Oh, you played a squishy and/or immobile mage? Well, have fun not existing in lane and being useless all game. We don't like mages, so they're kept good and nonviable.
(And keep in mind, this only applies to traditional mages. Juggermages are fine, assassins that build AP are fine, and so on. Traditional mages are currently fucking troll picks though.)
Well, TF, Malz, Anivia, Karth(idk about non-cheese comps), Cass, Swain, Ryze, and Vlad are doing fine.
Artillery mages have just been bad for a long time, Riot doesn't like poke metas.
You know something is wrong with the boards when Onotori is getting upvoted.
Yeah b/c now armor gets nerfed an ad champs mostly have best burst early game
Now that toplane kinda exists, midlane became a problem and all that because of riot and their shitty ideas... Just bring back the old balance team and NERF everything if its needed.
Oh, you played a squishy and/or immobile mage? Well, have fun not existing in lane and being useless all game. We don't like mages, so they're kept good and nonviable.
(And keep in mind, this only applies to traditional mages. Juggermages are fine, assassins that build AP are fine, and so on. Traditional mages are currently fucking troll picks though.)
Ap assassins really arent shining atm
Le blanc is the worst she has ever been past around 5 years (She has never been this bad apart from a time she was bassicly forced to mimic what she maxed) Many people quit league because le blanc got gut reverted, some players who returned to league due to a pathetic hype couldnt even fluctuate her winrate up despite them returning and therefore having to play placements and inevitebly climb since the resset
Katarina is the worst she has been past 1.6 years (bassicly since her rework). She is common smurf choise which overates her winrate Ekko is in bad state. This champion struggles functioning, perhaps if his ultimate had cleanse. Teamfights last so short that returning 4 seconds back to future does nothing.. returning 2 seconds back to future (not saying its a good change) would make him function better
Dianna is actually in good state compared to before. Electrocute and Ignite buff just make her stat check dumber. Granted diana was in so bad spot before that her being better of now doesnt matter
Akali, akali is a toplaner she might randomly counter few midlaners but I dont even feel comfortable talking about akali mid since its not her role
Kassadin although cancer and should never be allowed to be good in such state, is the worst he has ever been granted its hard to compete with 98% banrate 2% pickrat through season 1-4
Evelynn is lowkey banworthy. She deserves around 50% banrate IMO. Runic echoes pushes her over the top. And she was already over the top The whole pattern off stealth > ineviteble hard lenghty CC> Burst > Free escape Is not fking healthy she ll need another rework mark my words. Granted she is a jungler
Ahri just like blanc had GARBAGE changes recently. Which force her to always use E first look AP assassins are in garbage state overall
Mages are what dominates midlane along with Zed and Talon which true they are strong
Aurelion sol is undesputable #1 mid. Pick or ban Anivia is fking Riot poster child of favorism. Unless she has 53% winrate while being highskillcap she get scompensated Taliyah is fking absurd. Last year 85% of chall koreans were taliyah mains.. So yeah if you wanted to be a challenger you kinda had to main her the rest 15% or so were aurelion sol (According to PHYLOL OLDish video). And yes she isnt just absurd in jungle she is overall FKING stupid and absurd statistics show it to Viktor is in good state, I think he is one of the best champions for botlane so he can be flexed well Syndra with the scuttle control is in a good state Vladimir is Pick or ban Ryze is absurd but he ll get reworked again so whats the point of maining him Orianna is still a cancerlord lane bully which scales well, Jungle pressure is so high tho
I wouldnt reccomend other mages here are some reasons why
- There are better stun aoe mages like syndra
- 40 damage per second
- There are better stun aoe mages like syndra (granted spellthief synergy just play him botlane)
- So fking overated if you want consistent dps play taliyah, viktor, Sol or just play fking ADC there is no such thing as AP hypercarry
- To be honest he is not to bad just not used to counting him as a mage
- Ruined by rework. Atleast he wasnt ruined by Retarded version of revert like some
so there is still hope
- I honestly dont know what is going on with him. Is he in such a bad state? Do stats lie=?
- Obvious Godtier
- Often underated, Mid is quite mobile atm so maybe not his time
- I guess you are pet for that master yi/twitch.. that works
- Toplane is that way ^^^^^
- Underwelming rework honestly, expect him to stay in a dust
- She is quite close for me to reccomend her, if her Q had like 100-150 more speed I would reccomend her
- Worse version of syndra. Damnit syndra stop being better version of everyone
- Worse version of syndra. If you remove syndra from game he is the next champion who makes others worse version of him
- Infinity edge is literally troll buy on HIm atm.... apart from that yasuo is yasuo
- If anyone flames you for missing an ability with ziggs in high elo he should be gunned down in a street
- Artilery mage, situationaly viable, slightly overated, frustrating to play against but doesnt per say hard carry
- This are good but lulu is banned due to support role.. They deserve more playtime
- He is like vladimir with CC, but vladimir is so bonkers that the fact that he doesnt have CC doesnt even matter so he outclasses him
Granted swain is the best juggernaut in a game to a point some toplane juggernauts deserve to cry
lol
Zoe is fun(to play).
Well that's reason enough for me
Tbh I like it. Not about mages not being playable mid, but about mages being playable somewhere else. It's really entertaining to see 
botlane
Yes, theres plenty of reason.
mid is short, immobility isnt an issue if you play properly.
if you lack mixed damage youre going to be slaughtered.
I think you needed a "but" in the title of your post.
