Champions that arent played in LCS

Cyromo·Aug 17, 2016·1 votes·761 views

Obviously we won't see champions like Yorick, Shaco etc.... But why is it that champions that have been played a lot in the last split arent played much anymore? For example I personally view and and many others as very strong picks in the mid and adc roles. I understand that in the LCS it has moved to a very team reliant game style but some picks I still wonder how they are ignored. I understand that in the playoffs many teams pull out champions that the other teams might not expect. For example zed was played in 2 games between C9 and TSM in the Spring Split and I don't think he has been played in the Summer Split yet. Any thoughts on other champions and why they might not be played as much anymore please comment.

12 Comments

GarthBrooksIVAug 17, 20161 votes

Corki ends up doing more magic damage than physical anyway and his passive is better for roaming so he should just go mid

CyromoAug 17, 20161 votes

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ends up doing more magic damage than physical anyway and his passive is better for roaming so he should just go mid

But if you go adc you can force people to build MR while building mainly straight dmg depending on your build.

Fondling GemsAug 17, 20161 votes

Corki got a butload of nerfs and was only picked before due to the sheer damage he had. A lot of that has been lost so there isn't really any reason to pick him over a different ranged burster.

Ori is fine, but she is only picked if you are scared of the enemies unknown mid, need good waveclear, and can afford to have a passive midlane that isn't going to provide much until late game. So the situations that you pick her up are pretty specific. On top of that she generally wants a hard engage teammate she can use for ulting so that also limits when you might pick her up. On top of that LCS is all about flexing right now and Ori is not a flex pick.

CyromoAug 17, 20161 votes

I understand the fact that most people are using flex picks in hopes to counter and have better lane advantage but with fact that a large amount of LCS games have been going into 30-40min range I feel like corki would be at least a pick to consider but I guess now that I think of it theres much better picks with a lower risk. Although Corki would force people to build both MR and Armor depending on build

TurquoiseYoshiAug 17, 20161 votes

Corki always forces MR building. He does about 77% magic damage when building his standard Triforce/Reaver/IE build. For reference, AP Fizz does 80% magic damage, and you'd never build armor against him. He also was played by somebody (and won) in LCS last week during the playoffs, but I forget exactly who. Maybe once Ashe and Jhin get nerfed, he'll see more play, but that won't be until Worlds itself.

Orianna is just a little weak right now. She's getting minor buffs next patch.

CyromoAug 17, 20161 votes

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Corki always forces MR building. He does about 77% magic damage when building his standard Triforce/Reaver/IE build. For reference, AP Fizz does 80% magic damage, and you'd never build armor against him. He also was played by somebody (and won) in LCS last week during the playoffs, but I forget exactly who. Maybe once Ashe and Jhin get nerfed, he'll see more play, but that won't be until Worlds itself.

Orianna is just a little weak right now. She's getting minor buffs next patch.

I do understand that there are better picks and now that I think of it with around 77% of his dmg being magic damage its hard to fit him into a team comp since most mids played right now are AP and a good amount of jungle and top lane champions played deal magic damage and you dont want to have a team that can be countered by building predominately MR

TurquoiseYoshiAug 17, 20161 votes

That is definitely one major reason why he isn't played, with Jayce and Varus mid very out of the meta right now and no other good sources of physical damage that are popular.

CyromoAug 17, 20161 votes

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That is definitely one major reason why he isn't played, with Jayce and Varus mid very out of the meta right now and no other good sources of physical damage that are popular.

Sometimes in the playoffs we see the zed but other than that its very limited as to what champions have ad in the mid lane

MazariamontiAug 18, 20161 votes

Most of the time I undetstand why the picks are the way they are, but I don't understand why orianna isn't used hardly at all, she's a reliable blind pick that can turn any game around no matter the situation.

CyromoAug 18, 20161 votes

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Most of the time I undetstand why the picks are the way they are, but I don't understand why orianna isn't used hardly at all, she's a reliable blind pick that can turn any game around no matter the situation.

I agree on that. Its relatively hard to poke her out of lane and she one shot people if it getd to that. One downside of that her q is very slow

Rain NTAug 18, 20161 votes

No clue, I guess just better picks, you want a good teamfight zoning mage, Viktor. You want poke Karma. But imo Ori and Corki are still strong.

BârdAug 21, 20161 votes

Orianna has great highlights, but is team reliant. As such, if they see the Orianna comp coming in champ select, it can be heavily counterpicked (or outright denied by picking away the Ori)

Corki is just weak right now. He is hard to build against with his damage split, but also is hard to build for the same reason. He can't build heavy penetration, so once the enemy tanks have an armor item and an MR item, Corki falls off. It also doesn't help that using "The Package" offensively puts Corki in a horrible position.

As for some others, Rengar MasterYi Darius aren't unheard of in the LCS, but are uncommon picks because they are unreliable. Champions like these are pubstompers; great at fucking up uncoordinated teams, but easily counterpicked and shut down in high level play.