SEASON 4 - PATCH 4.5 SOLO QUEUE TIER LIST
SEASON 4 UPDATE
SEASON 4 UPDATE
Preface Chatter
So Diablo 3's Reaper of Souls pulled me away for a little while, but I've finally managed to wrench myself from the rifts back to well...Summoner's Rift. Anyway, the new 4.5 patch introduced some new items, most importantly Feral Flare. Check out the list below!
With the last patch introduction of new items, the meta seems to be shifting away from mid lane having the most impact more towards top and jungle. This last patch definitely had a lot of movements, so I'll be doing a few between patch updates just to keep it up to date.
Patch 4.5 Summary
Updates:Buffs: Anivia, Graves, Rengar, Miss Fortune, Twisted FateNerfs: Fiddlesticks, Heimerdinger, Lee Sin, Leona, Lulu, Renekton, WukongTweaks: Gragas, Kha'zix
- Added mid lane Fiora
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God Tier [Very Strong]:
Mid-Lane Gods: Kayle, Ziggs
Jungle Gods: Master Yi, Wukong, Amumu, Xin Zhao, Kha'Zix, Vi
AD Gods: Jinx, Draven, Miss Fortune
Top Lane Gods: Wukong, Fiora, Nasus, Jax
Support Gods:Leona, Sona, Thresh, Morgana
Tier 1 [Really Strong]:
Mid-Lane: Katarina, Talon, Swain, Akali, Kha'Zix, Orianna, Heimerdinger, Anivia, Leblanc, Yasuo, Lux, Morgana, Galio, Malzahar, Ahri, Brand, Nidalee, Syndra, Pantheon, Diana, Lulu (AP), Fizz, Wukong
Jungle: Warwick, Evelynn, Fiddlesticks, Pantheon, Volibear, Rammus, Elise, Jarvan IV, Udyr, Lee Sin, Sejuani, Aatrox, Nocturne, Tryndamere, Hecarim, Dr. Mundo,
AD Carry: Caitlyn, Sivir, Lucian, Varus, Tristana, Ezreal, Graves
Top Lane: Kayle, Renekton, Shyvana, Dr. Mundo, Singed, Tryndamere, Master Yi, Warwick, Soraka, Yasuo, Darius, Teemo, Olaf, Rengar, Aatrox, Yorick, Kennen, Jarvan IV, Elise, Malphite, Lee Sin, Udyr, Volibear, Karma, Nidalee
Support: Taric, Zyra, Lulu, Janna, Blitzcrank
Tier 2 [Balanced]:
Mid-Lane: Viktor, Cassiopeia, Fiora, Annie, Kassadin, Kennen, Mordekaiser, Zed, Vladimir, Vel'Koz, Xerath, Zyra, Teemo, Elise, Lissandra, Sion, Ryze, Jayce, Karma
Jungle: Shaco, Skarner, Nautilus, Olaf, Zac, Maokai, Nasus, Shyvana, Rengar, Leona, Trundle, Malphite, Gragas, Diana, Zed
AD Carry: Ashe, Corki, Twitch, Kog'Maw, Vayne, Quinn
Top Lane: Rumble, Cho'gath, Zac, Xin Zhao, Riven, Pantheon, Ryze, Viktor, Shen, Poppy, Akali, Quinn, Vi, Swain, Kha'Zix, Vladimir, Trundle, Garen, Jayce, Lissandra, Zed
Support: Annie, Nami, Fiddlesticks, Karma, Alistar, Soraka
Tier 3 [Needs Higher Skill/Knowledge Than Usual]:
Mid-Lane: Gragas, Karthus, Veigar, Riven, Twisted Fate, Tristana, Cho'Gath, Fiddlesticks, Soraka
Jungle: Nunu, Jax, Cho'Gath, Shen, Malzahar, Yasuo, Fiora, Riven, Kayle, Poppy, Darius,
AD Carry: Twisted Fate, Kennen, Urgot
Top Lane: Irelia, Gangplank, Mordekaiser, Sion, Vayne, Talon, Nunu, Galio
Support: Teemo, Nunu, Volibear, Lux, Nautilus, Orianna, Nidalee, Zilean, Gangplank, Shen
Tier 4 [Difficult to Win]:
Mid-Lane: Kog'maw, Zilean, Janna, Ezreal (AP),
Jungle: Gangplank, Blitzcrank, Alistar
AD Carry:
Top Lane: Urgot
Support: Kayle, Malphite, Poppy, Elise, Galio, Maokai, Yorick, Lissandra, Ashe, Leblanc, Caitlyn
- Champions in BOLD I will talk about shortly
- Champions UNDERLINED may be over/undervalued, but aren't/haven't played enough for me to make a better judgement.
