We Honor the Champs that Died in 2018

PapaGreg21·10/8/2018, 6:27:15 PM·101 votes·18,961 views

Farewell . You never even had the dignity of a good story like when they killed and removed him from the game. Your crime was being a "boring" champ that was unfortunately picked in an LCS game which is against the ratings rules or in Shyvana's case, trying to powerfarm in the scuttle meta. Good luck in the season 9 pre-season where you will have to survive against aoe double true damage from mobile fighters with the omega runes.

And we remember the ones who were already dead .

On the flip side, we got to know very well having him be part of every game for the second year in a row, ensuring that most of us have yet to see a jungler not named Graves or Lee Sin in their game for the past 6 years.

99 Comments

Tokogawaruf10/8/2018, 8:36:52 PM34 votes

Seeing Tahm on the List of technicly deleted Champions makes my Heart break.

He refused to let People pop left and right, and got gutted for it. Now he is only good at chewing Tanks soft, like that is needed at all.

So yeah, RIP TahmKench

Nicklam027010/9/2018, 12:33:03 AM25 votes

Goodbye Kalista and Elise You weren't seen much in games either

d0riyah10/8/2018, 10:59:57 PM24 votes

don't forget your boy Aatrox sniff my boy anyways item 3070

jocomotion10/9/2018, 3:50:25 AM15 votes

Karma may you be reborn in 2019

Spank the Fox10/9/2018, 1:43:21 AM12 votes

Good riddance to Gnar.

Tell him to make some room in hell.

Deathhawk88810/9/2018, 2:27:22 AM10 votes

Honestly just gut Graves. Braindead champ that can 100-0 you with Nearsight at level 3.

Whistersnivet10/9/2018, 6:09:50 AM5 votes

Cries in

Bob the Toastr10/9/2018, 3:51:47 AM5 votes

Nautilus But what is dead can never die

(get it? drowned men reference? got?)

Alzon10/9/2018, 2:23:57 AM4 votes

Shyvana has been pretty abusable every preseason... pls stop this, Riot :(

Drago32610/10/2018, 5:48:27 AM3 votes

Swain item 3070

gerbe10/9/2018, 4:02:08 AM3 votes

singed fell off the face of fucking runeterra. i completely forgot he was a character until i saw him in a random thumbnail from like 9 months ago

Thefrostyviking10/9/2018, 8:15:15 AM3 votes

Shyv is still a decent enough pick......as long as the enemy dont bring jax or fiora into the picture.

But other than against them i´ve had a good deal of success when not goofing off completely.......sometimes even then.

Tundra Hunter10/9/2018, 9:33:39 PM3 votes

Farewell Warwick

nerfing the late game of a champion who was already weak late game killed him. They should have nerfed his early and buffed his late ............... but oooh well, maybe in 2 years

CrimsonReaperX10/9/2018, 10:25:24 PM3 votes

Forgetting Aatrox . A long awaited rework only to get yet another sucker punch by @RitoKillingChampsGames

NaturesMayhem10/9/2018, 10:45:02 PM3 votes

"Good luck in the season 9 pre-season where you will have to survive against aoe double true damage from mobile fighters with the omega runes". We already taking bets on Season 9 pre-season? Mine was the revampment of summoner spells and runes. Particularly removing ignite and electrocute from their respective areas and all similar functions from items, and making one pure AD item that procs electrocute and ignite. Forcing assassins to build it every time.

Godzilla Theme10/10/2018, 2:40:47 AM3 votes

Galio goodbye my old friend ):

Eleshakai10/9/2018, 2:02:02 PM2 votes

And yet Tahm is still in every lcs game almost... lol

But Shyv is still very much relevant in lower ELOs. The second most dominant jungler I've seen did monstrous work on Shyv.

JohnnyNeverSins10/9/2018, 2:14:35 PM2 votes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk3lknaWI9Q May the meta slavery end one and for all.

MorganFreemanBot10/9/2018, 5:55:36 PM2 votes

I legitimately don't know what you're talking about with some of these.

Gnar dominated top lane for.. ages. He's also a fairly painful design which is, well, just really not fun to have to play against. A tanky ranked top laner who becomes a bursty CC monster, and who has % max health damage? Oh yeah, FUN!

Ornn was insanely busted when he was at the top of the food chain. A massive short cooldown shield, which would nuke for huge amounts of % max health damage? And gave unstoppable? That's the definition of a 0 counterplay ability.

As a jungle main since S2, Ivern is literally the most frustrating jungler I've ever seen. Even the lee/vi/elise level 3 invade trifecta was more fun than playing against him. When he's a strong pick, he all too easily removes the enemy jungler from existence.

Summonah1236910/9/2018, 9:02:51 PM2 votes

Elise ?

Wert the Wacky10/10/2018, 2:27:54 AM2 votes

Ivern has been dead since a few months after release lol. I still do fine as Ornn though, but I never see anyone else play him.

RekSaii10/9/2018, 3:35:07 AM2 votes

Shyvanna and ornn are still okay..but the rest of them are left dying,

JustMonika1310/9/2018, 3:53:32 AM2 votes

I love it when people are knowingly ignorant of the Bullshit that pre-rework Zac caused early last year.

Good riddance I say.

TheSingularity10/10/2018, 4:07:44 AM2 votes

BIG BOI Nautilus AIN'T DED JUST YET! With a bone to pick with graves, an anchor imbued with summoner 11 in one hand and summoner 14 in the other. The sexy Titan of my Depths shows the uncultured swine that is the 2018 jungler, how we do things in season 4

GG Thanks For LP10/9/2018, 10:05:07 AM2 votes

Honorable mentions: Kalista Nidalee Jayce Fiora Vladimir

Häxel10/9/2018, 10:33:10 AM2 votes

A LCS Game? TahmKench similar to Braum were in the meta of proplay since release, which is in Tahms Case 3 years and in Braums Case 4 Years. The only meta they were the not most dominant picks was the Ardent Meta.

And now you cry that they finaly nerfed him a little bit more as usal after 3 years?

Also the only ones there i would call dead are Ivern , Shyvana , RekSai and Nautilus . Even here beside Shyvanna there is a slim chance they can appear at worlds for beeing pocket picks or sleepers and the ones i refused to list up probably even more on an ok spot, just a little bit weaker on soloq.

And Soloqwinrates alone do not say if a champ is incontestable dead or not.

Ahris10/9/2018, 5:46:27 PM1 votes

Ahri is gonna get killed tomorrow because the boards have no clue about Ahri and because of their frustration of nerf to their champ they reflect it to Ahri.

Rip Ahri. I hope League dies.