Is Any Champ Actually Fun To Play Against?

I'm not sure if there's a champion I can say I "like" going against, because it's very player-dependent. If someone rolls over me with a Malphite, I'm not going to find that particular Malphite fun to play against.

But there ARE champions that are simply NOT fun to play against.

Like Maokai. Maokai's not fun, because I'm a melee, which means I cannot actually sit outside of his guaranteed combo range, which means sooner or later I WILL die to a jungler gank.

Or Fiora, who packs mobility, damage and defense into a tightly wound ball of hate with a French accent.

Or ranged champions that go top lane ever.

Or Lux, with the ability to instapop her long-range, huge AoE on you and poke at you with it, because if you don't have a dash and she centers that thing on you, you're not getting out before the damage goes off.

So I guess I would say, there are plenty of champions I don't mind losing to. But when I say a champ isn't fun to play against, what I really mean is that even if I beat them it wasn't an enjoyable experience.

It's all personal preference.

champions where you can always outplay them or get outplayed

unfun champions are those with a "welp I am 100% dead if x happens" where x isn't hard to execute (ex. blitz hook just to name one)

My personal favorite matchup is Garen vs Renekton, with myself playing Garen. If I respect the jungle and avoid taking too many Qs to the face in the early lane phase I can win lane fairly effectively. Renekton loves playing aggressively, so I have to manage avoiding his stronger early game while also attempting to force him into a defensive play style. It's a challenge, but one that's not overly difficult once practiced.

Most of my fun matchups are like that, a challenge I can overcome if I don't make mistakes. Guess it all depends on what you find fun.

For botlane, I like playing against Bard, Morgana, Tahm Kench, and Zilean.

To win as them, they need precise timing and actually need to think on what to do so they can win lanes instead of throwing all the buttons onto the same target in a very specific order, or cross their fingers that they have higher numbers than the enemy does. They do have their "bullshit" moments, like hitboxes of their skillshots, but they need to do more than just mashing buttons in succession and hope magic worked. Because of that, getting outplayed by them actually doesn't feel as shitty as say, playing against Thresh where 1 hook = dead and botlane is pretty much done for. Or Janna where her shield is clearly better than everyone else's, so you just got statchecked.

But hey, that's coming from a Lulu support main, and I'm pretty sure others don't necessarily agree with me in this sense. They all have potential to outplay me, and I have plenty of potential to outplay them. Or I think I do.

In the end, it all comes down to personal preference, and that's just an example and that you don't have to counter them just to like playing against them.

well outplays are never fun if they look like complete BS..... unless your the one doing them

I always play as

Illaoi and Kennen

I absolutely love when you're fighting them and they just pop their ult and immediately slaughter me, because I was foolish enough to waste my high-cooldown flash the last time they used their ult on me