Which midlaners are worth one-tricking?

Bent Pixels·Nov 7, 2018·3 votes·5,586 views

I just finished my first season of ranked, peaking at Silver 3 (woop woop). Currently at Silver 4, but i dont really care about ranked anymore since theres no way I can get to gold in 5 days. I played around 400 Ekko games this season and ended with a 53% winrate. Not to shabby imo. But Im thinking about switching mains to another midlaner, or possibly switching roles altogether.

I love damage and assassins
I love high skill cap champions
For some reason, I prefer AP champs over AD, but Im willing to play AD

If you have a champion like this, please let me know if theyre worth one-tricking

Thank you for reading ! :D

35 Comments

MíelláNov 7, 20182 votes

Katarina Riven Xerath

KaiokoNov 7, 20182 votes

Ahri is probably the most versatile if you are going to one trick since she can essentially function as both an assassin and as a mage (and even build ADC if you need it). That being said I'd recommend staying away from just playing one champ. You should try to master an artillery champ, an AD assassin, and a CC mage for the mid lane in order to be successful.

The MarihuanamanNov 7, 20182 votes

I recommend xerath. He is easy to pick up, but hard to master as his entire kit is skillshots. Overall a very fun champion to play

KnightOfEloHellNov 7, 20182 votes

Morde.

Mid Morde has drake control, and you can go bot to help.

Morde may not be fast, but he has assasin like damage, a passive shield, super high sustain, and gets OP ghosts. Morde is also broken AF once you get past his learning curve.

Mid and bot are my best Morde lanes; Morde top is pretty weak atm

Go Aery for Hail for Morde mid, focus on sustain.

For new Mordes take ignite fo sho.

Morde is hybrid: AD for a burst Q and hard hitting e and OP ad champion ghosts, but also go AP if you want more sustain and DoT.

MORDEKIASER CANITERALLY BUILD ANYTHING, and is the only champ that can get dragon ghost, which is suep SUPER OP, but I'm not gonna lie, the controls on drake ghost are super buggy.

The skill cap is playing around his weaknesses ie: his MS, low base hp, low AS, and 200+ bugs

JeaneGreeneNov 7, 20181 votes

Leblanc

Bent PixelsNov 7, 20181 votes

Lol thanks for the reply, Ill be sure to play her more!

LeftyRaydyNov 7, 20181 votes

Eh she is banned a lot for you to main her, but maybe you should look into my main Ekko I was a gold 5-3 player until I started maining this guy, right now in Plat 2 and trying to get to Diamond before season ends wish me luck.

Bent PixelsNov 7, 20181 votes

I currently main Ekko too! Hes so much fun, but getting a tad boring. Good luck on your climb. You can do it!

LeftyRaydyNov 7, 20181 votes

trying too, and if you get bored try a new lane get stomped for while then go why did I ever leave you Ekko and go back to Ekko OTP.

Bent PixelsNov 8, 20181 votes

Ive done that so many times LOL

Frog goes mooNov 7, 20181 votes

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Leblanc

lmao. Inviting more people into the toxic cult of leblanc players nice.

DirtyNellyNov 7, 20181 votes

I just finished my first season of ranked as well! I spent quite a fair amount of time in silver 4/3... and just barely made it into silver 2 last week. Like JeaneGreene stated, Leblanc is definitely powerful if you get to know her well, and understand her kit. [sg-ahri-2]

I personally have been maining Ahri since this past summer, and find her a lot of fun. She has decent cc with her charm, and you just need to play safe if your against someone who counters you until lvl 6... since her ult allows 3 dashes for easy escape or engage when getting a gank. Late game, she can catch enemies off guard with her ult and charm, allowing for an easy pick if you are with a teammate. My largest problem with her is that I have a lot of trouble with her against zed.. so I have essentially needed to auto ban him most games I play mid. Let me know if you have any questions about her!

Just my thoughts... I think she is a pretty fun champ. Cheers!

Bent PixelsNov 7, 20182 votes

I have played a bit Ahri in the past. She is really fun, and I like her as a champion in general, but she just wasn't really one I had a "connection with," if that makes sense. Like, with Ekko, my current main, the first few games I played him, I loved him. His ult is fantastic in like 5 separate ways and I love the fact that he can oneshot squishies with the right combo. Ill put some more effort into Ahri though, as she is a fairly safe and all around good pick for SoloQ

DirtyNellyNov 8, 20181 votes

Yea Ekko's a spicy one for sure. I think you can definitely get places if you focus on him still. Unless he gets significant nerfs, he is pretty snowbally!

HügöNov 7, 20181 votes

I love high skill cap champions

[sg-miss-fortune]

Bent PixelsNov 7, 20181 votes

Fight me bro

Daddy ReTaricNov 7, 20181 votes

Katarina Is the best candidates for you. High skill cap and high ceiling. Take time to do combo perfectly but when perfectly executed, it's lethal and fairly safe. She is strong but not so much and she will probly never get banned unless you get Kat hater in low elo. [katarina-love]

Bent PixelsNov 7, 20181 votes

I am actually Mastery 6 with Kat already, and she is an incredibly fun champion. Arguably one of my favorites. I have my good and bad games with her though, so Im not very consistent. Practice makes perfect though!

