League of Legends Solo Queue Tier Lists for Patch 12.9:
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.
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LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
SOLO QUEUE LOL TIER LIST
SEASON 12 - PATCH 12.10
LEAGUE OF LEGENDS
SOLO QUEUE LOL TIER LIST
SEASON 12 - PATCH 12.10Welcome 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 12.9 Tier List Update Summary
HUGE updates this patch across the board, making everyone tankier and "nerfing" sustain to make up for the buffs. Despite the sustain nerfs, everyone is a little harder to kill than before, resulting in longer skirmishes and unexpectedly...more lane bullying and not less.
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Patch 12.10 Summary
Updates
- Added Singed Mid
Toolkit and Options
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LoL Tier List For Solo Queue
The 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.
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 | Taliyah. Ahri, Vex |
| Jungle | Wukong, Taliyah, Rek'Sai |
| Top Lane | Olaf, Darius, Poppy |
| Bot Lane | Lucian, Ezreal, Kog'Maw |
| Support | Senna, Renata Glasc, Blitzcrank |
Rising to God Tier: Kog'Maw (Bot), Olaf (Top), Renata Glasc (Support), Senna (Support), Taliyah (Jungle), Wukong (Jungle)
Tier 1
[Strong/Preferred Choices | Good Effort to Benefit Ratio | Works Well In Solo Queue]
Jungle: Poppy, Talon, Graves, Shaco, Kindred, Diana, Karthus, Nocturne, Elise, Fiddlesticks, Viego, Ekko, Kha'Zix, Warwick, Rammus
Top: Sett, Fiora, Kayle, Garen, Wukong, Aatrox, Gangplank, Swain, Tahm Kench, Renekton, Akshan, Rengar, Camille, Shen, Malphite, Akali, Jayce, Riven, Maokai, Graves, Jax, Sion, Kled, Quinn, Heimerdinger, Teemo, Singed, Viktor, Cassiopeia, Kennen, Irelia
Bot Lane: Jhin, Kai'Sa, Samira, Jinx, Ziggs, Vayne, Ashe, Miss Fortune, Twitch, Swain, Draven, Sivir, Tristana
Rising to Tier 1: Graves (Jungle), Kayle (Top), Kindred (Jungle), Singed (Top), Swain (Top), Zilean (Support)
Falling to Tier 1: Leona (Support), Nautilus (Support), Samira (Marksman), Sett (Top), Talon (Jungle)
Tier 2
[Viable/Balanced Choices | Common In Solo Queue | Needs Practice To Get Good]Mid-Lane: Lux, Rumble, Ekko, Irelia, Malzahar, Xerath, Veigar, Diana, Annie, Vladimir, Malphite, Morgana, Viego, Ziggs, Syndra, Cassiopeia, Seraphine, Twisted Fate, Corki, Nocturne, Brand, Heimerdinger, Vel'Koz, Kled, Zilean, Kai'Sa, Karthus, Swain, Wukong, Zeri, Orianna
Jungle: Nidalee, Xin Zhao, Nunu, Zac, Evelynn, Jarvan IV, Rengar, Vi, Olaf, Sejuani, Gwen, Rumble, Dr. Mundo, Skarner, Shyvana, Volibear, Trundle, Kayn, Hecarim, Lee Sin, Master Yi, Jax
Bot Lane: Xayah, Senna, Zeri, Caitlyn, Yasuo, Seraphine, Cassiopeia, Varus
Support: Maokai, Syndra, Zyra, Taric, Nami, Brand, Braum, Sona, Karma, Shaco, Seraphine, Anivia, Tahm Kench, Vel'Koz, Vex, Pantheon,
Rising to Tier 2:
Falling to Tier 2: Nidalee (Jungle)
Tier 3
[Needs Higher Skill or Knowledge | Counterpicks]Jungle: Amumu, Morgana, Ivern, Lillia, Gragas, Zed, Udyr, Sylas, Sett, Malphite, Maokai, Cho'Gath, Pantheon
Top: Mordekaiser, Nocturne, Hecarim, Rumble, Lucian, Soraka, Nautilus, Neeko, Ryze, Malzahar, Shaco, Galio
Bot Lane: Aphelios, Kalista, Heimerdinger, Quinn, Corki, Akshan
Rising to Tier 3:
Falling to Tier 3:
Falling to Tier 3:
Tier 4
[Low Benefit Based On Effort Used]Mid-Lane: Nasus, Sion, Teemo, Jarvan IV, Riven, Jhin
Jungle: Darius, Tryndamere, Riven, Nasus, Tahm Kench, Qiyana
Top: Rammus
Bot Lane:Twisted Fate, Veigar
Support: Ornn, Sion, Trundle, Leblanc, Miss Fortune, Teemo
Falling to Tier 4:
New Player LoL 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: Malphite
- Tier 1: Darius
- God Tier: Malphite
- Tier 1: Darius
Bot Tier List
- God Tier: Miss Fortune
