Is your main overpowered?

Painted Celt··33 votes·6,046 views

Hello. I have created a simple chart of champion power levels. The final column, "Power", reflects win rate after accounting for win rate deflation caused by high popularity rates. The original data is from Lolking.

I can't claim that the formula for Power is completely accurate, as determining how much popularity skews win rate is rather difficult. This is simply a rough attempt at providing some numbers that are more revealing than win rate is on its own.

These rankings are not intended to reflect how frustrating a champion may be to play against. For example, most members of the community would rather play against a Jinx than a Kalista, despite the objective statistics favoring Jinx by far. The top tier results aren't necessarily the most overwhelming to play against, but they do appear to be overpowered in the sense that they crowd out competition for their respective roles. In contrast, the bottom tier results may even feel strong in certain matchups/situations, but appear to statistically fall short of their competition overall.

I personally was somewhat surprised by some of the results. For example, when looking at the full chart, I noticed very little connection between champion release date and power level. This suggests that the frequent claims of "power creep" in league are exaggerated.

Anyhow, please find your most played champion in the chart below and use the poll to share what tier they belong to.

Tier 1: Overpowered

Rank == Champion == Popularity == Win Rate == Ban Rate == Power 1 Jinx 31.51% 53.82% 0.48% 0.65 2 Graves 33.53% 50.74% 3.27% 0.62 3 Leona 28.99% 52.72% 0.73% 0.62 4 Blitzcrank 25.05% 53.56% 3.27% 0.60 5 Morgana 27.68% 50.56% 10.04% 0.58 6 Sejuani 12.49% 56.45% 64.74% 0.58 7 Amumu 12.50% 55.35% 0.48% 0.57 8 Annie 21.65% 51.40% 7.12% 0.56 9 Thresh 29.50% 47.75% 1.05% 0.56 Tier 2: Strong

Rank == Champion == Popularity == Win Rate == Ban Rate == Power 10 Ahri 17.06% 52.01% 9.28% 0.55 11 Sion 9.49% 54.04% 9.35% 0.55 12 Heimerdinger 4.55% 54.31% 0.44% 0.55 13 Sivir 11.93% 52.73% 0.29% 0.54 14 Volibear 9.44% 53.24% 0.53% 0.54 15 Malzahar 5.01% 53.73% 0.11% 0.54 16 Katarina 11.10% 52.32% 47.67% 0.54 17 Janna 12.71% 51.89% 3.88% 0.54 18 Vi 17.30% 50.42% 23.61% 0.53 19 Riven 16.21% 50.62% 17.16% 0.53 20 Wukong 7.79% 52.37% 0.26% 0.53 21 Fiora 6.70% 52.48% 0.82% 0.53 22 Caitlyn 20.05% 48.96% 0.06% 0.53 23 Vayne 21.15% 48.55% 0.37% 0.53 24 Nasus 11.97% 51.42% 0.88% 0.53 25 Sona 8.45% 52.14% 0.05% 0.53 26 Nunu 3.67% 52.67% 0.36% 0.53 27 Swain 4.20% 52.58% 0.12% 0.53 28 Skarner 2.05% 52.66% 0.26% 0.53 29 Hecarim 10.37% 51.58% 41.04% 0.53 Tier 3: Average/Balanced

