Champions you wouldn't expect to be pubstompers, but are.

Risen29··1 votes·404 views

Things like Katarina, Talon, and Fizz are obvious and expected for this.

But I was shocked at how good Lux support is at stomping low.

Having no real experience on her I get an S and hard carry, just by having experience on other more positonally difficult mid lane mages like Viktor or Ziggs.

You wouldn't at first glance think that an immobile AP caster would br able to carry so hard. But she actually has a combination of things you don't normally find together.

  1. High burst damage potential. Either single or AoE.
  2. Strong CC

The key to why shes good is shes not dependant on her team. She can solo kill. She can output enough damage in a teamfight to AP carry. But she can also enable her team with CC to open up opportunities, or to save teammates. You have the flexility to do both. If your team is good, support them. If not, carry them.

I would love to find more champions with this kind of potential.

6 Comments

Krully1 votes

lux has been insanely strong since they added the no delay on her e, its basically free damage

BobaFlautist1 votes

So rather than pubstomper, you're looking for reliable output in solo and group situations, flexibility, and solo-kill potential.

Can I recommend Morgana ? Support and mid. She's wonderfully flexible, able to effectively create or absorb pressure as needed, decent at snowballing but easily playable from behind, and functions well in both extended laning phases and in early teamfights/skirmishes.

Takes some time to pick up and has a weakish (but easily circumvented) level 1-5 midlane, but it feels like there's no game where she's a bad pick.

Risen291 votes

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So rather than pubstomper, you're looking for reliable output in solo and group situations, flexibility, and solo-kill potential.

Can I recommend Morgana ? Support and mid. She's wonderfully flexible, able to effectively create or absorb pressure as needed, decent at snowballing but easily playable from behind, and functions well in both extended laning phases and in early teamfights/skirmishes.

Takes some time to pick up and has a weakish (but easily circumvented) level 1-5 midlane, but it feels like there's no game where she's a bad pick.

I will certainly give her a try when she's free and see how she does.

I suspect though, that she may not perform quite as well as Lux in the carry side of things. Lux's ult is really the coup de grace on the whole package, and a big part of why you can hard carry.

Easily spammable with CDR. Guaranteed solo kill. Pick off stragglers. Massive potential teamfight AOE damage.

Morgana seems to have good AP scaling though. So maybe it can work. I just don't want to get stuck feeling like I'm a root/stun/shield bot for a team that isn't good enough to take advantage of the openings I create for them. I need to be able to jump in there and get the job done myself.

Lux is like her own support for her own AP carry. She not only creates the openings, but she has the burst to make use of it through her ult.

BobaFlautist1 votes

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I will certainly give her a try when she's free and see how she does.

I suspect though, that she may not perform quite as well as Lux in the carry side of things. Lux's ult is really the coup de grace on the whole package, and a big part of why you can hard carry.

Easily spammable with CDR. Guaranteed solo kill. Pick off stragglers. Massive potential teamfight AOE damage.

Morgana seems to have good AP scaling though. So maybe it can work. I just don't want to get stuck feeling like I'm a root/stun/shield bot for a team that isn't good enough to take advantage of the openings I create for them. I need to be able to jump in there and get the job done myself.

Lux is like her own support for her own AP carry. She not only creates the openings, but she has the burst to make use of it through her ult.

If Morg isn't super behind, she can almost always 100-0 people post 6, or near enough to make no difference. I like to take ignite to secure more kills too, though.

Rux1001 votes

I suggest Karma to be totally honest. Lower elo players never expect the damage output in midlane. I used to play her a lot mid, I remember the countless enemy assassin's get half their hp blasted with one empowered Q. Her build is also flexible in that if you fall behind you can buy item 3174 and stay useful to your team (speaking as if you're in mid lane). Of course you can also sup with her but mid lane is much more fun :))

Another pick I HIGHLY suggest is Lissandra I have no idea why noone plays this champion, she is f*cking amazing every time I play her. Solid escapes with E, very long stun with W+R combo, free zonya at lvl 6 if you R yourself AND it heals you, her Q is free every now n then thanks to passive. SOLID PICK!

Its All Skillzz1 votes

Ezreal built full ap. no1 expected the burst/team fight damage.

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