Challenges are the equivalent of Achievements, Trophies, or Achievements (depending on what name you give them) in League of Legends. Released very recently, players are gradually discovering the game areas concerned. While some are achieved by playing the game in a normal way, others require a specific situation, and/or an optimized build. One of those making the most noise is the no death challenge in ARAM. Each member of the community has their own opinion, but some champions seem to be better off than others to succeed.
The ADC, the false good idea
Shooters seem ideal for this challenge, hitting from a distance without exposing themselves. It is then tempting for the player to play in a very safe way, by simply putting a few spells and auto-attacks when the opponents have already used their abilities, and are no longer a threat for the next few seconds. The advantage of the shooter over the mage, is that he is much less dependent on mana than the latter, still being relatively useful just with his auto-attacks. Finally, this is only true at the very beginning of the game. Pretty soon, an ADC that doesn’t die in ARAM becomes useless, as it can’t buy new items. After a few minutes, he becomes a negligible threat during combat, and the enemy team can almost ignore him without suffering big consequences.
It is possible to argue that the challenge only takes into account deaths caused by other players and not voluntary deaths. Technically if an ADC managed to be executed once or twice by a tower, it would be possible for him to complete this challenge without being a dead weight for his team. Nevertheless, this action is difficult to perform in ARAM, because it is not only necessary that the enemies have not touched you for a certain time, but that in addition they are all dead more or less at the same time, so that they do not recover the kill by touching you. These situations usually happen quite late in the game, condemning your team to play 4.5 vs 5 for several minutes, while hoping that no one tells you. Although they can perfectly meet this challenge, ADCs are ultimately far from being the best alternative to succeed.
The support mage, the right plan
Besides their potential mana issues, most mages have the same flaws as ADCs, except for one specific category of them: support mages. These are mages with more utility potential than hard carry potential (even if they have honorable damage). Morgana and Lux are the best known representatives. Capable of immobilizing an opponent with their cages, they also provide a team shield for Lux and an individual magic shield that immunizes CC for Morgana. The effects of their spells allow them to have a big impact on fights, even without having bought a lot of items. In addition, their skills have a very good range, preventing the two magicians from exposing themselves. They are probably the best current champions to achieve this challenge. Lulu and Karma could have joined them, but both have to expose themselves more to use their full potential, which makes them less safe.
Finally, pure supports are also at a disadvantage compared to Lux and Morgana. What they often lack is mana, or skills that ultimately have too little impact to be truly useful to the team without additional items. For example, this challenge is perfectly achievable with Janna, but it will then be necessary to fall with a strong player on an AD character so that your shield can be well exploited. The success of the challenge will therefore no longer depend solely on you, but also on your playing partners.
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Even in our wildest dreams we didn’t really dare to believe it… but as we pointed out, historically G2 has done quite well against T1 and RNG on League of Legends. And for its entry into the MSI Rumble, the Samurai crushed the competition. Enough to believe the title?