League of Legends has tried many different game modes over the years since its release. In the very beginning, there was the ‘Blind Pick’, even before the ranked games existed. However, this mode is apparently going to disappear for good and will be replaced by a new, better variant.
What is ‘Blind Pick’? It is a normal match in League of Legends, but without a draft like in ranked plays.
This mode is particularly exciting for beginners, allowing them to avoid jumping straight into the harsh training of ranked plays. Additionally, a match typically starts faster because the selection of champions happens simultaneously and without bans.
However, this historically significant game mode is now set to disappear from LoL, but not without a replacement. In fact, work is being done on a mode that aims to better implement the advantages of ‘Blind Pick’.
In ranked mode, your MMR determines how strong your opponents are. The video provides more information:
Quick Play starts even faster into the match
This is Quick Play: In a dev video on Twitter, officials from LoL presented some new features. Among them is the overhaul of the champion Skarner as well as the new mode ‘Quick Play’, which is set to replace Blind Pick:
At minute 03:40, the game director Pu Liu talks about the new mode. The goal is to enhance the overall player experience.
Unlike Blind Pick, in Quick Play you choose your preferred roles and preferred champions. You can select multiple roles and champions.
When the game starts, you will briefly see which role and champion you have been assigned. After that, it goes directly into gameplay. So you completely save the time for champion selection.
Why is Blind Pick being removed? It is a test to see if a new game mode for normal matches can attract more players to non-ranked matches.
Pu Liu states in the video above that this mode is losing more and more players and has even become the mode with the fewest players.
In champion selection, you lose the ability to react to your team’s picks and choose appropriate champions. However, since Blind Pick has so few players, they want to try something new.
Here you can expect further experiments in the future to find an optimal mode that is available for normals in addition to ranked play.
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