Rank == Champion == Popularity == Win Rate == Ban Rate == Power 30 Diana 9.48% 51.57% 1.85% 0.52 31 Talon 4.39% 52.29% 0.30% 0.52 32 Rammus 3.25% 52.31% 0.12% 0.52 33 Malphite 10.29% 51.25% 0.45% 0.52 34 Udyr 6.36% 51.86% 0.19% 0.52 35 Nautilus 6.57% 51.77% 2.90% 0.52 36 Anivia 1.81% 52.16% 0.21% 0.52 37 Brand 3.94% 51.99% 0.07% 0.52 38 Vel'Koz 3.73% 51.99% 0.08% 0.52 39 Taric 2.41% 51.82% 0.03% 0.52 40 Xin Zhao 11.30% 50.53% 0.06% 0.52 41 Cho'Gath 10.85% 50.62% 2.54% 0.52 42 Nidalee 18.04% 48.60% 51.83% 0.52 43 Fiddlesticks 5.34% 51.45% 1.94% 0.52 44 Kennen 4.85% 51.49% 0.89% 0.52 45 Draven 9.13% 50.73% 0.31% 0.52 46 Irelia 9.55% 50.59% 55.26% 0.52 47 Maokai 7.83% 50.81% 2.83% 0.51 48 Karthus 2.36% 51.31% 0.21% 0.51 49 Nami 7.18% 50.80% 0.05% 0.51 50 Lux 10.35% 50.20% 0.08% 0.51 51 Zyra 2.23% 51.21% 0.10% 0.51 52 Vladimir 7.65% 50.64% 0.70% 0.51 53 Ashe 6.60% 50.79% 0.06% 0.51 54 Tryndamere 6.62% 50.66% 0.84% 0.51 55 Galio 1.10% 51.00% 0.16% 0.51 56 Miss Fortune 5.51% 50.52% 0.05% 0.51 57 Cassiopeia 4.25% 50.44% 2.46% 0.51 58 Braum 10.21% 49.52% 0.19% 0.51 59 Ziggs 4.04% 50.38% 0.15% 0.51 60 Rek'Sai 7.34% 49.98% 21.79% 0.51 61 Xerath 6.68% 50.05% 2.24% 0.50 62 Singed 1.46% 50.46% 0.17% 0.50 63 Warwick 7.82% 49.64% 0.10% 0.50 64 Zed 15.10% 47.93% 38.17% 0.50 65 Pantheon 11.93% 48.72% 0.88% 0.50 66 Renekton 6.61% 49.44% 0.34% 0.50 67 Lucian 14.43% 47.86% 0.09% 0.50 68 Varus 3.36% 49.74% 0.01% 0.50 69 Soraka 3.50% 49.72% 0.21% 0.50 70 Rumble 3.57% 49.61% 0.69% 0.50 71 Darius 7.83% 49.10% 0.08% 0.50 72 Gangplank 2.62% 49.59% 0.10% 0.50 73 Mordekaiser 2.49% 49.55% 0.15% 0.50 74 Kalista 7.95% 48.98% 14.27% 0.50 75 Corki 7.78% 48.89% 0.03% 0.49 76 Jarvan IV 12.97% 47.87% 5.23% 0.49 77 Ezreal 17.15% 46.73% 0.16% 0.49 78 Quinn 2.72% 49.25% 0.08% 0.49 79 Garen 5.62% 49.00% 0.11% 0.49 80 Kayle 2.60% 49.23% 0.08% 0.49 81 Yorick 1.37% 49.27% 0.14% 0.49 82 Poppy 1.13% 49.25% 0.12% 0.49 83 Fizz 11.17% 47.96% 32.77% 0.49 84 Zac 3.29% 49.02% 1.43% 0.49 85 Teemo 6.57% 48.64% 0.21% 0.49 86 Aatrox 2.51% 48.93% 0.40% 0.49 87 Gnar 6.11% 48.60% 1.09% 0.49 88 Viktor 4.68% 48.68% 3.01% 0.49 89 LeBlanc 13.71% 47.04% 57.33% 0.49 90 Kog'Maw 1.81% 48.77% 0.10% 0.49 91 Lee Sin 20.17% 45.12% 1.31% 0.49 92 Yasuo 11.79% 47.47% 1.28% 0.49 93 Shaco 6.19% 48.40% 1.53% 0.49 94 Gragas 3.93% 48.37% 0.61% 0.49 95 Twisted Fate 3.81% 48.23% 0.28% 0.48 96 Jax 9.66% 47.41% 0.42% 0.48 97 Karma 3.21% 48.18% 0.06% 0.48 98 Lissandra 8.86% 47.53% 23.82% 0.48 99 Shen 3.03% 48.16% 0.05% 0.48 100 Orianna 7.01% 47.75% 0.21% 0.48 101 Lulu 5.84% 47.87% 0.37% 0.48 102 Master Yi 8.19% 47.53% 0.48% 0.48 103 Trundle 2.24% 48.10% 0.05% 0.48 104 Shyvana 3.20% 47.97% 0.19% 0.48 105 Urgot 1.73% 47.91% 0.45% 0.48 106 Rengar 7.41% 47.26% 8.07% 0.48 107 Nocturne 2.37% 47.46% 0.16% 0.48 Tier 4: Weak

Rank == Champion == Popularity == Win Rate == Ban Rate == Power 108 Jayce 2.60% 46.91% 0.08% 0.47 109 Dr. Mundo 2.67% 46.83% 0.12% 0.47 110 Veigar 2.34% 46.59% 0.05% 0.47 111 Tristana 9.26% 45.44% 0.04% 0.46 112 Olaf 3.25% 46.01% 0.09% 0.46 113 Syndra 2.98% 45.96% 0.17% 0.46 114 Alistar 4.68% 45.77% 0.04% 0.46 115 Ryze 3.86% 45.77% 0.33% 0.46 116 Akali 5.68% 45.28% 0.40% 0.46 117 Twitch 2.67% 45.49% 0.02% 0.46 Tier 5: Dumpstered

