Draft Mode Official Rules
The imminent release of the wave 2 heroes has prompted us to publish official rules for draft mode, what we normally call "competing pick & ban". Draft mode describes the process where each player selects, or drafts, the heroes in their Warband from a central pool, taking turns to pick and ban heroes until they have enough heroes to play in the selected game type, i.e. 5 or 3. Draft mode mirrors what happens in traditional MOBA games, the genre from which Judgement draws its inspiration from.
We have put together draft mode sequences for both the 3v3 and 5v5 game types, and each is able to be adapted depending on the number of heroes you have available in your draft pool. Each Ban entry in the sequence has a hero criteria which means it only gets executed if your pool starting size satisfies the criteria.
The Initial Roll
Like all game modes both players roll a D6 to kick off the game. The winner of the initial roll off chooses whether:
- to have 1st or 2nd turn, and the table side they want to play from
OR
- being player 1 or player 2 in the draft
The loser gets to choose whatever their opponent (the winner) does not select.
3v3 (12 heroes Minimum)
Note: for a 3v3 draft you need a minimum of 12 unique heroes in your draft pool.
Player 1 Ban (12+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (12+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (20+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (20+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Ban (14+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (14+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Ban (12+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (12+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (18+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (18+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Leaves 2 heroes when you have 12, 14, 16, 18 or 20 heroes
Leaves 4 heroes when you have 22
Leaves 6 heroes when you have 24
Leaves 8 heroes when you have 26
Leaves 10 heroes when you have 28
Example - 14 hero draft pool
In the example below we look at the sequence if we had 14 heroes in the draft pool, therefore we have removed the ban entries that are no applicable for our hero pool size.
Player 1 Ban
Player 2 Ban
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Ban
Player 2 Ban
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Ban
Player 1 Ban
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Leaves 2 heroes remaining
5v5 (16 heroes Minimum)
Note: for a 5v5 draft you need a minimum of 16 unique heroes in your draft pool.
Player 1 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Ban (18+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (18+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (26+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (26+ Heroes)
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Player 2 Ban (20+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (20+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (28+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (28+ Heroes)
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Pick
Player 1 Ban (22+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (22+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Leaves 2 heroes when you have 16, 18, 20 or 22 heroes
Leaves 4 heroes when you have 24, 26 or 28 heroes
Example - 24 hero draft pool
In the example below we look at the sequence if we had 24 heroes in the draft pool, therefore we have removed the ban entries that are no applicable for our hero pool size.
Player 1 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Ban (18+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (18+ Heroes)
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (16+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Player 2 Ban (20+ Heroes)
Player 1 Ban (20+ Heroes)
Player 2 Pick
Player 1 Pick
Player 1 Ban (22+ Heroes)
Player 2 Ban (22+ Heroes)
Player 1 Pick
Player 2 Pick
Leaves 4 heroes remaining
Demonstrated on Stream
For a full run-down of Draft Mode including a demonstration of it using 18 heroes, take a look at this video, and if you want to see the resulting game you can view it here.
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