Which champions do you feel right now are really underpowered and just aren't worth trying to play?

cope moment··5 votes·2,461 views

I feel that Ziggs right now would be a good example of that

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DrCyanide5 votes

I feel like Ziggs should be successful, but there's just too many champions that can do what he does better or more reliably. Can't remember the last time I saw a Ziggs mid...

Beldair1 votes

Ziggs mains would disagree....I've seen some ridiculous Zigg quadra kills.

GundayMonday1 votes

Ziggs is more of a botlane carry now. Like when you have AD top/mid. He does consistent dps, and takes towers faster than ADCs. People just play him in the wrong role.

Baby Ghoul5 votes

Aatrox Jayce Nocturne Nunu Urgot

I'm thinking about champions that I frequently see under preform even in the best circumstances. I see these champions in ranked too.

Ziggs is so-so in my opinion. He can be strong in the right circumstances. As for the others listed here so far...um what?

Irelia Talon Taliyah Illaoi Lux are pretty strong meta picks. I feel like Akali is still strong because she's feast or famine, but her kit is out of date.

Astôlfo1 votes

Since when is Talon/Illaoi/Lux meta right now? lol

Baby Ghoul1 votes

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Since when is Talon/Illaoi/Lux meta right now? lol

Illaoi is without a doubt a strong pick right now. She's an insanely good lane bully, and she's not hard to find in game anymore. Her ban rate is high as well.

I don't like that people think that Lux is only a good pick when she's dominating mid lane. She's a very safe pick, and quite easy to learn. You see her picked often, and she still has an average win rate.

Talon is an interesting case I think. I still believe he's a strong assassin that works well within this meta, but his pick rate has fallen quite a lot. You're right about that. There are more popular mid lane assassins right now. I think I read that he's going to be included in the assassin update, so he's not going to have a below average pick rate for much longer. Where I'm at, Gold to Silver, I don't see him hurting. I know in other leagues, for some of these champions, that could be a different story. I tried to be as general as possible though.

To the two people who quoted me about Jayce, I stand firm on how I feel about him. Based on my personal experience, and the stats I see from him. He's not anything special at the moment and he hasn't been for a while. I understand people love the champions I listed, but I think Aatrox mains generally have a healthy outlook. They learn to play that champion because they love his concept, but they aren't unrealistic in thinking he's secretly OP and doesn't need to be looked at by the balance team.

GundayMonday1 votes

Jayce is sleeper OP at the moment. Look at his numbers. Agree with you on the rest.

Hollabakatchya3 votes

Aatrox is one that comes to mind. He's basically a really strong siege minion.

Marshbouy2 votes

I'd say poppy no one else has.

Arakadia1 votes

Poppy aint doing so hot.

Marshbouy1 votes

she is not

J4 Ulted Mexico1 votes

Taliyah Talon Lux

z14GaKI7TO21 votes

Calling Taliyah underpowered lmao

J4 Ulted Mexico1 votes

Never really see her do much besides roam, she's pretty weak in lane imo.

LegacyDAP10 votes

Weak in lane LUL

J4 Ulted Mexico1 votes

I just don't think she has any reliable damage.

Quepha1 votes

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Calling Taliyah underpowered lmao

The OP called Ziggs underpowered, that's equally ridiculous.

Ok sure but why1 votes

Full Crit Talon is op

SlntReaper2 votes

Unfortunately Talon will be getting reworks nerfs. Rip assassin Talon. He's gonna become a Malphite

Requiemsfire5 votes

Calling any of those underpowered lol

Xolotyl1 votes

Ryze Kalista Aatrox Azir Kassadin

Arakadia2 votes

How is Ryze weak?

Miudmon2 votes

Statisticly, he is. 40% winrate or so

Arakadia1 votes

People suck balls with him I think. He feels strong to me.

Xolotyl1 votes

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How is Ryze weak?

Lowest winrate even this long after his rework indicates something is wrong

Arakadia1 votes

Maybe its just he's too hard for the majority of people to learn so soon. Once people give up on him or learn him it should go up. He feels strong.

Oleandervine2 votes

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Ryze Kalista Aatrox Azir Kassadin

{{Champion:13}} is hardly underpowered.

If you go by his win rates, you may think that, but bear in mind he's new and players are slowly relearning him. His win rates have been climbing slowly, and he has a powerful kit, it's just very nuanced and will take some time for people to master his combos again. He wrecks, and isn't weak, just hard to master.

Xolotyl1 votes

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{{Champion:13}} is hardly underpowered.

If you go by his win rates, you may think that, but bear in mind he's new and players are slowly relearning him. His win rates have been climbing slowly, and he has a powerful kit, it's just very nuanced and will take some time for people to master his combos again. He wrecks, and isn't weak, just hard to master.

Lowest winrate almost 1 month after his rework, how much time do you think people need to master his 3 combos?

Oleandervine2 votes

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Lowest winrate almost 1 month after his rework, how much time do you think people need to master his 3 combos?

Yes. Taliyah didn't start picking up steam until just last month, almost 2 months after her release.

Marshbouy1 votes

As a ryze main ryze is a bit op right now

Xolotyl1 votes

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As a ryze main ryze is a bit op right now

His lowest winrate of any champion even almost 1 month after his changes would suggest otherwise. And are you speaking from experience with a different account or the one you're currently using?

Marshbouy1 votes

Do remember taliyah. She was low winrate for a very long time and people were wondering why she wasn't getting buffed.