Rank == Champion == Popularity == Win Rate == Ban Rate == Power 118 Azir 1.88% 45.37% 0.34% 0.45 119 Kha'Zix 3.84% 44.79% 0.18% 0.45 120 Zilean 0.99% 44.59% 0.08% 0.45 121 Elise 1.38% 43.83% 0.13% 0.44 122 Evelynn 1.63% 43.68% 0.21% 0.44 123 Kassadin 2.85% 41.88% 0.65% 0.42 124 Bard 3.67% 38.71% 1.53% 0.39

149 Comments

GaleWinUnleashed13 votes

Format it like this:

| Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Ban Rate ==| Power | |- |1.| Jinx | 31.51% | 53.82% | 0.48% | 0.65 |2.| Graves | 33.53% | 50.74% | 3.27% | 0.62 |3.| Leona | 28.99% | 52.72% | 0.73% | 0.62 |4.| Blitzcrank | 25.05% | 53.56% | 3.27% | 0.60

Which results in:

| Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Ban Rate ==| Power | |- |1.| Jinx | 31.51% | 53.82% | 0.48% | 0.65 |2.| Graves | 33.53% | 50.74% | 3.27% | 0.62 |3.| Leona | 28.99% | 52.72% | 0.73% | 0.62 |4.| Blitzcrank | 25.05% | 53.56% | 3.27% | 0.60

Painted Celt4 votes

Testing...

| Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Ban Rate ==| Power | |- |1.| Jinx | 31.51% | 53.82% | 0.48% | 0.65 |2.| Graves | 33.53% | 50.74% | 3.27% | 0.62 |3.| Leona | 28.99% | 52.72% | 0.73% | 0.62 |4.| Blitzcrank | 25.05% | 53.56% | 3.27% | 0.60

Edit: Thanks a bunch! Great tip!

Ariaflux4 votes

Damn, nice. Is there a complete list of the commands? Currently seems like we gotta guess most of them.

GaleWinUnleashed14 votes

#I kinda just keep discovering them ##when I want to format things.

  • I have yet to find a good list
  • detailing all of the different formatting options.

Hopefully if you ever need them, there's a good Samaritan such as myself willing to help you.* Best of luck in your future endeavors!


######*Or just send me a message of some kind, maybe I could help out.

DarkFaun Fortes1 votes

Show off LOL :P

GaleWinUnleashed2 votes

I'm nothing special, just experienced (an attention to detail also helps). Bout the same reason I'm any good at League in general, really.

DeloricVI8 votes

I think you did a lot of work over nothing. Popularity and win rates don't tell you much about how powerful a champion is. Just because Sejuani has a 56% win rate does not mean that Sejuani is OP. This mainly means that Sejuani is a problem for Bronze, probably Silver, and maybe Gold players. The rest of the league community is such a small minority by comparison, how powerful she is at that Tier could be completely different than that 56%.

Painted Celt7 votes

It wasn't much work (I work with Excel a lot) and I enjoyed doing it.

Statistically, win rate and popularity do have meaning when it comes to a champion's real power level. However, neither win rate nor popularity on its own can provide a full story, which is why I attempted to calculate a more revealing value from the two. I am not claiming that the "Power" value provided is completely accurate, but it should hold some meaning.

By the way, since you mentioned Sejuani in specific, I checked her win rate for Diamond solo ranked games, and it is currently 55.88% which is pretty spot on close to her overall average.

DeloricVI2 votes

What I'm trying to say is that these statistics are taken in aggregate, and the skill of the player is not an even gradient across the board with this. The most notable examples of this are champions that are "good for soloqueue." Sejuani is a bad example for me to have picked, because Sejuani is a pretty stable champion that doesn't have skills and stats that make her particularly good for pub-stomping bronzies, as opposed to champs like Katarina and Hiemerdinger. Katarina at least has a really inflated ban ratio, showing that players, mainly people in Bronze, don't know how to deal with her, so they ban her. There are just some hidden factors that may change these statistics that don't necessarily show up very well. I really think that Jinx shouldn't be in the top tier, personally. The most OP champions, I find, would be easier to use. Compared to another adc at the top, Graves, Jinx is really hard to play. Like, I picked her up because she was "OP" and I wanted to climb soloqueue, but I learned pretty quickly after a few normal games I was in over my head. I personally find that Graves deserves much more to be in the OP tier than Jinx, because he's a lot easier to play, and has a much higher output per effort put in. But now, I guess I'm just arguing semantics.

