One Trick or Flex Pick?

TrAiDoS

Germany162 Posts

April 17 2025 17:44 GMT

Hey there,

"Can you play anything else?"—a classic starter to the discussion about who gets to play which role in League of Legends. Specializing or flex picking are two extremes that impact your gaming performance. Here is what professional players do.

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Yurie

11768 Posts

April 17 2025 20:42 GMT

Specializing is generally the best thing. It isn't something unique to e-sports. How often do you see the goalie being the best penalty taker in football? There is only so much practice time you can perform. Being 0.5% better at your task over the entire team multiplies compared to flexing which is only valuable when you don't have a stable roster.

It is why role picking is popular in games with random match making. But I guess you could see it as a skill total. With some roles having more value than others. You just want to maximize that equation in every team.

DarkPlasmaBall

United States44051 Posts

April 19 2025 00:01 GMT

Being able to decently flex-pick in games is nice and fun in casual and group settings, so that people can rotate and try out different options. At the highest level of competition, however, it's unreasonable to expect most people to be perfect at multiple roles, since one needs to dedicate so much time and effort for each one.

LUCKY_NOOB

Bulgaria1407 Posts

April 20 2025 11:14 GMT

On April 18 2025 05:42 Yurie wrote:
Specializing is generally the best thing. It isn't something unique to e-sports. How often do you see the goalie being the best penalty taker in football? There is only so much practice time you can perform. Being 0.5% better at your task over the entire team multiplies compared to flexing which is only valuable when you don't have a stable roster.

It is why role picking is popular in games with random match making. But I guess you could see it as a skill total. With some roles having more value than others. You just want to maximize that equation in every team.

I'll give u it's not common but there are plenty of examples of goalkeepers being great at scoring as well.
I think it also has to do with the mentality and instincts of it all.

https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/goalkeepers-who-took-penalties

josh Williams

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April 27 2025 09:59 GMT

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