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champion power tier list ( part 1) -top tiers( lore wise)

Emperor of Fate·8/24/2018, 3:12:53 PM·4 votes·9,951 views

So before i present my list it is important to clarify some things :

  1. The only information that i consider **canon is the information that already exists in the universe **, everything that happens during the game or in old cinematics is not canon and thus i will not take it into account!

  2. Although specualtion is inevitable i will try to relay mostly on feats ...In general feats will be valued more than anything else.

  3. Just because a champion says that he can do something does not mean that he can actualy do it.Aatrox often calls himself the world ender..however since he hasnt destroyed a world yet and we know what he truly is we will not take that specific claim that seriously!

  4. Although iam well accustomed with the lore i am bound to forget some details so dont be too harsh with me :P

  5. In each tier champion power increases from left ro right!

  6. spoilers by the way!

##so lets begin !

  • #tier 1 : AurelionSol
    ok this is pretty straightforward , aurelion stomps every other champion be seer size alone..also with only a fraction of his power see was able to produce enough energy to evaporate riversand turn mountains to dust! Last but not least he can use fully grown stars as a weapon '' After all, I can’t fling a full-fledged star at this fragile world.''

  • #tier 2 : Anivia Ornn Volibear and the seal sister.(in this specific tier (5 ) is not applied) All of them are higher spirits that embody cerrtain aspects on nature..Anivia can control true ice , orhn can melt said ice , seal sister can cool orhns flames and volibear can counter seal sister with thunder(?)..my point is that there is a balance between them.. -anivia loses to orhn , wins volibear and is on a stalemate with seal sister.

-orhn wins aniva , loses to seal sister and is on a stalemate with volibear.

-volibear wins seal sister , loses to anivia and is on a stale mate with orhn.

-finally seal sister wins orhn , loses to volibear and is on a stalemate with anivia.

In general their elemental magic is immense since we know anivia is the one spreading the ice in frelijord ( a pretty big region) and orhn created the howling abyss and the bridge above it)

  • #tier 3:Xerath Zoe Azir Nasus Velkoz Ryze Lissandra Renekton some of them have super human strengh , speed and reflexes while at the same time they all possess unique and powerful supernatural abilities! Xerath is the most powerful ascendant , capable of easily overpowering nasus with his current power..also the fact that his body is made entirely of arcane energy gives his a significant advantage in battle..pantheons for example no matter how numerous could never hope to defeat him!Moreover , after his ascension the capital of shurima was anihilated just by the power he released!Lets also not forget that xerath has speed greater or equal to nasus that moved so fast the human eye could barely see him! A case can be made for xerath being tier 2.5 or even 2 (unbound) however since we measure a champions current strength xerath remains at the higher end of tier 4

Nasus is well versed in both magical and psychical combat .Fought and defeated a golem several times bigger than him.Was able to withstand hits from xerath ( magic resistance ) .Normal weapons have barely any effect on him.

Renekton . A bit weaker than nasus ( in my opinion ) since the lack of magic and sanity nake him less versatile!

Velkoz is the strongest voidborn and most likely at the same level as nasus! In fall of icathia we saw other less intelligent and evolved voidborn overpowering ascendants!

Lissandra lissandra is an entity far older than the ascendants , her powers let her control true( and dark) ice a substance that trapped the watchers , masters of the the vodi trapped for millenia ! Lissandra is propably as strong as nasus as well .. Azir Not much data about the powers of azir unfortunately , if i had to make a guess i would say he is weaker than nasus since he recently aquired his powers and may not ahve explored their full potential yet! Ryze a powerful arcmage.. his powers are most likely passively growing due to constant exposure to the world rune ( we can see the effect that even the presence of a world rune can have to yogo that despite being a normal human was able to match ryze in battle).Ryze also is able to incapacitate brand , a being fused with the power of a world rune ! finaly ryze was able to withstand the void corruption ( as seen in the cinematic) and countered with a magic attack that made the voidnorn explode..Ryzes main weakness that ''roots'' him near the end of the 4 tier is hsi lack of inhuman speed and reactions that all the other denizens of the tier possess ( minus lissandra?) ,,,combine that with a high magic resistance ascendads like nasus have displayed ( fights against xerath )..

