A Dummy's Guide to: How to Make a Champion OP.

IS1a442cd69a169ed293a39··105 votes·4,998 views

Got rekt by a certain champion and frustrated? No problem! You can revenge by spreading hatred towards the champion!


Here are the materials you need:

  1. League of Legends Wiki
  2. A Computer with a Keyboard
  3. Internet Access
  4. An Account on Official LoL Forum

Got every thing ready? Good! Now, there are few steps to effectively convince Riot that that champion is OP,


First, search for that champion on Wiki, and then read all of the skill descriptions. Prepare to recite them to create a thread.

  1. Remember to list every single effect on every skill. Otherwise, it sounds less OP.
  2. Try to finish your description in one sentence with one period, it sounds more OP.
  3. Be aware that most people on boards can't read. You should paraphrase the description with the following useful keywords: Permanent -Anything that stays forever is OP, because you know, it costs nothing. Massive -If the skill does something massive, it should be nerfed. How would it be called massive if it wasn't OP? Free -Passives are mostly OP because they are free. Overloaded Kit -If a champion has more than 4 skills, it is very likely to be OP. Winrate and Pickrate mean nothing -How can written plain data be more accurate than first person experience? Free elo -What's more OP than an instant-win champion? No counterplay You can't counter something uncountable.

Sounds complicated? No worry! I will show you how with Ryze, who has a 40% winrate, as an example.

Ryze, are you serious? He's so damn OP right now. Let's take a look at his overloaded kit. He gets a free shield that blocks massive damage, a 900 range 4CD spell with a massive hitbox, a 1.75 seconds point and click snare with no counterplay at all, a spell that shreds 36% MR and can bounces to the same target to a total of three massive hits, oh I forget to mention that QWE all scale off both AP and Mana dealing massive damage, and HIS ULTIMATE THAT PERMANENTLY REDUCES HIS CD BY 30% gains him 25% spell vamp and massive movement speed, and top it up by making all his spells AOE.

I don't understand why he is still not nerfed yet. His 40% winrate is capped by his high skill floor and ceils, but it doesn't mean it can be broken. Time to stop this free elo.


Second, comments should arrive soon.

Before you get downvoted by noobs who don't understand the game, try to shut their mouths with these useful phrases:

  1. You are bronze/silver/gold. What do you know?
  2. Here comes a Ryze main. It's funny how these mains are trying to protect their free elo.
  3. Judging from your match history, you have never played as him before. What do you know?

Now you know what to do! Thanks for reading! I hope your targets get nerfed as soon as possible!

47 Comments

SerBlaise29 votes

I almost always downvote QQ threads. Even if i think the champion needs a nerf. Unless it's thoughtfully written out with actual points and counterpoints I don't see why it should see the light of day.

Solaxo1 votes

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I almost always downvote QQ threads. Even if i think the champion needs a nerf. Unless it's thoughtfully written out with actual points and counterpoints I don't see why it should see the light of day.

People are often frustrated when making such threads, that's why they're rarely well written

Chaotic Reks19 votes

-If a champion has more than 4 skills, it is very likely to be OP.

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MrBuffington14 votes

*quickly reads instructions*

Uhh, has percent health damage on two spells, a homing AoE nuke that also grants vision, AS steroid for both her and her spiderlings, life steal with her spiderlings, bonus on hit magic damage, massive skill shot stun, an ability that makes her untargettable and lets her gap close, bonus move speed, and is both ranged and melee. Something something freelo, overloaded, permanent free stats.

Did I win?

IcyPepper8 votes

She also gets "free" MS in spider form.

Almost got it!

Compare it to having free boots on demand for extra credit!

Mikal Pikal6 votes

She has an ULT AT LEVEL ONE

Left Hook Larry3 votes

I don't think you know what nuke means

MrBuffington3 votes

SO MANY NUKES LOOK HOW OP THIS IS RITO NERF PLZ. HIDE YO KIDS, HIDE YO WIFE, AND HIDE YO HUSBAND CAUSE THEY NUKING EVERYBODY.

Spacesuit Spiff11 votes

Why is X allowed to have (vomits out sentence including MASSIVE, FREE, AND, etc)???

Skillsh0tN00b9 votes

Now let's do the same, but for making champs seem UP:

Have a list of what champions can do, and pick out what this champion lacks. Emphasize the weak spots of a champion. Don't forget to compare base stats with someone who has higher. (Bonus points if you compare to a non-meta champion) Try to fit in anything that might sound redundant at a glance. And if their winrate isn't 50% or above, add that to the rant.

