User blog comment:Lykrast/Hard bots ?/@comment-18521310-20130921091731/@comment-18521310-20130922053335

Because bots are intended to be a learning tool. They are *supposed* to be terrible.

AI is tricky too. The more complex you make one, the more emergent behavior you get. Something relatively simple like having the five AIs communicate (either through a hive, parlement, or leader system) could potentially introduce huge amounts of emergent behavior that would make them extremely powerful.

Example with just basic "help me" and "focus target" messages: One bot is being attacked hard and losing health. It calls for help. Instantly, the other four determine that a focused burst will kill the attacker and agree to focus. They can do the math instantly and perfectly to do almost exactly lethal damage without wasting a single spell or ability. Player champ dies. Now it's 4v5. Repeat.