- Tier 1: Jhin
- God Tier: Miss Fortune
- Tier 1: Jhin
Support Tier List
- God Tier: Lux, Morgana
- Tier 1: Lulu, Nautilus
- God Tier: Lux, Morgana
- Tier 1: Lulu, Nautilus
Mid Tier List
- God Tier: Ahri
- Tier 1: Lissandra
- God Tier: Ahri
- Tier 1: Lissandra
Jungle Tier List
- God Tier: Graves
- Tier 1: Rammus
- God Tier: Graves
- Tier 1: Rammus
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 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
Blitzcrank [God Tier Support]
Overall, all-in champions have reduced value in this patch as a result of the increased durability across the board. However, Blitzcrank's hook is still a highly effective ability that is capable of taking out squishies as a result of the insane positional advantage. However, he's definitely feeling the effects and needs to play a little more carefully early game as he's prone to being bullied every time he misses a hook.
Kog'Maw [God Tier Bot]
Kog'Maw in the new patch is an absolute God. He shreds through the new durability like it never happened, and both he and his enchanter friends are much more difficult to kill in the early game. He's certainly the big marksman winner this patch and is given his dark horse status in the last few patches it's no surprise to find him in God Tier after all the updates.
Olaf [God Tier Top]
Fights are made to last longer, which ends up being Olaf's bread and butter. Although he continues to have a limited late game, his early to mid-game have been buffed so hard in 1v1 scenarios that it's difficult to contest him on almost every melee champion. As everyone knows, if you don't burst him down in your initial combo, you only made him stronger.
Senna [God Tier Support]
In an effort to nerf lane bullies, Riot manager to make the premiere support lane bully into an even bigger lane bully. While they tried to compensate by reducing her healing power, the fact of the matter is that as a champion who consistently rains damage on enemy laners the only real counterplay is to 100 to 0 her. The new changes reduce player's abilities to do so, which results in her continuing her reign of terror even if she heals a little less.
Singed [Tier 3 Mid]
A lot of you might be seeing Singed's outrageous win rate mid-lane against a number of meta mid-lane champions and wondering why he's not higher than Tier 3. This is largely a result of his continued low play-rate and unique style, which still seems to be inflated by a relatively small number of players fighting against people who aren't used to his play style. That being said, the lane kill rate numbers are still absurdly high for his opponents, which indicates it's a Singed thing, not a Singed MID thing. Top lane is still better for this guy.
Taliyah [God Tier Jungle]
After an initially rocky switch from the jungle to the mid lane, Taliyah's settled in back primarily as a jungle champion. The buffs were certainly good for her in overall but the rework did require jungle players to adjust to her new clear speed. However, the newfound utility is still excellent and her gank-heavy playstyle remains highly effective.
Wukong [God Tier Jungle]
Wukong continues to rise in power this patch as bruisers became big winners in the durability race. On release many players thought that tank champions would be the ultimate favorites this patch, but it turns out that high crowd-control bruisers just became high damage tanks instead. Nearly impossible to kill and slippery as an eel, Wukong's ability to slip in and out of fights coupled with his high damage give him the ability to carry games simply and effectively.
- The purpose of this list is for discussion and to provide a starting point for champion selection.
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