New to Ranked, Looking for Champion Advice

Vytelus·2/19/2015, 1:38:03 AM·2 votes·984 views

Hey everyone! I've just recently been ranked as Silver IV. As exciting as that is, playing ranked has made me realize that I still have a lot to learn about league in general. I was hoping to get some advice on what champions are viable at the moment, or to what extent you should worry about what's considered meta. Here are some of the champions I really like.

Now there's a lot of champions here I would not play in a ranked game given my current skill level with them, but I can do relatively well with them in normals. Which champions do you all think would be good for me to focus on getting to know better for ranked play? I mean to the point of setting up custom rune and mastery pages for them. Right now, I just have general runes and masteries.

Any other advice about ranked play in general is also appreciated. Thanks for the help!

30 Comments

hh the thinker2/19/2015, 2:12:52 AM2 votes

you don't really need to over worry about meta too much, but playing meta champs can be good. ahri is strong right now mid anivia is ok, but I rarely see cass is strong ez is ok if you can land skill shots graves is strong right now in all ranks j4 is strong jungle and top, but is getting a nerf and will become ok kalista is strong right now in high elo, but not so strong low elo (if she works for you, you can use her) kat is getting nerfed, but she's ok right now Leona is ok maokai was strong, but I would say he's ok right now naut is ok ori is ok to strong Quinn is ok top (either weak or strong depending on the lane), but a bit weak as adc sej is ok jungle shy is ok top and jungle singed is ok top swain is ok mid talon is ok mid thresh is ok to strong (really depends on how you play him) vel is ok as mid or support. victor is ok mid. voli is ok, he can go top or jungle. WW is ok, but is dependant on your team a bit and even more so before level 6. he is mostly played jungle, but can be played top. zac is ok top and jungle, but you rarely see and others do what he does a bit better.

Vytelus2/19/2015, 4:32:23 AM2 votes

Thanks for all the advice so far everyone, I appreciate it. Based on the feedback I got, I trimmed down my selection to:

Ahri Anivia Cassiopeia Ezreal Graves Jayce Katarina Leona Maokai Nautilus Orianna Shyvana Singed Swain Thresh Velkoz Viktor Volibear

I can already pretty reliably play:

Ahri Anivia Cassiopeia Katarina Maokai Orianna Singed Velkoz Viktor

So I still need to work on: Ezreal Graves Jayce Leona Nautilus Shyvana Swain Volibear

It's pretty clear that mid and top are my favorite lanes. I've played the other roles before, but I'm not too confident in my ability to do them ranked. Especially jungle, it's probably where I'm least experienced.

Related question: Is ADC Jayce viable, or should he stick to top?

trexmixG2/19/2015, 1:39:36 AM1 votes

orianna is really good.

swain dominates solo q if you are good.

... dont play zac

NIEKUH2/19/2015, 1:47:13 AM1 votes

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GaleWinUnleashed2/19/2015, 3:12:14 AM1 votes

The key is to play a champion you enjoy playing. Greater skill and finesse will come through sheer experience, which is easier to acquire if you're having fun doing it. Don't ever feel pressured to play a champion just because it's the Flavor of the Month.

Stephenizgod2/19/2015, 3:15:02 AM1 votes

Any champion you can murder at least 3 members of their team with and survive... Right now it seems assassins or burst champions are the best for carrying yourself to higher ELO's, then once you are out of ELO slums (Its not quite ELO hell but its still bad) you can start to play champions that fit into team comps. Until you reach that point though, teamwork means pretty much nothing, its all how good you are at killing their team by yourself and what you do after killing their team.

Sorry if this is not helpful, i sincerely means this though. Its just how lower elo ranked is right now (i cant speak for higher elos since im still at garbage level ELO) its not hopeless if you can master a hyper-carry or assassin.

Talon, Sej, J4, Thresh, Ahri, Graves, Kat, Leona, and Warwick are all good for solo queue because they can hard carry themselves or whoever they lane with.