User blog comment:KaptnKrok/How do you guys pick your champs?/@comment-4745915-20140428092238

Well, at this point I tend to play a lot of ARAM, which takes care of that whole "pick your champion" kind of thing for you... However, I started out on the Rift, and thanks to Team Builder, I have recently made my "glorious return". The way it works for me has been pretty basic. Essentially, I have picked my champions based on WHO they are. Just as though I were an actual summoner, I get to know a champion, and if we have chemistry then we hit the rift together. This is the process, regardless of role. I do try to get a role that fits best with the champion, and then master that role, but I find that the champions themselves are so cleanly and deliberately designed that understanding the champion's psyche and applying that to your battle tactics has good results no matter where you play.

A great example is my current main. Years back, my brother told me based on my champion picking style "well, you're a twisted soul. You fight dirty." so I thought about that and it's true. I'm not a very large person, so I'm not a protector. Thinking this way, mages and assassins come to mind. If I fight in real life, I want to incapacitate my opponent so that he can't strike back, remaining out of his sight-line and or causing him as much suffering as possible whether or not I can actually take him down. This line of thinking led me quickly and naturally to Evelynn, The Widowmaker. Continuing along this line of thinking has also yielded me time with Syndra, The Dark Sovreign; Brand, The Burning Vengance; Darius, The Hand of Noxus; Talon, The Blade's Shadow; and Annie, The Dark Child.

Each of these champions spoke to me in a deep way, and I would certainly recommend this picking style as it is both psychologically rewarding and tactically effective. Another thing I would recommend, is looking to both of your sides. You see my dark side in this discourse, but like the Force, there are two sides to all things. It is the great paradox of life: you must accept both simultaneously or you deny the truth, and you deny yourself. Failing to accept the Dark Side, you deny your power, but failing to accept the Light Side, you deny your beauty, intellect, and skill. Do not forget my words, young one. Look to yourself; the truth lies within you!

-Takeyo