League of Legends Solo Queue Tier lists for Patch 10.18:
Welcome to the longest-running League of Legends tier list in the world. This tier list is created using statistical analysis coupled with nearly a decade of experience in League of Legends. Specially curated for players that aren't already God's gift to the world, this list is for the humble player looking to climb without massive hours dedicated to mastering champions.Trusted for our consistent updates and constant feedback, this list is as much yours as it is ours. If you disagree with any champion placements feel free to post in the comment section! We'll gladly either voice our opinion or enter into a discussion on champion placement.
Read on to see the tier list that's granted millions of players around the world massive success in their League of Legends ranked climb.
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
SOLO QUEUE LOL TIER LIST
SEASON 10 - PATCH 10.18
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
SOLO QUEUE LOL TIER LIST
SEASON 10 - PATCH 10.18Welcome to the longest-running League of Legends tier list in the world. This tier list is created using statistical analysis coupled with nearly a decade of experience in League of Legends. Specially curated for players that aren't already God's gift to the world, this list is for the humble player looking to climb without massive hours dedicated to mastering champions.
Trusted for our consistent updates and constant feedback, this list is as much yours as it is ours. If you disagree with any champion placements feel free to post in the comment section! We'll gladly either voice our opinion or enter into a discussion on champion placement.
Read on to see the tier list that's granted millions of players around the world massive success in their League of Legends ranked climb.
Trusted for our consistent updates and constant feedback, this list is as much yours as it is ours. If you disagree with any champion placements feel free to post in the comment section! We'll gladly either voice our opinion or enter into a discussion on champion placement.
Read on to see the tier list that's granted millions of players around the world massive success in their League of Legends ranked climb.
Patch 10.18 Tier List Update Summary
Ashe nerfs and Ahri buffs, what a great time to be alive. Meanwhile, Riot's giving Twitch a small buff despite his decent performance in solo queue just to get him some more play time. Overall, the nerfs haven't done too much, but some of the buffs have boosted their champions up a few notches.
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Contents and Related Links:
- Optimal Champion Bans by Division
- Strongest Potential Champions - Champions with the highest potential in the game
- Scaling Tier List - Early Game Tier List
- Scaling Tier List - Mid Game Tier List
- Scaling Tier List - Late Game Tier List
Patch 10.18 Summary
Buffs: Ahri, Jarvan IV, Kayle, Miss Fortune, Rumble, Twitch, Xin Zhao
Nerfs: Ashe, Galio, Kog'Maw, Sett, Shen
Updates
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LoL Tier List For Solo Queue
This tier lists below start at the strongest champions on the tier list and is ordered from left to right in power level. The tier lists are also separated into multiple segments for ease of understanding, but champions from a higher segment of the tier list may still lose to a counter pick from a lower-tier segment of the tier list.
New Player LoL Tier List (Scroll down for Full Tier List)
Many users have requested a summarized tier list that just includes suggested champions to play for new players. The tier list below includes the best beginner champions. The tier list is also organized from most beginner-friendly to least beginning friendly (Top, Bot, Support, Mid, Jungle). Since jungle isn't particularly beginner-friendly I've only included two champions on the list.
Top Tier List
- God Tier: Garen, Malphite, Maokai
- Tier 1: Shen, Darius
Bot Tier List
- God Tier: Miss Fortune
- Tier 1: Caitlyn, Ashe
Support Tier List
- God Tier: Lux, Morgana
- Tier 1: Leona, Nautilus
Mid Tier List
- God Tier: Malzahar, Diana
- Tier 1: Fizz, Talon
Jungle Tier List
- God Tier: Nunu, Zac
- Tier 1: Warwick
Full LoL Tier List For Solo Queue
The tier list below lists every viable champion in the game along with a few unorthodox picks that can still perform fairly well. This tier list is meant to organize every viable champion in the game into an order with the average experienced player in mind. Generally speaking, this is somewhere between silver and platinum. This tier list can also be used for higher divisions, but the higher you go, the more specialized at specific champions you become.
