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Wednesday, February 9, 2011

LoL's New Bots: Much Improved!

Today, Riot Games live-streamed a League of Legends match between their fellow staffers and their new artificial intelligence controlled champions. The match was indeed very entertaining. I am definitely impressed by the performance of the bots and I really, really want to be able to play against them soon! But first, I just love how they had a representative of the bots making comments throughout the stream in a really funny robot voice as it coldy mocked the human opponents. It was a really nice touch. I am not going to reveal who won the match - you will be surprised by the result - but if Riot Games decided to post the video up, you may be able to check it out here. So how clever were the bots? Well, they were definitely leagues better compared to the current version and I am going to list the pros and cons of their new programming:

What They Did Well
1) They last hit minions effectively.
2) They changed lanes to both gank as well as support their teammates.
3) They combo-ed their abilities really well and they even used their ultimates together quite efficiently.
4) They knew when to back away.
5) They were very aggressive. 

Their Shortcomings
1) Perhaps a bit too aggressive. Even at early game, they tend to get too close to the opponent's tower.
2) They liked to solo against a full team of opponents though sometimes this shockingly resulted in victory, especially when the other bots actually came and joined in on the fight. So maybe they know how to kite?
3) They didn't farm the jungle though this is hard to confirm because of the fog of war and the camera was just fixed on the visible action.

That Cho'Gath Bot sure knows how to tank.

Riot Games should be congratulated for being able to program smart bots for such a complex game involving team synergy and unpredictability. There are definitely still some things that could be worked on but even with what was shown today, I would be so thrilled to fight against those bots. Unfortunately, there was no announcement to when these bots will finally be available for us to bout against. Please tell me that they will come with the next patch, Riot Games!

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