Players who refuse to play their lane

rujitra·Mar 19, 2017·3 votes·608 views

Can anyone from Riot (or with links to a Riot post) please provide some information on how this should be reported to best bring it to Riot's attention? Obviously not for one game, but to ensure that the report, along with others (if they happen), is noticed? Games where the support is top-lane more than they are bot-lane are not fun for the ADC, nor anyone except maybe the person trolling by doing that.

I usually just report for negative attitude with a very detailed comment, and then check verbal abuse and intentional feeding if they also apply. Is this the best way to do it? Does it qualify as intentional feeding even if they never ran into fights, etc (as they are leaving their adc in a 1v2 lane the entire game with no help)?

9 Comments

Ada WongMar 19, 20174 votes

Refuse to play from the start file a report for sure...

But what I would like Riot to address is how you are playing any solo role Top/Mid, and your jungler keeps coming in and intentionally throwing the entire lane phase causing the enemy to snow ball, even after you said to stop.

Kei143Mar 19, 20173 votes

That is the best way to do it, but no one said that support has to stay with the ADC.

rujitraMar 21, 20172 votes

Riot has said multiple times that the support role in draft play is a bottom lane role.

Kei143Mar 21, 20171 votes

the general meta consensus is to play support (during laning phase) in the bottom. Supports typically (at least the good ones) roam around to make plays in mid laning phase to get the rest of the team ahead.

Riot is reviewing their stance on super-off meta strats like Supports taking smites and playing a heavy counter jungle role instead of being in lane.

ChønklordMar 21, 20171 votes

I agree with everything ke143 said in their posts and will add that riot has only said that it is the suggested lane for the support role, but has not come out to officially marry the role to the bot lane only.

Magical PlayerMar 19, 20173 votes

As long as you hit the report option that is enough to flag the game for review be sure to include the reason to the report incase a rioter is manually reviewing the case if you want more clarification riot support is probably able to help

DuskDaUmbreonMar 21, 20172 votes

Reporting someone automatically flags the game. But is it punishable? It all depends. If you continually do it, and it's obviously unviable, and it's obviously ruining the game for your teammates, YES. Riot has stated this before. Going off-meta is not, unto itself, punished, but if you're not cooperating or communicating, and screwing over your team, and doing so repeatedly despite the obvious fact that it's not working, it can be punished.

rujitraMar 22, 20172 votes

Well stated, thanks.

KVbqbFsC8eMar 21, 20171 votes

Nobody is actually going to be punished for that unless they are doing it very often. If someone is doing that only when they are autofilled support, then they will never actually be punished. You can report them in game for it, but that won't do anything in regards to them not playing their role.