User blog comment:Supp0rt4n00bz/Broken ARAM is broken! (Part I)/@comment-6435632-20130729195854

Ehh, sorry but most of this is wrong. I've had success with most champions in ARAM, including the allegedly bad Warwick. What you need to do is figure out what strengths the champion has in the setting. Tankwick is beautiful in ARAM, but bruiser WW can still do good. Your claim of never watching to initiate is simply and utterly false; people undervalue tanks on ARAM but purely because of that simply having one can frankly be a champion select GG depending on how smart your team and opponents are. It's teamfighting. Teamfighting is not just poking.

AoE and poke champions ARE ALWAYS GOOD ON ANY MAP. Yes the game is all teamfights but if you're not being forced into teamfights in the other maps, then either you or the opponent is being dumb and out of position. The only difference on ARAM is it's harder to be out of position. That doesn't change the rules. Virtually all AoE and poke is dodgable, so if you're getting out-poked then you're doing something wrong. Why are you not staying behind minions? Why are you not dodging? Why are you going near bushes so they can poke you without you seeing them first? Why aren't you falling back to turret until they make a mistake?

As for Early Win = Late Win? Simply not true. I've seen numerous turnarounds in ARAM. It's harder, sure. But it still happens and it's still about skill.

It's teamfighting. You're not going to do well on ARAM unless you can teamfight. An all-poke team, against a balanced team (including a tank) of equal skill, will always lose.