Can we please have a sandbox mode?

ikKN1t518F··640 votes·53,449 views

I'd like a sandbox mode, I find practicing abilities or summoners inconvenient. Like one game I created a custom game for myself with no bots/players/no ip xp gain/anything and I wanted to practice flashing, but I had to wait every 300 seconds for this. This doesn't seem very conventional and uncomfortable to practice.

It would be really helpful if you could implement the sandbox mode with no cds.

Thank you

119 Comments

DragonNosuke65 votes

This would be very useful for practice, as well as finding interesting data. Imagine a mode where you can set initial gold and initial level. You could find out trivia like "Who's bigger, 6 Stacks Cho'Gath, Ulted Nasus, or Max Health Zac, both with Lulu ult and increased size elixir? How big can they get?" or "how long does it take for full build __ take to solo an entire enemy base?". Those normally require a lot of time from a lot of people, and I would think many would have fun messing around with it.

TekkenPlayer51 votes

And it would most likely cause more profit to Riot's company due to having players to loligag around the map. This means more youtube videos which creates popularity and the ability to implement advertising. It would attract casuals and professionals alike for instance, LCS teams could create situational instances for improvement and casuals would just fool around with experimental builds and duels. A sandbox mode would be like making a renaissance for league.

Klatn Yelox18 votes

I made a thread about this a few months ago, but only got around 4 comments. I really want this, for build testing, and other practicing. Checking how easy it is to jungle with a certain champ would be easier, as well as timing tower/inhib/nexus takedowns, so you know if you have time to solo a tower before their team respawns/arrives. So usefull. And fun too. You can settle arguments with a friend about which build is better without wasting time in the prebuild stage. You can test different counter builds to find the right balance between DPS and tankiness, or test mage builds to find the proper balance between mana items and AP items, Magic Pen items, and Lich Bane. So many things to do with this mode, especially because it should be part of the creative mode options, which would mean there is no pressure to perform during a fight. Options to either eliminate cooldowns, for practicing flashes and dashes, or to keep the cooldowns, to practice builds and dueling. All of this and more in the gamemode Rito will never give us, because they are obviously against adding new gamemodes to the custom games.

TekkenPlayer12 votes

Yes and I highly doubt that Rito will add this because people have been qqing about URF for a long time. However, I think sandbox mode would be more revolutionary,profitable, and better for everyone.

I also doubt that rito is even reading this because, perhaps idk rito is too busy making skins and champions to profit off of?

SuperSourCat2 votes

Who's Rito?

KillerPenguins3 votes

A dead god

Yulen Xoshxius11 votes

People might use it to try and recreate URF XD

SirAsianface1 votes

but no ip or ex :( that would suck

Dreddeth23 votes

Woo, sandbox! Of course there'd be no XP or IP rewards in the mode, but adding a mode meant for practice and experimentation would improve player skill, generate interest in finding interesting but functional builds and compositions, and allow players to find the champions which best suit them and then branch out from there. All this on account of the sandbox mode itself taking off most of the pressure to perform or conform as per the meta. This, in turn, would make the competitive scene much more varied and much more exciting.

TekkenPlayer11 votes

Yes and it is quite simple.

Command AI:

Aggression to - [Champion pick]

Rotation? [of enemy/ally champion]

Reaction? [If applying a skill on a champion, you could set them to immediately do another skill]

Gold? [Unlimited? Gained?]

Spawn AI [Ally/Enemy to location]

And some weird random shit people could do just for the lulz like an army of blue buffs or something.

Outcomes: More you tube videos Separates casuals from ranked baddies. A way to cooperate with friends Experimentation without teammates yelling in the chat QQ And you could find ways to beat to counter the meta? For example... OMG this orianna doe. Zed player notices that everytime and Orianna gets ulted she E's and then ults.

Sandbox mode: "Ok I will find a way to outplay this"

Zed Activates: [aggression] Activates: [reaction] sets skills

Zed now knows that as soon as Orianna E's then ults he can ult back in reaction to her play.

Zed ults orianna Orianna E's Zed autos and e's Orianna R's Zed R's back as soon as he sees Orianna's ult. Zed goes back to e then ignites.

Orianna: "Omg how" Zed: "practice."

097Aceofspades6 votes

Zed's E is shadow slash. It's his W that's his Living Shadow

Dr Thugalugin16 votes

I also agree, but there should be a part of the sandbox mode to select which kind of game mode from any game mode released. For example, make it an option to play custom games with Ultra Rapid Fire or mix it up and play Ultra Rapid Fire HexaKill.

Thank you

Spork7502 votes

Now that^ right there, is amazing.

pE4CbxDPQO12 votes

Can we include a dps meter in this mode? Like vs a dummy or w/e. Sometimes its hard to tell what the best build REALLY is. And yeah +1 this idea, I want to practice some flashcasting.

Vivid Mandala10 votes

this. would. be. amazing.

