What Defines Role vs. Position.

Ksariyu·12/7/2019, 6:44:42 PM·1 votes·1,877 views

For my first 30 levels, I've mostly spent my time trying a lot of different champs, bouncing between lanes and jungle to get a better understanding of the game. Having now hit 30 though, I'm looking to move into competitive, which means starting to solidify my role and champion pool. At first, I thought it'd be effective to simply scroll through the champion list and see what seemed interesting, but then I started getting confused about the designation of each champion. In other games, I tend to play a lot of tanks. In League however, what a tank is seems to be more abstract, since there are tanks in nearly every category. Similarly with supports, I'm not sure why champs such as Anivia are put in the "Support" role despite being played exclusively mid, or why Brand is a Mage, but is played as a support. Any clarification on how these identifiers work would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

3 Comments

FOR JUSTICE12/7/2019, 6:53:38 PM1 votes

Those identities are more how they play with your team, rather then the position they are played in.

Anivia for example, although she is played mid she carries and aoe slow, a wall, and a small aoe stun. All of this utility is why she Is listed as more of a support, because these are things that benefit your team more, rather then yourself in most cases.

Brand for example, deals a bunch of damage, hence why even though he is also a mage, he plays either or, but doesn't have very much utility.

It's rather based off of what the champion actually does, and for the most part it's not exactly tied to a single role.

Looking into champion classes and subclasses would work tons here.

TehNACHO12/8/2019, 12:48:19 AM1 votes

Oh, don't use the classifications on the Client. Riot has yet to update Classes and Subclasses on there.

What you are reading, Mage, Support, Fighter, Tank, they are all "Classes". Specifically, those are the old Classifications. They define the general design and role of a champion. Riot updates the Classifications every once in a while but it's not exactly...

The job that a champion is supposed to do is their role. While it's very in line with Classes, roles can fluctuate based on the team and the players and the situation.

Position is where the champion plays from (Top, Jungle, Mid, Bot, Support). This has more to do with early game optimization than it does the Class or Role of the Champion.

I would ignore the Class system honestly, as it doesn't really adequately describe champions in a useful way.

Darkdemon65312/8/2019, 12:50:35 AM1 votes

Class is playstyle and what the champion actually does and position is the physical place the champion resides.