Advanced Bot tests LIVE in Normals

Riot·3/30/2017, 8:44:58 PM·16 votes·89,644 views

Today we’re going to be randomly selecting normal games to test our new Advanced Bot AI. You can expect these state-of-the-art bots to be ultra-realistic, and—due to advanced machine-learning techniques—capable of developing their own distinct personalities and playing styles. Please play your best against the bots, since they will be learning about play patterns in real-time.

AFK penalties will still apply, so please don’t ragequit. You’ll receive an exclusive icon for finishing one of these games before April 2, 2017, at 11:59 PM PDT. (Icons can take a few weeks to appear in your account.)

Please keep in mind that Advanced Bots are still in alpha testing and may act unpredictably. We appreciate your patience as we iron out the bugs. If you’re interested in learning more about our bots, please refer to our dev blog here.

1,029 Comments

Mortal Remìnder4/1/2017, 3:09:12 AM279 votes

April Fools joke is my best guess. Leblanc

Kingdom19974/1/2017, 3:18:20 AM235 votes

My Calendar is telling me no... But my body... My body is telling me Yeeeeaaahhhh!

Millianis4/1/2017, 3:10:10 AM111 votes

I smell black magic... Vayne

DrCyanide4/1/2017, 3:13:11 AM82 votes

It passes the Turing Test before it even launches, since most players already think their teammates are as dumb as beginner bots.

FiddlerSticks4/1/2017, 3:50:45 AM59 votes

I got a free skin because someone thought I was Annie bot XD

Gilded Blade4/1/2017, 3:05:08 AM48 votes

I for one welcome our new robot overlords

BoeingJetBlueAir4/1/2017, 3:44:46 AM36 votes

I just reported all 5 people on the enemy team for cheating. G_G [slayer-jinx-unamused]

Silenalex4/1/2017, 6:06:45 AM26 votes

Nothing is more tilting than a bot taunting over your dead body

Gus5454/1/2017, 4:48:05 AM24 votes

These bots suck! They're a huge downgrade from the bots currently in the game.

Yadid4/1/2017, 3:33:01 AM23 votes

But do they flame tho.

Regurgitator4/1/2017, 4:49:23 AM20 votes

bOI THEY PRANKED ME I thought the enemy team was some dumb bots and just fooled around. To later find out that they're real people with their names changed

maniacPenguin5644/1/2017, 3:53:40 AM19 votes

So I just had a match were the enemies were named "champ" bot, and my team tried all chat to talk, but no response. Game ended, we lost, and the end game lobby were real people. I was confused all game, and long story short, Riot are jerks with this april fools joke. [slayer-jinx-unamused]

LightAndLethal4/1/2017, 3:07:56 AM17 votes

wait, so are these like draft games?

zodg4/1/2017, 4:39:38 AM17 votes

YOU'RE SO FUNNY RIOT HAHA, YOU GUYS ARE A REAL "RIOT"

Pocky G4/1/2017, 4:29:19 AM11 votes

why the hell are these bots so damn broken I'm only silver and they doing lcs level plays

MysticFox7074/1/2017, 5:06:06 AM11 votes

jesus Christ these bots are actually kind of hard, took 45 minutes to defeat them -__-

GAm3CrAzY4/1/2017, 4:46:33 AM9 votes

Jokes on you riot I have all chat disabled normally, so to me I just see summoners with the name (champion name) bot

CNT N1 GeminiJF4/1/2017, 4:25:01 AM8 votes

I met 2 the bots two times now, one time is really weird, three people at bot, another one is really skillful, which is always have outplayed. I have a really good suggestion that there is one little shortcoming: once they can not kill the enemy in one combo, they won't fight even though their enemy is way more weak. Furthermore ,there is one more little bug when I was playing. One of the bots actually has a bug or missing code in there which is a string. That bot played with me as yi. Hope you guys can fix it! I really like this bot test. Hope we can meet new mode quicker.

Poolfool4/1/2017, 8:41:10 AM8 votes

APRIL FOOLS! There labeled as bots, but im pretty sure there real players with way higher elo. They still make human mistakes. I have to make sure to put lotion on my butthole for the stretch marks. These guys are good. Good job riot! took me about 2 matches to figure it out!