2014 Champion Tier List - Solo Queue - Patch 4.18 Update

Nerfs: Kha'Zix, Lucian, Tristana, Viktor, Wukong, Yasuo;

Buffs: Azir, Ezreal, Gangplank;

Tweaks: Sion, Akali;

• Removed Sion from mid lane 
• Added Master Yi/Jarvan mid lane
• Oct 16:
• Yasuo moved down to Tier 3
• Tristana moved down to Tier 2, Lucian moved down to Tier 1
• Malzahar moved up in Tier 1

• Azir [Tier 3 Mid]  - Azir! My second favorite champion design this year! Unfortunately he still seems to need a very high skill cap to use effectively. That being said, I think he's a strong champion that can yield decent results, but playing him at a normal level is still fairly ineffective for solo queue simply because of the coordination required and where he places himself during fights to be effective.
• Braum [Tier 1 Support] - Braum is getting more and more effective as Blitzcrank becomes more and more popular (Thresh was always popular), as he does extremely well against them.
• Fiddlesticks [God Tier Jungle] - Fiddle's making his comeback again, thank Riot for nerfing more assassins, and expect to see a serious spike in his win rate.
• Jinx/ADCs in General [God Tier ADC] - After the nerfs on Lucian and Tristana, Jinx has become extremely powerful in comparison, as has Corki. A few other AD carries are also on the rise, but the rest are fairly balanced at the moment.
• Karthus [Tier 2 Mid] - Although his win rate has spiked somewhat, with a very low play percentage it's hard to say he's that much better. The assassin nerfs definitely helped a ton though.
• Kha'Zix [God Tier Jungle] - Despite nerfs he remains a strong pick.
• Maokai [Tier 1 Jungle] - Still a very strong jungler overall, his carrying power in solo queue in losing games is just somewhat low comparatively speaking as his engage causes his team to lose the defensive buff.
• Master Yi [Tier 3 Mid] - Master Yi is actually very strong mid, as most of the popular champions have some form of dodgable skillshot and his damage output is immense level 6. While it takes more skill and knowledge than normal, his ability to snowball off squishy mid laners is decent considering his sustain and juke power. He also has the added benefit of getting blue buff, which spikes his harass tremendously without having to build any cooldown.
• Nautilus [Tier 1 Jungle] - Nautilus is very strong right now, as he scales hard defensively and more people are building ghostblade over blade of the ruined king. 
• Nunu [Tier 3 Jungle] - I have to admit I may have jumped on the world hype train with Nunu, he's actually not very good in solo queue.
• Rammus [God Tier Jungle] - Rammus'"small" quality of life buffs have shot him above and beyond anything we ever expected, so far that even the sheep have turned their heads up to look.
• Sion [Tier 2 Jungle] - Sion's jungle is surprisingly strong, and as most engages happen mid lane his late game ability is ideal. Meanwhile however, his early game isn't that great, and his pre-6 ganks are a bit lame.
• Sona [God Tier Support] - Sona is incredibly strong right now, and doubly so against Janna, who suddenly shot up in popularity. If you're below platinum and have a choice between Janna and Sona I'd probably pick Sona, but Janna does provide more utility if enemy champions include people like Jarvan or Lee Sin.
• Soraka [Tier 2 Support] - Calm down with the God tier requests, she's better but still not great.
• Syndra [Tier 1 Mid] - Syndra is one of those insanely strong champions that's capped by skill. While she has the ability to beat pretty much anyone and everyone in lane, she also tends to get horribly mauled by players that are "better". I think she has a decent effort-to-benefit ratio right now, but she's really one of those all or nothing champions and has little in the way of coming back from being behind, but tends to get ahead against similar skill players 1v1.
• Vel'koz [Tier 1 Mid] - Vel'koz is very very very strong right now. I'd honestly put him in God tier, but regulars on this tier list know what happened last time I tried that stunt.
• Vi [Tier 1 Jungle] - Vi is still very good, but missing her dash pretty much ends the gank then and there, which can be difficult to land depending on how ready the enemy champion is for it.
• Zilean [Tier 2 Mid]- Zilean's insanely strong in competitive team play, but in solo queue he's lacking a bit of carry ability due to his low range and lack of poke in a 5v5 situation.
• Zyra [Tier 1 Support] - Zyra support does insane amounts of damage with no items. Although she's very skill reliant, depending on how well you can control the bush, she is an incredible asset to almost every team composition.