Champion to main...

Proving Facts·Sep 8, 2014·1 votes·832 views

Alright so here's my problem, I've been playing this game for a while and I really do love it. This game has been an escape for me when I needed it and it's gotten me through lot. Here's my problem: I finally decided I want to main a champion and become extremely skilled at that particular champion but I can't figure out who to main. I think this would be good for me for multiple reasons...

I can more easily carry myself out of bronze because I can be more comfortable on my champion so I can focus on my actual game play more
I can enjoy the game more and always have something to consistently improve on
I can save Influence points by not having to buy every champ

My question to the community is: What champion should I main? I'm way too indecisive and I'm open to any suggestions.

9 Comments

12talesSep 8, 20141 votes

If you're looking to become a one trick pony, I would suggest Kayle, mostly because she's so flexible in where she goes and how she itemizes - you'll encounter very few situations where Kayle isn't at least acceptable for your team. Jayce and Lulu would also be solid choices for the same reason - both of them can potentially fill up to four roles to varying degrees of success, and have the advantage of relatively high skill ceilings so you don't get bored.

I'd suggest staying away from champions that can only fill one role, as well as champions that are commonly banned, for pretty obvious reasons.

Proving FactsSep 8, 20141 votes

What would the alternative to being a "one trick pony" be? I'm exploring the idea because I want to become adept enough to win lane more than often to carry games. Edit: Also thank you so much for the suggestion, conveniently enough I own her.

12talesSep 8, 20141 votes

What would the alternative to being a "one trick pony" be?

I'm personally a fan of choosing no more than half a dozen champions and playing those to the exclusion of all others. There are exceptions, of course, but for most people, I don't think it's really possible to maintain more champions than that at the highest level you're capable of. For instance, I'm a jungle main - I play Elise, Jarvan, Nunu, Nocturne and Kha'Zix, and pretty much nothing else if I can help it. I'm able to play all of those champions often enough to keep their mechanics in muscle memory, and the pool is deep enough to let me adapt to most situations in draft pick.

Ultimately, the exact number of champions you'd want to play depends on a lot - how often you're going to play, how similar the champions are, and also how difficult they are. For example, Nunu basically doesn't require mechanics to use, so I can get away with not practicing him for a while and still play him comfortably.

The other advantage to having a champion pool larger than one is that it gives you a lot more resiliency to patches. Like, there are a lot of Lee Sin and Rengar mains out there that were pretty much kicked in the pants by the last few patches. Having five or six champions you're comfortable on means that you can phase out or pick up one or two champions without massively disrupting your play during the process.

Proving FactsSep 8, 20141 votes

Thank you so much. I definitely don't want to restrict myself to one champ considering there are a couple I truly enjoy playing. Perhaps I'll just dedicate myself to a handful of champions that I can master. Best of luck and again I really appreciate the guidance.

YGW CaspieSep 8, 20141 votes

Well first of all "one trick pony" isn't always bad, it allows you to become extremely good at one champion and learn match ups in a more in-depth way, which can help you win lane. It can however be boring unless you really enjoy the champion you main.

An alternative idea is to main a role or main a couple champions instead of just one you can main 2 or 3, just keep it small so you can focus on improving and try to pick champions that have similar play styles or kits that way your skills on X champion might carry over or help you play Y champion.

An example would be if you main Kayle you could easily also main Lulu, since they're both ranged supportive champions, obviously there is differences but the play style between both of them is fairly similar.

Also Kayle can be played Top, Mid, Jungle and has potential to be played bot lane as an ADC or support so she's very flexible and Lulu can be played Top, Mid, Support and if you really want even ADC but I wouldn't advise it. Between these two champions you can fulfill every role with the exception of ADC which even then you could but again I wouldn't advise it.

What kind of champions do you enjoy playing currently? And what is your favorite role?

Proving FactsSep 8, 20141 votes

I've always been drawn to more assassin like champs. Right now I really enjoy playing shaco/lee sin. Earlier on when I started I played champs like Akali, Zed , and Master Yi andwas immediately drawn into the game. I'm pretty content with jungling but I prefer laning because I can regularly win lane and have more of an impact on the outcome of the game (I'm in bronze 4 but don't have the motivation to climb)

YGW CaspieSep 8, 20141 votes

Try to focus on just a few between each role so for example. Akali if you get top lane, Zed if you get mid, Shaco if you get jungle.

This is three champs and if you get stuck bot lane you could pick up Twitch for ADC (he fits that shaco kind of playstyle) and if you get stuck playing support Leona fits that all-in kill lane kind of play style.

You could just pray you never get bot lane and focus on your champs you listed. Up to you ultimately.

MrBuffingtonSep 8, 20141 votes

As others have said, spamming one or two champs is a good way to climb really fast. Akali is a good champion in low Elo, easily snowball out of control.

Climbing out of bronze is rough. I'm in silver 4, 75 LP and i still don't feel like climbing. I just play to improve personally so hopefully next season I can place higher in silver and start the climb from there, not in bronze like I did this season

lights eternalSep 8, 20141 votes

My suggestion is (although I avoid ranked play, I do spectate and watch a fair amount of LCS, so take what I have to say with a grain of salt) to choose champions that are 'safest' in terms of their ability to farm and stay in lane without exposing themselves to ganks or the enemy laner. I've noticed that, the majority of the time at least, top tier picks tend to revolve around how 'safe' a champion is in lane, and their ability to farm safely - even preferably from a distance (although many very safe champions farm in melee range for instance). Also, to help determine what would be a good pick - I'd suggest taking a look at lolking and other sites for champion win-rates. This can help you determine which champions seem to be the most effective overall, and maybe with some analysis of their kits you can see why these champions do particularly well in their various roles. Those are my two-cents! Not sure if anybody else made these suggestions, - if so, feel free to ignore. :)