How do you deal with trolls/bad players in game/before game?

Gadiel·5/25/2015, 7:03:35 AM·1 votes·572 views

I have had to dodge three games because of these people. There will be people claim "duo jg", which is viable but a majority of the time it fails. There are people who instalock and never communicate with the rest of the team. When will it end? I keep getting queued up with these types of players. In fact, my last game when I carried with Pantheon(backdoored by Teemo, we almost won with destroying their two turrets near Nexus). You can check my match history, just to see.

I can carry, but only if things can get executed decently enough that I can pretty much stomp in with Pantheon ult and do the rest. In fact, a majority of the time, I could go in and stomp the other team's faces and win the team fight because I was fed when I did my laning phase. I know it's a team game, but it just seems that everyone thinks it's a solo game(which it may seem like I am doing it as well, but considering the facts). How do you deal with these people? Do you dodge because it is seen as a waste of time or do you go with it and simple see if you can win?

3 Comments

Deep Terror Nami5/25/2015, 7:38:18 AM1 votes

If I have to, I compromise so that they are least detrimental to my match as possible to increase my odds of winning (such as when you pick mid but they ignore it and lock in mid as last pick anyway, if they troll I might go to a different lane).

If they're toxic, I immediately mute them. Never talk to a troll. Don't egg them on, don't flame them, don't do anything except continue your game. Feeding a troll makes them worse, and flaming them back makes you annoying to the rest of the team and can get you reported.

If they're simply really bad players I try to suggest they play passively, buy wards or just not overextend so they don't feed. If they are feeding on purpose, gank the person they're feeding so you get shutdown gold.

In the end, muting and reporting trolls is always the best course of action, both for your sanity and for contributing to removing them from the game. Paying attention to them will always make it worse; if not for you, for your teammates.

Aeolian Melodies5/26/2015, 2:15:37 AM1 votes

I main support so whatever happens I have to lane with someone, so...

Baddie

In game: Encourage them when they do something good to boost them, tell them what I'm doing ("brb warding drag" "oom don't fight") because I don't trust them to see me move/my empty bar. It may seem odd but a bit of cheerleading and communication goes a long way sometimes. Post-game: Call gg wp.

Note that the guy who's your baddie can simply be having a rough game, it happens to you too, no need to make a fuss about it.

**Troll **

In game: Ignore or try to reason depending on the type of troll. Post-game: Report, encourage others to report, wait 5 min, re-queue.

Extreme abuse

In game: Ignore, go assist teammates who aren't complete douches, encourage teammates to ignore the raging kid. Sometimes excessive kindness makes them realize they're being assholes and they stop. Post-game: Report, encourage others to report, wait 5 min, re-queue.