[2023] There's a new AFK Account-Leveling trick that is ruining Bot Games.

I know someone's gonna say "its just bot games who cares", but it's every Bot game I get into now where 1 person goes AFK and the match takes longer for the rest of us to play out (also I'm sure it's even more frustrating for genuine newbies to come across this).

The strat is: Pick Akshan -> buy a Dorans Shield -> swing around Wolf Camp for the whole game. They're essentially making other players grind their account for them. The Doran's Shield allows them to stay healthy, and the AFK Detector never detects them, since they're permanently in combat/channeling a spell.

Here's an example of a match I had today.

Akshan’s E being “infinite” was a fun novelty while it lasted, but it needs to be changed. This is honestly more annoying than when botted-accounts were playing Soraka, cos at least the Soraka was still following/healing allies. An AFK Akshan does nothing.

EDIT: Some comments have pointed out, there's also the trick where they swing on the rock at enemy's base (typically after buying a Lifesteal item), starving two lanes from getting any gold or XP. For some reason, the Champion Bots never attack them when they're here.