OP Champ List coming into S5.

Main Was Nerfed·1/16/2015, 3:48:32 AM·24 votes·18,403 views

We'll define OP as the ability to outplay with little counterplay. This can be accomplished through having mobility, invulnerability, waveclear, high scalings, point and click damage, or point and click hard CC. 8.5/10Fizz Needs no explanation. One of the most hated champs in the game.

7/10Zed High mobility, only counterplay is QSS (MR item against an AD Mid) or Zhonyas. Not quite on the bandwagon of him being too strong, but can conclude his damage is much too high for that much mobility, and also how well his kit synergizes with low cost items. Extremely safe and efficient to farm with. Uses energy.

7/10 Akali Very difficult to completely shut down. 3 flashes on low CD. High damage. Too much sustain with free stats.

6.5/10Katarina Easy to shut down if you pick champs to do so. Tons of AoE damage. Easy to play, hard to outplay.

8/10Lissandra Point and click CC, high damage. Free Zhonya's. Annoying VO.

7.5/10Vi Guaranteed kill if she ganks with ULT. Much like WW, more mobility. Very strong pick in any comp.

8/10Vayne Epitome of too much damage. Becomes best duelist in game after picking up a couple items. Repositions with invisibility. If terrain is around, prepared to have zero counterplay unless you can instantly burst her down. True % damage + Bork as a core item. The word tank means nothing to her.

7/10Fiora If she gets ahead, your lane is over. She will ult and dive you under tower while taking zero damage. Then she will wreck your team and you will be blamed. Not on the top of my OP list, but the ability to become untargetable, do damage, and heal back up ( with zero counterplay unless you're AP with Zhonyas) isn't cool.

8/10Fiddlesticks Nobody likes playing against a good Fiddlesticks. There's nothing like having him come in and ult your entire team while he uses Zhonya's and loses zero HP. His fear-> drain-> repeat is just annoying to play against. Point and click CC will never be fun.

8/10MasterYi No, Yi isn't always OP. He's in the same boat as Katarina. If they pick him early, you can pick a team comp to stop him. But if you don't have enough CC, you aren't going to win against a good YI. He can become untargetable and wipe out your entire team if he gets a few early kills. He's a menace and anti-fun to play against. Becomes top-tier split pusher on the off chance the other team countered you. Good luck stopping him without sending two of the strongest members on your team.

8/10 Syndra You can dodge all her stuns, but when she hits one, you're dead. She has way too much harass and is completely anti-fun to play against. I personally would disagree with even having her AoE stun as someone's ult.. much less as a spammable ability.

8/10 JarvanIV Good mobility. Game changing ult. Synergizes with most comps (especially AoE comps) Does high damage while being built as mostly tank. Snowballs very hard for a jungler.

6/10 LeeSin Guess I'm crazy, I don't mind playing against him. He is annoying, but I guess I've seen him so many times that he doesn't bother me anymore. His mobility is considered the best in league, but he does require some skill to perfect.

8/10 Malzahar Highly underrated. Tank shredder. Point and click massive damage. I've even found myself accidentally killing enemies while farming with E. Ult has zero counterplay early. Lacks mobility, but his waveclear makes that negligible.

7.5/10 Thresh A lot like Lee Sin.. Has an overloaded kit and will be viable no matter what as a support. One of the most frustrating support champs to play against. Not talked about a lot because he isn't usually the one killing you, but a good Thresh can guarantee kills and safety in almost any matchup.

9/10 RekSai Screw this champ. Mobility. Damage. Resourceless. I don't even know how this one got released. Zero counterplay ganks unless you want to spend half your gold on wards to get every nook and cranny of your side of the map. If Rek is camping you, just hope your other lanes are winning because you aren't leaving the turret.

And even after all that, I think every champ on this list is balanced by a hundred other reasons. Stop complaining. Ban them, pick them, but stop asking Riot to nerf them. Lets get the rest of the champions in line with these instead of making these less fun to play. But really, fk Rek'Sai and Fizz mains.

65 Comments

SeargentAnus1/16/2015, 3:55:14 AM7 votes

Velkoz Counters all the female champions

ChargeItDownMid1/16/2015, 6:21:41 AM7 votes

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Bears Dont Care1/16/2015, 3:56:59 AM6 votes

I find it hilarious you believe rek sai, vi, jarvan, yi, and fidde are.more problematic than lee son. Let alone claimong reksai is am issue when she is.nothing compared.to lee.sin and jarvan.