Volt Cruelerz3 votes

Champion.gg only counts high tier play in its win rates and she's 56% even there. That said, there are a lot of hidden variables in win rates. Even so, I'd call her OP. Once you're outside 5% from 50%, unless there's some major reason, that champion is going to be OP, UP, or too situational.

Ariaflux5 votes

This is one of the best example of forum bias.

Sejuani is as strong as post-DFG pre-nerf Ahri right now. She has a pick rate of "only" 12.7% in Plat+, but a ban rate of 69%, way more than anything else so far. Despite a combined pick/ban rate of 81.7%, she has one of the highest win rate in Plat+ at 56.5%. No matter how much people on the forum say that she's ok, a ban rate of 69% shows that on a whole, the community does not want her in their game.

Source: http://champion.gg/champion/Sejuani/Jungle

Coffin Princess8 votes

It kind of feels like you just listed the champions power based on winrate, which doesn't really tell a full story, simply because in lower Elo's especially, where high skill capped champions are played without the knowledge of how to play them correctly and they lose because of mechanical failure rather than the champions strengths/weaknesses.

This shows in things like Zed being listed mid 60's. There are no good Zed's in low Elo, because if you've the skill to use Zed properly, then you aren't going to be low Elo, however, that doesn't stop people from playing/banning him at those ranges. Ultimately, Zed has always and continues to be one of the very best champions in the game. Another example from the list is Viktor who is absurdly strong when played well, but in the hands of mechanically insufficient players, hes difficult to use and suffers because of it.

An interesting idea you have, but it really doesn't stand up to strong.

Father Cthulhu2 votes

Yes, because having 5.4% win rates in Strong and 4.7% in Overpowered is biased, right?

Tea Mochi1 votes

No where in the Win Rate column of this post lists any champions with a win rate below 35%

Father Cthulhu1 votes

Probably cause right now, bard holds the lowest win rate at 38%.

Dreadlocks5 votes

My poor Kha'Zix...

Oelyk3 votes

Just gonna say... Change... is not good.

Painted Celt5 votes

Hey, everyone. As requested, here is a similar list using data only from high-level play. This chart is derived from a listing of Diamond solo-queue from the last 7 days as provided by OP.GG (data obtained 3/30/2015). The sample size is 257,082. By the way, ranked 5vs5s have too small of sample sizes at Diamond+ to derive reliable results from.

Tier 1:

|Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Power| |- | 1 | Graves | 42.11% | 49.39% | 0.67 | 2 | Jinx | 29.72% | 56.43% | 0.66 | 3 | Blitzcrank | 28.08% | 55.93% | 0.65 | 4 | Thresh | 34.50% | 49.79% | 0.62 | 5 | Janna | 25.51% | 53.47% | 0.60 | 6 | Nunu | 6.46% | 59.46% | 0.60 | 7 | Hecarim | 14.70% | 56.44% | 0.59 | 8 | Sivir | 14.44% | 56.47% | 0.59 | 9 | Morgana | 22.30% | 52.51% | 0.58 | 10 | Sion | 16.45% | 54.46% | 0.57 | 11 | Annie | 17.74% | 53.60% | 0.57 | 12 | Riven | 17.28% | 53.45% | 0.57 | 13 | Varus | 1.26% | 56.48% | 0.56 | 14 | Sejuani | 8.65% | 55.53% | 0.56 | 15 | Ahri | 17.59% | 52.95% | 0.56 | 16 | Nautilus | 17.94% | 52.31% | 0.56

Tier 2:

|Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Power| |- | 17 | Twisted Fate | 8.29% | 54.72% | 0.55 | 18 | Kalista | 10.54% | 54.24% | 0.55 | 19 | Rek'Sai | 12.73% | 53.65% | 0.55 | 20 | Singed | 3.07% | 54.95% | 0.55 | 21 | Nidalee | 13.76% | 53.04% | 0.55 | 22 | Draven | 7.54% | 54.33% | 0.55 | 23 | Heimerdinger | 2.52% | 54.85% | 0.55 | 24 | Pantheon | 8.65% | 54.09% | 0.55 | 25 | Volibear | 6.31% | 54.10% | 0.55 | 26 | Malzahar | 4.42% | 54.00% | 0.54 | 27 | Talon | 4.91% | 53.88% | 0.54 | 28 | Irelia | 13.20% | 52.17% | 0.54 | 29 | Fiddlesticks | 6.60% | 53.36% | 0.54 | 30 | Kennen | 6.55% | 53.30% | 0.54 | 31 | Katarina | 12.91% | 52.02% | 0.54 | 32 | Swain | 3.66% | 53.45% | 0.54 | 33 | Nasus | 10.92% | 52.26% | 0.54 | 34 | Veigar | 1.66% | 53.27% | 0.53 | 35 | Kayle | 2.03% | 53.17% | 0.53 | 36 | Leona | 15.51% | 50.76% | 0.53 | 37 | Vayne | 14.98% | 50.91% | 0.53 | 38 | Udyr | 5.90% | 52.70% | 0.53 | 39 | Fiora | 4.43% | 52.81% | 0.53 | 40 | Amumu | 8.98% | 52.12% | 0.53 | 41 | Kog'Maw | 3.01% | 52.65% | 0.53 | 42 | Malphite | 8.57% | 51.97% | 0.53 | 43 | Cassiopeia | 4.95% | 52.40% | 0.53