Now let's look at Graves for a second...

I have no idea why Riot would ever consider releasing such a useless champion such as Graves. His passive just doesn't fit an ADC, and it doesn't even do much because you have to build it up over time. Graves has terrible range for an ADC so you have to be closer to the frontline. Why would you ever take the frontline as the ADC? His W is basically a small AOE slow that you can walk out of. His E would be... Oh, Tristana has a better dash, a better steroid, and what's this? More range? I don't believe this! As for his attack speed, his base attack speed and AS/Level are both weak. I mean, let's look at Kennen. Kennen has a higher base attack speed, and better attack speed per level, and he's not even being played as an ADC! Rito, please do something about this worthless champion, Graves isn't even at a 50% winrate.

Good luck getting your favorite champs buffed!

TotalJerk8 votes

Didn't freelo used to not be a reference to how strong a champion was, but how easy they were to win with against low/mid level players?

For example: MasterYi Amumu Sona Tryndamere are never picked in pro matches, but they are pretty much a free win from silver downward and normals pre-30.

ThePlasticSpork4 votes

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Didn't freelo used to not be a reference to how strong a champion was, but how easy they were to win with against low/mid level players?

For example: MasterYi Amumu Sona Tryndamere are never picked in pro matches, but they are pretty much a free win from silver downward and normals pre-30.

I think maybe you're just confusing freelo and pubstomping?

Freelo is just that - free elo, meaning "playing this champion is free wins".

A Miss Fortune3 votes

{quoted}

Didn't freelo used to not be a reference to how strong a champion was, but how easy they were to win with against low/mid level players?

For example: MasterYi Amumu Sona Tryndamere are never picked in pro matches, but they are pretty much a free win from silver downward and normals pre-30.

Freelo is an old term used to describe a champion that you can pretty much autolock every game and expect to win a Ranked Game with.

For example, Zyra on release had a 60% win rate at least and she was immediately nerfed, during her time on release she was a "freelo" champion because it was actually more difficult to lose a game with her than to win it.

It doesn't mean how strong a champion is necessarily, for example if a champion had infinite stuns with no cooldown but literally 0 damage on abilities or any attack damage, they could still be freelo but they wouldn't be able to do much on their own you could say. Considering your team just has to come up and would in that case, whack them a few times and you would instantly win every game.

And I agree with you, many champions that aren't played in the LCS could be overpowered and freelo. Tryndamere for example, I'm quite surprised this guy isn't really played in pro matches since he lacks a lot of counterplay ability. Only falling off on the fact he needs to manage his passive for full potential, but besides that he can still be overpowered and classified as freelo, but he isn't played in the LCS.

Katarina

LightEcho1 votes

{quoted} Tryndamere for example, I'm quite surprised this guy isn't really played in pro matches since he lacks a lot of counterplay ability. Katarina Lane swaps suck pretty hard for him. He could probably work in the midlane as a niche counterpick, but with voyboy retired I doubt any of the current lcs midlaners would ever consider him.

Kögâ2 votes

Pubstompers.

Saianna7 votes

Guide unclear, penis stuck in fan.

Help.

Eraest974 votes

Did you try turning it off then back on again?

SlytherinUmbreon3 votes

no, but my wife did.

manbearswine5 votes

You do realize that if we go by winrate,le blanc and thresh are both underpowered and need buffs right?

Also,why would they buff taric,he already had 52% winrate,makes no sense.

And the ashe rework,she had like 7% popularity,which is average,and ~52% winrate,and they threw a massive buff on her,wtf?

Sorry but no,pickrate/winrate may be better than personal experience of one person when isolated,but when basically any good player tells you that ashe(for example) is shit,and le blanc is op,that says a lot more than pickrate/winrate.

Or do you suggest we buff thresh?

IS1a442cd69a169ed293a392 votes

{quoted}

You do realize that if we go by winrate,le blanc and thresh are both underpowered and need buffs right?

Also,why would they buff taric,he already had 52% winrate,makes no sense.

And the ashe rework,she had like 7% popularity,which is average,and ~52% winrate,and they threw a massive buff on her,wtf?

Sorry but no,pickrate/winrate may be better than personal experience of one person when isolated,but when basically any good player tells you that ashe(for example) is shit,and le blanc is op,that says a lot more than pickrate/winrate.

Or do you suggest we buff thresh?

You are absolutely right.

SlytherinUmbreon4 votes

Be aware that most people on boards can't read. You should paraphrase the description with the following useful keywords:

Massive -If the skill does something massive, it should be nerfed. How would it be called massive if it wasn't OP?

