A question about some duo bot premades in blind pick.

Madjack01·1/10/2019, 7:45:36 PM·2 votes·5,184 views

We all know that lovely system of calling lanes in blind pick. As a supp main I usually call supp first.

Though I noticed a trend where duo bot laners tend to start begging for the lane and often threaten to troll if you don't comply. This isn't the end of the world and I don't mind it that much, but I was wondering if other people who wanted to play adc or supp in blind pick usually just give the roles to the premades, even if you called first?

Maybe I missed some unwritten consensus about the matter where duo laners always get priority over the lane? Or is it just considered good sportsmanship to give the lane away?

I obviously have my own opinion on this, but as a supp main I might be a bit biased and would like to hear your opinion.

4 Comments

Kattzy1/10/2019, 8:10:11 PM3 votes

I am also a supp main and I queue both solo and duo with my adc. When I queue solo and call supp first, and someone asks politely if they can duo bot with their friend, I pretty much always say yes. If they are rude about it at all, I go supp regardless of what they do. If they instalock but aren't jerks about it (like if they say "oh sorry, we're a duo, I hope you don't mind"), I'm fine taking another role. For me, it's really all about the attitude of the duo.

When I queue with my duo bot and someone calls supp or adc before we do, I always ask if it's okay if we duo bot, and if the person who called supp or adc first says no, we just accommodate that with no hard feelings.

Imperial Pandaa1/10/2019, 7:54:38 PM1 votes

My opinion is that it is blind pick and call order is only a courtesy, not a rule. Don't even need to threaten trolling.

"Gonna duo lane with this person." They can go top, mid, or bot.

Jojobees1/10/2019, 9:09:42 PM1 votes

I'm a support main, and in normal game modes I lean towards ADC, so I can relate. IMO it's good sportsmanship to give the lane away to the duo, as they likely queued up with the specific intent of working on their synergy. It makes me really happy when someone else gives up a role so I can play the lane I want, so when I don't care as much, I try to oblige the duo.