SushiElCadeNov 7, 20181 votes

If you're up to the challenge, i'd say Azir He can solo carry entire games if played well enough, and doesn't get banned all the time like Zed or Yasuo . You probably won't get bored of him either since he requires so much skill you'll always be learning something new. And he's pretty well off against assassins, especially with summoner 3 .

Hope this helps! [slayer-pantheon-thumbs]

Bent PixelsNov 8, 20182 votes

Ive played a bit of Azir in the past, and yes he is fun and very strong (when it comes to late game) but I just never "clicked" with him. Probably because I wasnt too good with him LOL. Ill be sure to try him out again though!

HimeskiNov 7, 20181 votes

Akali Irelia are pretty strong (even with the akali nerf this patch), but they get picked/banned too often, but if they're open - I'd play them if you know them.

Kennen He can hard carry a game. His ULT can win team fights and win your team the game if used properly.
Teemo Is underrated. He does a LOT of damage, counters a lot of laners esp melee ones, and he gives you vision with his R, which will help your team out so they don't always die from other lanes/JG collapsing on them. And you can feel good about yourself by getting kills while you're in your base buying items from your shrooms of death around the map.

Talon TwistedFate Both are champions that can burst people. Talon can 1 shot a lot of people. Both can easily roam and help out your team, which means you can get your team ahead if they're losing lanes and carry the game for your team.

KatarinintNov 7, 20181 votes

Sounds like you want Katarina. Great champ, super fun, and broken op if u know how to play her. She takes some time to learn tho.

ZackTheWaffleManNov 7, 20181 votes

Annie

Hella simple, easy to learn, effective, has some build diversity

Peel Your ADCNov 8, 20181 votes

Malzahar.

Only champ that forces mages to buy an item they can't upgrade and burns 1400 gold if they want to exist in a fight with his ult up.

Safe, clears waves, SOLOS SUPER MINION WAVES while your team runs around inting after losing an inhib, picks people off, induces rage, fits into virtually any team comp.

Bent PixelsNov 8, 20181 votes

LMAO I despise all Malzahar players. I cant see myself playing him. Although, it basically is freelo

TegashNov 8, 20181 votes

Leblanc Fizz Diana Ekko

Jeanne fan clubNov 8, 20181 votes

Ahri ill invite you to my ahri cult if you play her

Bent PixelsNov 8, 20181 votes

Lets do it

iPooUnicornsNov 8, 20181 votes

Fizz, similar to Ekko in playstyle, but with more outright damage and less safety.

Spicy RiceNov 8, 20181 votes

Yasuo

You got the big damages

you got the high skill cap

You get to be flamed for maining a champ

You get to be called an unskilled inter when you lose, and an unskilled abuser when you win.

All in all 10/10 experience for masochists like me

(For real though, he requires a ton of time to learn to play him well, but once you gain experience, you can get winrates upwards of 60% over massive amounts of games.)

Bent PixelsNov 8, 20181 votes

xD I always used to be such an asshole to Yasuo players, until I tried him myself. He is extremely hard to be good with, and Ive began to respect good yasuo players, they put in the work and saw improvement. I probably wont main him though, as hes banned in a good 90% of my games

Daddy ReTaricNov 8, 20181 votes

I'm also a bit biased with Quinn . Playable top/mid/jungle and Adc.

Tr4shB4NSYST3MNov 8, 20181 votes

I would definitely keep ekko in your Champ pool, best way to climb is to play a small # of champs (2-3 max for each role), and Ekko is a great champ in general solid outplay potential to dodge skillshots w/ E dash/blink, R, and passive MS and good burst and potentially gamechanging CC, Plus he scales into a god tier split pusher once he gets item 3100 .

As far as mid goes (can also flex top) i think Jayce could be a fun one for you to pick up, as a poke ad caster/skirmisher jayce may have a tougher time getting work done in straight 5v5 teamfights (especially against comps with 1-2 tanks), but he more than makes up for that in his laning/skirmishing (1v1-2v2-3v3) potential As well as his ability to melt turrets in a split push/siege scenario. Also i think he's worth looking into b/c of the upcoming pre-season turret changes (addition of shield bastion to turrets that gives gold when knocked down) considering jayce (especially vs a melee mid/top) can usually get a good bit of turret damage in this is just potential extra gold for him in the early game.

Bent PixelsNov 8, 20182 votes

I wasnt planning on completely leaving Ekko in the dust. Ive put far too much time into him to just stop playing him. Yes Ekko is fantastic and i love playing him, just looking for a potentially new midlaner to add to my champion pool. I hadnt even considered Jayce, just because he is rarely played/banned and I always imagine him up top, not necessarily mid. Ill be sure to try him out though, thanks!

Big ol NomNov 8, 20181 votes

Fizz sounds perfect for you, easy as hell to pick up but still has a pretty big skill ceiling plus his playstyle is closer to ekkos than any other mid lane assassin, just be prepared to be called a no skill champ, another decent one is Diana , definitely worth putting time into with a pretty big winrate with games played and a higher skill ceiling than she lets on