A Large, Highly Interactive, Training Room
Recently I have realized that each division in Ranked league REQUIRES a new and more advanced skill set. I have also noted that spamming Normals does not provide an adequate "improvement ground" for practicing "advanced techniques." Not to mention the lash back from your fellow teammates when all you want to do is practice. Of all my years of sleepless nights just TRYING to move that mouse over one more centimeter for the sake of not fail flashing, failing to get the kill-shot on a chasing Riven because you botched a couple of your stutter steps, and failing to kill-smite the CRUCIAL objective only to have it stolen at 1 hp by a wild
, I have thought of a potential solution to an already in place solution.
To start, I'd like to mention that in this theoretical mode, every single champion that YOU OWN will be available for you at the spawning pool, to eliminate having to exit the room and choose another champion. Furthermore, every summoner spell that YOU OWN will be available to you at any point during the match (not just on the pad), they will also have no cooldown unless desired. ALAS! We go!
In addition to Battle Training (which, I don't know how many of us use), how about a Summoners Rift in which you can shape to suit all of your improvement needs? Perhaps have an endless wave of minions circulating the map through bot, around the enemy nexus and up through top. This could be the "kiting" station where you practice keeping the minions BEHIND you while you kill each one. Another variation would be to have scuttle run at you at a brisk pace, instead of away from you.
The jungle monsters, Baron and Dragon predominantly, would be on a constant HP decay and a ~2 minute respawn time to allow you to practice your smite so when it comes down to it, you receive adequate glory and praise for the epic turn around. All buffs and monsters will be assigned a level according to yours, and you may change it through a scrolling counter right next to their HP bar, it would be very elementary. This allows you to practice your smites at all different levels. Lastly, there would be an option to slow/stop the HP decay for more realistic conditions.
This mode is also helpful for practicing against your mains COUNTERS. The option will be available for you to add in a bot (with Leagues new AI system it would be authentic enough), tweak their difficulty and give them correct items. You would assign the lane they go to, or you could put them on a predetermined path through the jungle. Maybe to practice counter jungling? Naw, never mind who am I kidding, bots can't jungle.
Anyhow, I have a few more ideas in place for a HIGHLY interactive game mode.As before mentioned, I'm aware of the Battle Training mode but after looking through it, I have found that it is not entirely practical for all the things that are needed to get to Challenger. I propose a completely free and interactive map (unlimited gold, ability to tweak spawn timers, ability to turn off towers to allow minion circulation, ability to change spells and champs mid game) for those who are in need of extra practice to get from that Gold 1 to Plat 5 and Plat 1 to Diamond 5.
Just a thought, cheers!