I've only been playing for about a week now when I'm off work, having fun with the game so far as I pvp a lot in gw2. Aurelion Sol's kit kinda clicked with me and I do decent, but I see mixed reception on this champ. Some friends tell me he is trash, but on champion gg he is in the top 5 when it comes to highest win rates (mid lane)
Is it bad to say I like playing him? haha would you say he is worth mastering?
JesseBear1 votesAny champion can be good in the right hands. There are no bad champions. Some are just easier than others. If you enjoy playing Aurelion Sol, go for it.
Harveason1 votesA few friends have said that to me and that was one of the things that got me to try this game. I've played a lot of games where they have a lot of characters to choose from, but because of an established meta I would only see like the same 10 characters being used out of 100.
I could be wrong and I know balancing will never be perfect, but I feel like I'm always seeing people use new champs being used and people having some success with it. I like that ina game
Quepha1 votesGood winrate Can do stuff other champions can't Roaming power to help be an influence on the whole map Even in pro games, CLG is using him as a pocket pick and other teams are having to spend bans on him
Harveason1 votesReally? As a new player I want to learn about professional teams and players and such, on GW2 I pvp a lot and could name the best players and teams, I kinda want to get to that point in this game too. He just seems like a fun but strange champ
Quepha1 votesReally? As a new player I want to learn about professional teams and players and such, on GW2 I pvp a lot and could name the best players and teams, I kinda want to get to that point in this game too. He just seems like a fun but strange champ
You can look up the vids of CLG's games at this year's MSI on lolesports.com. The play times are pretty hard for Americans to watch live since it's hosted in China.
I don't think they've actually won with him yet but they've picked him a couple times and there were definitely some amusing plays with him.
Harveason1 votesThat's good at least, I'd rather see a champ being played or at least considered for a team than being considered "trash" ya know? In GW2 builds kinda got shoehorned so if you don't take a meta build it doesn't work. I kinda miss that in my online games, people using these strange builds and having success with it. In this game, instead of "builds" you see them as champions. I don't think I've heard anyone say that a champ is absolutely unplayable which is a good sign to me
Quepha1 votesI don't think I've heard anyone say that a champ is absolutely unplayable which is a good sign to me
Then you haven't been around very long >_>
Although when it comes to solo queue, declarations of a champ being unplayable are usually dramatic hyperbole. A really bad winrate would be something like 46%, and usually that's on a really high skill floor champ with a ton of payoff when you learn how to play them well.
Harveason1 votesI've actually had this acc for two months now, but never really played in detail until just recently due to my work schedule. I pvp mostly in other online games so I'm pretty tolerant of salty players lol
It's funny because I was almost expecting a negative reaction from the forums due to the nature of this game, but everyone here counting yourself, have been very helpful.
Sona Ping1 votesI don't think there is any sort of popular consensus has settled on him yet. I have been hearing quite a few opinions of he's good on people who can be good on him and that he is bad with people who... you get the idea. He was picked by Huhi in MSI, so take that as you will.
But that doesn't matter, the important question is this:
"Is he worth it?"
Well, is he worth it to you? Is he worth your money? Is he a champion that you have tried, have found fun, and want to play more?
Don't worry about the strength of picks, neither of us are playing in some high level professional tournament right now. Right? Pick who you have fun with. I certainly play my share of "bad" picks.
Harveason1 votesTo be honest, I do find him enjoyable. I'm new so keep in mind I'm not saying these champs are bad, they just didn't click with me as a new player. I did good with jinx, had a hard time playing gnar, dr mundo was pretty fun, but aurelion sol just kinda fit for me. He was also the first champ Ive played so far where I legit won some 1v1s and got my first double kill despite his strange mechanics. Something about this champ caught my eye hah, I appreciate your help especially with a new player
Sona Ping1 votesNo problem.
Hey, I've gotten some more time in my schedule recently, so if you want help I'm available. Because League is pretty knowledge dependent but bad at explaining itself and there's a lot of stuff that one won't find out until they stumble upon it after hours of play or until someone else mentions it. I know how that is so I can help cut that time-sink out with you.
