Boards›Maps & Modes

[New Game Mode] Introducing Practice Mode

Deep Terror Nami··110 votes·16,574 views

Practice not as in just fighting bots or in normals where it's not as competitive, but a mode where you can test mechanics of the game efficiently as often as you want, such as;

Toggle gold costs - You can enable to buy any item you want, from level 1.

Manually adjust your level - You can level up normally, and/or you can simply adjust a slider.

God Mode - You can enable this so you don't have to worry about dying as you test something out.

Control AI - Add or remove any enemy or ally AI at any point, make them passive/aggressive, change their items/levels/abilities, increase/decrease their difficulty setting, make them go to a certain lane or position on the map.

Change champion - Like the AI, you can swap your champion at will from the menu, and also your Mastery/Rune/Spells.

Reset CD / Adjust total CDR - Reset all your skill CD's so you can use it again for testing, or simply set the CDR high.

Reset all towers/minions/neutral objective - Start the game from scratch so you don't lose/win while you're still trying to play.

Players are an enormous source for discovering bugs in the game, but when they want to make a decent Bug Report, they either have to go off what they remembered seeing, watch a replay (which they rarely have), or most importantly/effectively they try to reproduce the results so they know for sure what happens and under what circumstances.

For me, this mode would be about either testing bugs to report, or gauging the effectiveness of certain builds without spending 40 minutes in a solo Custom farming gold then losing/winning because of minions.

Commenter Suggestions;

  • No Respawn Timer
  • Homeguard buff without boots
  • Realtime Stat Tracking (DPS, GPM, etc.)
  • Enhanced AI directions (i.e. tell them to push an objective)
  • Remove Turrets from the map, spawn minion waves from any/all points
  • Alternatively, an open Arena for battling player prompted waves of minions/Champs
  • Dummy targets for you to wail on which you can adjust its Runes/Masteries/Items/Level

Keep the ideas coming, and upvote the thread if you'd like it to get more attention. I'll simply repost this later to get fresh eyes on it.

59 Comments

DrCyanide13 votes

Starting gold and Starting levels selection is something that should exist in "Custom".

To be honest, Riot should rename "Custom" to "Pick your teammates and your enemies", because there's no customization about it.

Tro11ish Bunny2 votes

Customs should allow custom maps and game modes that players can make just like how Starcraft allows players to make their own custom game modes. Those just add so much to the game

Everglaid7 votes

I've always wanted a practice mode as you described to work on champions like Riven for quick animation cancel training. (yassss)

Mast3rShake6 votes

I always wondered why they don't have something like this now. If they want to make it an "esport" that means ppl need to practice in ways other than just the game, or a 1v1 bot game. In sports people run drills that are nothing like the real game in order to practice specific parts of their game. I feel like this shouldn't be hard to do considering all the game modes they have made.

UniquelyPerfect4 votes

Yeah honestly, a mode like this would create a kinda of "gym" for pros and aspiring pros. That would definitely go a long way towards legitimizing the game as a sport.

Mast3rShake2 votes

EXACTLY!!!!

MrBuffington6 votes

I'd appreciate real time stat tracking, things like DPS or GPM, so you can find optimal builds instead of just guessing it from playing a bunch of games.

Black Star 12991 votes

It would be nice if that info could somewhat relate to what ability to upgrade first, sometimes I get stuck between two abilities and don't know which one to upgrade, and its hard guessing from a bunch of games...

MrBuffington1 votes

That's kind of what I mean, just have a number on the side of your screen that tracks this, like how you can track your ping or FPS

Mellophant4 votes

i would love to see this implemented better in custom game modes

im stuck in the Support role, and transitioning to a new role is very tough. all of my friends that i play with are flexible in almost every lane, and im the one always stuck support. while i love it, and think im a really great support, the best in my group, i want to get into other lanes.

when i play with a specific group, i get thrown mid sometimes. now recently, ive been doing a great job according to them, for someone who cant play those kinds of roles well, but still, i would love to get more practice on my own time. I unerstand thats what bot games are for, but you cant do that when people dont respect the meta at all. I try for ADC, and we get a duo ADC bot, or if i try top, theres a duo top, and it sucks :/

Jakethenight2 votes

Most games have these; hell even Battlefield 4 has one. Why is Riot so far behind?

LuckyReden2 votes

This has been an idea for a long time but has never gotten any attention from Riot. It is obviously a community desired thing and should be put into the game.