Tier 3:

|Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Power| |- | 44 | Shaco | 5.04% | 52.20% | 0.52 | 45 | Anivia | 2.98% | 52.22% | 0.52 | 46 | Vi | 15.12% | 50.01% | 0.52 | 47 | Galio | 0.95% | 52.26% | 0.52 | 48 | Rumble | 7.27% | 51.71% | 0.52 | 49 | Karthus | 3.58% | 52.12% | 0.52 | 50 | Rengar | 10.10% | 51.12% | 0.52 | 51 | Zed | 17.25% | 49.20% | 0.52 | 52 | Ashe | 2.98% | 52.03% | 0.52 | 53 | Taric | 1.21% | 52.09% | 0.52 | 54 | Cho'Gath | 12.69% | 50.40% | 0.52 | 55 | Brand | 2.84% | 51.92% | 0.52 | 56 | Poppy | 1.42% | 51.91% | 0.52 | 57 | Caitlyn | 15.50% | 49.55% | 0.52 | 58 | Skarner | 3.20% | 51.82% | 0.52 | 59 | Soraka | 5.11% | 51.64% | 0.52 | 60 | Tryndamere | 4.67% | 51.62% | 0.52 | 61 | Wukong | 6.90% | 51.18% | 0.52 | 62 | Nami | 7.69% | 50.96% | 0.52 | 63 | Diana | 9.25% | 50.65% | 0.52 | 64 | Fizz | 13.12% | 49.78% | 0.51 | 65 | Akali | 1.86% | 51.36% | 0.51 | 66 | Zilean | 1.30% | 51.35% | 0.51 | 67 | Twitch | 1.93% | 51.31% | 0.51 | 68 | Lucian | 23.49% | 46.17% | 0.51 | 69 | Ezreal | 19.14% | 47.72% | 0.51 | 70 | Vel'Koz | 4.45% | 51.01% | 0.51 | 71 | Zyra | 3.16% | 51.05% | 0.51 | 72 | Maokai | 12.89% | 49.37% | 0.51 | 73 | Gragas | 8.13% | 50.31% | 0.51 | 74 | Lulu | 11.13% | 49.74% | 0.51 | 75 | Vladimir | 11.95% | 49.46% | 0.51 | 76 | Ziggs | 4.61% | 50.59% | 0.51 | 77 | Braum | 5.81% | 50.44% | 0.51 | 78 | Gangplank | 2.16% | 50.63% | 0.51 | 79 | LeBlanc | 15.07% | 48.45% | 0.51 | 80 | Xerath | 10.96% | 49.41% | 0.51 | 81 | Yorick | 1.23% | 50.47% | 0.50 | 82 | Gnar | 4.39% | 50.04% | 0.50 | 83 | Lux | 5.31% | 49.93% | 0.50 | 84 | Zac | 8.38% | 49.51% | 0.50 | 85 | Sona | 5.53% | 49.82% | 0.50 | 86 | Master Yi | 5.12% | 49.81% | 0.50 | 87 | Corki | 12.27% | 48.59% | 0.50 | 88 | Karma | 2.66% | 49.93% | 0.50 | 89 | Teemo | 3.79% | 49.85% | 0.50 | 90 | Ryze | 4.47% | 49.22% | 0.49 | 91 | Lissandra | 10.11% | 48.31% | 0.49 | 92 | Azir | 2.01% | 49.22% | 0.49 | 93 | Yasuo | 7.74% | 48.57% | 0.49 | 94 | Jayce | 2.21% | 48.94% | 0.49 | 95 | Alistar | 5.20% | 48.65% | 0.49 | 96 | Lee Sin | 18.58% | 45.72% | 0.49 | 97 | Jarvan IV | 11.44% | 47.48% | 0.49 | 98 | Orianna | 7.31% | 48.19% | 0.49 | 99 | Warwick | 1.86% | 48.54% | 0.49 | 100 | Viktor | 8.64% | 47.84% | 0.49 | 101 | Olaf | 1.96% | 48.51% | 0.49 | 102 | Rammus | 2.88% | 48.45% | 0.49 | 103 | Garen | 1.46% | 48.40% | 0.48 | 104 | Renekton | 4.24% | 48.21% | 0.48 | 105 | Shyvana | 3.59% | 48.16% | 0.48 | 106 | Quinn | 1.45% | 48.12% | 0.48 | 107 | Urgot | 2.87% | 47.90% | 0.48 | 108 | Jax | 3.84% | 47.57% | 0.48 | 109 | Syndra | 2.35% | 47.52% | 0.48

