User blog comment:Sifter66/Picking the Right Champion/@comment-4091261-20150412164137

Pretty good question. I'd say, first and foremost, I limit myself to champions that I am familiar with. That is, I don't go for a free week champions just because I think it has good "synergy" with my team. If I don't know how to play the champion, then any other beneficial factors are pointless.

Once I've limited my pool, I then think of synergy and/or counters. I think of certain combos I can make with my team as well as any measures I can utilize against the enemy team with any champions. I further limit my champion pool with these certain picks.

Finally, I think of my performance with the champions in the final pool. I forecast what the game will look like with my personal experience playing as these champions. I then choose the champion I've had the best experience with, and that is one single champion.

This is my thought process when going through all the champions I could choose. I never feel bad about my picks, because I know that I am both familiar with the pick and that my pick has a purpose within the game. Though I do this in the course of 15 seconds, to set up runes and masteries.

Once I've set up my pick, I lock in. If other people choose another pick and it messes with the reasoning for my pick, I don't panic because they most likely had a reason to switch. Panicking would just cause runes and masteries to be screwed up and cause other people to panic as well.