61 Different Champions were played across EU and NA LCS this week

RndmInternetMan·3/23/2015, 2:17:04 AM·20 votes·2,316 views

Out of 123 total champions (I'm fairly certain Bard isn't enabled in the LCS yet).

Essentially half of all champions were chosen. Ahri Alistar Annie Braum Caitlyn Cassiopeia Chogath Corki Diana DrMundo Ezreal Fizz Gnar Gragas Graves Hecarim Irelia Janna JarvanIV Jax Jinx Kalista Karthus Kassadin Kennen KogMaw Leblanc LeeSin Leona Lissandra Lucian Lulu Maokai Morgana Nami Nautilus Nidalee Nunu Olaf Orianna RekSai Renekton Rumble Sejuani Sion Sivir Syndra Thresh Tristana TwistedFate Twitch Urgot Vayne ViViktor Vladimir Xerath Yasuo Yorick Zac Zed

Great work on Patch 5.5, Riot.

24 Comments

Iridis3/23/2015, 3:58:57 AM6 votes

I hope that Riot doesn't change the tanks. We've seen so much diversity in the last week. It is absolutely wonderful! Champions that weren't being played are now viable. IMO, this was just what the game needed.

Azukus3/23/2015, 2:17:42 AM5 votes

indeed great work

4nth0l0gy3/23/2015, 12:44:26 PM3 votes

Easily one of the most enjoyable weeks in competitive play I've ever seen.

The Blue Rooster3/23/2015, 6:30:28 AM2 votes

It is pretty great. A Golden Age.

Scrimshäw3/23/2015, 9:03:58 AM2 votes

One day... One day, Lordekaiser will show you all.

Phife3/23/2015, 2:23:01 AM2 votes

I can't tell if sarcasm or not...

SavagePenetrator3/23/2015, 2:25:15 AM2 votes

besides tanks in solo queue running around full retard its a great patch.

Gear Kitty3/23/2015, 1:58:20 PM2 votes

We'll see something like that again during this week. No new patch means the LCSs will still be running 5.5.

WHICH IS GOOD.

I'm pretty sure we added like, 20 champions to the mix that rarely saw play outside of player preference.

Urgot. Olaf. Yorick. ZAC. Nautilus SUPPORT (the first champion I Ranked with in the role I used them!). Twitch came back in. Viktor is still seeing some use. Vlad poked his head in. Sejuani is seen as a terror (but that's only because people still aren't quite used to tank yet, and she's top tier in that regard).

And Urgot needs a second mentioning. Urgot. UR-GOHT. Urgot Mid wrecked TSM.

PoisonedTea3/23/2015, 8:10:10 PM2 votes

Bard is weak he will not get played.

Only Play Darius3/23/2015, 6:31:15 AM1 votes

Kassadin?

Original Quitter3/25/2015, 6:11:17 PM1 votes

Yeah I was down to playing LoL only a few times a week prior to 5.5 and now Im back to every day, game is so much better.

TheGrandAlliance3/26/2015, 4:08:08 AM1 votes

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Out of 123 total champions

Essentially half of all champions were chosen.

Great work on Patch 5.5, Riot.

Well IDK about the patch is all good because it caused new potential problems with Tank abuse alas esp vs the champions you didn't list...

Seeing more champions is/are better.

Now if we can just get the rest of the game onboard that would be nice...

BTW nice work on the research.

Pryotra3/23/2015, 7:08:57 AM1 votes

except... I don't think patch 5.5 is the one they are playing on... Could be wrong, don't follow those tournies too closely.

Droogzy3/23/2015, 12:21:13 PM1 votes

Can someone link me to the Diana game? Been trying to find it, but don't know which game it was in.