Creating roles Sub-Classes

Macilento··4 votes·469 views

First of all this is something i would like to work on as a whole, not only me, if you have comments, suggestion do not hesitate to write it down.

What do i mean by "Sub-Classes"?I mean creating a more narrow group of champion that specialize in somethin. Just to remind you, roles are: Tank, Assassin, Support, Mage, Marksmen and Fighter Well to keep it short: Juggernauts are an example of a sub-class, they can be considered Fighters , but they can be labeled as juggernatus because they dont have too much movement possibilities are tanky and deal lots of damage in melee range. What if we could create more of these grops for each roles? Let's try it, and i will need your help :) (especially for the sub classes names!) I also want to point out that one champion can fit into more sublasses at the same time

TANK. I think we can generally divide Tanks in 2 subclasses: Protector and Engager. Protector: Meat walls that specialize in absorbing the biggest part of enemy damage, and keeping alive his carries Examples: Shen, Maokai, Dr. Mundo

Engager: Meat walls that specialize on starting a fight and cousing a mess in the middle of the enemy team. Examples: Zac, Sion, Volibear


Assassin Assassin are hard to divide into sub categories, but i think we can divide also this one in 2 groups

Duelist: Physical assassins that can burst you down managing their cd and autoattacks, usually low amount of cc in their kit Example: Zed, Yasuo, Riven

Prodigy: Assassins that burst you downwith their spells, usually they have some form of cc Example: Ahri, Leblanc, Ekko


Marksmen: i think we can divide this one into 4 subclasses (still help me giving names)

Sieger: Marksmen capable of of demolishing building fast with their kit Example: Caitlyn, Jinx, Tristana

Skirmisher: Markmen that are super good on 1v1 -2v2-3v3 situations: Example: Vayne, Graves, Lucian

Team fighter: Marksmen that can do their best when on 5v5 teamfights Ex: Miss Fortune, Ashe, Kalista

Poker: Marskem that can wear you down from long range with multiple strikes Ex: Ezreal, Corki, Jayce


FIghters: I think we can classify Fighters in 3 categories

Juggernauts: We already know these ones. High melee dmg, high tankiness, low mobility and almost no CC Ex: Darius, Garen, Illaoi

Destroyer: Warriors with good tankiness, very high damage, able to get easly to the backlines to eliminate the low health members: Example: Pantheon, Irelia, Vi

Undying: Fighters that are very good on solo missions tanks to their innate sustain and ability to survive the impossible Example: Nasus, Aatrox, Trundle


Supports: Supports can generally be divided in 4 categories

Enchanter: Supports that specialize in buffing or healing their allies. Example: Janna, Soraka, Nami, Lulu

Guardian: Supports that specialize in saving specific team members, almsot like a body guard Example: Braum, Tahm Kench, Shen

Engager: Supports that allows other team mates to capitalize on their plays Ex: Alistar, Blitzcrank, Thresh

So this is all for now, let me know what you think about it :D


Support Support could be divided into 3 categories:

Enchanter: Supports that specialize in helping their team mates with shields, buffs, heals... Example: Lulu, Janna, Soraka

Protector: Same as the tanks, specialize on protecting their carries Example: Braum, Thresh, Tahm Kench

Engager: Same as the tanks, they specialize on engaging a fight Example: Alistar, Leona, Blitzcrank

I WILL CONTINUE LATER HAVE TO GO FOR NOW... WRITE IT DOWN EHRE FOR COMMENTS, i need names especially!

8 Comments

Minarde2 votes

Mundo and Volibear aren't Tanks. They're closer to Fighters, since they lack most of the CC/utility that Tanks tend to have. Alistar, Leona, and Blitz are Tanks rather than Supports.

Part of the problem with expanding this sub-classification is that adding too many categories obfuscates the meaning. The current "primary/secondary" classification is decently useful for getting a sense of what a champion brings. Trying to make labels "primary/secondary/tertiary/quaternary/sub-class/sub-spec/preference" gets a little excessive. For example, Jayce is a "Fighter/Marksman," but he'd also be a "Marksman-Poker," "Marksman-Sieger," and probably some Fighter sub-class. It adds needless complexity.

NapaIm1 votes

Physical assassins: Cut Throats

Magical Assassins: Arcane Prodigies

I dunno just brainstorming.

Macilento1 votes

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Physical assassins: Cut Throats

Magical Assassins: Arcane Prodigies

I dunno just brainstorming.

I like those names! let's see if we can get even more! I need names for evrything anyway^^

Ralanr1 votes

I think skirmisher should be the name for physical assassins. They can't past long in a fight, so the need to end it quickly. A skirmish is a short fight.

Macilento1 votes

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I think skirmisher should be the name for physical assassins. They can't past long in a fight, so the need to end it quickly. A skirmish is a short fight.

Yeah good idea. Then i would probably need to change the adc one tho

Ralanr1 votes

You could call them ranged Duelists.

Macilento1 votes

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You could call them ranged Duelists.

good idea, i will edit the post when i come home^^

MisterHealYoGirl1 votes

I think that this is what the 'secondary roles' thing is for. For example, Twitch, Varus, and Caitlyn all have 'Marksman' as their primary role, but their secondary roles help to differentiate among them. Caitlyn, who has no secondary role, is a straight-up auto attacker, who mostly uses her abilities for their utility value. Varus is a secondary mage, since a big chunk of his damage comes from his abilities, and the skillshots and CC that he offers makes him feel more like a mage than Caitlyn. Twitch, on the other hand, feels more like an assassin than Caitlyn, due to his stealth and punishing damage, so his secondary role is assassin.

This holds for mages, too; Xerath, Lux, and Ahri are all Mages first, but Xerath is in every sense a magical artillerist, while Lux also has a supportive aspect with her shield and strong CC and Ahri, a mobile burst mage with a killer combo, feel more like an assassin.

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