Harveason1 votesThat would help, Ive definitely gotten better but still need to know stuff like what dragon and baron does, I still help killing them but not sure what they do, is it a buff?
Maximum Morde1 votesNo, he is not a very nice dragon.
Revali1 votesI'd say he's in a decent-good spot
he's just very weird to play
AnonymousPoro1 votesOne of the best designed kits in the past couple of years.
Harveason1 votesI think it's fun but I'm a new player so my opinion doesn't have that much weight right now, may I ask, why do you think it's one of the best designed kits in awhile?
AnonymousPoro1 votesHis passive and W allows for zoning & poke, whether it be defensive or offensive, and synergies with a lot of items(Rylai's, Liandries, Luden's, etc) and he can farm safely from a distance. Although he is a bit strange and takes a little bit of getting used to.
His Q gives him reliable hard CC & damage. And the fact that it grows the farther it travels sets up great plays(maybe even full-team stuns if it can grow large enough).
His E gives him bonus movement speed & the ability to go over terrain. It's somewhat like Bard's Magical Journey except he can't take teammates, but he can travel half the map with ease.
His ult is another source of(depending on where your enemy is) reliable CC with a good source of damage that's good for engages or disengages.
All this makes him capable of many roles. He can go tank-mage/juggermage like Vladimir or Cho'Gath in top-lane, an AP off-tank mage in mid(his intended role), a Cinder or Runic-Echoes jungler like Gragas, or a poke support like Sona or Zyra.
And, because you're a new playing and probably don't know this, Aurelion Sol's based off another champion that was announced in 2013, Ao Shin. He was supposed to be released in 2014 or 2015, but never got into the game until he developed into Aurelion Sol.
Byuiso1 votesHe has a pretty big weakness, probably one of the bigger weaknesses that any champion has to deal with in that any CC and or melee champion destroys him, but the spacing he commands and his CC is amazing in team fights and how he can use his E to get to lane quicker or apply pressure whenever he wants can is very helpful. In MSI Aurelion Sol was beating Azir in a mid-lane match up with farm and pressure so that is saying a lot considering Azir is probably THE meta mid-lane champion.
Just know without your R, melee champions especially assassins will eat your breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Harveason1 votesThats pretty awesome actually, I think one of the matchups I have a harder time against is Fizz, havent fought an azir yet strangely enough
Byuiso1 votesAny champion that can get inside your stars quickly, efficiently and frequently is a bad match up for you... which happens to be a lot of champions.
Harveason1 votesso melee fighters like master yi are pretty bad matchups?
Byuiso1 votesWell once he gets in your stars and you don't have your ultimate, yeah he is a bad match up. Aurelion has no way to get melee off outside of R and once that is gone that's it. Aurelion Q can't be denoted early to punish a melee so you have to take the abuse.
Like said in another post there are other champions better just because his weakness can be exploited severely by to many champions.
Darth Sidiouss1 votesbalance wise he seems good but you never can really carry unless you get really ahead there far better picks than him tbh.
MunchCrunchLunch1 votesfree waveclear. even in bad matchups you can outfarm and outscale potentially.
very tanky early game because he builds right first 2 items are high hp items. rylais and roa.
Harveason1 votesI took a picture of the double kill, but last night I probably had the funniest kill as Aurelion Sol. Enemy Master Yi died as he was already pretty low on health, enemy Pantheon comes in and bursts me so im weak. My stars were spread out but he closed in already, so I shot him with my ultimate. The ultimate pushes him back, he falls into one of the stars and it kills him lol
DrDiaga1 votesI think its depe D's on both your and the enemy team comp. A ton of enemy mobility can make your life hard.
At the same time, if your team has no control over fights it can still be hard.
He can output a solid amount if damage and some zone contril, but if the enemy can get on top of you easy and your team has no cc disengage peel then it will be a bad game
Harveason1 votesSounds like he can be a bit team dependant compared to other champions like Fizz that can carry teams correct?