Why do Pros pick seemingly unremarkable champions?
Hi, see title.
I see certain champs who seem pretty average be contested picks in LCS:
- Olaf
- Aatrox (in 2019)
- Urgot (even after 9.4 gutting)
It’s not apparent to me as to why they are so popular.
2 Comments
Because they esentially are playing a different game.
They weigh in counter-picks, the enemy team comp, their own team comp, certain abilities etc.
A champ can be a pubstomper like vayne and not get played in pro and vice versa, something that no one plays like rumble is an often pick in the lcs cause of the ult, it gives you a lot more threat in the baron/dragon pit.
They will often pick certain champs cause of one ability like ashe R that offers a free kill on a coordinated team, on the other hand when youre playing soloq with ashe you'd think she's fairly weak cause most of the time you dont have proper peel and not good enough communication to maximize her engage potential.
Thats why I hate when players copy certain builds or picks from pro players thinking it will work in every situation possible but in reality it wont, youre much better off playing a pubstomper like yi in low elo than an lcs jungle pick