most poorly designed champion in the game?

stealthfox94··4 votes·1,010 views

Just wondering I listed 10 that I thought are pretty big examples of bad champion design. Keep in mind bad champion design =/= OP and I actually like playing some of these champs. If you think a champion I didn't list is worst than all of them please say what champion

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Vincenttnecniv2 votes

No Yasuo?

Helmight2 votes

Yorick is my guess. The guy's been cited as Riot's biggest mistake since his release. Hell, I've got no idea what any of his abilities do, outside of Omen of Famine and Omen of Death. He's totally unreadable, low on counterplay, an impactful - but usually underappreciated - ult, poor visuals... Yorick has nothing going for him.

Kalista I think was designed well, but then balanced in a way that was contrary to her original idea.

None of the other champions on this list are poorly designed at all. Old, possibly, and thus suffering from outdated design philosophy, but you can tell what the developers were going for. And for the most part, their kits still work well as a unit.

177A Bleecker St2 votes

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Yorick is my guess. The guy's been cited as Riot's biggest mistake since his release. Hell, I've got no idea what any of his abilities do, outside of Omen of Famine and Omen of Death. He's totally unreadable, low on counterplay, an impactful - but usually underappreciated - ult, poor visuals... Yorick has nothing going for him.

Kalista I think was designed well, but then balanced in a way that was contrary to her original idea.

None of the other champions on this list are poorly designed at all. Old, possibly, and thus suffering from outdated design philosophy, but you can tell what the developers were going for. And for the most part, their kits still work well as a unit.

yorick walks into a bar, there is no counter xDDDDDDDDDDDD

Blade of Justic2 votes

Aatrox

I feel bad for him.

Shénzhì2 votes

It's not easy for them to redevelop champions after identifying problems. Things don't seem to meet today's needs anymore. I see one collection of problems that actually limit redevelopment to either nothing or really fucking slow.

If they can just ... make that decision (to what I'm referring to; not explained) and just do it before too late, the game will torque.

howstheweather132 votes

Without a doubt Pantheon. He is underrated, underplayed and desperately needs a rework. Btw is he still good vs Darius?

stealthfox941 votes

yes.

Shénzhì1 votes

ikr. Pantheon flying just doesn't work for me.

His kit is old can totally needs updating. He's like an old season's 'disproportionate fun' kit slamming all damage in a couple of moves.

YoloYordle3332 votes

is yorwick a combination of warwick and yorick or what

stealthfox941 votes

Before anyone ask I left Poppy and Taric off since they are getting a major rework soon.

TehNACHO1 votes

I don't see Poppy in the votes.

Disappoint.

On a more serious note, Yorick.

stealthfox941 votes

Look at my comment on the bottom. I didn't include her because RIOT has confirmed her rework.

TehNACHO1 votes

Was a joking jab.

That and you should put that in an edit, not a comment that some people will never ever see.

stealthfox941 votes

It wouldn't let me edit.

Shonjl1 votes

I personally feel Blitz is the worst. It is because he is all or nothing with his hook. If he lands it, its basically a free kill no matter who it is. IF he misses, he has nothing he can do at all, he is often too fragile to run in without dying and the rest of his kit is melee. There is so much that goes for his hook that it is literally life or death for him. I feel champs shouldn't be put into such a position that if they can't land 1 skill, they are trash.

With other similar supports like Leona and Thresh, they can still do things without landing theirs. Leona can still ult and run in and stun, and being tanky as hell isn't afraid to get aggro or cced since that means the enemy has no cc for the real threats. Thresh can still knock you back from important targets, use his lantern to shield and pull those targets to safety, and use his ult to disrupt the enemy. They are prime examples of while I dislike Thresh since he is EVERYWHERE, that he can still do his job if he misses his hook. Blitz though? Nope. He is either godly on your team or is nonexistant and it might as well be a 4v5. I personally hate Blitz if he is picked due to such. There is no champ I know of that is either god tier champ but also worse than trash tier at the same time.

TehNACHO1 votes

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I personally feel Blitz is the worst. It is because he is all or nothing with his hook. If he lands it, its basically a free kill no matter who it is. IF he misses, he has nothing he can do at all, he is often too fragile to run in without dying and the rest of his kit is melee. There is so much that goes for his hook that it is literally life or death for him. I feel champs shouldn't be put into such a position that if they can't land 1 skill, they are trash.

See, the funny thing is that none of these are problems if he was used for his original purpose of an ap/mana bruiser.

But seriously though, Blitzcranks that don't build tanky as a support is odd.

Ralanr1 votes

Urgot

TyroneWatermelon1 votes

Vayne. Too broken and too easy to play

howstheweather131 votes

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Vayne. Too broken and too easy to play

Lol the comedian everyone lol. Ap and itemization. The problem is no one wants to "PUT IN WORK"and actually get good so they just bitch about this or that champ being op, and Riot swings hard with the nerd bat. See you guys in S6.

Kat Head1 votes

No Azir ????????????

The worst designed champion to ever be released is not on your list bro.

Shénzhì1 votes

Azir could have started a whole new champion Role archetype .. but nah.

Kat Head1 votes

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Azir could have started a whole new champion Role archetype .. but nah.

Yeah, if you wanted to just deleted a large portion of the champion roster.

Lost R1 votes

At the moment? Maybe Shen. As a tank, he doesn't tank very well because he lacks crowd control outside of his taunt, his non-ult shield only benefits himself, his Q's utility is barely noticeable, and his ult... actually that doesn't really need to be changed. That can stay, but everything else will have to go.

Yorick has problems with identity, so that alone warrants a Sion-grade relaunch.

Poppy has no middle ground between being completely useless and an invincible murderball. She's getting a full relaunch.

Blitz's everything is weighed too heavily around him grabbing people, which mostly translates to instakills. If he can't do that, he's completely worthless. Thresh, Tahm Kench and Nautilus also do his job better without being stupidly broken. His lightning can also be extremely random.

Warwick has problems with identity, and the way he currently zips to an enemy instantly is extremely cheap, especially when combined with his E. He had an update, too, but it got lost in the mail.

DrNova1 votes

For me I pick Urgot just because he feels so clunky to play.

I think he is sleeper good, but just feels awkward to use well

Hayaishi21 votes

Hard to say who's the most, Riot has too many abominations.

Critmaster Garen1 votes

i have to go with tryndamere, because hes a clusterfuck all around.

his early lane phase relies heavily on rng. get 2 crits in a row in a trade, and you win. dont, and you might get destroyed or zoned until 6. lategame hes nothing but splitpushing, because hes almost completely useless at doing his actual job. carrying.

he generally just plays completely passive and may show up after a teamfight for a cleanup.

most other champions who are having design issues still do what theyre designed for. take shaco for example. hes really anoying when hes strong, and his problem is that hes almost entirely early game. but he still plays like intended and is good at assassinating people. hes working as an assassin even though if his ability to teamfight is terrible.

tryn just... i dont know. i dont hate him, but as a melee adc hes a complete miss. the way he works throughout the entire game is just bad.

Crett1 votes

Where's Katarina on that list

stealthfox941 votes

pmub

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