League-of-legends – choose the lane on which bots go when playing a LoL custom game

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When playing a League of Legends custom game, whatever the champions I may select in my team, I always end with:

  • two bots going on the bottom lane
  • one bot going on the middle lane
  • one bot going on the top lane

Beside the complete lack of sense in some choices (Shen in middle lane is quite common), this forces me to play as a jungler or go on the top lane.

Is there a way to change the lane used by the bots, to allow me to practice playing in the middle lane for exemple (or play on the bottom lane with a support)?

Best Answer

No you can't. It is a part of bot AI and they choose on their own where to go.

edit: this answer is out of date and as gbn stated in his answer, apparently the lane decision works a little different now: "Custom game bots now adjust to players' initial laning decisions before the first minion wave spawns". For more details please check his answer.

On the other side, you won't gain much by playing on your own against bots (except if you want to practise jungling - this way no-one will touch you). You will only learn basics about the skill set of the champion you're playing and you will learn bot AI patterns which won't help you when you start playing against real players. You will have to apply different tactics against humans and learn when to activate champion skills based on how humans react. If you really want to play against bots, why not play Coop vs. AI?