Lol, had this http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/summoners-rift/l4mdfEzN-practice-map post a week ago, I'm glad urs got some attention. I really want this just to practice flash combos.

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

Thanks for the link, I'm adding your bit about removing Turrets. Hopefully this mode, or similar ideas, will gain traction and garner some special Red attention. It would be both constructive for Riot and fun for the players

LuckyReden1 votes

I sure hope so, because it has been an ongoing desire of the community, and itd be a great way to help newer players get better at the game, and prevent awkward moments in game where people mess up their mechanics simply because they hardly ever get to try them, for example flash comboing and using activateable items, such as DFG, within your ability loop. It can only be a good thing, idk why there isnt anything like this in the game.

Vamp1ck2 votes

Good idea this would be nice for a relaxing game mode where you just dont really feel like going competitive or having to put the effort into getting fed off of bots.

Salt and Veigar2 votes

So a Sandbox mode? Sounds awesome +1

The Aqua Snake2 votes

People were asking for something roughly like this since day 1.

From my Vague memory, Riot said something along the lines of them not wanting to do it because they didn't want practice mode being hacked and exploits being used for whatever.

Nearly everything the OP listed, Dota 2 already had it since day 1.

How sad is that?

Nak3dTurkey2 votes

It would be great to practice some flash plays with LeeSin

ChaosThief2 votes

Multiple settings to allow things such as using the same active over and over and modifying cooldowns/mana use?

... That might make urf though...

Maybe just the item thing. How funny would it be to die to 6 DFGs or get zhonya'd 6 times over?

bzhen09152 votes

These would be SUPER awesome in custom games! I wouldn't call this another game mode I think all of these ideas should be implemented in custom games.

I'm pretty sure that giving players the direct control over core game elements and developing and UI for that will take a lot of work. But it is definitely possible!

Deep Terror Nami2 votes

:3

FarRockBF1 votes

My idea I posted a week ago would accomplish the same thing with much less programming and would require no game load time or internet connection. Allow for a local map on your drive where you can click a button and have enemy minions or champs come at you.

You would have no gold restrictions and be able to set your level.

See Battleforge "The Forge":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIt6tdhtJ3w

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

For honing your skills in combat, or otherwise testing abilities and items, yes; but I would also like to have Summoner's Rift (and the other, shitty, maps) progress as if you were actually playing a match. An arena fulfills many needs, but not practicing wall hopping, jungling, objective control, and map/mode specific bugs among other things. An arena would be nice and covers many needs, but not others.

privatecaller1 votes

i really think this idea would be good to put in or under "custom" as I do feel the same myself at times. RITO MAKE THIS HAPPEN!!!

Possta1 votes

This. I like this.

tau431 votes

Something like this for champs like Irelia would be amazing.

RNJefe1 votes

Yes pls! Bump

NEED FOR CH4OS1 votes

Not only do I want a mode like this for practice, but it would be really fun if we could make custom games with these options.

SlackerboyTC1 votes

so is this like a testing stats game mode?

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

It doesn't exist, so it's whatever you want. It's a proposal for a sandbox mode where you can figure out anything you want by playing under whatever conditions you need.

I would primarily use it to reproduce bugs so I can report them properly (reporting what's wrong to Riot but not telling them how it happened is nearly pointless), test builds to find what's effective and what's total crap, and practice maneuvers such as wall hopping and ward placement.

Crownsy1 votes

I think this would be very useful, as someone who plays champs with alot of skill shot ults. It is annoying to only get to practice your timing on those 4-5 times a match.

l Love Sana1 votes

This idea is perfect for new players to try out items and abilities. Maybe an option to put bots in your practice session would work out well.

Forest Gem1 votes

I need this. It will totally help me with practicing my builds and seeing what works and what doesn't. I don't use custom and other games rarely go long enough for me to get the full build. As someone who mains as support but wishes to get practice in other roles as well this would be nice.

UTRN1 votes

Please Riot you can do this in other games such as fighters its so useful. Maybe be able to set enemy's up to do certain moves so we can figure out counters.

EndohYumi1 votes

seems like a really useful tool

Tamur1 votes

At first I thought this was not a good idea after reading the title but now I think they should combined this with the "Custom" Match they have now.

The problem I think is switching of champions mid match cause you got bored of the current champion. Due to the way matches load currently.

