I love it when Riot nerfs/reworks champions to the point where they're better off as supports.

Nayzumi·Jan 13, 2018·2 votes·266 views

The most recent champion this happened to, was , where he got 10-15 base damage off his Q level 1 (Can't really remember which one it was, but it was an absolute shit ton) which made not only trading frustrating, but also CSing. Other examples would be , taken that Brand got a buff which might bring him more viable in the mid lane, and Malz last season where picking him mid was just an all around mistake. You could also argue that had this type of treatment a few seasons back, but he was put in the support role frequently as well. Seriously don't get why it's so hard to not over-buff and overnerf champions, if you see their winrate/playrate drop by more than 5%, then you know there's clearly an issue.

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PhantomGGJan 13, 20182 votes

1-Shen support was popular pre rework, and was actually made even less viable with rework, it only became popular again as a fad of people who from the past who enjoyed it, eventually everyone will realize it's shit and stop

2-Brand is struggling from a lack of range vs people who can match his damage

3-Zyra has been super weird since her release, purely because she's so luck based with her funky AI

4-Malzahar has been one of the strongest mid laners in the game for the past seven patches, the reason he was so popular as a support was for he was SOOOO broken to the point, teams were like "hey malzahar is still up, let's have our support play him"

5- Naut has always been a champion capable of all lanes, the only reason he isn't as strong as he was top lane is for he can't match the damage other tanks have while not being that tanky in the first place.

ModPeriscopeJan 13, 20181 votes

All of those picks work in either a solo or support lane, but lately they seem to have one or the other, minus nautilus, whom I rarely see.

I guess, I could see brand and malzahar working well in the mid lane. I hadn't tried Shen recently with the new runes, so I can't really attest to his strength anywhere.