My IGN Sucks7 votes

It seems this idea comes up at least once a week, gains some traction, then gets ignored by Riot and nothing ever happens. item 3070

Khladeos6 votes

As someone who's still trying to learn the ropes, I'd really appreciate something like this (and I'm sure others will as well). I remember watching a vid some time ago about flash juking, so I wanted to try something like that. When I get the opportunity in real matches though, sometimes I get nervous in the heat of running, and mess up my flash causing me to land just in front/beside the brush. Being good at something like this comes with experience, but it would be nice if I could practise jukes and finding new areas to flash to... and just practise flashing in general without having to wait a long time to use it again. I like to play as Ezreal to get a feel of going over walls and whatnot, but his E isn't the same as Flash, and I'd prefer practising with the real thing as well. Also, zero cds (or perhaps a command to reset cds) for spells would be amazing because some champions have difficult combos to pull off, and the more practice, the better, right? Then there's item build testing... And I could keep going on. There's so much potential you could do with a mode like this...

What do I have to do to get a sandbox mode!?

PickleBabah2 votes

Not only this, bu it'd just be more fun as well. If all game modes (URF; OFAMM) could basically be created (or set) in custom games (which doesn't affect LCS in anyway, other than the fact that you can practice, which isn't a bad thing) no one would really have to whine about not having your favorite game mode. Sure, it might seem like less people would play the normal queues, but at least they are having fun, and you are having fun with the moderates separated from the extremists. If everyone is having fun, more people will want to join. Moar munnies for da hunnies hath been made. Profit.

patmax174 votes

IIRC, Heroes of the Storm has something like this ^^

A Bad Ahri4 votes

As does Smite. Even DotA has cheats allowing this.

Neon Chains3 votes

This is basically asking for URF in custom games. Riot will never agree o-o

YossarianSensei3 votes

They should just release a map editor like Starcraft

Theorycrafting goes by 90001x faster when you don't have to wait 20 minutes to test 1 spell

Star PlatinumELO2 votes

This would be a great thing for messing about, and is overall a worth it investment on riot's end.

Poro Dude2 votes

Sandbox mode would require money, time, and resources "Riot doesn't have" because they are trying to balance stuff that came up from balancing other stuff (By balancing I mean ruining)

SadBoyRhymes2 votes

Bump

Jimmyyy1 votes

You guys have no idea how many threads I've personally read the Red's responses to this exact question on. Pls stop, just google it. "Riot, can we have a sandbox mode" like 10 things come up instantly, and if you went through more pages, you could most likely find close to a couple hundred.

HidingOverHere3 votes

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You guys have no idea how many threads I've personally read the Red's responses to this exact question on. Pls stop, just google it. "Riot, can we have a sandbox mode" like 10 things come up instantly, and if you went through more pages, you could most likely find close to a couple hundred.

can you post some with responses?

Jimmyyy2 votes

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can you post some with responses?

Can you do as I said and just google the sh*t?

Lazy Pet Rock1 votes

Perfect response

Mundo1 votes

This is good for a lot of reasons. For instance, you are playing a competitive scrim vs another team then someone has to go and instead of rescheduling you can remake the game with everyone at the same level with the same items, drags, turrets, barons and inhibs that they had taken prior. Also this can be used as a handicap for when a diamond team vses a bronze team trying to help them out by letting them start with say 500 gold extra or something.

Zavern1 votes

I would love this. I hate going to a site like leaguecraft and assuming a build works because it looks good on paper. I don't want to experiment builds in normal games where I hinder my allies, and I can't experiment builds in an AI match because they are over within 10-20 minutes.

Zavern1 votes

I would really love this. I hate needing to spend nearly an hour farming up to get the right build. Even more so if it is for a support.

Holly Diver1 votes

This will create more game mods, it will help riot to create new mods, or just let the community create mods. What made Counter Strike and such old game, really awesome? it's the ability to create new mods, you never get bored, and with those mods less toxic players, because those mods are purely for fun.

Jaronimo1 votes

Probably in your settings you could change settings, like cd, or gold, etc.

RADO1 votes

i think khazix passive have bug it does not work since this patch 5.9~~~~

Decrous1 votes

wrong thread?

Wimbledofy1 votes

Yes pls

AKQJoker101 votes

good idea

diamondlight1 votes

I like this, I practice all the time in customs since you can quit at any time, it's a great warmup.

Similar to a post I made about improving Custom game creation since it takes 27 clicks to make a game with intermediate bots to practice with: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/GD/ZPfhPfEP-idea-request-custom-game-with-bots-ezquick-setup

SexyTaylorSwift1 votes

Just gonna leave this bump here.

The Pale Woman1 votes

@Riot Please make this happen! Imagine the practice people can get!

RooneR1 votes

OMG... STOP CRYING PLS!!!! KIDS... -.-* This mode is unfair against them who learn by they own in normal games!!!! LCS players and others... I must do the same as they learn by my own and what all the cooldown on summoners spells... GUYS U ARE NOOBS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Lux Milk Drinker1 votes

i feel riot will fall soon. falls off too much from polish and stability compare to blizzard.

BuzzinTate1 votes

Can they also make it so you can control multiple champs at once? Like you have a control window in game and you can edit them all from there.

sort of like smash practice mode

VoidMaster6781 votes

please give us the sandbox mode RIOT! Sion

Brascus1 votes

Rito pls

DevlinCrow1 votes

This is an awesome idea!

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