Tier 4:

|Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Power| |- | 110 | Xin Zhao | 3.32% | 47.31% | 0.47 | 111 | Darius | 2.17% | 47.23% | 0.47 | 112 | Nocturne | 3.73% | 47.03% | 0.47 | 113 | Aatrox | 1.65% | 47.06% | 0.47 | 114 | Dr. Mundo | 2.84% | 46.64% | 0.47 | 115 | Miss Fortune | 0.91% | 46.58% | 0.47 | 116 | Elise | 1.98% | 46.47% | 0.47 | 117 | Mordekaiser | 1.43% | 46.47% | 0.46 | 118 | Evelynn | 2.24% | 46.26% | 0.46 | 119 | Shen | 1.81% | 46.14% | 0.46 | 120 | Trundle | 2.17% | 45.60% | 0.46

Tier 5:

|Rank ==| Champion ==| Popularity ==| Win Rate ==| Power| |- | 121 | Tristana | 4.73% | 44.28% | 0.44 | 122 | Kassadin | 2.68% | 43.17% | 0.43 | 123 | Kha'Zix | 3.36% | 42.59% | 0.43 | 124 | Bard | 3.89% | 40.36% | 0.40

ScreamPaste1 votes

I like how Kat dropped to tier three by discounting lower level play, lol. There's some really interesting differences between these lists, Graves for example never struck me as a champion that scaled hard with skill relative to other ADCs, and yet he jumped to the top spot.

Painted Celt2 votes

Katarina is still in Tier 2 on the Diamond list, though several champions did jump above her ranking in the Diamond chart. The two charts don't have the same number of champions in each tier by the way.

I've just taken a look at the differences between the two charts. Here is a chart showing the power disparity between Diamond-only and overall play. The "Power Gap" column shows how much prominence/power a champion gains (or loses in cases of negative values) in Diamond-only compared to overall play.

|Champion ==| Power Gap | |- | Nunu | 0.07 | Twisted Fate | 0.07 | Janna | 0.07 | Zilean | 0.07 | Veigar | 0.07 | Varus | 0.07 | Hecarim | 0.06 | Kalista | 0.06 | Akali | 0.06 | Twitch | 0.06 | Thresh | 0.06 | Rek'Sai | 0.05 | Pantheon | 0.05 | Graves | 0.05 | Sivir | 0.05 | Singed | 0.05 | Blitzcrank | 0.04 | Rengar | 0.04 | Kog'Maw | 0.04 | Kayle | 0.04 | Azir | 0.04 | Shaco | 0.04 | Ryze | 0.04 | Nautilus | 0.03 | Draven | 0.03 | Riven | 0.03 | Nidalee | 0.03 | Alistar | 0.03 | Lulu | 0.03 | Poppy | 0.03 | Elise | 0.03 | Evelynn | 0.03 | Rumble | 0.03 | Irelia | 0.02 | Gragas | 0.02 | Olaf | 0.02 | Sion | 0.02 | Fizz | 0.02 | Fiddlesticks | 0.02 | Soraka | 0.02 | Cassiopeia | 0.02 | Kennen | 0.02 | Jayce | 0.02 | Zed | 0.02 | Master Yi | 0.02 | Jinx | 0.02 | LeBlanc | 0.02 | Ezreal | 0.02 | Karma | 0.02 | Bard | 0.02 | Talon | 0.02 | Syndra | 0.02 | Lucian | 0.01 | Kassadin | 0.01 | Gnar | 0.01 | Galio | 0.01 | Yorick | 0.01 | Ahri | 0.01 | Zac | 0.01 | Lissandra | 0.01 | Gangplank | 0.01 | Teemo | 0.01 | Ashe | 0.01 | Karthus | 0.01 | Swain | 0.01 | Udyr | 0.01 | Annie | 0.01 | Tryndamere | 0.01 | Nasus | 0.01 | Corki | 0.01 | Orianna | 0.00 | Malphite | 0.00 | Heimerdinger | 0.00 | Yasuo | 0.00 | Volibear | 0.00 | Vayne | 0.00 | Ziggs | 0.00 | Nami | 0.00 | Braum | 0.00 | Taric | 0.00 | Shyvana | 0.00 | Malzahar | 0.00 | Cho'Gath | 0.00 | Katarina | 0.00 | Anivia | 0.00 | Xerath | 0.00 | Lee Sin | 0.00 | Fiora | 0.00 | Urgot | 0.00 | Zyra | 0.00 | Brand | 0.00 | Dr. Mundo | 0.00 | Viktor | 0.00 | Nocturne | 0.00 | Vladimir | 0.00 | Maokai | 0.00 | Morgana | -0.01 | Jax | -0.01 | Jarvan IV | -0.01 | Skarner | -0.01 | Garen | -0.01 | Vel'Koz | -0.01 | Caitlyn | -0.01 | Diana | -0.01 | Lux | -0.01 | Vi | -0.01 | Quinn | -0.01 | Wukong | -0.01 | Renekton | -0.01 | Warwick | -0.02 | Tristana | -0.02 | Sejuani | -0.02 | Aatrox | -0.02 | Shen | -0.02 | Kha'Zix | -0.02 | Darius | -0.02 | Trundle | -0.03 | Sona | -0.03 | Mordekaiser | -0.03 | Rammus | -0.04 | Amumu | -0.04 | Miss Fortune | -0.04 | Xin Zhao | -0.04 | Leona | -0.08