Zoe is the only aspect with solid feats ...she can manipulate time, hope between space (even during battle) and one of ehr attacks turned an entire guard tower (at least ) to dust! She is mainly here due to her time manipulation..

  • tier 4 :

Malzahar Pantheon Diana Leona Taric and Syndra Karma Brand In tier 4 we find the targonian avatars ( and some powerful magic casters)...although those vessels have supernatural powers granted by the entities that fused with them they are still limited by their human body! Honestly i need your help here i am thinkig of downgrading the avatars even more..I mean celestials seems to relay on numbers than individual power ( a lot of vessels). Malzahar seems to be the antithesis of the targonian vessels ..he is infused with the power of the void! Syndra was able to lift multiple noxian warships in the air and crush them down with force simultaneously..is msot likely empowered by the spirit of ionia! Karma nuked a noxian ship..ability to keep the memories of her previous lifes!

  • #tier 5 : KindredTahmKench Evelynn Janna Nocturne The thing with spirits and demons is that in most scenarios , even if their psychical manifestation is destroyed they can still retaliate at the spirtual ream and regenerate.Also the power of spirits ( kindred and janna) seems to rely on the magnitude of their legend while the power of demons is linked to the consumption of human emotions.So i consider kindred the strongest of them all since their legend is known all across runeterra.We recently learned that tahm kench can be called even in places like piltover that means he is an old and powerful demon . Nocturne and evelynn seems to be relatively unknown demons since neither the illuminators or vayen seemed to be aware of their existance ( although to be fair that may be a result of the demons nature..evelynn whould obviously want to keep her true nature a secret ).

  • #tier 6 : Aatrox Kayn Varus
    Being a darkin is for me overrated ! Yes darkin were ascended but they now have lost most of the advantages of being one. Their body is weak and fragile , the conciousness the body initialy belonged may rebel against the darkin , leading to difficulites in control of their own body! However they still retain their supernatural abilites.

so continiuing the tier list for lower tiers will take huge amounts of time (or so i think ...thus i dont know when i will do the second part..Thanks for reading anyway ![sg-ezreal]

#Edit 1 : zoe upgrade to tier 4 due to time manipulation she displayed at her lore :''Zoe created a time bubble,''and normal attacks that can turn an entire guard tower to dust..The reason zoe is not tier 2 is bcause she lacks massive destructive capabilties (at least as far as we know) . . .

#Edit 2 : due to popular demand Ryze will be evaluated wthout the world runes ! . . . #Edit 3 : read the clarifications at the beggining of the post before leaving a comment pls !! . . #Edit 4 : ryze will be moved higher within the same tier becuase his magic was strong enough to destroy what we assume to be true ice !

80 Comments

DirigoX8/24/2018, 4:46:54 PM3 votes

[{quoted}](name=Emperor of Fate,realm=EUNE,application-id=6kFXY1kR,discussion-id=uG2L4Jpv,comment-id=,timestamp=2018-08-24T15:12:53.154+0000) In general feets will be valued more than anything else.

In that case Urgot is the clear winner

Wrathof3008/24/2018, 5:03:04 PM3 votes

I mean celestials seems to relay on numbers than individual power ( a lot of vessels).

As far as we know none of the Aspects have been show working together, so their numbers mean nothing if they're off doing their own things. I believe Rioters also confirmed that the Ascended and the Aspects vary along a power spectrum, some Aspects are as strong as/ stronger than some Ascended and vice versa. (If we are counting cans technically Pantheon and possibly other Aspects, could summon AurelionSol in a fight.)

Their body is weak and fragile , the conciousness the body initialy belonged may rebel against the darkin , leading to difficulites in control of their own body!

This does not apply to Aatrox because none of his hosts are 'champion level of strength' and depending on the situation Aatrox could become increasingly difficult to defeat, for example if they are fighting among an army of weaker soldiers he could easily heal from them and if they are fighting after he has already defeated dozens of others making his vessel stronger.