Bears Dont Care1/16/2015, 4:12:07 AM5 votes

Skill is entirely irrelevant in terms.of discussing how strong a champion.is, you assume.excellent play. Lee sin dominates and dictates the meta.

Reksai has 1 gap closer to lee sin's 2. 1 cc to lee sin's 2. She has one tool fot.mobility and once it is used that is it. Meanwhile, lee sin can go in, kick you to his team then leave seriously it is hard.to take you seriously when you rate all in champs such as reksai and vi higher than lee sin who does.so much more with so.much les risk

DanofDemacia1/16/2015, 5:02:38 AM5 votes

I agree with all of the champs you put up but you forgot the biggest offender. Yasou. Mobility, wind wall and passive means no poke damage, untargetability, can double his damage output with one item cuz of his passive. he needs another rework man.

soliznoel1/16/2015, 5:58:13 AM4 votes

i dont think Akali is borken, she is pretty easy to CC imo and dies pretty fast, she also has a much less safe play style than Zed
LeeSin is debateble, i've honestly never seen a huge problem with him, and MasterYi ... i'll never forget that one game, on my lvl14 smurf where i went 35-10 and pretty much one shotted people, i had to outduel a super fed aatrox who i had to kill 3 times at one point with no life steal.... idk i mean if you know how to kill yi then its ez, but i'll never forget that game....

edit: Fiora from the many times playing against fiora as Riven and a litlle as Nasus , if you make one mistake you die and lose lane instantly, keep in mind i've always manage to kill fiora as riven at least 3 times before 6, but she never falls behind, i can't leave lane becaue then she free farms, and once she gets a item 3074 i can't fight her. Hydra is more effective on fiora than it is on riven, becaue fiora's scaling is just broken. Remeber one time went like 5-0 in lane, get tower, roam mid, late game she's like 0-9 with my same farm while i have lots of kills, and i cant fight her.

ReginaFreedom1/16/2015, 4:39:53 AM3 votes

I agree with a lot of your list. I would include a few more and exclude a couple of yours but, its pretty spot on!

Scuttler Slayer1/16/2015, 8:16:21 AM2 votes

THANK YOU for admitting that Yi is OP.

Been saying so since Season 1.

Totally unbearable. Anti-fun indeed.

xLegendary Troll1/16/2015, 4:43:59 AM2 votes

With the fall of assassins I would say the "anti assassins" are on the rise since most of them have something in their kit that can completely stop an assassin with extreme mobility and burst, making them top tier: Lissandra Malzahar Ahri (R away then charm. R back in if you win trade then R back out wtf) Azir (R the assassin into your turret when he dives you)

Beerstein1/16/2015, 4:49:11 AM2 votes

I protest to the LeeSin comment, he doesn't require any special skill, he just looks like he does to the untrained eye. (which is why Rito wont stop putting him in "plays of the week" and the like.)

Personally I think the largest problem with this season is going to be the imbalance of junglers clear speeds, so certain jungle champs are going to start standing out more than laners IMO. Rammus may even pop up with voidspawn item, though I haven't had the pleasure of trying that item yet.

Kitten of Evil1/16/2015, 6:24:08 AM2 votes

Shh don't tell everyone about Malz. I don't want him to join the buff/nerf train.

Stephenizgod1/16/2015, 6:58:08 PM2 votes

I disagree with Fiora and Malzahar. Fiora is weird, she either is 10/10 OP or 0/10 useless to your team, personally i think that while her ult doesnt allow you to hurt her doesnt mean there is no counterplay to it. Going invisible makes her stop dealing damage, flashing under your turret, she is still effected by ignite and AoE spells so ignite her before she ults so she gets minimal lifestea off of it, build a ton of armor. Also casters do well against her since her W cant parry abilities, so people like Darius do well against her. The only time she gets ahead is if you let her by not playing safe and calling for ganks.

Malzahar... there is actually a lot of counterplay to him, if you have any form of long range or instant gap closer CC other then a root or slow you can cancel his ult even if he casts his first. Played against a Cass who never used her ult until she saw me ulting, there is a decent windup so anyone who knows what to look for can easily counter it. It also seems that QSS, Olaf, and Gangplank (i think Vi can too) can remove the ult completely, even the damage, Shyvana can still dragon form while being ulted which will still move her the full distance. Let him push with his E then call for gank, he has no mobility and can only ult one person. He has high mana costs so if you make him use his abilities a lot he will either be forced to push the wave or go back. Another trick is, if you have a good amount of MR, let his E bounce to you instead of minions then just run back until its over, he gets no mana back and when maxed his E costs like 120 mana. Watch out for his W (the pool), his ult only deals decent damage so if he wants to kill you (specially if you are a tank) he will throw down his W, make sure you get the hell out of there as quick as you can. He is difficult to fight against if you have no clue how to fight him, once you know what to look for and what to do he is very easy to beat. QSS removes both his ult and his E so its a great counter item if you are AD.