DropFill4 votes

Fiora is on the tier strong, which is complety incorrect. It is pretty easy to counter fiora with both champions and builds.

Painted Celt17 votes

These ratings aren't meant to show whether a champion is "perceived" as strong or not by the community. Fiora is an example of where the community's perception and the real statistics don't match up. Honestly, finding these mismatches between perception and statistics is what made this interesting for me. = P

By the way, Fiora averages considerably over 50% (currently around 51% but she was at roughly 55% just last week) win rate in Platinum and Diamond rank games while maintaining a decent pick rate (just under 5%).

SwiftKitten884 votes

overall i dont find the data to be THAT far off but i can quite easily pick out some major outliers who don't follow the chart. saying "zed" is remotely balanced is a joke. id say about 75% of the data is accurate

Painted Celt5 votes

Well, Zed is a case where his win rate and popularity do actually differ significantly at certain ranks from his overall average. At high levels of play, he probably would be on the strong or overpowered tier. He does seem to be average when considering all levels of play though.

I just checked and Zed's power level in Diamond solo ranked is about 0.53, which would put him in the "Strong" tier when going by Diamond alone.

HeWolf3 votes

Hey titanic work you did there, it's very interesting. I want to say a couple things:

  • Since this is a lolking data, this evolves Bronze and Silver the most. I suggest taking the data from "Champion.gg", the data you find there is only Platinum+ ranked games.
  • Also it's very interesting how there are only botlane and jungler champions in the Tier 1. First strict toplaner is Riven on 19th.

Good job anyway, it gave me a lot to think about. :D (Sivir my Tier 2 is deserved)

wssup12303 votes

akali - weak ...LOL

bad arcade kitty4 votes

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akali - weak ...LOL

akali is a large minion now only green

Father Cthulhu4 votes

Green is not a creative color.

Nissasah3 votes

Apparently my majestic bird is dumpstered. I disagree! item 3073Azir

Ariel the Cruel2 votes

ssssshhhhhh. Let the masses continue to think he's a pushover. I'm making a killing off him...

Nissasah1 votes

Yeah... same here... Highfive for justice THE ORDER IS GIVEN!

BureTheBear3 votes

Well, according to this, Nocturne is borderline weak. As much as I like him...it's very much true.

AbsoluteSadman2 votes

Mobility creep is hurting our poor phantom.

Volt Cruelerz2 votes

What is your power formula?

Also, I'm an Azir main. Trust me, his high end is quite powerful. I get the feeling Bard is in a similar boat (we just haven't seen many players master him yet).

Painted Celt2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Volt Cruelerz,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=rw4o6byO,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-03-31T03:10:29.017+0000)

What is your power formula?

WinRate * (1+(2*Popularity^2))

This formula seemed to provide a decent weighting for popularity's impact, but it's just a best guess really.

