Current state of every champion

Spinning Axes·Feb 19, 2015·4 votes·619 views

Hey, just thought I'd give my two cents. So here we go!

VERY OVERPOWERED:

OVERPOWERED: (ish)

IN THE RIGHT SPOT: (needs reworking though) (although you might hate him, he does have his counterplay)

(Needs a rework!) (pls no rework)

SLIGHTLY UNDERPOWERED:

VERY UNDERPOWERED: (GIVE THESE PEOPLE BUFFS NOW RITO)

Please forgive me if I placed a champion into two catagories, or if I missed a champion altogether. Also, feel free to tell me why you think one champion should be in another slot - I made this within one hour, so it's quite a sloppy job. Also, Lucian Karma Leona and Karthus came out weird, so please bear with me on that. Thanks!

I'll check back on this thread steadily every few hours. Until then, discuss!

26 Comments

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

#plshelpzac

GloriousKaiserFeb 19, 20151 votes

Meddler said he's looking to get tanky junglers buffed. So that includes Zac.

http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/5a7EEEsB-meddler-whats-the-status-tanks-and-jungle-can-we-get-update-that-silence-is-sad-please

MarkedOfKaneFeb 19, 20151 votes

Ashe Trundle Chogath

Slightly underpowered? I dont think so Tim.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

At the moment, there's not really a reason to pick Ashe compared to another ADC like Caitlyn or Kalista - They just offer way more to a team than Ashe does.

Trundle definitely has some exploitable strengths, but he also has quite exploitable weaknesses. In comparison to someone like Maokai who can also duel tanks, Trundle seems like a joke.

Cho'Gath I can sure see as one big threat, so I moved him to the "In the right spot" section.

Juggernaut628Feb 19, 20151 votes

Akali is slightly underpowered? Azir is very underpowered? Kalista and Zed are very overpowered? What happened to the 5000 health who deals more damage than the ADC.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

Akali was nerfed recently, rendering her quite underpowered.

Azir's winrate is at 38%, the lowest in the league. 32% in platinum, last I checked.

Kalista is very overpowered, just look around the boards for reasons on that one.

Zed is something I contemplated about putting in that section, but a lot of people would give me crap about him not being in the most overpowered section if I didn't.

Vi is already in the overpowered section, because she is one of the only viable junglers out there at the moment, but she isn't as much of an issue as Kalista or Lee Sin.

EDIT: Reading over your comment again, you sound quite angry about Vi's tanky stats and ridiculous damage. While she does have ridiculous dive potential and tankiness, she has a pretty weak level 1 and 2, while also falling off hard lategame if she built more than one damage item.

EDIT 2: Just checked, Azir's winrate in Platinum is actually 36% on the dot, and has a pickrate of 3.2%. Despite his banrate of nearly 25%, he is one of the worst champions in the game at the moment.

There was something Phreak touched on awhile ago in a thread, called perceived power, or something of the sort. It's where you THINK a champion is strong, but their winrate in the game is actually quite low. (Looking at you, Yasuo . He has a 46% winrate!)

IcyPepperFeb 19, 20151 votes

Janna is overpowered? What's she going to do, peel you to death?

Juggernaut628Feb 19, 20151 votes

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Janna is overpowered? What's she going to do, peel you to death?

IcyPepperFeb 19, 20151 votes

Well that's one way to peel.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

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Janna is overpowered? What's she going to do, peel you to death?

With junglers like Vi, Lee, and J4 dominating the meta jungle right now, peel is definitely something that a comp is looking for. While she might not deal much damage, a Janna can definitely dominate a lane with a competent ADC, and definitely carry a game through her ridiculous peel.

IcyPepperFeb 19, 20151 votes

Oh, I getcha, I was merely being a snarky little gadfly (without being blatantly rude or trolling) to get a giggle. Janna is strong, imo, maybe even top-tier, but I consider her kit a slightly more defensive version of Leona's. She doesn't have any hard cc, just a slow and peel, but her shield is definitely amazing.

Like, let's make an analogy here. If Janna isn't the LeeSin of supports, she's more like the JarvanIV (after this latest nerf) of supports. I wouldn't say she's overpowered, but damn she's definitely top tier.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

It's kind of that exact reason she's in the "Overpowered" section. Not someone who can completely dominate the game, as she has her counterplay, but she is one hell of a support that can definitely hardcarry and utterly smash all chances of a comeback from any opposing team.

IcyPepperFeb 19, 20151 votes

Any support that knows what they're doing can pull off plays like Janna does. A well-timed Braum, Lulu, Sona, Leona, Thresh, Blitz, etc ultimate can completely change the tide of a teamfight. Supports sacrifice individual power to be able to control the battlefield like that. Just because a support has that much impact doesn't mean they're overpowered, especially when there's counterplay (overpowered typically refers to lack of counterplay here), and Janna has plenty. Best way to deal with her, imo, is a poke/sustain bot lane. Caitlyn + Sona could probably beat a Janna, since she has a shield but no heal outside her ultimate.

Juggernaut628Feb 19, 20151 votes

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With junglers like Vi, Lee, and J4 dominating the meta jungle right now, peel is definitely something that a comp is looking for. While she might not deal much damage, a Janna can definitely dominate a lane with a competent ADC, and definitely carry a game through her ridiculous peel.

You think any ADC is competent? Have you been living under a rock?

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

As an ADC main, that hurts.

Jokes aside, while some ADC's fail to be safe and do something in the name of LC$BIGPLAYS, there are some ADC's that know how to ADC, especially in higher elos.

If you don't like the way ADC's play, if you try it yourself it isn't the easiest role, as I'm sure you'll find out.

OperationDEEZ1Feb 19, 20151 votes

Urgot? "Very underpowered". Riiiiiiiiiight.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

Urgot is currently in a bad spot, and in desperate need of a rework. I'll be moving him to the "Underpowered" section, but I feel as though he's weaker than some of the other champions in the "Underpowered" section.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

To see a lot of people downvote this is quite disheartening - I felt like organizing what the community thought and what I thought were to be the strength and weaknesses in champions in League of Legends.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

Voting without commenting is a crime!

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

Since no one has commented in awhile, I felt like bumping this to make it more known.

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

Bump.

Will be bumping 3 more times before I let this thread die.

Don't let a thread die. Save a life. Like and comment.

Juggernaut628Feb 19, 20151 votes

What does bump mean?

Spinning AxesFeb 19, 20151 votes

Bump means to try and put it back on the front page of the boards by posting on the thread. All the threads that are lost in the depths of the boards are threads no one posted on for awhile, so bumping just keeps it out of that area.