- 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.
Champion Explanations
- Anivia [Tier 1 Mid] - Although the buffs this time around didn't really help her an extreme amount, the previous patch changes on tear have helped her slightly. Nerfs on a lot of other popular mids make picking her more viable.
- Fiora [God Tier Top] - As the meta shifts, she simply excels against squishies without enough CC to burst her down before she ults.
- Gragas [Tier 3 Mid] - The tweaks on Gragas were really more of a nerf I suppose, as his win rate's plummeted to rock bottom. While he still does a decent amount of damage if you land all his skills, the range and damage reductions really hurt his overall margin of error.
- Graves [Tier 1 AD Carry] - Solid changes to Graves in the 4.5 patch and he seems to be a little more in line with the "good" ad carries now.
- Heimerdinger [Tier 1 Mid] - A bit of a shift in power between his turrets, but he's still plenty strong.
- Kassadin [Tier 2 Mid] - While his win rate is still fairly low, I feel like he definitely has the potential to carry a game in his current state. It might just take some getting used to and a pullback away from all the AD based melee on the field at the moment before he gets his chance to shine again.
- Kayle [God Tier Mid] - Not much has changed about Kayle, but her win rate is higher than ever before. It seems likely due to a lot of high burst squishies (Yi) on the field at the moment, which Kayle excels in bursting down and trolling with her ultimate. A lot of other powerhouse mids were also nerfed such as Lulu. However, no matter what the reason is, her #1 position on the win rate rankings is hard to contest with a 9% popularity.
- Lulu [Tier 1 Mid] - The nerfs on Lulu brought her more in line with other champions as she doesn't get quite as many pix attacks off with the duration nerf.
- Master Yi [God Tier Jungle] - Ah Yi, the new Feral Flare item simply gives him an insane amount of scaling and jungle clear. I'd say he's almost a must ban at the moment (never thought I'd see the day...)
- Miss Fortune [God Tier AD Carry] - Huge buff on Miss Fortune. While she still isn't the most interesting of champions to play, she's a massive bully in lane as always and now scales fairly well late game as too.
- Renekton [Tier 1 Top] - With his ultimate nerf, he's definitely not as scary as before, but I'd say he's still strong in his own regard and is a safe pick.
- Tryndamere [Tier 1 Jungle] - Similar to Master Yi, I never thought I'd see the day when Riot released an item that made Tryndamere jungle good...but here it is.
- Urgot [Tier 3 AD Carry] - While the tear buff should have helped Urgot somewhat, his win rate is still dead last. He's just difficult to fit into the meta at the moment, and probably better suited for just Ultra Rapid Fire mode.
- Warwick [Tier 1 Jungle] - Feral Flare has greatly assisted his clear time and late game scaling, and nobody really gets QSS anymore due to all the AD damage going around.
- Xin Zhao [God Tier Jungle] - Anything item that makes Master Yi and Tryndamere viable junglers will obviously make CC king Xin Zhao absurdly powerful as well, and he is. He's not banned quite as often as Master Yi, so feel free to spam him to your heart's content.
- The purpose of this list is for discussion and to provide a starting point for hero selection.
Agree? Disagree? Comment below!