League of Legends
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- Developer:
- Riot Games
- Genre:
- Fantasy, RPG
- Type:
- Download
- Release Date:
- 10/27/09
- Publisher:
- Riot Games
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Blind Pick and Draft Pick
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Blind Pick and why you shouldn't play it after level 20
As you get to higher level gameplay, you tend to notice that some champions can counter other champions. With one such example being Fiddlesticks Vs. Vladmir, Fiddle has the complete upper hand, and this is the first and foremost situation that I could think of one champion completely dominating the other in any way shape or form.
With a blind pick, you have no idea what the enemy team is going to be using, and first and foremost you can't ban champions that are hugely problematic or just flat out overpowered. Duplicate champions are also only possible in blind pick.
Most of blind pick matches revolve around using the flavor of the month, lots of the matches are unorganized, often without even a jungler on either side of the team, which means that you might have a potential lane in trouble with a 2v1 with heavy poke while your jungler is off not being able to gank that lane effectively.
Why you should never blind pick after level 20.
* It's the ultra casual gameplay method, where people tend to go to this mode to try out new champions or builds, very little importance is given to advanced strategy and the importance of phases.
* Riot doesn't provide 16 champions a week, which means you have to purchase at least 8 to play this gameplay mode, so this is encouraged for novices to stick to this mode.
* This mode doesn't typically conform to the current meta, even at level 30.
* It makes you bad (lie).
* You can't counter pick effectively.
* This mode doesn't get you ready for Ranked.
Draft Pick and why you should play it as soon as you can.
* The players are often better.
* The players typically conform to the current meta.
* The players are more likely to guide you to success instead of flame.
* There's tyically an advanced understanding of game mechanics among the players in this mode.
* 3 Bans for each team and the ability to counter pick.
* You know which side of the map you start on. This has very slight advantages, where purple side has one big advantage of the area behind Baron not ever having to be warded when they attempt Baron, but other than that the advantages are minor.
* Requires 16 champions available to queue for this mode, which promotes you owning and knowing how to play that many.
* Generally the people are more polite especially if you are.
* This mode gets you ready for ranked if you want to advance to that level of gameplay.
All in all, Draft mode is better. The team captains (highest elo or hidden matchmaking elo) can ban up to 3 champions. After that, first ban selection gets first pick and that's blue team. After that, it goes 2 champions back and forth between the two teams until the second ban pick gets last pick.
In a perfect world, you'd start Support, Ranged AD, Jungler, Mage then Bruiser, but in this world the people are kind of selfish and like to push the lowest ELO into playing Support if nobody volunteers first. People need to stop acting like playing Support is a bad thing, because a good support will change the outcome of a game. Having first pick support leaves your team able to better counter pick.
Ranting aside, I can just about guarantee you that if you play Draft mode you'll have a better gameplay experience. I also highly suggest picking up the Champion bundle before level 20, because hell, if you want to play this game effectively you might as well sink 25 dollars into the game for some of the strongest champions available.
As you get to higher level gameplay, you tend to notice that some champions can counter other champions. With one such example being Fiddlesticks Vs. Vladmir, Fiddle has the complete upper hand, and this is the first and foremost situation that I could think of one champion completely dominating the other in any way shape or form.
With a blind pick, you have no idea what the enemy team is going to be using, and first and foremost you can't ban champions that are hugely problematic or just flat out overpowered. Duplicate champions are also only possible in blind pick.
Most of blind pick matches revolve around using the flavor of the month, lots of the matches are unorganized, often without even a jungler on either side of the team, which means that you might have a potential lane in trouble with a 2v1 with heavy poke while your jungler is off not being able to gank that lane effectively.
Why you should never blind pick after level 20.
* It's the ultra casual gameplay method, where people tend to go to this mode to try out new champions or builds, very little importance is given to advanced strategy and the importance of phases.
* Riot doesn't provide 16 champions a week, which means you have to purchase at least 8 to play this gameplay mode, so this is encouraged for novices to stick to this mode.
* This mode doesn't typically conform to the current meta, even at level 30.
* It makes you bad (lie).
* You can't counter pick effectively.
* This mode doesn't get you ready for Ranked.
Draft Pick and why you should play it as soon as you can.
* The players are often better.
* The players typically conform to the current meta.
* The players are more likely to guide you to success instead of flame.
* There's tyically an advanced understanding of game mechanics among the players in this mode.
* 3 Bans for each team and the ability to counter pick.
* You know which side of the map you start on. This has very slight advantages, where purple side has one big advantage of the area behind Baron not ever having to be warded when they attempt Baron, but other than that the advantages are minor.
* Requires 16 champions available to queue for this mode, which promotes you owning and knowing how to play that many.
* Generally the people are more polite especially if you are.
* This mode gets you ready for ranked if you want to advance to that level of gameplay.
All in all, Draft mode is better. The team captains (highest elo or hidden matchmaking elo) can ban up to 3 champions. After that, first ban selection gets first pick and that's blue team. After that, it goes 2 champions back and forth between the two teams until the second ban pick gets last pick.
In a perfect world, you'd start Support, Ranged AD, Jungler, Mage then Bruiser, but in this world the people are kind of selfish and like to push the lowest ELO into playing Support if nobody volunteers first. People need to stop acting like playing Support is a bad thing, because a good support will change the outcome of a game. Having first pick support leaves your team able to better counter pick.
Ranting aside, I can just about guarantee you that if you play Draft mode you'll have a better gameplay experience. I also highly suggest picking up the Champion bundle before level 20, because hell, if you want to play this game effectively you might as well sink 25 dollars into the game for some of the strongest champions available.
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