ARAM Balance - Make All Champs Available

Reina Perra··2 votes·754 views

I know ARAM is supposed to be the relaxing "who cares" mode to try out champs and just have fun, but I actually find myself getting more frustrated with ARAM than with regular games just because, lets face it, there are certain champs on ARAM that are overpowered. You know there's a problem when I literally haven't met a Kennan in ARAM that doesn't completely wreck everyone on the team, just because it's so hard to get away from him and so easy for him to sweep in and take up the entire board with his ult. And he's far from the only one.

So what if, maybe, you made all champs available? This wouldn't solve the OP problem but it would make it more fair. Right now, players who play mostly mid, and therefore collect a lot of bursty champs, are going to have a leg up in ARAM, because those champs tend to do well there. And it isn't really random when you think about it - you have control over it, based on how your owned or usable champ pool looks. Since it isn't competitive, it doesn't count towards anything, and it's just supposed to be "for fun" why not let all champs be available there? It's not like you get to choose the champ you're playing as, and then it would be TRULY random.

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Leonius C2 votes

Yeah...it's a good idea, just keep this in mind:

You're asking for free stuff. Anything that's free, Riot can't make money on. So, while a good idea from the players' perspective, it's probably never going to happen because Riot has to make decisions from a business perspective.

Sorry...just the bitter, cynical side of me coming out there...

Reina Perra1 votes

...the game itself is free...

Kholdstare132 votes

[{quoted}](name=Leonius C,realm=NA,application-id=LFfTlAky,discussion-id=PQX5gZt7,comment-id=0000,timestamp=2015-10-15T02:03:49.138+0000)

Yeah...it's a good idea, just keep this in mind:

You're asking for free stuff. Anything that's free, Riot can't make money on. So, while a good idea from the players' perspective, it's probably never going to happen because Riot has to make decisions from a business perspective.

Sorry...just the bitter, cynical side of me coming out there...

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/summoners-rift/oqYrGzjI-a-new-aram-pick-type

I came up with a way to balance the matchmaking without threatening the overlords' coffers.

Slyvon1 votes

How is it free. you don't have the champ you can only pick it.

Dessim82 votes

Do people really LIKE the random factor? Am I the only one who thinks draft/ban would be a fun alternative availability?

Minarde1 votes

The problem with draft/ban is that OPs would be spammed in every game, like in URF and other Featured Modes. That would be manageable if Riot actually bothered spending resources on balancing alternate game modes, but they don't. Random champs help mitigate meta stagnation by ostensibly preventing the same champs from showing up game after game.

Dessim81 votes

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The problem with draft/ban is that OPs would be spammed in every game, like in URF and other Featured Modes. That would be manageable if Riot actually bothered spending resources on balancing alternate game modes, but they don't. Random champs help mitigate meta stagnation by ostensibly preventing the same champs from showing up game after game.

Not necessarily. Metagames shift. Udyr will find niches and times to shine as a disengage/peeler to protect squishy pokes and carries from hard engage. In fact, I'd wager the higher your elo gets, the less focus you'll see on poke and more you'd see on Warmogs wearing fighters who after 20+ minutes laugh at your poke based jinx/varus/nid as they snowball in and give zero fucks about your poke skill.

Lategame hard carry oriented Marksmen like Kogmaw and Vayne will have a use because they shred high health bruisers with % damage.

Then trends will beg for burst mages or assassins to poke/nuke...

You see what I mean about the smart people understanding gameplay trends? They'll cycle like metagame trends in any competitive setting.

Minarde1 votes

Where did I mention anything about poke champs? I was referring to balanced comps involving a mix of the old OPs (Sona, Kog, Ziggs, Varus, etc) with some of the new OPs (Galio, Sion, Maokai, etc). There's no reason to pick Udyr/Bard/Rek'sai when there's other champs that fulfill the same role, but better. ARAM meta-game doesn't generally change from patch to patch. Only patches specifically addressing ARAM (Mark/Dash, itemization, and so on) have shifted relative champion power gaps, and those patches only come about once or twice a year. You'd just end up seeing the same 20ish champs for months on end.

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