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Trying to pick a Champion

SoullessCrown·1/7/2016, 7:37:36 PM·2 votes·409 views

Hello League Community

This is for an account on a different server, but seeing how I cannot access the boards yet on there I'm asking this here. I also don't know if this is necessarily the correct board to be posting this, but it's about champions so I figured Gameplay was the best bet. I am trying to decide between 2 champions that I have a particular interest in, which also cost the same amount of IP. Being that both champions are pretty high priced (in my opinion, because I'm a cheapo) it will be a while before I get the other. As it stands now I currently own Annie and Ashe on mentioned account. Noting that Annie is a Mage and I do well mid, and Ashe is a marksman where I typically try to play her as an ADC (somewhat obviously I play her bot); I am wanting to choose the champion that provides me the most varied way of playing (i.e. I don't want the one that is exactly like Ashe in terms of how you play, same with Annie).

Now as for the Champions I am having trouble choosing over; they are Ezreal Ezreal and Ahri Ahri which yes quite obviously have similarities to the champions I own now. It is to my understanding Ahri is a Mage / Assassin and Ezreal is an ADC/Mage, I am leaning more to Ahri in that she has pretty good movement but I like Ezreal's Global attack. They are both Ranged champs which is nice. So your thoughts and advice?- I am all ears.

20 Comments

VictoryDance961/7/2016, 7:46:36 PM1 votes

Ezreal is a very viable APC for mid lane. Albeit it is more difficult to build him pure AP. The burst damage he deals is insane, and his ult can take down champs easily.

Ahri is also a very bursty champ, who can ADC if I am correct, although her preferred role is APC mid lane. Very strong, and if you time it right and get your champion to commit, your Charms are too much to resist.

Considering that you want a champion that will have more than one way to play, I would go with Ez. His ult will also teach you map awareness, as post-6 you should ALWAYS look for a sniping opportunity. But do not worry, you really can't go wrong wither way!

Shrek Luigi1/7/2016, 10:33:30 PM1 votes

Neither Ahri or Ezreal are exactly 'flexible picks'--they are both very niche champions with clearly-defined strengths and weaknesses, and the more you deviate from their optimal playstyle the worse you'll likely do.

If you want a flexible champ to add to your roster, I'd recommend Varus or Quinn. Both are perfectly viable ADCs, and equally as good when sent to either of the solo-lanes (generally as a counterpick against Champs you'd be guaranteed to lane well against). Both play pretty diferently--Varus is all about long-range nukes while Quinn more-tuned toward 1v1's--so it's probably for the best to read a guide or two for each and see which you like more.