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Ok I'm onboard with the whole "Punishment for banning my pick intention" thing

Final Spark Lux··7 votes·951 views

Honestly, I've been playing Lux as support since the day she was released. I build according to what the situation needs, but I 100% build sightstone every game, I don't steal my ADC's CS, I do my best to peel and I don't hold on to my combo to try and KS. If I land a Q, I go for it. Only with the release of this skin has there been an epidemic of awful people trying to play Lux support, and completely destroying her name.

I never used to have any complaints when I picked her, but now it's not only QQ, it's people on MY team banning my champion that I've selected as the champ I intend to play. Yes, there's other champions I could play, but honestly when you're in a good mood and you feel like playing something you enjoy, only to be trolled because someone doesn't like what you want to pick (and can't be bothered to even ask how you play / ask to switch) then I really stop caring about the game at that point.

Luckily, someone dodged, so I didn't have to suffer through the game with this troll player, but this isn't the first time it has happened. I'm thankful for the skin, but I would have rather never had it because now Lux support as a thing has been tarnished by a lot of bad players, and I can hardly play the one thing I really enjoy anymore.

Please Riot I beg of you. I can deal with someone on the enemy team banning banning my pick intention. I can deal with my own team banning what I wanted to pick if I haven't selected it as an intention yet. I can't deal with someone on my team banning what I wanted to pick and trolling me, only for them to get off scot free because they didn't like my pick.

14 Comments

WukongMain4 votes

Sometimes it's banned so the enemy can't take it before your pick.

What if you're last pick and you're hovering a heavily contested pick. What, are we supposed to leave it un banned and let the enemy pick it before you get a chance too?

Final Spark Lux1 votes

Lux isn't actually a heavily contested pick, and I was first pick, so it kinda makes your point moot

WukongMain1 votes

I completely disagree, Yes, for the case of Lux it indeed makes my point invalid as lux isn't that strong a champion but...

Think of a champion that was borderline free win. Rengar right after the assassin update comes to mind. These are champions that at the time were STUPID not to pick or ban right away. If someone who has last pick hovers this i shouldn't be prohibited from banning these picks. Cause the chances of these picks surviving to last pick are slim to none and to risk the enemy getting them is basically /ff'ing on the spot.

And there is no way for riot to allow me to still ban these OP champions while not allowing someone to ban your Lux.

Final Spark Lux1 votes

Actually I was thinking there is actually a way, but it would have to be something they'd have to impliment. If they made it kind of like One for All choice except with bans. It would give everyone a say in the bans, and unless you get unlucky enough to get paired with a 4 man premade that wants to troll you, there would be little chance troll bans would ever go through. Also some incentive for people to stop tabbing out and actually speak up in pregame chat instead of sitting there doing nothing

Ad Vitam Aeterna1 votes

This 100 percent. Lux was probably just to fuck you, but this will never be punishable because morons think that as last pick they should take the chance on getting someone disgustingly strong

Morality Coach2 votes

Elementalist Lux is pretty tilting to people who don't have girlfriends. Consider playing a less young and flirty champ.

Also if you think you are better than your ADC, and the enemy is going to scale into lategame better than you, you should take the cs and kills and then hard carry the game.

There are times when Lux supp needs to step up and start farming in low ELO. It will piss the adc off but it's allowed and smart if they are bad, just mute.

Final Spark Lux1 votes

I dont even use the skin every game. Also I still do get some kills, so it's not like I'm starved for gold. This seasons placements are pretty ridiculous though. I was diamond last season, placed in gold 2 this season, and holy **** these people. They just don't understand how to properly use a lead what so ever. Doesn't matter if Im fed or not, people don't listen ;_;

Totalwanabe1 votes

the only troll is yourself if you can't play 16 champions so what if it get ban take something similar and get same result but the way you act and react to the subject show that you're mainly a 1 trick failure.

Final Spark Lux2 votes

Not sure if you even took the time to read anything, but I can play a lot. Wanting to play something I enjoy and getting upset because my team banned it doesn't make me a troll or a failure. It's a pretty natural reaction to be upset by this, and I'm sure it's happened to even you before.

Totalwanabe1 votes

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Not sure if you even took the time to read anything, but I can play a lot. Wanting to play something I enjoy and getting upset because my team banned it doesn't make me a troll or a failure. It's a pretty natural reaction to be upset by this, and I'm sure it's happened to even you before.

it does make you a failure if you get upset over something like that improve yourself instead of limiting yourself if you like playing lux play brand when it get ban both are similar.

Officer Zyra 2 votes

Its not about a champ being banned, its about a teammate banning the pick they intended to play. don't call another summoner a failure for having a main, its mainly how many people climb. honestly i would rather have one trick pony on my team rather then the people who bring random champs that have no idea how to play them.

ADepressedLeona1 votes

Yeah it's mildly annoying when people ban a champion you want to play, but for people to get punished for it is kinda silly, even if it is intentional.

Also "Awful people playing Lux support and destroying her name" Are you the be all end all of Lux support or something?

Final Spark Lux2 votes

I'd like to think so, but that's pretty conceited of me. There are a lot of people that screw their ADC over though, and that's not what a support is supposed to do

ModUlanopo1 votes

I think there are two things working against you here.

First, as someone who is also a support main, you have to remember that most ADCs have an inflated sense of their importance. They want you to play the champ they think is best for them, with runes, masteries and summoner spells to match. I recently had to switch to a more meta spell choice just to shut up the complainers.

So, yeah, you're going to get people who ban out your preferred pick. This is something that has been happening since the dawn of ranked and it's bad form, but it's not against the rules and therefore not punishable. These days, I just keep my mouth shut and rob people of the opportunity to be an ass.

Second, the Elementalist skin has caused people to remember Lux exists. By Christmas, she'll be gathering dust again, as the skin didn't magically make her better. In the meantime, the perception - fair or not - is that a lot of scrubs are jumping on the bandwagon. You even mention this in your post, so you shouldn't be shocked when the community chooses to "noob block" her.

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