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Subclasses for every champion

AATTRROOXX·4/19/2016, 4:02:55 AM·32 votes·12,934 views

Riot recently created an anouncement that tells us their new classification system for champions.

The subclasses are vanguards, wardens, juggernauts, divers, assassins, skirmishers, burst mages, battle mages, artillery mages, enchanters, disruptors, and marksmen. Wish me luck as I try to fit each champion into one or two of these subclasses.

If you have any disagreements, please tell me in the comments and I will do my best to understand your point of view.

Let's begin this with: https://i.ytimg.com/vi/UcdC6OwsaJM/maxresdefault.jpg

Aatrox Aatrox: skirmisher, diver Ahri Ahri: assassin, burst mage Akali Akali: assassin, burst mage Alistar Alistar: vanguard, warden Amumu Amumu: vanguard Anivia Anivia: disruptor Annie Annie: burst mage, battle mage Ashe Ashe: marksman, disruptor AurelionSol Aurelion Sol: battle mage, disruptor Azir Azir: battle Mage, disruptor Bard Bard: disruptor, warden Blitzcrank Blitzcrank: vanguard Brand Brand: battle mage, disruptor Braum Braum: warden Caitlyn Caitlyn: marksman, disruptor Cassiopeia Cassiopeia: battle mage, marksman Chogath Cho'Gath: vanguard, burst mage Corki Corki: artillery mage, marksman Darius Darius: juggernaut Diana Diana: diver, assassin DrMundo Dr. Mundo: juggernaut Draven Draven: marksman Ekko Ekko: assassin, diver Elise Elise: diver Evelynn Evelynn: skirmisher Ezreal Ezreal: marksman, artillery mage Fiddlesticks Fiddlesticks: battle mage, disruptor Fiora Fiora: skirmisher Fizz Fizz: assassin Galio Galio: battle mage, vanguard Gangplank Gangplank: skirmisher Garen Garen: juggernaut Gnar Gnar: vanguard, marksman Gragas Gragas: vanguard, warden Graves Graves: diver, marksman Hecarim Hecarim: vanguard, diver Heimerdinger Heimerdinger: battle mage, disruptor Illaoi Illaoi: juggernaut Irelia Irelia: diver, skirmisher Janna Janna: enchanter JarvanIV Jarvan IV: vanguard, diver Jax Jax: diver, skirmisher Jayce Jayce: burst mage, diver Jhin Jhin: marksman Jinx Jinx: marksman Kalista Kalista: marksman Karma Karma: enchanter, burst mage Karthus Karthus: battle mage Kassadin Kassadin: battle mage, diver Katarina Katarina: assassin, burst mage Kayle Kayle: battle mage, marksman Kennen Kennen: battle mage, marksman Khazix Kha'Zix: assassin, diver Kindred Kindred: marksman, skirmisher KogMaw Kog'Maw: marksman, artillery mage Leblanc LeBlanc: assassin, burst mage LeeSin Lee Sin: diver Leona Leona: vanguard, warden Lissandra Lissandra: battle mage, disruptor Lucian Lucian: marksman Lulu Lulu: enchanter Lux Lux: burst mage, artillery mage Malphite Malphite: vanguard Malzahar Malzahar: burst mage, battle mage Maokai Maokai: warden, vanguard MasterYi Master Yi: skirmisher, assassin MissFortune Miss Fortune: marksman Mordekaiser Mordekaiser: juggernaut, battle mage Morgana Morgana: disruptor, burst mage Nami Nami: disruptor, enchanter Nasus Nasus: juggernaut Nautilus Nautilus: vanguard, warden Nidalee Nidalee: burst mage, skirmisher Nocturne Nocturne: diver, assassin Nunu Nunu: warden, disruptor Olaf Olaf: juggernaut, vanguard Orianna Orianna: disruptor, battle mage Pantheon Pantheon: diver Poppy Poppy: vanguard, warden Quinn Quinn: skirmisher, marksman Rammus Rammus: vanguard RekSai Rek'Sai: vanguard Renekton Renekton: diver, juggernaut Rengar Rengar: assassin, diver Riven Riven: skirmisher, diver Rumble Rumble: battle mage, disruptor Ryze Ryze: battle mage, burst mage Sejuani Sejuani: vanguard Shaco Shaco: assassin, diver Shen Shen: vanguard, warden Shyvana Shyvana: diver, skirmisher Singed Singed: disruptor, juggernaut Sion Sion: warden, disruptor Sivir Sivir: marksman, enchanter Skarner Skarner: juggernaut, warden Sona Sona: burst mage, enchanter Soraka Soraka: enchanter Swain Swain: battle mage, disruptor Syndra Syndra: burst mage, disruptor TahmKench Tahm Kench: warden Taliyah Taliyah: disruptor, burst mage Talon Talon: assassin Taric Taric: enchanter, warden Teemo Teemo: disruptor, marksman Thresh Thresh: warden, vanguard Tristana Tristana: marksman Trundle Trundle: warden, disruptor Tryndamere Tryndamere: skirmisher, diver TwistedFate Twisted Fate: burst mage, marksman Twitch Twitch: marksman, assassin Udyr Udyr: diver, disruptor Urgot Urgot: marksman Varus Varus: marksman, artillery mage Vayne Vayne: marksman, skirmisher Veigar Veigar: burst mage, disruptor Velkoz Vel'Koz: artillery mage, burst mage Vi Vi: diver, vanguard Viktor Viktor: burst mage, disruptor Vladimir Vladimir: battle mage Volibear Volibear: vanguard Warwick Warwick: vanguard, diver MonkeyKing Wukong: diver Xerath Xerath: artillery mage, burst mage XinZhao Xin Zhao: diver Yasuo Yasuo: skirmisher, diver Yorick Yorick: battle mage, juggernaut Zac Zac: vanguard Zed Zed: assassin Ziggs Ziggs: artillery mage Zilean Zilean: enchanter, disruptor Zyra Zyra: disruptor, burst mage

132 Comments

Zero Skill Tank4/19/2016, 4:20:47 AM11 votes

Alistar is vanguard/warden Swain is a battle mage, having some CC doesn't automatically make one a disruptor Zyra is most definitely not a battle mage, she is the squshiest arse out there Varus is marksman/artillery, this was in the dev blog post

FurryBiscuittt4/19/2016, 4:24:50 AM4 votes

Quinn-Siver names are off.