Also i think Rek'Sai should be a 10/10, even with the nerfs to her damage, she still deals insane damage very quickly with no counterplay. Should an engage not go her way he can just burrow under a wall forcing you to flash or give up, which makes her ganks and escape 90% effective. You can ward the river if you want but she will just come from behind you from you turret through the wall and there isnt much you can do because she just knocked you up spun 3 times then bit you for half your life in True Damage. Oh you by some miracle + skill you are winning? OH! nvm she escaped healed and came back now you are dead.

Akesgeroth1/16/2015, 10:49:22 AM1 votes

Malz is indeed much stronger than people give him credit for. His damage potential is nothing short of absurd, he pushes hard, he has a 2.5 seconds long ranged suppress and he has a high damage AoE silence.

I do think you scored him too high though. He's a squishy mage with no escapes. Even his one hard CC, as powerful as it might be, is useless as an escape tool.

Saianna1/16/2015, 10:59:56 AM1 votes

Yasuo, Kallista where?

I guess they must be above your ranking.

Rek > Zed > Lee? That ranking is biased.

ìnsane1/16/2015, 1:16:06 PM1 votes

seems bout right.

just wanted to add that with chalice nerfs, dfg removal (after around 5.2) and abyssal buffs not too long ago, I'd think midlane Diana would be next in line for fotm status since she never really needed the first two in her core items while lb liss ahri syndra got hit p hard as they required one oR more of those items (morellos does make up for it though!). people like XiaoWeiXiao have been playing diana in solo q lately too.

especially if the current fizz zed akali fotm still stands (she does well against them) and talon lb and ahri having a good period of time being top tier until very recently, it assassin diana's time to shine!

Konidias1/16/2015, 5:57:09 PM1 votes

I like playing Rek'Sai because I can drool on myself and still dominate the jungle and gank with ease. It's too bad she is banned in nearly every single game I've played since release. I wonder why...

Stark60001/16/2015, 6:33:16 PM1 votes

A few things. Zed and Lee sin should be the highest. There are worse champions than fiora and rek ( who is getting nerfed). The fiddle zhyonas combo is really overstated. It is probably an essential item for him but activating it makes him immoble and people can avoid it. It's much more devastating to have him mobile and active during the ult and continually forcing your aura onto the runaways (if you have some tankiness you can simply drain tank unless they have a number of interrupts).

Sooko1/16/2015, 6:43:39 PM1 votes

Morgana am I the only one who hasn't forgotten her and her BS hitboxes and her trigintillion year long shield?

ToddYoung2131/20/2015, 7:22:03 AM1 votes

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Orders1/16/2015, 8:35:38 PM1 votes

What about Gnar?

Squarefighter1/17/2015, 6:50:17 AM1 votes

You just named every bronze stomper as the best champ in the game lol.

You forgot Poppy "no counterplay" heh

Tentacle Love1/17/2015, 7:25:59 AM1 votes

You could save room and just say Assassins.

I've heard a few people complain about Graves but for different reasons. Vayne I'll admit is very strong, I play her and shed a tear for my opponents as I slaughter them. It's all skill though (riiiiiight). Even still, any adc is kinda a hard sell on this list because of a few things.

  1. Every single ADC is supposed to get supported to the point where they can carry the team with sustained damage in teamfights.
  2. No adc gets to be tanky. You get focused, you get wrecked. and you will ALWAYS get focused.

I can see Vayne (and others) being stronger, but not broken. It's like complaining about the quarterback of the opposing team. They don't get to do anything alone. They HAVE to be high power in teamfights, that's what they're built for.

I think the only thing I'd disagree with on your list is that you seriously undervalue mobility. Perhaps you could do a different comparison where you break down these champs by what makes them strong, instead of just an overall score.

Plastic Mem0ries1/16/2015, 8:11:06 AM1 votes

Fizz I completely agree with. I actually agree with most of this list, aside from Kat/Yi. You should've put on Kalista.

That AS with her spears pulling out and going back in in almost an instant is devastating to everyone. She wrecks all other ADCs in the way of her main objective: . . . Getting pentas.

EDIT: I really think she's underestimated. She's very terrifying mid-end game. People really don't think much of Kalista, though she's scary.