League of Legends’ Howling Abyss, also known simply as ARAM, is balanced separately from Summoner’s Rift. For years, players have been asking Riot for an option to see balance changes during champ select. Now, one of the devs has finally addressed the topic by explaining the problems it would cause.

In a comment on League’s subreddit on May 1, Rioter Barack Probama explained that introducing the option to see ARAM-specific balance changes during champ select would be information overload and cause toxicity. The easiest way to represent balance changes, at least in their opinion, would be to a small arrow up or down to indicate whether a champ has been buffed or nerfed. If there aren’t any tuning changes in ARAM, Riot could mark it with a tilde (~).