Idea of APAM? (All Pick All Mid)

ReaddyEddy·10/15/2015, 6:34:33 PM·2 votes·374 views

First of all, most of us have thought about APAM in a way. Not only does it create a game of balance, it can also create a game of imbalance. But I propose a similar mode of rank-style play, "Banning Phase". Or to make it even more interesting, have a bonus (counter-ban trigger), meaning if the opponents ban a champion, you can use like a "life-line" to unban that champion. If you choose to go random, you start with a slight aura(no AOE) until the second wave of minions, and you start as Level 2. If you pick, you start as Level 1, with no aura. Second, this can eliminate players that leave during pick stages, because they can choose what they want, rather than not liking a champion then leaving. Third, instead of having only heal runes coming out every minute, why not mix it up by having damage aura, armor aura, and heal aura. (I do understand that people think very lowly about ARAM, and the fact that people will not consider ARAM being competitive., however, I find that there are people that are more skillful at skill timing than farming in a normal ranked game). Lastly, change the levelup limit, because in many games, champions get to max level and there isn't much items to get afterwards.

I would like to see comments about constructive ideas than critical remarks. (if you like it, up vote it. If you dont like it, upvoting wont affect you in any way possible, because if it does get approved, you just dont have to play it. Please let this be possible for people that want to try playing APAM competitively). Who knows pro players may end up being your teammate/enemy.

1 Comments

Zielmann10/16/2015, 3:30:23 PM2 votes

There's actually a decent-sized subset of ARAM players who would like to see an actual ranked ARAM mode. It would require a few tweaks, and opinions on exactly what those would be do vary (all champs available, no rerolls or modified reroll system, added bans or no, etc). But it could be done and be effective, while not getting skewed by ARAM-only accounts.

There are some people who take ARAM more seriously than others. They could leave the Normal ARAM queue in for the casual players who want a mode where they can just go and have fun in a more relaxed environment. That's fine.

I love ARAM for the random aspect of it, though I also am one who would like to see a ranked mode. I don't expect balance out of it, myself, and that's fine. A Draft mode on HA wouldn't really be my preference, cause I'd rather it not become something with an expected structured composition (which would likely be quite similar to SR comps, actually, with 2 tanks/engage champs, a support, an adc, and a pokey mage).