Champs seen at worlds: A list

Garlyle Wilds·10/1/2015, 8:58:25 PM·305 votes·27,683 views

All Pools data compiled!

I'm collecting data from Quarterfinals, but life got real busy. I'm probably going to hold off on posting another topic until the remainder of Worlds has concluded, because it takes a long time to add up and format everything. Sorry @_@

Champion diversity (or lack thereof) in professional play is always a very hot topic. Unfortunately, the pick/ban/win rates usually aren't easily available (rito pls), so here's a manual tally. The raw data, no judgments. This will be updated following every day of Worlds, as soon as I reasonably can.

If you think I've made any mistakes, please point them out! I'm trying to double check everything as much as possible, but mistakes happen!

Total games played: 49

Total different champions played at Worlds: 69 / 126 (55%) Comparison stats: Season 1 (46/96 Champs, 48%, 28 Games), Season 2 (59/111 Champs, 53%, 31 Games), Season 3 (68/116 Champs, 59%, 63 Games), Season 4 (61/121 Champs, 50%, 78 Games) Available champion totals from previous seasons may be slightly inaccurate

New champ/position combos seen on Day 8: 3

  • Top Lane: None
  • Jungle: Hecarim
  • Mid Lane: None
  • Bot Carry: Kennen Twitch
  • Support: None

Top Lane - 18 Champions

  • 30x: Darius (17W 13L)
  • 15x: Gnar (6W 9L)
  • 8x: Malphite Olaf (3W 5L)
  • 6x: Fiora (3W 3L)
  • 5x: Lulu (3W 2L)
  • 4x: Kennen Riven (2W 2L)
  • 3x: Ekko Renekton (2W 1L) Maokai (0W 3L)
  • 2x: Gangplank (2W 0L) Hecarim (1W 1L)
  • 1x: Rumble Shen Vladimir (1W 0L) Lissandra Yasuo (0W 1L)

Jungle - 14 Champions

  • 30x: Elise (19W 11L)
  • 20x: Gragas (9W 11L)
  • 18x: RekSai (9W 9L)
  • 14x: LeeSin (7W 7L)
  • 3x: Nidalee (3W 0L) Evelynn (1W 2L)
  • 2x: Skarner (1W 1L) Rengar (0W 2L)
  • 1x: Ekko Hecarim JarvanIV Nunu Olaf Vi (0W 1L)

Mid Lane - 24 Champions

  • 11x: Azir (8W 3L) Lulu (5W 6L)
  • 10x: TwistedFate (7W 3L)
  • 9x: Viktor (4W 5L) Orianna (2W 7L)
  • 6x: Leblanc (4W 2L)
  • 5x: Yasuo (2W 3L) Ekko (1W 4L)
  • 4x: Veigar (1W 3L)
  • 3x: Diana Fizz Lissandra Ryze (2W 1L) Ahri (1W 2L)
  • 2x: Gangplank (2W 0L) Anivia (1W 1L) Zed (0W 2L)
  • 1x: Karthus Kassadin Olaf (1W 0L) Irelia Morgana Syndra Varus (0W 1L)

Bot Carry - 14 Champions

  • 21x: Kalista (8W 13L)
  • 20x: Jinx (12W 8L)
  • 19x: Tristana (7W 12L)
  • 11x: Sivir (5W 6L)
  • 7x: KogMaw (3W 4L)
  • 6x: Vayne (2W 4L)
  • 4x: Mordekaiser (4W 0L)
  • 3x: Ashe (2W 1L)
  • 2x: Kennen (2W 0L)
  • 1x: Draven Graves Lucian Varus (1W 0L) Twitch (0W 1L)

Support - 13 Champions

  • 21x: Thresh (11W 10L)
  • 20x: Braum (8W 12L)
  • 15x: Alistar (6W 9L)
  • 11x: Morgana (6W 5L)
  • 9x: Annie (4W 5L)
  • 5x: TahmKench (4W 1L) Kennen (3W 2L)
  • 4x: Shen (4W 0L)
  • 3x: Janna (2W 1L)
  • 2x: Bard (0W 2L)
  • 1x: Leona (1W 0L) Brand Blitzcrank (0W 1L)

Bans Drawn: 36 Champions (29% of the champion pool)

  • 45x (92%): Gangplank
  • 44x (90%): Mordekaiser
  • 29x (64%): Lulu
  • 21x: Azir
  • 17x: Elise
  • 16x: RekSai
  • 14x: Kalista
  • 12x: TwistedFate
  • 11x: Darius
  • 9x: LeeSin
  • 8x: TahmKench
  • 7x: Veigar
  • 6x: Thresh Yasuo
  • 4x: Ashe Fizz Gragas Malphite
  • 3x: Alistar Braum Fiora Leblanc Nidalee
  • 2x: Gnar Morgana Olaf Varus
  • 1x: Annie Diana Kennen KogMaw Jinx Ryze Shen Vayne Viktor

Champions with 30%+ participation (Pick + Ban) rates:

