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Good 3-4 Lane Flex Picks?

Space Bum··2 votes·14,051 views

I currently main Lulu. I switch over to Zyra for a couple matchups but I only like Zyra as a support, where as with Lulu I'll take her in any lane but jungle. Anyone have a good flex pick that can cover Lulu's weaknesses, while still being able to do well in other lanes? Namely Irelia Renekton.

Considering Kennen but not sure.

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Stephenizgod3 votes

Lissandra can Top Mid and Supp (her support can be weak but its not useless)

Annie can Top Mid and Supp

Malzahar can Top Mid ADC and Jung (his mana costs and natural lane push make him a bad support in my opinion, but i still take him there too XD)

Nidalee can go anywhere...

Vi can Top Mid and Jung

Jarvan IV can Top Mid and Jung (and ADC if you are good)

Quinn can ADC Top and Jung (her jungle is weak if she gets invaded)

Zed can Top Mid and Jung

Talon can go anywhere (it really only works well if they are a squishy low CC team though)

Kha'Zix can go Top Mid and Jung (although i personally think his Top and Mid are a little too weak early game)

Pantheon can go Top Mid and Jung (he is also a fun support but you need the right team comp)

Kayle can go anywhere

Fiora can Top Mid and Jung (she can do ADC but i think she is a little too shut down by CC and most supports are capable of doing it)

Karma can Top Mid and Supp (I have even take her into the jungle and done quite well)

Galio can go into any lane (even the jungle) as long as there is a lot of AP in that lane (he is also good against champions like Talon and Darius who have DoT that heals him)

yeah there are more but i dont feel like putting them down...

Space Bum2 votes

Funny you bring up Galio Jungle. I went on a Galio kick a while back. His legendary skin is the only one I paid for and did not have gifted to me. The first time I got forced away from my first blue was the last time I played it. Galio straight up can not jungle without blue. Sad game.

Stephenizgod1 votes

Not entirely true but that first blue is so freaking important that it feels that way. The first time i Galio jg, my bot lane didnt leash for me at all, i asked for help and they told me "no thats what you get for picking Galio jg" so i said in all chat "No leash from bot lane but watch they will still blame me for the loss because i cant gank" and of course i had an extremely tough time clearing and couldnt gank. Bot lane fed hella bad but i did successfully gank mid and top a few times actually. We lost and the other team and me reported my bot lane for verbal abuse because they were raging non-stop at me even though it was entirely their fault...

Space Bum1 votes

I enjoyed the hell out of it till that game I lost my first blue. It's kind of like, welp, I might as well go Duo lane. Just to risky. If I ever see another Galio Jungle I'm going to make my team invade blue for the free win.

Stephenizgod3 votes

^ that goes for a lot of junglers these days

Galio and MF make an excellent combo by the way.

MrBuffington1 votes

Panth and J4 can also work as support, but like you said, many many more.

I curious, though, do you know where/who I can watch mid lane Vi VoD's? I just found out that she's being played but I have no idea where to look; google surprisingly hasn't been too helpful

Stephenizgod1 votes

Like i said its pretty dependent on your team comps, also technically any champion can do any role, its their efficiency at those roles that make them different.

No sorry i do not, i only know about Mid Vi because my friend only plays Vi in Mid lane and he does incredibly well most of the time.

MrBuffington1 votes

Yea I've been trying to track down some mid lane Vi VoDs since according to imls, it's catching on in Korea. I've seen all kinds of crazy picks work in solo q, but I want to see how mid lane Vi is supposed to work at a high level of play (like when the enemy laner will actually punish you in ranged vs melee match ups, and also how a mid Vi is supposed to team fight, etc).

Stephenizgod1 votes

She plays a lot like an assassin in Mid lane, kill your lane then roam bot and murder them.

MrBuffington1 votes

Lol yea I kind of got that impression. I guess overall I'm pretty crap with melee vs ranged match ups (both ways, actually; I don't harass enough as the ranged champion and I'm not mindful enough as the melee champion). Actually I could probably learn a lot on how to play in general just from watching Talon gameplay; they're vaguely similar. I'm just thinking aloud at this point, probably not going to bring Vi mid lane for a while if at all.

Stephenizgod1 votes

She is better as a jg i think

The Bearded Bard2 votes

Kennen Anivia Annie Brand Fiddlesticks Chogath Diana Ezreal Karma Lissandra Nidalee Velkoz Zilean Veigar

There ya go.

The Bearded Bard2 votes

People really underestimate Anivia top. Great for ganks, pretty decent at escaping for a no escape mage, basically a farm lane til you're 6 and can start poking with ult E

Stephenizgod1 votes

she shits all over Pantheon too lol

IGotScuttleCrabs1 votes

Glad someone said Cho. Top,Jungle,Mid,Even sorta but not great adc/support

He can also be built tank, bruiser, ap, even is ad is pretty good.

MohawkBird1 votes

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Chombre3 votes

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I actually kinda like Jayce as my flex pick. I take him top, mid, and sometimes bot lane and I do quite well in each. He is on the free rotation now so you can try him out in those lanes. Depending on your rank, taking him bot lane might be a bit iffy, but I am a low rank so I get away with it most of the times since most people don't know Jayce, especially in the bot lane.

Nidalee is also a good flex pick. She can be played jungle because of this patch, as support, mid, or even top.

