General DiscussionWhat's your All Pick Strategy in Ranked Solo Queue?

lastpick most of the time

unless im in the mood to ruin games then i random and afk in jungle

i first pick/second pick my hero most of the times. (no pusi gaming, first pick antimage, first pick storm etc)
sometimes i random.
when i feel like i really wanna win i try to pick closer to last.

thats for solo, in stacks i always play a hero i can't play most of the time

I would usually want to third pick a support to try and counter some enemy core. It usually works (especially if I have a fellow support) because it at least allows me to control some of their cores and prevent them from snowballing.

you can first pick wyvern and you are already countering any hero ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I have done that a few times actually just to prevent my team from losing gold haha

Never first pick but never last pick either.

Always aim for offlane or 4 position roamer.

Lately if see a safelane melee carry I lean towards dark seer heavy.

I rarely play in solo q, but wen I do its because im willing to practice something Im not good with and dont want to ruin games for my party teammates. So I usually pick first or second.

I first pick shaker

i pick last most of the time cuz i am a pusi,and i play pos 1 cuz its easy and i pretty much suck at support, though everyone in my bracket does, and when i play mid i usually fuck up

try for mid, if not possible then try to get a lane to farm and if that isn't possible, support. in that order as otherwise i'd exclusively play support...

always try for as late a pick as possible but never let it cost the team money.

Always first pick random :>

I was reminded the other day why I don't like mid.

Kill opposing sf as ember at 1:37 go to buy bottle and notice offlane is shuttling tangos down........

This why mid sucks you gain an advantage then lose it because of something so simple and retarded.

If u pick last you have to play support 90% of the time. Placing a carry on the map makes no difference. And a support picker at my 3.7k is usually a witch doc who will buy wards once his SB and aghs is finished

But if you pick first, your team is going to fuck the draft up so hard that no matter how hard you try, it is lost.

It depends, if I want to carry and it's something that doesn't have obvious counters like sven or dragon knight I'll first pick. If it has counters like medusa or pl I'll inform my team I want to carry and wait til 3rd or 4th pick, once enemy supports have been picked.

If I want to support and no one is picking I'll pick a well rounded support like lich or jakiro. But I try to wait a pick or two and counter pick the first enemy mid or carry, like if they pick storm go sky or silencer, if they pick AM maybe I pick lion etc.

if you first pick storm mid, what they gonna do????????

pick shit with silences or a ton of disables you can't dodge like hex

Pick Undying and own the game.

If you pick storm i will most likely pick disruptor. If i see AM on the other team i would most likely pick disruptor. Versus illusion i like to pick lion - mana drain rapes them (not vs pl thou cuz its kinda bad...he has a lot of ilu), hex on ilu also kills it. So yeah i like to pick counter. I usually like to pick 3rd or last if i get riki.

I'm getting sick of getting on teams without any healing/support...so I'm practicing on healing/support toons more.

Now I'm getting on teams that really don't give a shit about healing/supports....starting to hate randoms.

"you can first pick wyvern and you are already countering any hero ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)"

That's pretty much what I've been doing lately ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

i select top and pick the carry i feel is best and im comfortable with. if someone picks a carry before me (which actually doesnt happen too often to me) ill just support them usually. ive gone up about 800-900 mmr the past 2-3 months doing this now at 4400

Random first, works well!