How to play

Outdraft reproduces the full competitive pick and ban phase used at every tier of tournament League of Legends: 6 bans, 6 picks, 4 more bans, 4 more picks, and role assignments at the end. Here is how to get through a first draft in under a minute.

1. Choose a game mode

• 1 vs CPU — draft against an AI that responds to your picks and bans. Best for learning the flow, testing champion pools or rehearsing a specific matchup.
• Online — play against another human. You can quick match (auto-pair with someone whose series length overlaps yours), create a room and share a 6-character code with a friend, or join a room with a code you were given.

2. Pick your side

Blue side gets first pick; red side gets last pick and can counter the enemy's final choice. In online series, sides swap automatically each round.

3. Optional: fearless draft

With fearless enabled, every champion picked in a previous round of the series is banned for the rest of the series. The champion pool shrinks fast — it rewards depth over one-tricking.

4. During the draft

• Use the search box or the role filters to narrow the champion grid.
• Click a champion to preview, then hit Lock in before the 30-second turn timer expires. Running out of time locks the highlighted champion automatically.
• In CPU mode you'll see suggestions ranked by the AI on every turn. In Online mode suggestions are hidden — you draft on your own read, and good picks/bans award points toward your round score.

5. Assign roles

Once your five picks are in, drag each champion to a lane (Top, Jungle, Mid, ADC, Support). Any champion can be placed in any role — it's up to you to justify it.

6. Read the report

After both teams have assigned roles, Outdraft generates a draft analysis: composition strengths (poke, engage, wave clear, scaling…), notable matchups by lane, and a numeric score out of 10. In online series the score is combined with your pick/ban points to produce a final round rating.

7. Scoring in online series

Every action you make during the draft is compared against the AI's top-15 recommendations for that exact game state:

• A pick inside the top 15 awards 100 points.
• A ban inside the top 15 awards 50 points.
• Anything outside the top 15 awards 0 points.

At the end of the round your action points are scaled to a 0–10 value (min(10, action_pts / 750 × 10), so 750 points or more caps the action score at 10). That is combined with the draft analysis score using:

round score = 0.1 × action score + 0.9 × draft score

Round scores are added together across the series — the player with the highest total when the series ends wins. Standings and the full breakdown (action points, scaled action score, draft score, weighted round score) are shown between rounds and on the final screen.

Tips

• Bans in the first phase should remove flex threats and enemy comfort picks; bans in the second phase should protect a specific lane.
• On red side, save one flexible pick for last so you can counterpick the enemy's final commitment.
• Use fearless mode with a friend to force yourselves out of your five-champion comfort zone.

Ready? Start a draft.