Volt Cruelerz3 votes

That doesn't really measure anything. It's just an arbitrary combination of numbers. Popularity has no bearing on power anyways. It's an inconsistent symptom. To actually get a measure of a champion's power, you'd have to do something like this: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/gameplay-balance/joxILK0N-calculating-a-meta-strength-score

Also, why didn't you just do this in Google sheets?

Meep Man2 votes

[{quoted}](name=Volt Cruelerz,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=rw4o6byO,comment-id=0003,timestamp=2015-03-31T03:10:29.017+0000)

What is your power formula?

Also, I'm an Azir main. Trust me, his high end is quite powerful. I get the feeling Bard is in a similar boat (we just haven't seen many players master him yet).

This is true. Majority of people play him completely wrong.

bad arcade kitty2 votes

it doesn't take into account what role they are played, like gragas has a decent jungle winrate like 52% or so and meh at top etc

The Ecdysiast2 votes

Your flaw is in the fact you absolutely need a way to calculate how popularity affects win rate. Too many of the champions with a 1.5% popularity have high winrates because the seven people who play them know what they're doing. Meanwhile, a high skillcap OP champion will have a lower winrate because of being popular with less-skilled players.

And as far as all of your "OP" champs being bottom lane picks... That's only because bottom lane is pretty much the same thing regardless of who you play, so whoever is popular and strong is just picked. No one bans adc's, so as long as you don't pick Ezreal, you're okay. The others are the only high damage or high CC supports, also not a big shocker when you think about the fact Taric is all but unplayable and Braum lost his hype. Amumu, well Amumu's one of the only viable low-skillcap junglers.

Blue Moon Wolf2 votes

Gnar about the middle of average, very adequate :P

IceKingChernobog2 votes

my poor twitch, the rest of my mains are average or OP

Irasiel2 votes

My main is Leona, won't stop me from playing her, its been 3 seasons, 4 if you count this one. She was considered weak back then, did that stop me from playing her? Nope, so now that she is probably too good, i don't think ill stop playing her because i ''feel bad'' or anything.

Praise the Sun biatches.

IAMS4T4N2 votes

Katarina Deadly, but easily countered if you know how to Ahri Aim E Aatrox Press Q Azir Press R or Q Veigar Press E Warwick Press R Vayne Press E Sejuani Press Q or R Malzahar Press R I could go on all day

P.S. please remove irelia from the "balanced" list

AmazingGoat1 votes

I think that if you are going to calculate champion power based on play rate then you also have to consider ban rate, as some champions would have a substantially higher play rate if not for their high ban rate (cough Katarina cough).

The fact that this list doesn't have Katarina listed as overpowered brings the results into question without any further examination.

Overall though, very interesting.

Solidair31 votes

Jinx has been on top for a while now.

It's curious, why are people not complaining about her being OP? I'm not saying she necessarily is, but she does seem to win and win HARD.

Le Dauphin3 votes

I feel like lots of people confuse unfun/unfair and overpowered. People complain about things that are unfun to play against (Zed and Lee Sin escapes, Kalista kiting), and then try to justify that by calling them overpowered. The win rates say that a Lee Sin on the other team tips the odds in your favor, but no one sees the big picture of the last ten matches they played against Lee Sin. They remember that one recent game where Lee Sin felt impossible to catch.

When you get killed by Zed, it feels like a stupid cheap trick. When you get beat by Jinx in a game, it feels like the other player worked for it and played well. Also in Jinx's favor is that she shines late game, so you feel like you had your chance to play and win.

manbearswine1 votes

Look,I like the idea and all,and it seems to be sorta sensible,but you absolutely MUST break this into roles,the top tiers are dominated by supports and adc(wait,for some reason not so much by those...that's strange...),simply because these roles have the least champions which belong to them,I mean 5/9 of your top "overpowered" tier are supports,surely you see that it shows horrible flaws in this list,where the top tier of picks,the one with the most data on it,is so terribly misrepresenting.

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

id say only 3, only because both annie and morg are played just as much mid as they are support.

manbearswine1 votes

[{quoted}](name=Its Spongebob,realm=NA,application-id=3ErqAdtq,discussion-id=rw4o6byO,comment-id=004a0000,timestamp=2015-04-01T16:14:24.554+0000)

id say only 3, only because both annie and morg are played just as much mid as they are support.

They are played mid too,but more as support,especially annie,thing is their viability in other lanes just boosts their popularity even more(though well,in this case versatility is a strength),still,5/9 op champions are supports,and that role has like 10 champs overall,so support as a role is op? makes no sense.

SpongebobIsLife1 votes

im really curious as to when Riot is going to readdress Azir? The bird man needs some lovin.

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