Best Sleeper OP champions?

Scazie··1 votes·1,747 views

Alright so Season 4/5 I was a Irelia/Diana/Rengar player. I've always preferred to spam the hell out of less picked champions that are surprisingly strong when you get good with them, and I also tend to be quite a methodical player. Problem is, Irelia, Diana and Rengar have all gone FOTM in recent months. They get banned/picked often and I simply don't enjoy them as much in this season as I have in previous seasons. So, in your opinion, what are some champions that aren't overwhelmingly popular, but are definitely strong, relatively versatile and can carry well. Can't be an ADC as I'm not very good with them, and I would honestly prefer not to play a ranged champion, but I could adapt I suppose. I'm also not much of a fan of tanks, I prefer Bruisers or Assassins to be honest. Personally I've been thinking that Talon could be a good bet. He isn't played much anymore which always gives an edge (People tend to mess up against champions they haven't encountered in a while) and I get the feeling that he could be dropping some serious damage with Deathfires/Thunderlords, or become extremely mobile with Stormraiders, giving me some options to work around match ups in the mastery stage. Also, while itemisation doesn't look too good for AD Assassins right now I think there are some good little gems that Talon may like (Mercurial, Youmou's, Maw and Essence Reaver all seem like they could be his friends. Furthermore I've heard that crit talon can be extremely strong in the past, so I'm starting to wonder if the new itemisation may actually benefit him in some ways.)

Opinions? Oh yeah, also planning on picking up Kindred. Played her a few times and I feel that they sync with my play style well even though they are adcs, and I find them fun. lol

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PallyClerk1 votes

any champion that isnt dog tier dog shit and anything that isnt broken. If you are just a player who wants to be different just find it yourself if you want to get better at the game only play a few easy champions and keep playing them.

Dominick Destine1 votes

Specializing in non-ultra popular, ultra-overpowered champs is a good strategy to avoid having it be banned/picked before you had a chance to.

I have no suggestions to give you, this type of thread is always nonsense... you are asking for objective recommendations about your subjective preference. For short; It's an attention cry tactic.

Scazie1 votes

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Specializing in non-ultra popular, ultra-overpowered champs is a good strategy to avoid having it be banned/picked before you had a chance to.

I have no suggestions to give you, this type of thread is always nonsense... you are asking for objective recommendations about your subjective preference. For short; It's an attention cry tactic.

Thing is that isn't even true. Most of the champions that I've mentioned have something in common - they all either have assassination potential, and the few that arguably don't have high chase potential and are capable of dealing large amounts of damage with a 2-6 second period, aka they're all good at 1v1s/making picks. From that it would be quite possible for someone who has gone through a larger champion pool than I have to recommend champions based on the information that I've given - aka champions that are good at sticking, deal high amounts of damage with the right items/combos and aren't FOTM/are less picked but are strong snowballers.

Anyway to everyone else, thanks for the replies.

I've always considered playing Zed but I'm honestly not sure if I'm good enough to climb with him, and I've been thinking about picking up Trundle a lot recently since every time I see him he seems to do really, really well.

BladeSteel1 votes

Zyra and Galio are good. As Galio mid, I honestly have not had trouble with anyone. Same with Zyra mid.

Dreadlocks1 votes

Trundle Fizz Zed Volibear Olaf JarvanIV

NOT OP, but def really strong underrated champions.

Dominick Destine2 votes

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Trundle Fizz Zed Volibear Olaf JarvanIV

NOT OP, but def really strong underrated champions.

Fizz and Zed not op? hue.

Yash Gautam1 votes

Udyr is actually really fun

Shac Norris1 votes

AP Shaco

Wicked Waffle1 votes

Chogath Quite straight forward, he isn't played much despite his overwhelming kit. He's (kinda) fun to play with if you want to make other people cry, but he get's boring after a while. He's also a bruiser, just AP. Galio Still a powerful niche pick, although he also suffers from the boring syndrome. Still a strong bruiser. Gragas Very powerful flex pick, even when you're behind. If you pick this fat boy, you also have the choice of being out-right AP and bursting people, bruiser and dealing damage over time, or tanky; and still doing damage and being relevant due to the W and the CC he brings. Olaf The original, overpowered Juggernaut (I think). He's still relevant, but get's wrecked by the sheer amount of mobility everyone has. Still, against a CC heavy team Olaf wrecks people. Nocturne Surprising powerful. His Q gives him massive stats during trades, W to negate a single CC spell (or anything else), and fear to ensure you win the trade. He kinda falls off late game though. MonkeyKing Very strong, both as an assassin and a bruiser. His super high scaling on his ult ensures that you (most likely) won't fall off late game, while his E-Q-W combo early wins a lot of trades.

MilfHuntUnitXJ91 votes

Vladimir i guarantee you will have fun

Sulghunter1 votes

No one else will though.

MilfHuntUnitXJ91 votes

[zombie-brand-mindblown]

NemeBro1 votes

Top lane: MonkeyKing An okay laning phase (can bully or be bullied depending on match-up), and scales very well in damage and team fights. Build at least three AD items to take advantage of the sick scaling of your ult, and delete the enemy ADC while chunking everyone else. He's my main, and consistently is one of the best top laners in the game.

Mid: Chogath My go to mid laner. A safe laning phase and strong counter to mobile mid lane assassins that are so common mid. If you go AP (which I'd recommend, tank Cho is meh) you will be very durable for a mid lane APC. Good amount of CC and utility, as well as a lot of burst. He is pretty immobile though.

Jungle: Trundle Built Warrior, Cinderhulk, or even Devourer, Trundle has been a good jungle pick for a while, and is doing especially well now that Mundo is so common.

MunchCrunchLunch1 votes

basically anyone that uses rageblade to its potential. especially junglers. udyr, xin zhao. and especially jax.

jax was never popular but now he kinda is. but most people that play suck at him. even though hes not hard to use..

and itemization never been better for AD assassins.

TacoTheKitten1 votes

MasterYi Mid. I love it. Akali Top. It's a lot safer to pick for early generally, since most tops are melee and not ranged mages that will poke the fuck out of you pre 6. Chogath Mid or top he's awesome.

edit; Amumu jungle should not be forgotten. Just fuck amumu. Fuck him. But for real he's great lmao I'm not sure why he isn't picked more.

Divewing1 votes

Crit talon was disgusting, but the changes kinda shafted it. Too difficult to get. That said talon still does talon things if he's ahead, but that's just the way it's always been. So basically, he's much the same as before just without an insurance policy for 0 counterplay late game assassinations.

Slamurai Jack1 votes

Velkoz Mid. How is isn't getting nerfed but other mages are is a mystery to me; he easily deserves it more than Swain, Anivia, and Malzahar.

Beuhlakor1 votes

Trundle

Jungle or top.

He pretty much dumpsters on everyone right now.

Weathered1 votes

Wukong jungle. Or at least it was last season

Randomonium1 votes

I played a lot of Diana in season 5 and this pre-season I've been having a lot of fun with Kayle and Malphite. You can play both of them in pretty much any role except ADC and their ultimates can pretty much guarantee a team fight win if you use them right.

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