report is a good idea.

KaiokoApr 5, 20183 votes

You're wasting your time. While it may not be the best in terms of team cooperation, every player is given a ban and can use it however he/she sees fit.

Shukr4nApr 5, 20181 votes

u are wasting your time reporting these people.

deal with it and dodge or play another champ. or dont highlight the champ u would like to play

ScuttleApr 5, 20181 votes

Yeah, you are wasting your time reporting them if that's the only thing they did. Anyone can ban whatever champ they want for any reason.

DolynaApr 5, 20181 votes

Based on Tantram's recent comment, I would guess that you have a legitimate report if the player banning your pick is clearly trolling you. Otherwise, it would be a pointless report.

Your first case sounds fairly trollish, so you might have a good reason to report the player. At most it would just be a minor tick on their record, though. The second case is just not reportable, because at worst the other player is just making a mistake.

Risen29Apr 5, 20181 votes

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Based on Tantram's recent comment, I would guess that you have a legitimate report if the player banning your pick is clearly trolling you. Otherwise, it would be a pointless report.

Your first case sounds fairly trollish, so you might have a good reason to report the player. At most it would just be a minor tick on their record, though. The second case is just not reportable, because at worst the other player is just making a mistake.

Well, with the way things seem to work, I'd be surprised if that ever happened. Unless they say in champion select why they are doing it, I doubt they would get punished.

At this point I don't even know if they would get punished if they admitted to why they banned your pick in chat.

DolynaApr 5, 20181 votes

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Well, with the way things seem to work, I'd be surprised if that ever happened. Unless they say in champion select why they are doing it, I doubt they would get punished.

At this point I don't even know if they would get punished if they admitted to why they banned your pick in chat.

My impression so far is that doing it once or twice or every long now and then isn't going to catch Riot's attention at all. Doing it frequently and obviously (with supporting chat) could earn some punishment. But it would require a manual review, and I have no idea how often Tantram and friends get around to doing that.

webstar1995Apr 5, 20181 votes

I hate this. This happens to me when i support Sion more often than not. Pisses me off. "Sion is not a support." is what i get. Silver/Gold ADC's are shit anyway. They do not have a right to tell me what I cannot play. SION IS DEFINITELY A VIABLE SUPPORT PICK FFS!!!!!!!

ScuttleApr 5, 20181 votes

Uh... don't hover Sion then? He has only a 6% banrate so I doubt anyone will ban him if you don't hover.

webstar1995Apr 5, 20181 votes

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Uh... don't hover Sion then? He has only a 6% banrate so I doubt anyone will ban him if you don't hover.

5.3% in NA but that's about 1/20 ADC in low elo are the most toxic. Luckily I am climbing pretty fast maining Thresh. 4-6 games from gold rn.

HayesApr 5, 20181 votes

id totally ignore the OP.... i searched his game log, in the last 40 Ranked games he has 0 sion or even support games. So it can't be that big of a problem if he never plays the champ or even that roll.

Risen29Apr 6, 20181 votes

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id totally ignore the OP.... i searched his game log, in the last 40 Ranked games he has 0 sion or even support games. So it can't be that big of a problem if he never plays the champ or even that roll.

I'd totally ignore this poster, because the OP never said anything about sion or support. Clearly lacking in the reading comprehension skill.

HalcyonDwellerApr 5, 20181 votes

I report these people, I dunno if it does much but I do it. Especially the first case.

I don't think you're wasting your time, but I don't know everything. If you think it should be punishable then report it. I heard that Riot adapts their system every once in a while based off of what people report, so you have a chance to change things for the better even if it's not currently punishable.