It has begun

ProfDrDeath··2 votes·622 views

Unless Riot is scared about the effects of it and proceeds to nerf the **** out of the new Cinderhulk, patch 5.5 might herald a deep change in the meta.

http://champion.gg/statistics/#?sortBy=general.overallPositionChange&order=descend&roleSort=Jungle

Preliminary data seems to indicate that tank-focused junglers are on the rise:

Volibear DrMundo Zac Nautilus Skarner had huge rises in the ranking of the junglers, most of them going from a sub-50% to an over 50% winrate.

And some other tank junglers, like Sejuani Sion Amumu Shyvana, are among the overall best rated junglers. And if you just look at winrates, Seju and Sion seem to be rather...OP? With both featuring over 57%?

However, the effect of the changes will not stop there:

  • Strong tanks might affect which AD carries are favorites. For example, Vayne and Kog'Maw are experts at dealing with strong tanks in a timely manner, while picks like Corki, Ezreal and Runaan's-Kalista are not as good against them. And that's not even talking about the synergy between MF and Amumu (Curse of the Sad Bullettime?).
  • Likewise, it might affect top-lane picks and itemization. If you have a strong tank in the jungle, you don't necessarily need another tank-focused champion in the toplane, too - which might lead to more damage-focused picks up there. Likewise, strong tanks features strong tank-busting - and what items are better for that than item 3153, item 3151 and item 3071 ?

What do you think will happen?

4 Comments

Reynard the ƒox3 votes

As long as its not Vi and Rek'Sai in literally every game, I'm happy.

Sailor Mint3 votes

I wouldn't worry too much atm.

Sejuani is the only tank jungler with a high pick rate. Sion has a very low pick rate (sub-2%).

We're just seeing more things getting played, it's not like Vi and friends lost their jobs overnight.

ProfDrDeath1 votes

I think that is because we're seeing a death time in the swing between the AD-based junglers and tank junglers.

Everybody (and probably their mothers, too) played the likes of Vi, J4 and friends pre-5.5. And, of course, noone will completely change their picks overnight.

I will be really interested in the playrates in a week or two.

AnOstrichWithPMS2 votes

it is the time, the time to unleash the legendary cinderheimer

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