  • 49x (100%): Gangplank
  • 48x (98%): Mordekaiser
  • 47x (96%): Elise
  • 45x (92%): Lulu
  • 41x (84%): Darius
  • 35x (71%): Kalista
  • 34x (69%): RekSai
  • 32x (65%): Azir
  • 24x (49%): Gragas
  • 23x (47%): Braum LeeSin
  • 22x (45%): TwistedFate
  • 21x (43%): Jinx
  • 19x (39%): Tristana
  • 17x (35%): Gnar
  • 16x (33%): Alistar

Champions banned as often, or more, than they've been played:

  • Ashe Fizz Nidalee TahmKench TwistedFate Varus Veigar Yasuo

Champions seen in multiple locations:

  • 3 Roles: Ekko Kennen Olaf
  • 2 Roles: Gangplank Hecarim Lissandra Lulu Morgana Shen Varus Yasuo

262 Comments

WhiskerWow10/1/2015, 10:14:06 PM66 votes

It's really interesting looking at this list, because it tells what the pros know is the strongest (in the highest level of play).

Champions deemed OP by the Boards It seems Garen is overhyped, or at least completely outclassed by Darius. Darius is as bad as the community makes him out to be. Fiora is like Master Yi or Fizz, a unfun champion that is viable. Thresh is good but not the best as the boards make him out to be. Vayne has weaknesses in higher play, but is still strong. Not god-tier, but good. Lee Sin is back! #LC$BigPlays Mordekaiser numero uno huehuehuehue.

Champions that are powerful according to this list Not including the board's champions Lulu is really good. Rek'Sai the knock-up bot is back! Gnar is appearing again! He's a furry ball of CC in this hard-engage meta so it has sense. Elise is really good, probably because its a lot harder to throw, so a lead is more important. Gangplank is still really good. Braum is really good, even better than Thresh Alistar is underhyped, and is even better in pick rate with Thresh. Azir is still good. Sivir and Tristana are both pretty powerful.

(I do not have access to the ban list, so apologies if that ends up being useful for this.) New updates are in italics.

Blue Moon Wolf10/2/2015, 1:00:53 AM11 votes

Champions with 100% Pick/Ban Mordekaiser (6 Bans) Champions which have been banned, but not picked Mordekaiser (6 Bans)

Hey riot... you see a pattern here?

TeemoJenkins10/1/2015, 8:59:54 PM11 votes

Thanks so much for putting this together! Great info.

Mast3rShake10/2/2015, 10:52:39 PM10 votes

Well, thank God they are nerfing Eve next patch. She is clearly out of control...

DrCyanide10/2/2015, 12:36:35 AM10 votes

I find it interesting to see the diversity of champion selection in the different lane. Particularly for Mid Lane, the only champion picked more than once is Azir. There were 9 other champions picked once each.

NightOfLight10/2/2015, 8:13:13 PM7 votes

I swear you can gut Azir all you want and he will still be viable do to the nature of his kit.

JFRANKSTA10/2/2015, 1:26:01 AM6 votes

not 1 item 3710 jungle played, maybe that's a sign its time to stop all the QQ

Stephenizgod10/2/2015, 9:31:03 PM5 votes

7x: Darius (5W 2L) 5x: Gnar (1W 4L)

this is interesting because they are picking Gnar to counter Darius or shut him down and yet Darius is still capable of winning despite this. Darius is too strong in Pro play and he is too strong in lower Elo, i think its time for a significant nerf that touches on why he is so successful despite being outmatched/outplayed (at low ELO we call this lack of skill) or being behind (so far this is what it always is at Pro play).

The other interesting pick is Elise, not interesting as in surprising, interesting as in why is she always a popular pick in all Worlds i see... I think other then Lee Sin i have seen her the most in all the pro games ive watched! 12 games 2 junglers per game means a maximum of 24 different possible champions could have been played in this role, 7 of them have been Elise and 6 Rek'Sai to counter Elise, not to mention she was banned 5 times. That means more then 50% of the possible Junglers played were influenced by Elise (either directly or indirectly) and out of 12 games she has had influence in all of them since she was banned to keep her away from the other team.

I guess this is nothing compared to Morde who is so broken OP right now the Pros want nothing to do with him.

AirSonance10/2/2015, 12:07:35 AM4 votes

Can someone find a way to get this pinned to the top of the boards? This information seems interesting, and I'm certain many others would like to see this.

iainB8510/2/2015, 1:49:02 PM4 votes

That juggernaut rework -- what a failure. They really should've waited to do something so experimental until after worlds in the pre-season where we expect things to be way out of balance.

MegaManYYZ10/11/2015, 12:06:04 AM3 votes

i think you're missing the KogMaw Bottom Carry.

esmelar10/4/2015, 8:16:21 PM3 votes

The biggest surprise IMO

No Corki yet

Only Play Darius10/2/2015, 4:10:15 AM2 votes

Why is this so highly upvoted?

Mr Spaceman10/2/2015, 1:42:49 AM1 votes

how can Gangplank be ban 4 times and pick 2 if you say hes been picked once at the top

Lao Fu the Tiger10/1/2015, 9:17:34 PM1 votes

In the 100x pick ban list, should it be 4 bans, 2 games or 4 games, 2 bans?