Luuma1 votes

Well thought OP. GG.

Hanoi971 votes

I like the Control Al idea. For instance, when I play a 5 vs. 5 match with me as the only human player and all other players as intermediate bots, my allied Garen bot initially wanted to go mid and then decided to go duo bot with Galio. The problem with that is that I wanted to try the new jungle out, but our ally Caitlyn bot was left to fend for herself against Lucian and Nidalee. This meant that I had to constantly help Caitlyn so she wouldn't cost us the match, which means that I had no time to jungle. I don't really blame poor Caitlyn, I blame our only two tanks for going duo bot and leaving Cait by herself. Another weird thing was that the enemy Master Yi bot went mid against our team's Lux. Lux was the only bot doing the right thing . . . that is, until she started KSing me with her ult whenever I try to gank her lane in which she doesn't participate until she feels like ulting my kills. Back to my point, I think this option would really help with this lane choosing problem in Custom battles. Also, I support all these ideas for this new game mode plan. Keep up the good suggestions, Valkyrie.

Nin10do00141 votes

Rito, plz.

In all seriousness, this is a really nice quality of life change for us. It's quite tedious to exit a game after x amount of minutes just to restart a match.

Kinjishi1 votes

"Toggle gold costs - You can enable to buy any item you want, from level 1." What would be the point of buying any item from level 1, when you can't even do that normally.

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

So you don't have to farm up gold to test items maybe? The mode would be pointless if you still had to play for an hour to get items to test what you want.

Kinjishi1 votes

"The mode would be pointless if you still had to play for an hour to get items to test what you want."

If you are testing items in a simulation of an actual live playing environment, then it should be a realistic one (attaining gold at proper intervals, respawn timer, etc.). Can see a reason for Riot to have this for testing purposes, but why would players need it?

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

If you can't think of a reason you'd want to use it, that's fine. I wouldn't expect most players to use this for any constructive purpose (such as verifying a bug they found, or testing a build without wasting others' time), but this could also be a base for custom modes (with the right adjustments, you could literally make your own URF match to invite people to). Custom games has been an enormous part of games like this; where do you think the original DOTA which spawned this game came from?

OJ1911 votes

Add in target dummies with adjustable items, runes, masteries, level (while in game!) and I'm sold on this.

Nin10do00141 votes

"No no no, this would make the game too easy for noobs lolz"

-some really cynical people

AXDSorcerer1 votes

That would be more like a debug mode instead a practice mode... for that just go to Custom Games... there you have the so called practice mode, but for whatever you're asking is more like an open section in the game, more depending on console commands, parameters and such, in contrast with other games that has this type of features... or either these options could be selected while setting up the configs for the game. All rounds up to Custom Games... Yup... Indeed... Sorry to lower your expectations but this won't be a new mode.

ømg1 votes

Bumping, this would be very useful for improving champion mechanics. DotA 1 on WC3 had this for single player, can we get it as well?

Rito pls

Ayano Aishi1 votes

Actually we can create custom games, where we customize the enemies and our team but only for summoner's rift?

item 3001 "I am angry!!!"

Deep Terror Nami1 votes

That's nowhere close. It's just vs. AI and you pick the AI champs, nothing more.

More from Maps & Modes

Can we please have a sandbox mode?
Maps & Modes119 comments
640
votes
Fan-made champion Select interface :))) Hope you like it !
Maps & Modes239 comments
487
votes
Yo roit, now that we have a new SR map that's been updated
Maps & Modes86 comments
322
votes
Doom Bots
Maps & Modes87 comments
285
votes
There should be a sandbox mode for testing purposes
Maps & Modes83 comments
271
votes
New Game Mode Idea: Reverse Pick
Maps & Modes137 comments
207
votes

More by Deep Terror Nami

When you want some alone time with your significant other, but you've got a kid
Memes & Games45 comments
296
votes
@Riot: I'd like to donate all my RP
Memes & Games127 comments
263
votes
It's my birthday; upvote to get me PBE and Alpha client access
Memes & Games85 comments
230
votes
How the discussion over Mastery 6/7 implementation went.
Memes & Games61 comments
214
votes
Tibbers! How about have Annie toss the bear, so there's chance to react?
Gameplay182 comments
204
votes
Hey guys, just wanted to let you know I've stopped playing League
Memes & Games71 comments
201
votes