Differential between AI vs. Player Abilities Triggering
Other than confirmation bias, is there any substantive reason why AI champs seem to trigger their abilities more frequently than the abilities of the player's champs?
I'm sure I'm operating off of a very limited data set when I observe only my own champs in the limited number of matches I play, but I cannot help but conclude that the percentages that guide how often abilities trigger for my champs seem to be mere "guidelines" instead of reliable probabilities.
A specific example: I have an Abom at L80 that triggers poison on contact 14.44% of the time (by my understanding, each and every touch has about a 1/7 chance to poison the opponent). During my last run in the Hood arena, I ran 7-8 fights total with him and experienced a grand total of 5 stacks poison activation across over 200-225 hits (not counting blocks or parries, which would increase the number of contacts). However...when I encountered an Abom as an AI opponent, the poison flowed readily. In fact, in one fight with a Kang/Thanos team 3/30 Abom (boasting a 9.3% chance to activate poison), my 5/50 Rogue got poisoned 5 times in that fight alone.
Maybe I'm just sore at pulling Abom 5 times, but it seems like if he's good for anything, he ought to be good at poisoning opponents. And I would be remiss if I said he's the only champ that seems to operate this way. Is there a reasonable explanation (other than "bad RNG luck, mate!") for the disparity in ability triggering?
Dr. Zola
