Hey Gamers, how are you doing? I hope everyone's doing really well. Well, I bet this is something we've all faced, and it's dealing with bad randoms. And yes, of course when playing solo there are good matches, but we always find terrible randoms. The worst thing about a random isn't so much that they don't know how to play that well, it's that they get out of the role they're supposed to play in the match. This is without a doubt the worst thing that can happen.

In MOBAs like Predecessor, teamwork is everything. One person stepping out of their role can completely destroy the match for everyone. Let me break down the worst offenders.

Abandoning the Duo Lane

Nothing is worse than when you get a partner who leaves you hanging in the duo lane to go play another role like Jungle, which isn't even their job. This makes everything get unbalanced and thrown off, since playing the duo lane solo is usually quite complicated if your opponent is solid.
You're playing Carry—Revenant, Murdock, whatever. Your Support picks Dekker or Narbash. Everything looks good. First few minutes are fine, you're farming, maybe get a kill. Then your Support decides to abandon lane and help Jungle. Now you're alone against TWO enemies.

You can't farm safely because they'll jump you. You can't push because you'll be overextended. You sit under tower and pray. Meanwhile, their Carry farms freely, gets fed, and ends up levels ahead with better items. By mid game, they one-shot you in team fights. All because your Support abandoned their role.
The duo lane is designed for Carry and Support to work together. The Carry is weak early but scales hard. The Support protects them, provides vision, and sets up kills. Without the Support, the Carry is a sitting duck. And when the Carry can't scale, the entire team suffers late game.

When You Play Jungle and Another Player Wants to Take Your Role Just Because

This is also quite annoying. When you're focusing on clearing jungle camps but another player wants to take this role by playing in your jungle and eliminating the same camps as you, it usually becomes a real nightmare.

You're playing Khaimera or Grux, jungle path planned out. You start your buff, clear camps, watch for gank opportunities. Then you notice your gold is low. You check—half your camps are gone. Your Midlaner or Offlaner is casually stealing them.

The jungle requires specific clear patterns and timing. You need those camps to maintain your level advantage and gold income. When someone steals them, your entire game plan collapses. You fall behind in levels, can't afford items, and walk into lanes to gank at the same level as laners. That's not how Jungle works.

What's worse? The person stealing camps doesn't even need them. Laners have entire lanes of minions to farm. They have consistent income. The Jungler relies on those camps and ganks. Take those away and you're crippling a crucial role. When the enemy Jungler is three levels ahead because you couldn't farm, team fights become impossible.

Playing Support Without Being a Support

This is something that's been happening to me lately. People who choose Support but play with a character that doesn't work as Support, and no strategy can be created.

Support isn't just picking a hero and following your Carry. In Predecessor, it's a role with real responsibilities: vision control with wards, crowd control to set up kills or peel, utility to keep the team alive. When someone picks a character with none of these and calls it "Support," it's a disaster.
I've seen people pick full damage characters as "Support." They steal farm from the Carry while providing zero utility. No warding, no peeling, no kill setups. Just a second Carry without the gold to be useful.
Support means being selfless. You sacrifice gold and experience so your Carry can scale. You buy vision items, engage/disengage fights, and protect your team. Pick a character that can't do that, and you're making your team play 4v5.

Sometimes Playing with Randoms Can Become a Real Nightmare

Not everyone will be perfect. People learn, try new things, have bad games. That's fine. But there's a difference between a bad game and abandoning your role completely.
MOBAs are team games. Every role has a purpose. When everyone plays correctly, the team works as a unit. When one person does their own thing, it creates a domino effect. The Carry can't farm, the Jungler falls behind, the team has no vision. Everything falls apart.

And the most frustrating part? The person not playing their role is usually the first to blame everyone else when things go wrong. So gamers, play your role. If you're Support, actually support. If you're Jungle, stay in jungle. If you're duo lane, don't abandon your Carry. It's simple, and it makes the difference between a good match and a nightmare. See you in the next post, and hopefully your randoms are better than mine!