Then people learned how to play her and she shot to a 56% win rate

Xolotyl1 votes

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Do remember taliyah. She was low winrate for a very long time and people were wondering why she wasn't getting buffed.

Then people learned how to play her and she shot to a 56% win rate

You're forgetting the several buffs she received as well

Marshbouy1 votes

Yep. 10 mana down on Q and lower worked ground time-6.10 Q does more damage to minions. 20 base health-6.11 Some pretty big buffs /s

Xolotyl1 votes

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Yep. 10 mana down on Q and lower worked ground time-6.10 Q does more damage to minions. 20 base health-6.11 Some pretty big buffs /s

I can see why you're only silver 5, I can keep arguing with you all day but you're never going to get your head out of your own ass.

Marshbouy3 votes

Yep. Definitely me that has my head in my ass. Not like new release champions never have a low winrate. those LCS bans exist.

Xolotyl1 votes

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Do remember taliyah. She was low winrate for a very long time and people were wondering why she wasn't getting buffed.

Then people learned how to play her and she shot to a 56% win rate

and her winrate is 49.2% not 56...

Marshbouy1 votes

You are dense af. she got nerfed and her playrate increased and lowered her winrate.

Arakadia1 votes

Currently yes. BECAUSE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE RELEASE WINRATE.

Darius Strada1 votes

Azir AurelionSol . They might be super ultra duper mega OP in LCS hands but to a scrub like me it's really hard to play them.

TyrekGoldenspear2 votes

You're not completely to blame, not with Azir at least.

The meta right now isn't in favor of hypercarries. It's focused too much on the early and mid game and is too snowbally for hypercarries to reach their full potential.

Astôlfo1 votes

Aatrox Azir Corki DrMundo Evelynn Gnar Heimerdinger JarvanIV Jayce Kalista Karthus Khazix Kindred LeeSin Lulu Mordekaiser Nidalee Nunu RekSai Rumble Singed Warwick

GULAG 4 U1 votes

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Aatrox Azir Corki DrMundo Evelynn Gnar Heimerdinger JarvanIV Jayce Kalista Karthus Khazix Kindred LeeSin Lulu Mordekaiser Nidalee Nunu RekSai Rumble Singed Warwick

Kha'zix? Are you high? He's super strong and tier1/god right now. Gtfo.

Aatrox- Yeah Azir- Get good at this fcker and tell me about counterplay Corki- He's getting buffed non-stop Mundo- K Evelyn- kek Heimer- This guy is fcking aids. Jayce- Don't just randomly call out champs Kalista-Yeah Karthus- Yeah Kindred-Yeah Lee Sin- He's pretty mmuch always good Lulu- In a meta where kha'zix is somehwat popular... No. This girl can deny deaths and make ridiculous shield bs.

Astôlfo1 votes

lmfao okay bud http://champion.gg/champion/KhaZix "super strong" "tier1" "god"

Azir - Yeah let me just become LCS level. And then still do only average/okayish on him. Because that's what happens. He's gutter trash outside of LCS and subpar in it too for the most part. Corki - Yeah except he's still shit right now. Mundo - K Evelynn - K Heimer - And? He's still really bad. Jayce - And don't just randomly complain about what I said with no base. Kalista-Kindred - Yeah Lee - Uh yeah no, he's absolute trash right now. Lulu - Uh yeah except she's out of meta, almost no one plays her, and she's a very hard and highskill champ.

GULAG 4 U1 votes

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lmfao okay bud http://champion.gg/champion/KhaZix "super strong" "tier1" "god"

Azir - Yeah let me just become LCS level. And then still do only average/okayish on him. Because that's what happens. He's gutter trash outside of LCS and subpar in it too for the most part. Corki - Yeah except he's still shit right now. Mundo - K Evelynn - K Heimer - And? He's still really bad. Jayce - And don't just randomly complain about what I said with no base. Kalista-Kindred - Yeah Lee - Uh yeah no, he's absolute trash right now. Lulu - Uh yeah except she's out of meta, almost no one plays her, and she's a very hard and highskill champ. 51% win rate isn't weak. And winrate doesn't always determine tier. Would you call aatrox op because he had 52% win rate in the jungle before sated got removed?

Lee is absolute trash? I'll hope for some extra kappa doses. If he's weak, no, not really, but he isn't strong. Trash? Kappa?

Astôlfo1 votes

If you think Lee is anything but trash, I don't know what to tell you. I guess I pity you?

Arakadia1 votes

Lee, Kha,and Jayce aren't very weak.

Astôlfo1 votes

Uh, Lee is very weak. Kha takes a lot of experience. And Jayce is just almost unplayed and takes a fair bit of experience, and is just bad in this meta atm.

Arakadia2 votes

Lee aint weak? The meta is snowball and early game based and guess what Lee is strong at? Exaclty.

I'm not sure why you think Kha takes so much experience but** difficulty =/= weak. **

Jayce might be weaker in the meta but hes not underpowered nor not worth playing.

Astôlfo2 votes

You're determined to make yourself sound like a fool, aren't you?

champion.gg/champion/LeeSin champion.gg/champion/KhaZix champion.gg/champion/Jayce

Kha'Zix is weak without extensive experience, and even then, given his very nature and passive, he needs solo targets. Except, at any high level of play, people will ward and pink and stick together which essentially ruins that and blocks him off entirely.

Jayce can do strong damage, but he's not that good without a lot of experience, and he struggles against most of the current matchups. Hence, not worth playing in this current format/meta.

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