So I'm a support main. Generally, I don't have as many friends who play League as I used to (the majority have quit), so I tend to play Ranked alone. I wanted to get the bonus chroma for being Gold in multiple ranked Queues, so I attempted to try Flex Queue out.

Of 31 games I queued alone as Support primary, 30 of them I was assigned my secondary role pick . I also spent a day trioing flex with a few discord friends of mine, about 13 games; every single game in a party I was assigned Support no questions asked.

Keep in mind these games are spread across multiple days and during different times. I don't doubt that the position becomes more contested during more busy times, but the general rate in which I get my primary role (specifically support, which is a popular duo role) as a premade vs as a solo is staggeringly different, which leads me to assume that the preference of who gets the Support role is skewed toward people who are premade.

Seeing as Flex is commonly used by people who are to say the least very "close friends" who tend to duo lane bot and support, generally asking to swap is very difficult and often leads to some tension in the pregame lobby. At best you are told to "just dodge". This often means that I'm basically forced to just dodge every champ select only to wait for leaverbuster timer and get offroled again.

While I could try to adapt to a new role, it feels extremely disadvantageous to be forced into playing a new role im not comfortable with largely because of this. It's frustrating, especially when what should be a fairly even ratio of primary and secondary role allocation is so sharply skewed against me when playing solo, and it has direct impacts on the games because I'm sharply underperforming in a new role while playing against people who are performing at the level as my primary role. It leads to a lot of toxicity and frustration, and while I'm grateful that it is "just flex", it's still an extremely negative experience.

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I am unsure if I am just extraordinarily unlucky, but given the ratios so far it certainly feels like it gives a higher priority to premade groups.