Gigahappytown4/19/2016, 5:32:21 PM3 votes

I don't think you understand what a battle mage is.

Those champs want to be directly in a fight and have some kind of defensive ability to keep them alive or prolong their DPS

azir and ahri have none of those

azir wants to be as far as possible from a fight and only get close to do LC$ BIG PLAY and

Riot fucked up subclasses there are no subclasses for mages that don't want to be in the middle of a fight but deal sustained damage they don't fit anywhere.

Avios14/19/2016, 5:37:55 PM3 votes

Believe it or not, Urgot falls under the Skirmisher/Artillery Mage role, as he sucks Donkey at Marksman ^.^ (Former Urgot main)

DirkTarTar4/19/2016, 4:37:12 PM3 votes

One problem

Nautilus needs the DIVER subclass

rimshot

Ultimate Deadpoo4/19/2016, 12:15:06 PM3 votes

Very impressive list! I can't believe someone actually bothered to do this.

Trídent4/19/2016, 4:09:15 AM2 votes

shouldn't Annie be primarily a burst mage?

Khodexus5/13/2016, 11:11:03 PM2 votes

The one that really jumps out at me here, is Rek'Sai. I've always played her as a bursty assassin, never thought of her as particularly tanky (even though you can do decently building tank items on her). Right out the gate, going off her base stats, I'd say the assassin or skirmisher should be on there. She's alot more than just a vanguard, and I'm not sure I'd even put that primary...

DREADN0UGHT5/14/2016, 12:35:32 AM2 votes

I hate how Adcs have a single subclass... I'm pretty certain we could find some differences in their niches.

Lucian Graves Vayne : Brawlers Caitlyn Ashe Jhin : Snipers

Just en example... i'm not sure why rito left them like that.

crippler384/19/2016, 8:35:41 PM2 votes

Shaco is whatever you want him to be bb, go ahead try building him anyway you wanna, if that's the way you need ta, anyway you want to NOW.

Valor Bot4/19/2016, 6:10:44 AM2 votes

No Quinn?

Aonraider11/6/2016, 5:17:53 AM1 votes

Ik im a bit late, but im just trying to find my champion pool.

Shouldnt ekko be diver/assassin , Skirmisher And renekton is also kinda like a Skirmisher. I dont feel like he should be juggernaut.

LoquaciousKumqat4/19/2016, 3:40:51 PM1 votes

Galio is a battle/artillery mage disrupter.

Evelynn's a skirmisher assassin.

Nid's probably also a skirmisher.

Shroom Junkie4/19/2016, 4:04:22 PM1 votes

Teemo isn't a disruptor-marksman.

The closest he is, is a marksman with his on-hit build, and he doesn't build up to late game very well so that pushes him even further out of that.

Singed isn't a vanguard. He has no initiation.

I'd say he's a battlemage but Riot themselves said he had no classification, so they probably weren't aiming the term 'battlemage' for something like Singed.

HayRoss4/19/2016, 8:57:45 PM1 votes

While Garen is certainly a Juggernaut, I would still classify him as a diver. He runs in, kills the accursed filthy Noxus villain, and gets the fuck outta there. The exact description of a diver, isn't it?

Venowolf4/25/2016, 3:04:51 PM1 votes

I want to see a new Galio with a warden little, if you read his lore you can notice he is a protector, so he could work as a warden tank oriented to mitigate the magic damage!

AsphodelNext4/25/2016, 9:01:10 PM1 votes

Sona Mid Sona might be a burst mage first, but normally Sona is played as enchanter/disruptor, using the ult to initiate or peel.

SeekerofSilence4/25/2016, 10:14:43 PM1 votes

I read the title as "Sunglasses for every champion" at first and thought this was some sort of ridiculous joke for April's Fools next year...

Couldn't have been more wrong, ahaha

CatSith4/26/2016, 4:31:28 AM1 votes

Elise would be more of a battle mage Imo.

Darkslayer855/14/2016, 12:26:49 AM1 votes

Gnar is not a vanguard, he is the offensive tank.

The Deckowner5/14/2016, 1:20:51 AM1 votes

Graves: diver, marksman

this bugs the fuck out of me, not saying ur classification is any wrong, but the fact that the design is such bs is very dumb.

Beedle6/15/2016, 6:07:37 AM1 votes

Teemo is not a disruptor, and Anivia is not an Artillery mage. Bard isn't a Warden, his secondary would be Enchanter. Kindred and Vayne could both be classified as Skirmishers for their secondary. Ahri isn't a battle mage, she is more of an Assassin. Gragas isn't a Warden, his secondary should be Disruptor. Azir should have Marksman as his secondary. Malzahar should have battle mage as his primary.

Did you read the descriptions in the dev post? Some of these don't make sense at all... but most of them are at least half right. Taliyah would be Disruptor/Burst Mage, you should add her too.