I just noticed Riot is taking your advice Ahri

YOU BEEN WARNED2 votes

? what do you mean ?

SlytherinUmbreon5 votes

I mean when they added the MS to Ahri, calling it "Massive" instead of giving us an actual number. Trolls.

YOU BEEN WARNED4 votes

It is massive tho, it seems like it's over 100% MS boost so ofc they wouldn't want to give that number. Would be deemed OP instantly, and it is!

ZeeDrakon4 votes

substitute "stuffed" for "overloaded" and you have every QQ thread ever :P the funniest part though is that 99.9% of QQ threads are made by people that fall into one of the 3 categories you listed below

{quoted}

  1. You are bronze/silver/gold. What do you know?
  2. Here comes a Ryze main. It's funny how these mains are trying to protect their free elo.
  3. Judging from your match history, you have never played as him before. What do you know?
IS1a442cd69a169ed293a392 votes

{quoted}

substitute "stuffed" for "overloaded" and you have every QQ thread ever :P the funniest part though is that 99.9% of QQ threads are made by people that fall into one of the 3 categories you listed below

Good point. I lost that word.

Akesgeroth4 votes

Looks like someone doesn't want Leblanc nerfed.

IS1a442cd69a169ed293a3910 votes

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Looks like someone doesn't want Leblanc nerfed.

How accurate. Can you read my mind?

Seriously though, I don't play her. If you read carefully, this thread actually suggests LB should be nerfed. You are one of those type 2 people mentioned in the last paragraph.

SlytherinUmbreon4 votes

Yes. You are thinking about spaghetti tacos. If you weren't before, you are now. Trust me, I'm a Doctor. Shen (Not a very good one though...)

toxicpanda363 votes

Not a very good ninja either Shen item 3070

Bouffon dAnglais3 votes

Instructions unclear, woke up with penis stuck in toaster.

JedenVojak3 votes

IS1a442cd69a169ed293a39, I just want you to know something.

I love you.

Wolfeur3 votes

I'll try with my main. Leona

This fucking OP noob champ... has a point and click stun with no counterplay, and free bonus damage that works on structures and AA-timer reset that ALLOWS HER TO CLEAR WARDS LVL 1, massive defense boost THAT SCALES WITH ARMOR AND MR and also deals damage and lasts for 6 fucking seconds, a gap-closer with huge hit-box that goes through minions and can't be interrupted by any CC and gives a free root and applies her passive on each target, not to mention the huge range unavoidable massive zone stun and slow so strong it's basically a root and a ridiculously low cooldown. And don't forget her passive that gives free damage to her ADC for auto-attacking. Stupid champ...

XeroKimo2 votes

{quoted}

I'll try with my main. Leona

This fucking OP noob champ... has a point and click stun with no counterplay, and free bonus damage that works on structures and AA-timer reset that ALLOWS HER TO CLEAR WARDS LVL 1, massive defense boost THAT SCALES WITH ARMOR AND MR and also deals damage and lasts for 6 fucking seconds, a gap-closer with huge hit-box that goes through minions and can't be interrupted by any CC and gives a free root and applies her passive on each target, not to mention the huge range unavoidable massive zone stun and slow so strong it's basically a root and a ridiculously low cooldown. And don't forget her passive that gives free damage to her ADC for auto-attacking. Stupid champ...

Except for knockbacks/knockups YOUR CHAMP IS NO LONGER OP, KNOCKBACKS/KNOCKUPS ARE OP!

FastAsHeck3 votes

hey let me try with Karthus

Karthus is so broken, i mean he has an OP passive where he can deal damage for 7 seconds after dying, 7 seconds is massive! not only htat but he is also untargetable so you cant kill him again! his Q is the most overloaded ability ever, it does massive amounts of damage and on top of that double damage to single targets! But the fact that it has a 1 sec cooldown and is so easy to hit is what really makes it OP. His w is broken, it has no counterplay, and it massively reduces your movement speed, but if that was not enough it also reduces your resistances, which is really OP! then you have his E, which not only does massive damage, but it also moves with him, and the worst is that it gives him free mana! but the reason he is free elo is that HIS ULT DEALS MASSIVE DAMAGE TO ALL ENEMIES, THATS RIGHT HE CAN KILL YOUR TOP LANER FROM BOT LANE WITHOUT ANY CHANCE OF AVOIDING IT! as you can see his kit is so overloaded. he has a massive winrate of 50%, it really surprises me that he only has 2% popularity!