I'll just leave this here... http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1708224117/36024773?tab=overview

Ignore the fact I posted twice below; I'm bad with message boards haha

Space Bum1 votes

Not sure how you pulled that off. I moved away from AD with her. maybe I need to pick it back up again for that match up. AP Lulu trash vs him though.

Nick Valentine2 votes

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I'll just leave this here... http://matchhistory.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/#match-details/NA1/1708224117/36024773?tab=overview

Ignore the fact I posted twice below; I'm bad with message boards haha

You're really gunning for this build aren't you

Chombre3 votes

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You're really gunning for this build aren't you

YEP! Lol

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Not sure how you pulled that off. I moved away from AD with her. maybe I need to pick it back up again for that match up. AP Lulu trash vs him though.

The reason it works well is because of the attack speed. It's just an on-hit build, not an AD build =)

Space Bum1 votes

Silly me... Didn't notice the jungle item. Thought you went top vs renek.

4nth0l0gy1 votes

Kayle is good for top, mid, jungle, support, and even ADC, but not super strong right now. Maokai can top, jungle, and support efficiently, though his best role is probably top atm. Kog can adc or apc well. fiddlesticks is a decent support, a strong jungler, and an unconventional midlane. I will also mention nunu, because even though I don't like his playstyle atm, he does well jungle, gives good support for hypercarries, and is a bully top, provided he doesn't get ganked hard.

Duke Anax1 votes

I think the new AP Shiv will move Kayle up quite a bit. (Her AA count as spells)

Scramrail1 votes

Pantheon can play top, mid, jungle and support in certain situations and do well in all of them. He is especially effective in lower elo because players wont know how to handle his crazy harass with spears. If you get a good adc that knows how to follow up, you can secure some pretty easy kills.

DrCyanide1 votes

I like AP Ezreal for Mid, Blue Ezreal for ADC.

DeadlyQuestion1 votes

Pantheon can pretty much do everything well except adc. He CAN adc, it's just early game can be a bitch if they're too agressive.

Vi. Sounds crazy but she can top well with flasks+pots (refer here and read the comments: http://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/miscellaneous/MBTEAJ7A-vi-top-help-modify-build-long), she can mid against many (most?) champs if you play safe until you rush an early hexdrinker/maw, jungle is obvious, and her shield passive, Q cc, and early damage make her both a viable support for either aggressive or safe adc, and an adc herself if your support is aggressive enough.

Xin Zhao can do it all (though again with trouble ADCing). You can take him squishy damage, full tank, or even AP/Attack speed to exploit the insane healing of his W passive, and all while providing insanely useful utility to your team.

I personally suck at Cho'gath, but if you do well with him, he's yet another all-except-ADC champion.

Fiora is freelo. She is squishy (early) and kind of shut down by cc, but if yoit lane isn't against any heavy stuns she can do everything, even ADC well (For a squishy melee I am frequently surprised at how well she adcs when she takes extra armor runes and her W is maxed first).

Fizz, for the moment, can be taken anywhere. Whether AD or AP, he's going to dominate by or before the mid game. His support game is kinda dry, so maybe refrain from that role, but if your adc is aggressive he'll do fine. A full build, tanky, lifesteal AD Fizz destroyed me 1v1 as a full build Udyr with 90stacks of devourers.

Heimerdinger can do all except jungle. No explanation necessary.

I'm getting bored so here are just a handful of champs that can do at least three roles. I know this account is in bronze 4 but I'm a gold 1 player on one smurf and up to gold v on another. I'm just barely above average at this game, but the champions I'm listing above and below here are tested. They really do work if you adjust your runes and items depending on which champion you're laning against: Nidalee, Jax, Karma, Kennen, Kayle, Orianna, Sion, Teemo, Yasuo

Sorry if I left someone out. Point is, season 4 was.. and so far season 5 is... a silver age of "balance;" less champions are crippled playing against all champions in a certain class (tank, fighter, etc) and now mostly just by certain attack type (AD/AP Burst, CC, etc). It's made many champs viable to go against more variety of champs than they ever could before.

Space Bum1 votes

Thanks for all the suggestions. Keep em coming. I'm really liking the sound of Nid.

Garlyle Wilds1 votes

I was going to suggest Karma (I think the only thing she can't really do is ADC... unless you're really determined). But she does kinda overlap a lot with Lulu in a few ways.

Dincht1 votes

Try Kayle, she can be used in JG TOP MID BOT LANE

Nagirah1 votes

Diana Works well in top, mid and jungle.

vC48YNoGbJ1 votes

It's not a commonly outspoken idea, but I think Riven is pretty overpowered right now when handled well. She can do all roles effectively besides Support, including ADC if you're mid-Gold or below.

Angelofchaos16x1 votes

Kayle can do what she wants Karthus can mid, top or jg Nidd is alot like kayle Quiin can go to all lanes and jg

Blue Collar Bear1 votes

Cho'Gath can do any lane in many different builds.

Nucleophilic atk1 votes

Fiddlesticks !!

That pesky high damage, no CC, wanna be carry going top? Sit and drain that skank. Those pesky high mobile assassins going mid lane? Sit and drain those all ins. Want to set up lvl 6 insta kill ganks? Go jungle and CAWCAWCAW! Shit, I even just went 25/3 with fuking ADC Fiddles.

This champ does everything! (Until the continuos nerfs from Riot cuz he doesn't make #LC$BIGPLAY$)

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