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What is the next non-meta pick you expect to see in pro play and why?

ModPrandine·3/6/2017, 2:46:51 AM·0 votes·485 views

This was asked on Twitter but I felt like it would be great to ask here in Esports as well.

For me I would like to see Teemo ADC or Support and Cho'Gath Top, Mid or Support and here's why.

Teemo: The Meta ADC champs (Ashe, Varus, Jhin, Sivir) are auto-attack reliant for a good portion of their damage. Teemos Blinding Dart (Q) stops their AA damage for about 2 seconds which could mean the difference between life and death. I also think that his Noxious Traps (R) can be helpful as well; if nothing else then as a vision tool in addition to the normal wards and Jhin traps. If Teemo gets enough AP in addition to some AD or Support items the DoT can deter enemy players from contesting certain objectives/choke points, plus the massive slow can allow his team to quickly collapse onto/back away from the target if need be.

Cho'Gath: With an AoE knock-up and an AoE silence Cho'Gath can cause major disruption among the enemy team while having decent wave-clear as well also. Not only that but with the changes to Feast (R) he has the potential to get very tanky while still doing those things making him similar in a way to Maokai but with much more disruption and area denial.

So those are my picks, but what about all of you?

4 Comments

TurquoiseYoshi3/6/2017, 3:13:24 AM1 votes

I could see Choggles mid, as he tends to pop up whenever assassins, especially Zed, are very meta.

Other than that, I could see many non-standard ADC picks, like the Morde we saw from FLY, as kill/bully lanes if the mage support meta falls off or as a counterpick to a weak lane like Sivir/Braum or something.

Miror B3/6/2017, 3:45:08 AM1 votes

While it's not entirely off-meta, I'm thinking we could see a rare lissandra pop up, specifically mid. Plenty of teams (soon to be 10th place echo fox, TL) seem to struggle when it comes to setting up teamfights. Lissandra not only brings all of that, but also isn't exactly "bad" into the current meta right now.

III BAKURYU III 3/6/2017, 3:48:36 AM1 votes

As much as the every day league player complains about tanks, marksman and jungle roles I think we will see a few things in the upcoming meta/patches. Long story short I think we will see a taste of the 2014 Meta around Summer

I think Top tanks will be nerfed as we all expect and read in the previous posts etc but I think the champions won't be the Tank as they are now but more around sustain tops like Singed Kayle DrMundo to name a few. Thresh Sona supports are most likely going to be back in the mix as I see the botlane roles going back to the adcs doing massive damage and being the hyper carries as they once were like Tristana Jinx.

People are tired of the super tanks so the 50/50 tanks we be more around self healing and sustain more so than just tank at level 1, they need some time to build. ADC champions being nothing but Lethality which will be nerfed as well as the adc role doing nothing but being "support" roles will be a huge meta change so the role can feel powerful again without needing a support to do equal damage. The Jungle position will be more around the JarvanIV LeeSin Elise for easier ganks/ kill ganks while be tanky for the most part.

Pretty much DrMundo Gragas Kayle Singed JarvanIV LeeSin Elise Zilean Syndra Orianna Lissandra Fizz Tristana Jinx Janna Karma Lulu Sona

Dark horse picks Aatrox - People want this guy to be good and Riot will most likely buff him but being it's Riot he will most likely be so OP he gets banned 24/7 so...... picked doubtful being he will be banned. Quinn - 24/7 People want Quinn to be played for about a year now so she will be buffed in ways that makes her even more annoying to face especially at top lane.

ModPrandine3/9/2017, 8:47:34 PM

Anyone else?