A player in League of Legends says that Riot Games has banned him for two weeks. He had tried the “Supporter Top” strategy, but it had failed. Riot Games interpreted this as sabotage and has taken him out of circulation for two weeks.
What is this new, strong strategy?
In League of Legends, everything currently revolves around the “Enchanters”, a class of supporters that heals or buffs other champions. Normally, supporters in LoL are only played in the bot lane, alongside an ADC that they support, leaving all kills and thus the gold for them.
Supporters have the opportunity to achieve a constant flow of gold through certain items, even if they do not get any kills themselves.
With the new strategy, however, the supporters are not played in the bot lane, but are active on one of the solo lanes:
- Recently, the coach LS, considered a genius, had success with supporters in the mid lane. His team Cloud9 won professional games with Soraka in the mid lane, who supported their own jungler early and propelled them forward.
- However, it is the supporter Janna with the ability Smite in the top lane that is causing the most stir. She has excellent win rates here.
- Pros like Alphari are already saying: It’s inappropriate to play her. They refuse to do so.
“Helped the other team”
Why was the player banned? The player “Saidenhide” says on reddit that he played the supporter Maokai in the top lane, but left as early as possible to cause trouble in other lanes and give his team an advantage on the objectives. That is his playstyle that he maintains in LoL. He calls it a “roaming strategy”.
The player says he usually has a lot of success with this strategy, having won 5 out of 8 games, and that this strategy had also led him to the “Master title” in previous seasons.
But this time the strategy apparently failed: The player was banned for 2 weeks.
When asked if anything could be done about the ban, he received the following response from support:
- The ban was applied manually
- They reviewed the replay again and apparently the player tried to help the opponent with Maokai
- He left the top lane and was then hanging around the dragon area to avoid experience points and gold
Player speaks of “legitimate strategy” that went wrong
This is what the player says: He feels unfairly treated. He says this is a “legitimate strategy” that unfortunately “went wrong” in the game.
The strategy is still strong, as even though it brings little gold and XP, it has a great impact on each individual lane in the game.
These are the reactions: The case actually divides the community:
- One side says: The player is right. The ban is unfair, his strategy is legitimate.
- Others say: “If you play with the bull, you get the horns”: The player apparently tried to exploit game mechanics but failed – and everyone reported him because the tactic is so unpopular that even his own team hates it. The devil is in the details.
Apparently, the top meta won’t hold for long. Riot Games has already announced that they will change it this week. And the player also says that once the nerfs come, he will play a different strategy in the top lane:
Pro refuses to play a trendy champion in LoL: “That’s inappropriate!”
