In the mobile game League of Legends – Wild Rift, a feature is now introduced that should significantly improve the game quality in the Legendary Queue. A minimum number of Champion Mastery Points will prevent players from playing a champion in the Legendary Queue for the very first time. Many League of Legends players would now like to see this restriction in the Ranked queue for LoL as well.

Minimum mastery points required

The developers of Wild Rift are introducing a minimum Mastery Point value that must be achieved in order to play a champion in the Legendary queue. This is to prevent players from playing a champion for the first time ever and potentially losing the game for the entire team.

Mastery points are points that players can earn by simply playing on the various champions. So by having a minimum value in the Legendary queue, it is assumed that players have some experience with their picked champion.

LoL players want similar restrictions

In a Reddit thread, League of Legends players have now increasingly expressed the desire to introduce this mode for Ranked in the PC game as well. Because even in the solo queue, you often meet other players who reveal in the chat that they are just trying out a new champion for the first time.

The rule does not apply 1:1 to the solo cue in League of Legends. The Legendary cue in Wild Rift is only accessible to players of Diamond rank and above. Thus, it is not directly comparable to the normal ranking list in League of Legends.

Nevertheless, there is a lot of discussion on Reddit about whether and how this feature could be added to League of Legends.

The catch

Even though the new rule seems sensible for the time being, Wild Rift players quickly realized a crucial problem with it. Because even in the mobile game, it can happen that you are not allowed to play the role that you selected when you entered the queue.

So, for example, if a player is “auto-filled” for the Jungle position and has not previously played a champion that you can play in the Jungle, they would be forced to make a “troll pick” in the worst case scenario. This would then achieve exactly the opposite of what the new rule is supposed to avoid.

Exactly how the feature will be implemented in Wild Rift is not yet entirely clear. In any case, the approach of the new scheme is largely met with approval in the community. However, Riot Games should definitely consider the concerns and fears of the players.