Likewise Velkoz, for him to be that high up you have to assume he has defeated Ascended/ Aspects in the past, otherwise its questionable whether he would be able to analyse and deconstruct the 'god-factor' infused in such beings without taking lethal damage. Even if he does have information this 'god-factor' each person would have a different fighting style he'd have to counter as well. Which means we have to ask how combat efficient is Vel'koz?

Edit:

Velkoz is the strongest voidborn and most likely at the same level as nasus! In fall of icathia we saw other less intelligent and evolved voidborn overpowering ascendants!

A better assumption to make would be to say, the Voidborn released in Icathia were that powerful because of previous info Vel'koz sent back to the Void.

Pale Mask8/24/2018, 4:40:03 PM3 votes

Too many tiers imo. It's unnecessary.

Aurelion Sol is fine. Kindred pretend to be death, but have no actual fighting capability, rather reaping the souls that they can get to. I've never liked putting them on tier lists.

Ryze, Lissandra and Vel'Koz should be on the same tier. Ryze is incredibly powerful, but Lissandra should be able to match him, considering she's nigh immortal, sealed several Watchers away and keeps those Watchers sealed. Vel'Koz needs no explanation; he's the oldest, most powerful and most intelligent Voidborn, and as close to a Watcher in power as Voidborn can get. Their cunning and experience greatly surpasses his.

In Ryze's case, world runes shouldn't be considered at all, because while it's true that Ryze can use them, he will never do it - not even in hypothetical situations. It goes against his very character. This doesn't move him off of his position, though.

The Demigods should be tier 2 alongside Ryze, Lissandra and Vel'Koz. Ascended and Darkin are around the same power level. Kayle, Morgana and Soraka can probably be squeezed somewhere in here. Malzahar and Karma are not that powerful.

SugeMinPikk8/24/2018, 8:43:33 PM1 votes

Wait doesn't Aatrox kill gods? How is that tier 7 lol

Potzerus8/24/2018, 9:32:29 PM1 votes

Hey theres a lot of points in here that don't seem to quite line up with what we know from their lores so im extending an invitation to you to Necrits discord server to have a discussion with a few of us lorenerds if youre interested https://discord.gg/necrit

Ebonmaw Dragon8/24/2018, 9:34:21 PM1 votes

There is a difference between being canon, and being real... an story can be canon, but not real. And that is my problem with Ornn Anivia Volibear and even Braum

Yeah, in the story it sounds like Orn is like... A SUPER POWERFULL GOD, however, as the legless boy from Tales of Orn says: “I think they are made up. Or… changed to help us go to sleep.”

Considering that, it is clear that those stories are exaggerations of what reallly happened and the narrator is not being objective. So, no, i dont think that he or the brothers are powerfull as those stories say.

Basically, its the same the example of as Aatrox being the world ender, just because someone says that someone can or did something, it doesnt mean that the person did it or can do it.

Also... im pretty sure that RekSai is at the same lvl of Renekton... But the information to support this do not appear in the Universe page. So, its okay.

OatheSworn8/25/2018, 10:53:49 AM1 votes

Sure, Aurelion can 'fling' stars at enemies, but in game it does the damage equivalent to a finger-flick and no matter how large it gets, if the damage is that minimal--he can clap himself on the back and say "useless".

Terozu8/25/2018, 11:43:02 AM1 votes

You put ornn voli and anivia above zoe.

You put anyone above bard.

Yoy dont know jack about lore strength.

And fyi, we know Zoe holds massive cosmic power and potentially the ability to destroy runeterra although its vague.

We also know she and pantheon are the main beings binding Asol at the moment.

We also know Asol isnt that big.

He is a little more than a mile tall.

That attack that turned a tower to rubble and exposed a world rune via massive crater was not an actual attack. Thats her idea of a game.

Bard, has been stated to be the most powerful lore champ. And he us nowhere on your list.