God Tier List
[Highest Influence | Good In Almost Every Situation | Easiest to Gain LP With]| Mid Lane | Galio, Talon, Ahri |
| Jungle | Nunu, Karthus, Fiddlesticks |
| Top Lane | Maokai, Camille, Garen |
| Bot Lane | Caitlyn, Ashe |
| Support | Lux, Rakan, Lulu |
Rising to God Tier: Ahri (Mid), Karthus (Jungle), Lux (Support)
Tier 1
[Strong/Preferred Choices | Faster to Learn and Win | Works Well In Solo Queue]
Jungle: Zac, Olaf, Rek'Sai, Ekko, Kha'Zix, Lee Sin, Shyvana, Elise, Shaco, Kayn, Warwick, Graves, Master Yi, Ivern, Vi, Rammus, Hecarim
Bot Lane: Draven, Twitch, Jhin, Lucian, Miss Fortune, Senna, Vayne, Yasuo
Rising to Tier 1:
Falling to Tier 1: Diana (Mid), Morgana (Support), Rek'Sai (Jungle)
Tier 2
[Viable/Balanced Choices | Common In Solo Queue | Needs Practice To Get Good]Jungle: Dr. Mundo, Wukong, Xin Zhao, Lilia, Evelynn, Volibear, Trundle, Sylas, Nocturne, Jarvan IV, Kindred, Nidalee, Udyr, Diana, Gragas, Rengar, Amumu, Jax, Sejuani, Camille, Taliyah, Maokai, Skarner, Cho'Gath, Twitch,
Top: Gangplank, Irelia, Tryndamere, Sett, Lilia, Illaoi, Nocturne, Poppy, Dr. Mundo, Cho'gath, Pantheon, Akali, Skarner, Sylas, Ryze, Jayce, Singed, Urgot, Yorick, Cassiopeia, Swain, Karma, Gnar, Heimerdinger
Bot Lane: Ezreal, Jinx, Tristana, Aphelios, Heimerdinger, Kai'Sa, Cassiopeia, Xayah, Sivir, Varus, Kalista, Kog'Maw,
Rising to Tier 2:
Falling to Tier 2: Aphelios (Bot), Dr. Mundo (Jungle), Ezreal (Bot), Jinx (Bot), Lilia (Jungle), Tryndamere (Top)
Falling to Tier 2: Aphelios (Bot), Dr. Mundo (Jungle), Ezreal (Bot), Jinx (Bot), Lilia (Jungle), Tryndamere (Top)
Tier 3
[Needs Higher Skill or Knowledge | Counterpicks]Mid-Lane: Jayce, Taliyah, Lillia, Tristana, Karma, Corki, Kennen, Gangplank, Wukong, Irelia, Pyke, Ezreal, Lucian, Zyra, Gragas, Kog'Maw (AP), Cho'Gath, Pantheon, Quinn, Nasus, Lulu, Sona, Varus, Urgot, Teemo, Sion, Malphite
Jungle: Yone, Quinn, Pantheon, Darius, Tryndamere, Poppy, Malphite, Talon
Bot Lane: Quinn, Corki
Rising to Tier 3:
Falling to Tier 3:
Falling to Tier 3:
Tier 4
[Low Benefit Based On Effort Used]Mid-Lane: Jarvan IV, Riven, Jhin
Jungle: Riven, Nasus, Tahm Kench, Qiyana
Top: Rammus
Bot Lane:Twisted Fate, Veigar
Support: Trundle, Leblanc, Miss Fortune, Teemo, Ashe
Falling to Tier 4:
Instructions and Caveats
- Champions in BOLD I will talk about shortly
- Champions UNDERLINEDmay be over/undervalued, but aren't/haven't played enough for me to make a better judgment.
- Within each tier, the champions are strongest from left to right, but within a tier, each champion's strength is relatively close. This is especially true for Tiers 2 and 3 where these champions are ALL highly playable and player dependent on how strong they are in-game.
- Win Rates are important in analyzing each champion's strength but are not the end-all criteria for any champion's position.
- Professional Picks may not necessarily translate into good picks for the solo queue ladder, the two have slightly different meta-games and skill levels.
- The creator of this list is diamond so there may be some personal bias towards higher tier play on certain champions.
League of Legends Tier List Descriptions
When making this tier list we initially considered using tier list descriptions similar to others with S-tier, A-tier etc. However, In the initial build of the tier list way back when we started, it was more popular to use a God Tier designation and then go down from there on the tier list. As a a result, we've stuck by this concept through the years. However, since God Tier is supposed to be relatively exclusive on this tier list, we try and limit it to only three or four picks at most. This means that there may be champions that are close to God tier on this tier list, but don't quite make it and are instead at the top of Tier 1.
Tier 1: These champions generally do very well regardless, and have some sort of advantage over most other champions. When they do well, their team does well. Even when they don't do well, their team still has a good chance of a comeback victory by utilizing one or more aspects of their late-game utility.
Tier 2: This is the Tier of balanced champions where Riot shoots to place their designs. These champions generally do well in their own right and are very strong picks with a good chance of winning. However, they're not overpowered by any means and do have their weaknesses.
Tier 3: These champions can still do very well, but tend to need a little more snowballing to get rolling. Even if they get an early lead, it's still very possible to turn the tides on them with just a mistake or two. They may also have some weaknesses that can be capitalized on.
Tier 4: These champions are either underpowered or offer less reward than other champions for the same amount of effort. These champions basically start winning from the get-go or get made fun of for the rest of the game. They need gold to do their job correctly, and if they don't get enough of it, they become sandbags for the enemy team to punch. Chances of a comeback with one of these champions feeding on your team is almost none.
Thoughts on Win Rates
League of Legends is an extremely intricate game and this tier list strives to be as accurate as possible to give you the strongest champion picks. We ordered them on the tier list based on what is most likely to give you the highest chance of winning the game. However, the tier list will over time, have a bias towards win rates since this does indicate that the ordering is accurate and not prone to fluctuations in play rate.
