![]() At mid, for example, Scarra and HotshotGG had four off-meta picks each. The pocket picks for the AD carries were quite different from other roles. He might be staying at the top of this list for a while. Half of his games were on champions no one else played (Vayne and post-rework Tristana). A similar thing happened to Bjergsen from 2014 spring to summer, although this might have had more to do with Syndra becoming extremely popular.įirst off, let us take a moment to honor Piglet for his refusal to play the North American meta. However, he seemed to have a change of heart during the summer, clinging to the popular picks while gaining 9 percentage points. The best example of this is Shiphtur, who starting out as an incredibly off-meta player during the spring split, pioneering Katarina, Ahri and Syndra while finishing with a score of 33.1%. Also, keep in mind that Jesiz’s 3 Ahri games were on Patch 5.1, before she became 95% pick/ban, so his score is less meta than expected.Ī lesson one could take from this is that to stick around as a mid laner, you have to keep up with the meta. We’ll see how off-meta they truly are as time goes on. The veterans Bjergsen, XiaoWeiXiao, Pobelter, Hai, and Shiphtur have been the five most “in-meta” players of Season 5, so the new players look innovative by comparison. Keep in mind, this is after adjusting for the different eras. It was comical how some junglers would tunnel on certain champions A shining example of this was Kez, who picked Elise in an unheard-of 70% of his last twenty games. This is one of two uninteresting metas, with Elise and Lee Sin as consistent forces throughout. Guess who played all three of these games in the same week? InnoX, of course. The best example is this: Kha’Zix in the top lane has only been brought out three out of a possible 528 times in the past year for the NA LCS. ![]() ![]() Also, we didn’t include Zion’s legendary Nasus game against TSM, because it was during the playoffs.Īlso, InnoX would seemingly pull champions out of a hat at times, as evidenced by his off-meta pool. Meanwhile, before his Swain game on Sunday, Curse/Liquid had Quas playing pretty much all meta for the 2014 summer split and beyond. However, keep in mind that CLG had Seraph play Shyvana deep into the summer split, well after she was popular. It is surprising that Seraph ranks as more off-meta than Quas or ZionSpartan, especially when looking at each’s trademark champions. The top laners in the second tier, from Quas to Westrice, are players who play mostly meta, but are well known for playing some cool picks now and then. The only real difference in scores from these players comes from how long someone’s comfort picks are in the meta (for instance, Balls’ Rumble was in the meta less than Ackerman’s Gragas). The players in the first tier, from Dyrus to Ackerman, are simply the meta top laners, seen as steady performers who play what the team needs. In the hands of a champion who not only excels at sticking on enemy opponents but also increases the abilities’ damage output, these ultimates become extremely broken, which is why Sylas is such a strong mid-lane pick.There are four clear-cut tiers here. ![]() The issue, and probably Sylas’ biggest power, is that champions' kits are often balanced around their ultimate abilities and vice versa.Ĭhampions like Neeko, for example, have huge ults at the cost of lower mobility. Hijack, Sylas’ ultimate ability, allows him to mimic an opponent’s ultimate and use it against them. Restoring large amounts of Health Points when used on champions, Kingslayer enables Sylas to take drawn-out fights, and often win.Īlthough perhaps Sylas’ greatest strength is using his enemies’ strengths against them. As an assassin-mage, Sylas is great at bursting squishy opponents, but can also excel in skirmishes thanks to his Kingslayer ability. Bouncing from the bottom and top of the mid-lane barrel, Sylas has been a difficult champion to balance since release.
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