Hi All,
Just starting to play ranked after honing my skills somewhat in normal; what heroes would you suggest as a complement to the ones I already picked (in case I get counter picked beforehand)
The ones I play right now Top: Jax Jungle: Jax Mid: Ahri, Lux Supp: Lux ADC: Ezreal
Thanks All.
TehNACHO2 votesJax is actually a pretty well rounded melee champ. You want to complement him? You need more extreme and specialized champs meant for very specific jobs.
Ahri is an Assassin with CC and Lux is a tactical/utility mage. You may want to pick up DPS based mid laners and full carry/burst Assassins (the ones without CC). Yasuo or Azir fits the DPS part, and champs like Katarina and Talon are assassins completely dedicated to their damage.
You may want to pick up a tank based support, and then a true utility support. Thresh, Brau, or Leona are your typical tank supports and Sona and Soraka are more utility based champs.
Ezreal comes close to a jack of all trades champ what with his significant poke capabilities and all ins. Another case where you would just want to pick up very specialized champions if you really want to build a pool around him.
IcySigh1 votesWhat are some good examples of specialized champs?
TehNACHO1 votesFor ADCs, Caitlyn is the prime example of a long range poking lane bully, and something like Kog'Maw, Twitch, or Tristana represent true hyper carry based ADCs.
For top laners, Nasus is the true definition of hyper scaling, ranged champions offer bullying capabilities that Jax can't possibly keep up with, and champions like Alistar or Maokai are almost designed to defend others.
Finally, there are a number of Junglers who fill different niches. True carries like Yi, true tanks like Cho'gath, Fighters like Jarvan, not to mention that anyone with a knock back has incredibly different ways of approaching ganks/being useful late game that Jax literally doesn't have access to.
I'm not sure what you mean when you say "Just starting to play ranked after honing my skills somewhat in normal", but basically you want to have a grasp of general classes of champions and what they are capable of. For example, when I say "Ezreal ADC", what should pop into your mind is that he has burst, long range, and an escape, ultimately making him an extremely well rounded pick since he doesn't have a hard weakness. On the other hand, when I say "Caitlyn ADC", what should pop into your mind is her long range, bullying capabilities, and escapes, but as a weakness she isn't as strong late game. She's a specialized champion, designed around her ability to dominate in lane but generally tend to fall off late (relative to other ADCs) as her weakness.
4nth0l0gy1 votesDo you mean champions that do similar things to the ones you play now, or champions that fill weaknesses that your current roster has?
IcySigh1 votesMore like filling weakness yes, not too interested playing a carbon copy more or less.
4nth0l0gy2 votesSure.
Top: Maokai's your tank/CC, Gnar/Teemo/Lulu/Heimer are your lane bullies, Singed is your troll.
Jungle: Jax honestly isn't very good right now. champions that do better carrying (esp. Devourer builders): Yi, Warwick, Udyr. (Also Rek'sai, but she's new, so nobody believes anything about her yet. Also she builds warrior typically). Less carry-oriented junglers (i.e. the tanks): Maokai, Rammus, Jarvan, Mumu.
Mid: Lux has good poke but is immobile. The AD version of her with more mobility is Jayce. Assassins include Fizz, Zed, Ahri, Yasuo, Akali. Tanks include Swain, Galio.
ADC: Ezreal is a poker without much actual damage. He wins trades with distance and dancing. All-ins: Graves, Lucian. Tank-melters (the real autoattackers): Kog'Maw, Trist, Vayne. Draven has the distinction of being both.
Support: Lux is a poker. Morgana and Lulu also fill that role. Annie does too. Leona and Braum are excellent tanks. Soraka and Nami are your healers/sustains.
Newb the Legend1 votesIf you want a stronger engage you could use Jarvan IV for jungle or for top. Amumu is also a decent jungler with a strong engage.