There a lot of characters with great slowing capabilities, but here's a great Season 4 team composition that really emphasizes taking down large, tanky chamions with few or no gap closers other than sheer speed, like Dr. Mundo, Singed, and Udyr.
| SUGGESTED LINEUP Top: Dr. Mundo Mid: Karma Jungle: Olaf AD Carry: Jinx Support: Leona | ADVANTAGES: - Strong chasing power - Excellent roaming comp - Extremely tanky - Tower dives with ease - Great waveclear | DISADVANTAGES: - Damage can be low - No AOE CC - Limited engagement options - Dependent on winning lane - Low "hard" CC |
Overall Strength: Strong
Difficulty to Counter: Medium
Difficulty to Execute: Medium
Fear Potential: Somewhat Scary
STRATEGY:
As this team has limited engagement options, Olaf should focus on snowballing bot lane since Leona will likely be your main diver. In terms of tanking or peel, I suggest putting Mundo on peel duty if the enemy is tanky, and Olaf if the enemy is using assassins.
While Ashe/Janna might be a more suitable "permaslow" theme combination, I find that this team has enough CC to focus more on Jinx's amazing damage output and snowball potential as well as Leona's diving ability as an initiation method.
Karma synergizes well with the team due to her built in Shurelias, and can create openings to catch enemy champions out of position as well.
Overall, make sure that your team carries a healthy stash of pink wards, since the greatest asset of this team composition depends on its roaming and pushing capabilities.
While Ashe/Janna might be a more suitable "permaslow" theme combination, I find that this team has enough CC to focus more on Jinx's amazing damage output and snowball potential as well as Leona's diving ability as an initiation method.
Karma synergizes well with the team due to her built in Shurelias, and can create openings to catch enemy champions out of position as well.
Overall, make sure that your team carries a healthy stash of pink wards, since the greatest asset of this team composition depends on its roaming and pushing capabilities.
COUNTER-STRATEGY
To beat this team involves a mix of being careful early game, and an extremely healthy supply of wards. Champions with high mobility and escapes do well against this team composition, and boots of swiftness are amazing providing they aren't snowballed too far ahead.
Here's a sample team that would do well:
Top: Shyvana - To beat an obnoxious split pushing manaless top laner you need another of the same...
Mid: Malzahar - This one is a personal favorite of mine. with Liandry, Rylai, and his pool, he can put an extremely heavy hurting to large tanky champions and is a great counter to split pushes.
Jungle: Lee Sin - With Olaf in the jungle, you need someone who can fight back during a counterjungle and also has enough escapes/gap closers to move around the insane amount of slows.
AD Carry: Sivir - Can't go wrong with Sivir...
Support: Zyra - Her plants give you the ability to kite effectively, and the amount of CC she brings is also extremely valuable against a chase based team like this.
Overall, this counter team is very strong as well, and has more versatility as a whole. However, the original team composition is way more fun :)
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To beat this team involves a mix of being careful early game, and an extremely healthy supply of wards. Champions with high mobility and escapes do well against this team composition, and boots of swiftness are amazing providing they aren't snowballed too far ahead.
Here's a sample team that would do well:
Top: Shyvana - To beat an obnoxious split pushing manaless top laner you need another of the same...
Mid: Malzahar - This one is a personal favorite of mine. with Liandry, Rylai, and his pool, he can put an extremely heavy hurting to large tanky champions and is a great counter to split pushes.
Jungle: Lee Sin - With Olaf in the jungle, you need someone who can fight back during a counterjungle and also has enough escapes/gap closers to move around the insane amount of slows.
AD Carry: Sivir - Can't go wrong with Sivir...
Support: Zyra - Her plants give you the ability to kite effectively, and the amount of CC she brings is also extremely valuable against a chase based team like this.
Overall, this counter team is very strong as well, and has more versatility as a whole. However, the original team composition is way more fun :)
Got more ideas for team compositions? Ways to improve on this one or counter it? Post them below in the comment section!
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