Yes, there are counter builds for most bad matchups in stadium, however
- It’s still a disadvantage
- Your teammates probably won’t run them
- Sometimes you just don’t want to play the counterbuild
Like today I queued rein, wanted to do a charge build, hero select screen ends, and it turns out nope, if I do that I’ll just get walled off and spun around for 25 minutes. So I’m stuck shieldbotting, pretty much the opposite of what I selected the character to do, and if I could’ve known that ahead of time, I’d have picked literally any other tank.
A draft would make it simpler, if you get an early draft pick, you know you’ll likely be countered ahead of time and can choose a hero you don’t mind being countered on, if you get a late draft pick then you have enough knowledge of whether a risky build will be viable enough and can pick hero accordingly
They said they were considering swapping priorities and putting the draft out earlier instead of the quest system, I think it’s a good idea. Quests sound fun and there does need to be a bit more of early game variety, but removing the sheer luck advantage of hero selection seems more important