Quort1 votes

But then your friendly Support player saves you from Requiem by Healing or Shielding you, CCing Karthus, or putting you into Stasis (hi, Bard). TEAMWORK OP! This game should consist of only 1v1 fights!

FastAsHeck1 votes

yes! 5v5 is so overloaded, i cant believe they havent nerfed something this toxic yet

Only A Soldier3 votes

Jesus Christ seeing a thread like this is so refreshing.

Jarrito2323 votes

So this new champion called Shapooyah just came out, and I lost a match against him after I lost lane to him. I LOST LANE?!?!?!?! Obviously this champion is extremely over-powered and he should be deleted. His kit happens to have mobility which I can't handle for some reason! I hate mobility. It makes a champion hard to kill. Now I'm gonna compare his mobility to flash. This champion gets a free flash on a 9 second cooldown with out CDR!!! Can you believe it?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Also he happens to be an ASSASSIN which deleted our squishy! OUR SQUISHY!!!!!! DDDDX. RITO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS CHAMPION OR I'M FIRING ALL OF YOU GUYSSSSSSS$$$$$. #LC$BIGPLAYZ$$$$$$$ AMMIRIGHT GUYS! XDDDDDDDDD

#FuckCertainlyOverpoweredAmmirightGuise!!>!>!>!>!>!?!?!?!XDDDDDDDDD

BlackSunNocturne3 votes

Ekko

'Nuff said

hgjkdlsaf jeldvb2 votes

Usually if I do this, I try to at least provide numbers...

I would actually bring upKatarina as my favorite overloaded example. movespeed, damage reduction, and grievous wounds are all in her kit. You probably wouldn't know it if I didn't tell you. Most of these don't even make sense on her kit, but they provide extra power that is difficult to pin point in game

Holy Fervor2 votes

Okie. Time to make a thread on Master Yi, the undeniable god of low elo.

Anotherherolost2 votes

Super butt hurt about this shit man, what happened? Did your dog die today?

Migrañaboy2 votes

There should be a thread where we exaggerate and complain any champion trait to deem the as OP or UP. I wonder this isn't a thing-

But I guess thats because people everyday ask for nerfs. I remembered.

Btw OP, I miss old forums, at least there were lots of platinum and diamond players with really valid and insightful opinions. Nowadays with rito enforcing the "everyone opinion is valid" and "balance around all ELOs" policy is annoying me.

Leu072 votes

Cassiopeia says hi!

Lugg1 votes

Yeah, I guess when people provide numbers and facts, it doesn't prove a champion needs nerfing.

While some posts are definitely crying, there are legitimate ones pointing out problems in the game.

Big Bang Bob1 votes

Let me try:

Nautilus Is the the most stupid thing I've ever seen with a kit way too over loaded with everything. He has a snare, a stun, a knockup, a slow, a pull, a shield, an anchor, CAN DANG FLY, damages the whole team with his massive circle of doom, has unavoidable basic attacks with zero counterplay, not just massive but SUPER MASSIVE amounts of CC, permanently has a massive suit of armor on, not to mention his free 86 hp per level keeps him from dying in two hits!!!

Rework suggestion:

Passive: Nautilus wield superior Atlantian dance moves that do -0 damage (+0.1% Bonus AD) (+0.1% movement speed) magic damage and slow his target by 1%. He can activate this by pressing D. 30 static cooldown.

Q: Anchor Swing: Nautilus swings his anchor, doing damage equal to how much your opponent feels like dying (+2% Crit Strike Chance) and snaring them in place for 0.1 seconds. 200 (+10% max hp) mana cost.

W: Diving Suit: Nautilus channels for 20 seconds, putting his suit on for 3 seconds. While it is on, Nautilus takes less damage (+, but not too less because that would be rude.

E: Water Gun: Nautilus takes out his standard issue SAW (Squirt Assualt Weapon) and gets all enemies within a 10 unit area of him soaked after a 2 second delay, dealing 1/2/3/4/5 magic damage (+1% current mana). I also annoys enemies, keeping them from feeling good for 3 seconds (Better get tenacity >:D).

R: Your in the Deep End Now!!!: Smashes his anchor so hard a pool rises, dealing 100/200/300 (+100% AP) (+20% Max HP) damage to anyone hit and stunning them for 2.5 seconds. Does 90% less damage if the enemy isn't within the 100 unit deep end.

Now Nautilus has plenty of clear weaknesses, counterplay and nothing, too massive or free. I think this would put him in a good spot. His winrate should be exactly 50%.

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