League of Legends Solo Queue Tier lists for Patch 10.21:
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 10.22
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
SOLO QUEUE LOL TIER LIST
SEASON 10 - PATCH 10.22Welcome 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 10.22 Tier List Update Summary
As the season winds to an end we're seeing relatively little movement in the meta. Players are sticking to their favorite picks for consistency. Meanwhile, Riot's smacked down a few troublesome champions like Karthus and Samira, which should be good for everyone everywhere. We've dropped them both out of God Tier accordingly.
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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 10.22 Summary
Buffs: Amumu Annie, Brand, Leblanc, Nasus, Sejuani, Xayah
Nerfs: Karthus, Lulu, Samira, Zed
Nerfs: Karthus, Lulu, Samira, Zed
Updates
- Added Seraphine
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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: Ashe
Support Tier List
- God Tier: Lux, Morgana
- Tier 1: Leona
Mid Tier List
- God Tier: Malzahar, Galio
- Tier 1: Diana, Fizz, Talon
Jungle Tier List
- God Tier: Nunu, Zacto:
- 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, Ahri, Talon |
| Jungle | Rek'Sai, Fiddlesticks, Nunu |
| Top Lane | Maokai, Fiora, Volibear |
| Bot Lane | Jhin, Ashe, Ezreal |
| Support | Leona, Lulu |
Rising to God Tier: Ezreal (Marksman), Nunu (Jungle), Volibear (Top)
Tier 1
[Strong/Preferred Choices | Faster to Learn and Win | Works Well In Solo Queue]
Mid-Lane: Zed, Cassiopeia, Diana, Fizz, Kassadin, Yone, Ekko, Annie, Malzahar, Heimerdinger, Brand, Zoe, Katarina, Ziggs, Yasuo, Veigar, Anivia, Lux, Orianna, Leblanc, Kled
Jungle: Graves, Lilia, Olaf, Shyvana, Kayn, Ekko, Volibear, Hecarim, Kha'Zix, Vi, Elise, Shaco, Rengar, Warwick, Master Yi, Ivern, Kindred, Lee Sin
Bot Lane: Miss Fortune, Twitch, Senna, Draven, Sivir, Caitlyn, Vayne, Samira
Rising to Tier 1: Brand (Support/Mid), Hecarim, (Jungle), Leblanc (Mid), Lilia (Jungle), Nasus (Top), Volibear (Jungle)
Falling to Tier 1: Camille (Top), Samira (Marksman)
Tier 2
[Viable/Balanced Choices | Common In Solo Queue | Needs Practice To Get Good]Jungle: Karthus, Zac, Rammus, Wukong, Xin Zhao, Evelynn, Trundle, Sylas, Nocturne, Jarvan IV, Nidalee, Udyr, Diana, Gragas, Amumu, Jax, Sejuani, Camille, Taliyah, Twitch
Rising to Tier 2: Seraphine
Falling to Tier 2: Karthus (Jungle)
Tier 3
[Needs Higher Skill or Knowledge | Counterpicks]Mid-Lane: Jayce, Akali, Taliyah, Seraphine, Lillia, Tristana, Malphite, Karma, Corki, Lucian, Aatrox, Kennen, Rakan, Gangplank, Wukong, Irelia, Fiddlesticks, Ezreal, Azir, Zyra, Gragas, Kog'Maw (AP), Cho'Gath, Quinn, Lulu, Sona, Varus, Urgot
Jungle: Sett, Malphite, Skarner, Dr. Mundo, Maokai, Poppy, Cho'Gath, Yone, Quinn, Pantheon
Bot Lane: Kalista, Heimerdinger, Quinn, Corki
Rising to Tier 3:
Falling to Tier 3: Dr. Mundo (Jungle)
Falling to Tier 3: Dr. Mundo (Jungle)
Tier 4
[Low Benefit Based On Effort Used]Mid-Lane: Nasus, Sion, Teemo, Jarvan IV, Riven, Jhin
Jungle: Darius, Tryndamere, Talon, Riven, Nasus, Tahm Kench, Qiyana
Top: Rammus
Bot Lane:Twisted Fate, Veigar
Support: Ornn, Sion, 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.
Check out a few of our more popular champion counter guides:
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
Brand [Tier 1 Mid]
The latest buffs to Brand greatly enhanced his waveclear as well as his 1v1 strength. This allows him to perform much better against the multitude of melee-based assassins mid-lane and makes them think twice about jumping on him when his ult is available to self-bounce.
Camille [Tier 1 Top]
Dropping Camillle to Tier 1 this time around, mostly because she's not quite as consistent for solo queue purposes as the other God Tier top laners. If you play her enough to master her she's right up there with the best of them, but for most casual top laners the others will give you more bang for your buck when it comes to practice time to results ratio.
Ezreal [God Tier Bot Lane]
After nerfs to Samira we're moving Ezreal back up to God Tier. He's still very consistent and scales incredibly well. His low cooldowns also mean that he has a very high skill ceiling and can potentially out-trade "better" geared bot laners with his infamous cull tear power spike.
Fiora [God Tier Top]
When it comes to top laners that have clear win-conditions there are few that have the number of outs that Fiora has. She has the potential to win nearly any lane match-up, even if she loses a few early trades. A very simple champion to learn and pick up, she is extremely rewarding to gain experience on.
Karthus [Tier 2 Jungle]
The nerfs to his main ability [Q]'s base damage doesn't look huge at first, but a 10% nerf greatly reduces his early camp clear speed and health. This slows down his snowball potential greatly and results in a less oppressive jungler. He can still scale to massive heights, but it's not nearly as guaranteed.
Rek'Sai [God Tier Jungle]
Rek'Sai is a champion that doesn't see as much pro play as she used to. However, in solo queue she remains one of the strongest champions in the game. Highly mobile and highly effective, there are few champions that can snowball a game quite as hard as Rek'Sai. She's not a major team-fight champion, but very effective in early skirmishes and 2v2s.
Samira [Tier 1 Bot]
The nerfs to Samira mean that she can't trade early as strongly in lane. However, she can still snowball to be an extremely powerful hypercarry later on. This means that in lane she simply has to play safe until level six, but enemy laners can capitalize on her whenever her defensive spell is down.
Seraphine [Tier 2 Bot]
So far Seraphine appears to be balanced on release and plays similar to Lux. Her range isn't long enough to be oppressive and her skillshots have clear trajectory and counterplay potential. However, when she does hit, she does a decent amount of damage that isn't oppressive. Overall, I'd say she's a perfectly viable and good addition to the pool of existing supports.
- The purpose of this list is for discussion and to provide a starting point for champion selection.
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