Are there bots in ranked? Seems like I just had two in my game....

DeusDeorum·8/5/2016, 11:40:47 PM·1 votes·530 views
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Has anyone run into bots in ranked 5s?

Just had a match with two complete trolls on my team (see the wukong and volibear botlane duo in the link), according to op.gg, their accounts were level 5 and level 11, no apparent match history together but one had a series of bot games, usually not even selecting a keystone mastery in those games. They gave first blood early on and continued to feed in a suicidal manner all game, didn't communicate. Both accounts have very few regular wins and less than 5 ranked games period. If they aren't bots, maybe they were bought.

The weird thing was op.gg shows it one way as mentioned above while in game, they show up as level 30s with zero ranked wins. This was all in a promo match for gold 5. Can bots spoof to appear as level 30?

5 Comments

Desolas Arterius8/5/2016, 11:47:03 PM1 votes

It's impossible for any account to play ranked unless they're level 30. I dont think there is any kind of program that makes them appear to be 30 when they're not. If there is that's the first I've ever heard.

Might be an issue with op.gg from what it seems.

Chances are they could have just been trolls, or really bad. Who knows. But I have never heard of any account (or bot even) being able to play ranked below level 30.

Check their accounts on the league client and see what it shows. If it's different from op.gg then wait a bit before refreshing their profiles on that site and see if it was an error. If it wasn't then maybe send a support ticket to Riot with the screen shots of this game, and the accounts to show this issue.

Hope that helps!

Xolotyl8/5/2016, 11:47:20 PM1 votes

Well I looked at their profiles in op.gg and it says they're both level 30, but both are unranked and have close to zero ranked games played. Looking at their match history there's nothing to suggest the Volibear is a bot but the Wukong is kind of iffy. Wukong plays mostly bot games or customs which doesn't say anything definitive but most bots are found in co vs AI. I think you just got really unlucky and were placed with 2 brand new level 30s on your team, it sucks but it does happen.

MissFishbones8/5/2016, 11:51:41 PM1 votes

Op.gg isnt up to date Try lolnexus.com when you're not sure. It usually has more accurate live game data