RyzeTheSmurfMage8/25/2018, 3:16:40 PM1 votes

a powerful arcmage.. his powers are most likely passively growing due to constant exposure to the world rune ( we can see the effect that even the presence of a world rune can have to yogo that despite being a normal human was able to match ryze in battle).Ryze also is able to incapacitate brand , a being fused with the power of a world rune ! finaly ryze was able to withstand the void corruption ( as seen in the cinematic) and countered with a magic attack that made the voidnorn explode..Ryzes main weakness that ''roots'' him near the end of the 4 tier is hsi lack of inhuman speed and reactions that all the other denizens of the tier possess ( minus lissandra?) ,,,combine that with a high magic resistance ascendads like nasus have displayed ( fights against xerath ).. He could beat Lissandra and Vel'Koz tho, already said why I think he could also beat Nasus. Shouldn't he be just a little above Lissandra and Vel? Like ik Lissandra can use True Ice but Ryze made massive fissures in the True Ice that was trapping the Voidborn in the cinematic.

Hyper10sion8/27/2018, 6:51:50 PM1 votes

As the person who has been making pretty much this same style lists over the past year and a half, I have a few comments.

  1. Bard should be extremely high tier.
  2. You have way too many tiers. It is difficult to process with that many categories.
  3. I think you HEAVILY understate ascended/darkin and overrate the aspects.
  4. You leave out giants and the shadow isles champions. Overall it is a nice attempt, but it needs refinement.
webstar19958/24/2018, 3:31:19 PM1 votes

I do not think Malphite's old lore is "canon", but isn't he really strong?

and this....

"The most powerful being in the entire universe at the moment would have to be Bard. He can travel through dimensions, realities, worlds, he can stop time. He guards Runeterra from all threats. The thing that shows his power the most, though, is that, well, he doesn't care about certain events. He didn't find the Watchers, nor the Ascension of Xerath a threat. He knows more than any mortal does, and, is currently in a much better spot than Aurelion Sol. The reason why he is at the top of this list is mostly because Aurelion Sol is enslaved, though even if he wasn't, Bard could most likely defeat Aurelion Sol, judging by Aurelion's ego. And, that is why Bard takes the first place as the most powerful champion in the League of Legends."

GreenLore8/28/2018, 8:44:33 AM1 votes

Its actually been hinted that the targonian aspects are pretty much ascended under a different name,so they'd likely be equal in terms of strength to the ascended.

Also Zoe was compared to Aurelion Sol in terms of power,so I think she should be at least Tier 2.

Raven Redeemed8/24/2018, 5:40:00 PM1 votes

Lore-wise I think Zoe should be at or near the top. She hangs out with Asol (which implies she is capable of space travel and perhaps resistant to immense heat) and protect him from Panth. She can teleport to any place she wants, ignore gravity, and alter time. Her aspect was also clever enough to bring down the Darkin that were ruling the entire world. She is older than Ryze (I think) and has the ability to sense world runes and knows where at least one is.

Jerry SeinfeId8/24/2018, 8:41:56 PM1 votes

Shouldn't cho gath be at vel koz' level?

Cho Eats and grows. He's pretty much the purest form of the void and unlike his more beastly bretheren is said to be extremely intelligent. Most depictions we've seen of him outside of the current game have been huge already. Considering the current lore is going in a "the big evil void as the main antagonist" route, voidborne have been depicted stronger than ever. Rek Sai is supposedly a giant beast dwelling in the shuriman sands but she doesn't have the intelligence to be a real threat. Vel'koz is huge. I'm pretty sure cho is bigger than both.

EDIT: these darkin should never be in the same tier. For starters none of them are at their full power.

Aatrox hasn't found a worthy host afaik and that should limit him somewhat. However he is the most powerful in the lore that's ingame right now. He gets full control over the body and has noone struggling to break free, as from what i understand if you lose it's over.

Kayn is still human, he's weaker than zed and mainly keeps rhaast at bay with ~~ the power of anime and god on his side~~ willpower. Rhaast has no physical body in the current lore, he's trapped in his weapon. Rhaast is one of the weakest characters in lore right now, but he has potential. Putting him there for his potential would mean kha and kog are on vel koz level because of their lifeform-type.

Varus is comparable to Kayn, sure varus has spread all over the body and his "ways" are slightly different meaning he is mostly in control. But he has yet to completely drive out the other 2 meaning he can't be at his full power yet. He's also only recently been freed.