2014 Champion Tier List - Solo Queue - Patch 4.17 Update

Buffs: Cassiopeia, Garen, Heimerdinger, Karma, Leblanc, Miss Fortune, Nautilus, Rammus,
Nerfs: Maokai, Nidalee, Talon, Tristana
Reworks: Viktor, Soraka

• Azir [Tier 4 Mid]: Azir offers very little in the way of obvious damage, and his skills are difficult to synergize with, hence his rock bottom win rate. There's probably a skill cap factor involved as well; this combined with the fact that nothing he does it very understandable for allies nor offers enough benefit to utilize on enemies means that he's not viable for solo queue at the moment.
• Brand [Tier 1 Mid]: Despite seeing next to no professional play, Brand is actually very strong in solo queue right now simply due to his insane amount of damage and surprisingly long CC and range. With nerfs on other popular mid laners the community will soon remember what a lane bully he was upon release. Poor Annie.
• Braum [Tier 2 Support]: Despite many people still reliving the horrors of pre-nerf Braum in their mind repeatedly, he's really not as strong as you remember him to be.
• Cassiopeia [Tier 4 Mid]: Simply put, she still needs more. Her win rate rose from 39% to 44%, but that just makes her better than Urgot (which is nothing to write home about).
• Garen [Tier 2 Top]: His buffs have made him surprisingly strong; we'll see where it takes him. A lot of champion in the current scene are still highly mobile, which causes difficulties for him.
• Janna [God Tier Support]: I've wanted to keep her a secret while I stack up the free wins, but after worlds I think it's no secret that she's OP now. She may be stronger than Morgana in some regards, but I think that a lot of her success still comes from the fact that Morgana is banned 100% of the time in solo queue.
• Katarina [God Tier Mid]: Katarina is an absolute monster in solo queue right now as champion after champion gets nerfed. Even if she goes relatively even in lane, you'll hear a lot of "I did fine until she started feeding off you guys".
• Malzahar [Tier 1 Mid]: Malzahar, like Brand is a solo queue machine and does very well slaying assassins, tanks, and everyone in between. His laning phase is also very simple and as long as you remember to place W under a champion before you R, his success rate is very high.
• Miss Fortune [Tier 1 ADC]: The strut change is significant, although limited in use. 
• Nidalee [Tier 3 Top]: Nidalee's nerfs have brought her down a whole new level from "Needs experience to do well" to "needs experience to do mediocre". I suggest staying away from her completely now unless you know you're just THAT good at her (and that bad at everyone else).
• Soraka [Tier 2 Support/Tier 4 Mid]: She'll likely move up in both places, but I'll reserve judgement for now as I haven't actually played her mid and while she's definitely a better than before her rework, it doesn't appear to instantly place her above other crowd favorites.
• Talon [Tier 1 Mid]: Although his silence removal does offer "counterplay", the change to his silence really only affects players under Diamond, so expect to see a lot of high ranked players saying the nerfs meant nothing. The speed at which Talon can execute his entire combo honestly doesn't offer any counterplay once he gets fed. Death is the hardest CC, just ask Katarina.
• Tristana [God Tier ADC]: Simply put, her nerfs were relatively meager in comparison to her power level, and very situational where it would cost a lost lane or game.
• Vi [Tier 1 Jungle]: Moving Vi down simply to make a bit of room in the god tier junglers. She's still strong, but not as impactful.
• Viktor [Tier 2 Mid]: His rework gave him some new life, but I'm seeing some mixed reactions on the charts, keeping an eye out for him.
• Vladimir [Tier 1 Top]: Vladimir's seen a steady climb after Riot nerfed spellvamp long long ago. With the elimination of a lot of his predators, he's finding new prey.