The first day RNG vs PSG:
Blue side win rate: 75%
Red side win rate: 25%
The second day DK vs MAD:
Blue side win rate: 60%
Red side win rate: 40%
The third day DK vs RNG:
Blue side win rate: 100%
Red side win rate: 0%
Overall win rate:
Blue: 79%
Red: 21%
Seriously, what's wrong with the game! The game is already over when you get the blue side. Basically, it means whoever get to choose the side first, they win the bo5, that's so unfair.
External link →I honestly think map asymmetry is a huge component.
Blue side gets superior access to 2 heralds and baron.
Red side gets superior access to dragon but early dragons aren't really useful unless you keep stacking and stacking.
Back when I looked at it when I worked on League, so a few years ago, and for non-pro players, it's often camera angle. There isn't much assymetry for Singed or Rammus but Rumble, Xerath, Nidalee, etc all suffer a ton on red side. Rumble specifically was head and shoulders above the rest. No difference was observed on Dominion or TT (again old analysis)
I assume it's because playing on the red side you have less space to click when moving to the enemy, because the UI gets in the way.
It's harder to aim long range skill shots though we don't know why: could be UI, could just be how people like their camera (we know the effect was more pronounced for locked camera).
I agree with this, personally, just didn't know how it applied to pro.
When I first started playing league I remember always being so happy playing blue side because it felt like I could see way more of the map all of the time regardless of screen management.
I actually wonder what Rumble's win rate was on each side vs Udyr who should be largely unaffected.
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