Who do you think is the worst early game champion?

Sooko·6/23/2015, 4:41:39 PM·3 votes·7,325 views

I wonder what the community thinks is the weakest creature in the early game in Summoner's Rift. Like, we always talk about good bullies and good late game scalings. Recently I've been noticing some late game monsters (Vayne, Nasus, Singed) to be actually a decent threat early game (Singed zones you with poison if you are melee, a Vayne stun early game leads to a heal, a flash or a death very often and a Nasus' sustain can actually be very frustrating to deal with).

EDIT: Should have added Kassadin and Vlad, I definitely agree they deserve a spot here. I should also add that I do not think Yasuo is that bad early, nor Vayne in all honesty, I just put those who I have seen to be frequently complained about. Also, Draven is just sarcasm, it's why I put the smiley there.

53 Comments

ilt6/23/2015, 4:45:30 PM8 votes

lol Draven and Yasuo

Togekiss246/23/2015, 5:37:05 PM6 votes

Did people seriously forget Poppy exists?

  1. No good wave-clearing abilities.
  2. Insane mana costs early on.
  3. Easily kited due to melee range.
  4. No MR scaling.
  5. No inherent sustain.
  6. Easily countered by champions with high-damage early games like Darius or Renekton.

I'm surprised you even listed Anivia over Poppy, because she can actually afford to be a lane bully if you can land a Q+E combo repeatedly and dying wouldn't be that big of a deal because of your passive.

TheRakkun6/23/2015, 5:56:17 PM4 votes

Poppy

Dreadlocks6/23/2015, 5:00:31 PM4 votes

Kassadin sucks early.. wtf how is he not on the list but yasuo is.. and why the fuck is Draven on this list ? Draven excels in the early game urgh this list blows...

Mew Goes AD6/23/2015, 4:43:18 PM3 votes

Level 1?

Vlad

ZileanUltJesusOP6/23/2015, 5:24:25 PM2 votes

nasus and poppy have the two worst early games by far. evelynn is a close second

Dunkrius2g6/24/2015, 1:06:47 AM2 votes

CMAAN!??! The Doge Nasus He aint D cane, hes just d twig.

DJ Di06/23/2015, 4:49:47 PM2 votes

I fail to see how Yasuo's early game is as bad as say Veigar's. I think people say this only because you can't Crit cheese or E cheese level 1 like you used to before without retaliation.

lightdragoon886/23/2015, 5:08:05 PM1 votes

Poppy

Her early game is so weak that even though her late-game is god-like, Riot hasn't changed that because they stated her early to mid game is one of, if not, the worst in the game.

They also stated that if players somehow make her early game useable, they would nerf her into the ground.

7ha7guy7776/23/2015, 5:52:54 PM1 votes

Twitch?

YOLO420SWAGSCOPE6/23/2015, 6:16:05 PM1 votes

talon akali etc etc also vladimir . . . . darius....lol jk

aimedbee6/23/2015, 7:13:49 PM1 votes

Akali

Narasimha6/23/2015, 7:25:35 PM1 votes

I don't see Poppy on the list, but she pretty much has THE worst early game. Crippling mana costs, no sustain, no easy way to farm, most opponents dictate the trades. Course, she trades it off for having quite possibly the most ridiculous late game there is.

ChaosThief6/23/2015, 9:34:54 PM1 votes

For those who think karthus's early game is weak: you clearly have not been hit by karthus Q repeatedly.

Sassmast3r6/23/2015, 10:13:11 PM1 votes

Most definitely Poppy. Diana can be relatively weak until she gets her ultimate, so if level 6 counts as mid game, then yes Diana's early game ain't all that good.

Karcist6/23/2015, 10:53:11 PM1 votes

Zilean, although he's really just the worst champion at all phases of the game.

grLKQ9ma0o6/23/2015, 11:02:36 PM1 votes

Azir has the worst level 1 in the game.

At level 2 he's strong as fuck, but in the earliest part of the game he's trash.

It Hertz When IP6/24/2015, 12:46:03 AM1 votes

TwistedFate ? I can last hit with him well enough, but I never seem to have enough power early laning phase for dueling.

DarthSpectrum6/24/2015, 2:05:57 AM1 votes

Jax's early game is pretty bad. Especially since close to half the champions with terrible early games listed here counters Jax. (Zac, Malphite, Vayne, and Singed.)

His skills starts of with high cool downs and equally high costs. A lot of his power comes from his ultimate passive at level 6 and his synergy with items. Even a Nasus can out duel a Jax early on.

Most of Jax's counters such as Fiora or Xin will even win in an early trade. Of course, Jax scales like crazy. After a few buys, his poor early game is completely overshadowed by his mediocre mid game and excellent late game.

Xonra6/24/2015, 2:06:04 AM1 votes

I'm gonna have to echo the Vlad comment. If Ryze and his group run into someone at level one (and the person playing him smartly hasn't leveled an ability yet) he can still go run prison and cause some issues.

Vlad cause...attack someone ish. Most of the people you listed can at least quick go some sort of CC if they run into the enemy team. Not so bad in that case to start something a bit off if you fight level one if it means first blood.

BUT if you are just going straight to lane....I'd still say Vlad. Eve and Poppy are up there as well.

3TWarrior6/24/2015, 2:18:13 AM1 votes

bard and evelynn, both have some of the greatest early game there is...sad thing is, they have nothing late game that someone else can't kill them for trying

for instance, bard can have two powerful hits...but that's about it, 400 damage isn't much late game compared to the high amount he has early game and up to 600 in heals in 30 seconds, not much

Lightning67895/3/2016, 2:30:41 AM1 votes

definitely tryndamere and aatrox

Trídent6/23/2015, 4:44:06 PM1 votes

I'd say Veigar

Moulin Rouge6/23/2015, 4:45:23 PM1 votes

Veigar. I don't think I've ever lost a game to one before. The cage is laughable, his main nuke is laughable, his skill shot nuke is laughable and the only thing to fear is his ult. Every single one of his abilities (barring his ult) can be easily dodged.

disregardable6/23/2015, 4:46:53 PM1 votes

Evelynn orVladimir

Lord Dusteon6/23/2015, 4:48:59 PM1 votes

Going to agree with the early game Vlad. I killed one as a Nasus without Ignite once, which was frankly sad.

Rysophage6/23/2015, 4:49:15 PM1 votes

Vlad def. He dosen't do anything until like lvl 9

G1Radiobot6/23/2015, 5:02:30 PM1 votes

Yasuos early game is completely dependent on the matchup, and he doesn't have any particularly bad matchups.

Lost R6/23/2015, 5:04:16 PM1 votes

Poppy. She has no crowd control outside of her E, she's all melee, her Q is weak as hell and she has no inherent damage or ability to efficiently farm minions even in the best case scenario.

My second option is Udyr. He's meant to jump back and forth between his stances. It's a bit difficult to do that at level 1.