With enough playtime, a high win rate on a champion indicates *something* generally goes right, and a low win rate indicates that whatever is happening in games with this champion isn't in their favor.
A low win rate may mean a champion is being played incorrectly and is stronger than his win rate indicates, but a top 25 win rate (with 120 champions) almost always indicates that a champion is at least a good candidate for Tier 1 or high Tier 2 if the sample size is large enough.
This means that champions with high win rates do not mean that they're necessarily GOOD right now, especially if they have a low play rate or tend to get into favorable match-ups. If we feel this is the case, these champions will place differently on this tier list than you'd think.
Similarly, champions with low win rates that are still within the acceptable deviations may end up slightly higher than you'd expect from a champion with mediocre win rates.
If there are champions on this tier list with low overall play rates but good win rates after relatively few games of practice, it may mean that players that pick those champions up just to try them are bringing down the average. If this is the case, we will place them higher on the list.
More thoughts on win rates here.
In Tier 3 of this tier list, we've placed certain champions that are good as a second pick, but can get spanked hard if they end up first picking by a variety of meta champions. If you're good at a large variety of champions, picking a champion that counters your lane is a good place to start. If you can get a slight advantage and don't have a clear experience advantage, picking a champion that both places high on this tier list and also counters your enemy lane may give you enough to win a game.
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Disclaimer:
A low win rate may mean a champion is being played incorrectly and is stronger than his win rate indicates, but a top 25 win rate (with 120 champions) almost always indicates that a champion is at least a good candidate for Tier 1 or high Tier 2 if the sample size is large enough.
This means that champions with high win rates do not mean that they're necessarily GOOD right now, especially if they have a low play rate or tend to get into favorable match-ups. If we feel this is the case, these champions will place differently on this tier list than you'd think.
Similarly, champions with low win rates that are still within the acceptable deviations may end up slightly higher than you'd expect from a champion with mediocre win rates.
If there are champions on this tier list with low overall play rates but good win rates after relatively few games of practice, it may mean that players that pick those champions up just to try them are bringing down the average. If this is the case, we will place them higher on the list.
More thoughts on win rates here.
Counter Picking Champions
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LoL Tier List Champion Explanations
Ahri [God Tier Mid]
The Ahri changes this time around are quite good and it's no surprise that we're ready to move her back up to God Tier. Her movement speed boost on her W is much more reliable and stronger to boot. That being said, she's overall still a great champion that's very safe and easy to use despite having multiple skillshots.
Annie [Tier 1 Mid]
Players are slowly forgetting about Annie in favor of melee assassins. However, Annie remains a high impact pick that's extremely easy to use and very powerful throughout the entire game when it comes to initiation and pure burst damage.
Ashe [God Tier Bot]
Another round of nerfs have gone through Ashe. However, where a minor base damage nerf would ruin some other scaling champions, Ashe still remains a high utility pick that excels based off this alone. As a result, the damage nerf is only minor hit to her overall playability and she remains God Tier for the foreseeable future.
Ivern [Tier 1 Jungle]
One of the most underplayed junglers in the game, Ivern is actually a solid pick that allows your laners to push for an early advantage instead of leashing. His jungle path is extremely diverse and he provides powerful crowd-control and peel on a low cooldown mid to late game. He's definitely whimsical in nature and doesn't hard-carry directly. However, the number of indirect benefits he provides the team quickly add up.
Karthus [God Tier Jungle]
Karthus in God Tier is a bit odd considering his abusable early game. However, Karthus in his current state is a farm machine and can quickly get back into any game when left to his own devices. Meanwhile, if he's able to farm evenly early game with the enemy jungle, he quickly outscales every other jungle champion in the game and ends up being the biggest threat on any team.
Lux [God Tier Support]
Seeing Lux in God Tier is quite odd. She's got a minor nerf to her shield power recently, but despite that she continues to provide heavy shield power in team fights and excellent crowd-control comparable to an upgraded Morgana.
Nunu [Tier 1 Mid]
Nunu mid disappeared as quickly as he gained popularity. Despite this, he continues to be an above average pick in solo queue as a result of his excellent wave clear and early roaming abilities. He's not quite as satisfying as some other mid laners but his ability to end games pre-15 minutes is insane.
Shaco [Tier 1 Jungle]
Shaco is another champion that players are sleeping on. As a jungle champion his early game clear is incredible and requires a coordinated effort to prevent him from gaining a huge advantage from his early game wave clear. In solo queue, this rarely happens and he ends up with a great start and can snowball heavily from this boost.
Twitch [Tier 1 Marksman]
Players hate on Twitch for his abusable laning phase but love him for his incredible late game burst power. This hasn't changed since last patch but he's definitely earned his stripes and gained a bit more burst damage. This by itself isn't enough to push him into God Tier, but he's one of the few marksmen who's capable of 1v5ing enemy teams.
- The purpose of this list is for discussion and to provide a starting point for champion selection.
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