What are the hardest champions to play? (read description pls)

DamSonWhUFndThis·9/16/2018, 11:46:12 AM·2 votes·24,747 views

I know you could say champions like Yasuo Zed Ahri Ezreal Jayce LeeSin Riven Ryze Xerath but theres one thing to it: after they hit everything you end up dead or with really low hp and are hard to stop when fed bacause theyre simply oneshoting squishies and burning through tanks

  • I'm looking for champions that have hard kit to use
  • require high game knowledge or mechanics or both
  • and aren't the type of champions that oneshot you/ton of damage after hitting everything( Ahri Zoe Lux Ryze ) or being literally unstopable when fed (YasuoGaren Draven Jax Riven Udyr )

32 Comments

PiggyTheAstro9/16/2018, 1:17:30 PM4 votes

Gnar.

rawiazam19/16/2018, 12:15:10 PM4 votes

Evelynn Shaco Bard Kindred needs high macro knowledge.

high skill cap(not hard to play but very hard to master) Cassiopeia AurelionSol Azir Elise LeeSin Katarina Xerath Sivir Akali Camille Taliyah

Leto GT9/16/2018, 1:02:45 PM3 votes

If you want challenge. I would say that currently Ziggs is very hard to play. Through your description,I would say Ivern RekSai Shaco Jayce Heimerdinger NidaleeAnivia

But ultimately anyone can oneshot when fed.

Colton1479/16/2018, 3:03:10 PM3 votes

Corki Lux Ziggs Ornn

Psyrix9/16/2018, 10:40:05 PM2 votes

Kindred, Syndra, Taliyah, Elise, Ryze, Jhin, Vayne, Cassiopeia, Kalista, Azir, Riven, Bard.... These are to play at a high level.

Kindred fundamentally teaches you the jg, how to play the strategy of jg due to their reliance on kiting, the nature of their passive marks (teaches you how to predict and manage camps, when to invade, how to invade.. the decisions leading up to it)

Syndra is highly reliant on positioning and timing, as well as micromanaging her spheres.. to a larger extent than Orianna in most aspects. Also, her ability to cast while moving is something very few people, if any, have completely mastered.... Theoretically she should be able to dodge every skillshot while landing her skillshots... and always be moving smartly, but most people will be unable to do this beyond kiting whilst running away.

Taliyah (and Ryze and TF tbh but to a lesser/different extent :/) particularly in regards to her ult... It may be game changing, can make or break games.. learning how and when to use it is key, She has no damage on it, and all her abilities are also skillshots soooo, yh there's also that.. The worked ground nature of her Q and passive means you need to learn how to position and think about how, where and why you use the Q.

Elise... is just difficult cuz she has 7 spells, transforming champs that have their kits change (nidalee and jayce) are difficult for this reason... Elise to a larger extent because her kit is more complicated imo.

Ryze is all about how you chain your abilities (Leblanc too to an extent...tho she's more binary usually.. wish they'd revert the revert)

Jhin, jhin is a beautiful champ who's currently overpowered xD... but yh, he's fundamentally different from ADC's in that his auto attack system is much weirder... requires you to pay attention to how you use them, he's also skillshot reliant

Cassio, much like Syndra, is all about positioning... Functionally acts like a marksman tbh. Managing the poison, moving and avoiding damage all whilst keeping up damage efficiency via the E

Azir is hard due to micromanaging his soldiers and their autos while also keeping in mind you are the champ too so need to move and avoid damage

Vayne requires mechanical skill like most adcs, however she's much closer ranged with no real skillshots, so is positioning reliant moreso than others... tho she does have her mobility and invis to help :/

Riven is reliant on animation cancelling, a fundamental technique to learn

Bard, Bard is hard due to his Q being reliant on other factors to stun, his E is about taking a magical journey and his ult is a potentially troll ability... alongside it being hard to land due to its timing.

Beatrice falls9/16/2018, 12:11:00 PM2 votes

I'd say Taliyah Zyra Morgana

Not because of a difficult kit, more like "knowing when to do and what to do", sometimes as stated in the tool-tip, you won't use your abilities to mentally force your opponent to go in a certain way, or play in a certain way. He knows these skills are ready, and won't do anything to have to deal with them (the job of a control mage actually) and I think this is one of the hardest mechanic in the game

And about something being too op : Marksmen with mobility or higher movement speed than melee champs shouldn't even be a thing

NaughtyWord4/26/2019, 9:06:18 PM1 votes

Some of the most difficult champions for me to play are/were:

Nidalee Elise and Caitlyn

For different reasons obviously. Nid and Elise are very mechanical champs and Caitlyn, in my opinion, is very hard if not impossible to make an impact if she falls behind for whatever reason, moreso than most if not all ADCs.

jiz8/19/2019, 4:25:15 PM1 votes

all of champs are ez but irelia and azir are godddamn hard

ùMUSTDIE10/6/2019, 11:41:44 AM1 votes

I think the hardest champs in Top lane: YasuoYasuo Jungle: maybe Elise or Lee-SinElise ,LeeSin Mid: Ahri,ZedAhri ,Zed Bot: Draven,VayneDraven ,Vayne Support:ThreshThresh

preternatural10/6/2019, 12:01:24 PM1 votes

looks like you wanna play Janna

BusssySmasher11/8/2019, 8:31:28 PM1 votes

I find it annoying that the champions that are good at high elo are the ones I am good at. However, the most simple champs are a completely different story. Though I am quite bad at the game anyways.

slothkw33n3/8/2020, 2:09:06 AM1 votes

Zoe was pretty hard when I played her because I had a huge challenge aiming her Q and hitting them within half a second with my E after I hit her R.

saltran9/16/2018, 1:19:17 PM1 votes

Nidalee and Kalista are for me the type of champs you are looking for, Nida needs as a jungler a extremly good pathing at invading because if you are not agressive you fall behind, she's also is a champ with a high skill floor and you'll feed at first. And even when you are stomping on Nida you can easily get caught and did, she's not a powerhouse.

And Kalista is not only (imo) the hardest champ to play mechanically, she's also with a pile of nerfs on top of her that makes her even harder to play with the range nerf that she got a few months agosto, and needing good synergy with her support to make proper use of her ultimate.

Phieldworker9/16/2018, 3:04:44 PM1 votes

This is a tough one because there are champs with high skill floors like Riven, Akali, Vayne, Jhin who you can’t just button mash to win and actually take some time.

But then there are other champs like Ryze, Zed, the ones mentioned above who have a high skill ceiling where it takes a while to be really good at them.

Those are just examples.

2Salted4You4/6/2019, 2:51:50 PM1 votes

Jhin Thresh Draven Rakan TwistedFate Taliyah Ornn Orianna Nidalee LeeSin Ekko Gangplank BardAurelionSol RekSai Cassiopeia

wolvius4/6/2019, 3:08:29 PM1 votes

I would say Mordekaiser is a difficult champion even though i dont play him, good luck trying to win if the enemy has high mobility or whatever you classify pyke as (i dont mean assasin something like chaos bringer or immobile engagers cockblocker)

Also you have to have a lot of game knowledge of when to engage and know most of the 200 page morde bug book.

Edit gosh darn it another necrothread

CherryBlossomTea4/26/2019, 8:43:30 PM1 votes

I'd say ryze is the only one I can think of... Every other champion ive pretty much been able to get the hang of. Even jhin, maybe he was a bit difficult at first but I wouldnt say he's hard to play.. He's my main now and I like him the way he is..