Do you want to know something funny I saw on nerfplz.com? Because it's actually depressing.

Melledoneus··2 votes·1,074 views

http://www.nerfplz.com/2017/05/2017-best-champions-tier-list-solo_22.html?m=1

Shen is listed as a tier 2 top laner in solo queue, where he used to be tier 1.

Yasuo, Talon, Akali, Gragas, Swain, and Kayle are all listed as tier 1 top laners at the moment.

So you're telling me that a skirmisher balanced for mid, 2 assassins, a jungler, a mage, and whatever Kayle is are better top laners than a champion made for top?

That's awesome. I'm glad to know Riot nerfed Shen for LCS and made him better in solo queue. I'm glad that Shen has an artificially bloated win rate from his lane dominance rather than his ultimate being a reliable tool for swooping in and saving people.

I'm glad that my champion is getting another rework 'sometime' because Riot was like "whoops we f*cked up haha, sorry we half-assed this." I'm glad my champion has a bigger anchor on him than the champion wielding a literal anchor.

And I am so ecstatic Riot would rather give Bard a pool party skin than consider giving our resident Shenpai a nice skin so he can flaunt those spirit-slaying abs.

Now, I'm gonna predict some comments here.

inb4 "nerfplz is bs" "RIP Vorpal Blade" "Haha Silver bitch stfu you know nothing" "Mell get off the Boards you're overstaying your welcome" "I made a post about this but it got downvoted"

I know other champions are in worse conditions but let's be honest, we don't want to see champions like Azir or Rengar strong again. And, before you ask, I'm not angry, I'm not trying to clamor for buffs, and I'm not QQing. I'm just sad that my champion is designed by people who seemingly hate him and don't play him.

Thank you for reading this misled post of emotional garbage.

7 Comments

FaytalityHD1 votes

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FaytalityHD1 votes

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Aside from some of the champs you listed, theyre not actually better. Its just that solo queue is very snowball heavy and that these type of champions can carry games a lot more easily by punishing the many mistakes that the enemy team does unlike competitive and organized play in which big mistakes are less frequent so more reliable picks are often preferred and do better. I also find this tierlist to be rather inaccurate there are far better ones and it also doesnt correspond with what Im experiencing in games and I do play a lot. Teamcomps with several assassins are in fact horrendously bad UNLESS virtually every player is better than his respective opponent so theyre often the picks of choice for players looking to climb very fast;smurfs.

Penns1 votes

Galio, Kennen and GP are also listed as tier 2 tho and Fizz top is in the same tier as those after the nerf, so.. kinda random list lel

But "my champ is designed by people who seemingly hate him and dont play him" I can relate to that xd

Milla Jovovich1 votes

Nerfplz is bullshit and you are silver.Out of those listed only Gragas can come close to Shen.

Melledoneus2 votes

You forgot a mention about vorpal blade, a "leave and never return" comment, and how you made a post about this.

2/5, disappointed.

Milla Jovovich1 votes

My bad.Vorpal blade was such an amazing mechanic and using that spell always made my body release adrenalin into my blood stream(not sure if that's how adrenalin works,but yea).

Don't leave dude,Shen will be great again.

I actually have 2 skins for him but he is a dead meme now.

Shen still says "Guuuiiinsooo" faintly when he ults ?

That's cool tho.

48983507DEL11 votes

Nerfplz is just someone's opinion on the best champions to CARRY with. The guy who runs the webpage judges things based on what he personally sees in Diamond, where I THINK he usually sits at. He also tries to see what looks good on paper rather than what stats say.

Now, you also need to keep in mind that the champions you're complaining about are listed in the Top Lane slot because they're currently being played there. I've been dumpstered by a Gragas, Talon, and Akali a couple of times before, despite them not being balanced around their performance in the Top Lane.

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