Views: 3804 The 10 Greatest Champions of All Time
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I've been wanting to do this for a long time, but I feel like I can accurately make a list of the top 10 champions of all time. This list is inherently biased by nature, but I am going to try to give as accurate assessment on the top 10 greatest champions ever. There is a number of criteria to consider to determine the best champions. The first is consistency in competitive play, there's no way around it, pretty much every champion has had it's time in the sun, but very few champions can endure over time. The second criteria is domination; how strong was a champion? Was it first pick/ban worthy? There is also a number of criteria that automatically disqualifies a champion. If the champion hasn't been out that long it's pretty difficult to examine. *Spoiler alert*, sorry to all you Yasuo and Gnar fans, but these champions haven't been out long enough for me to accurately assess. In particular with Yasuo and Gnarr, they were both way overtuned for when they first came out and since there history in competitive play is so short it's pretty much impossible to give a fair assessment. It would be like putting Rek'Sai on this list, even though she's been first pick/ban worthy she's only been out a couple of weeks and that would greatly skew the results. Also if a champion has never seen competitive play I can't put it on the list. Another spoiler, sorry all you Fiora mains, I can't justify putting her on this list. She's never been a competitive pick and really hasn't been a good champion ever. Without going further let's start the list.
That's my list for the 10 greatest champions ever created, I hope you enjoy it. If you agree or disagree let me know why in the comments. If there's anything you want to add, feel free to add it. I will create a list of honorable mentions below with brief explanations of why they didn't make the list.
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That's my list for the 10 greatest champions ever created, I hope you enjoy it. If you agree or disagree let me know why in the comments. If there's anything you want to add, feel free to add it. I will create a list of honorable mentions below with brief explanations of why they didn't make the list.
Honorable Mentions
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Awesome list Moon! If I may ask, could I put this up on the League forums, just to see what that community has to say about it?
sure as long as you just link it to my blog.
I'm surprised Renekton isn't even mentioned. Although I don't really follow the competitive scene which explains why.
The problem with renekton is that he wasn't played before season 3. I can't remember if he came out in Season 1 or early Season 2, but he was considered pretty bad because he fell off so hard. I think he was played once or twice by Voyboy when he was on Dignitas in season 2, but that's it. Maybe if it was just in the scope of Season 3 he would have made the list, don't get me wrong I think renekton is a great champion, but he's probably not the greatest just based on the fact that he has never been disgustingly OP
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but Kass has always been a permaban, way before his rework. He was reworked for the simple fact that he was permabanned in competitive and in solo queue.
He was for a bit, but there was also massive periods of time where he wasn't played at all. He received other reworks, like they removed the option for ArmorPen kassadin way back which was also a minor rework. They've made numerous adjustments on his kit. He probably could have made the list, but who does he bump off? The problem I have for Kassadin is that he saw huge gaps of play in season 1 and season 2 and really the only champion on this list with those large gaps in play is probably Corki
I would have thought that Janna would have made the list, tbh. Contrary to your claim to her lack of play, I was of the impression that she had two relatively dominating seasons (at least 2 and 4 as far as I'm aware).
Janna has had way too many periods in time where she has been completely underwhelming or even a terrible pick. I mean she wasn't even played in season 4 up until about a month before worlds. During much of season 1 and the sustain meta she was completely outclassed by Sona and Soraka. I don't think she saw much play in season 3 either. She may be a popular pick now, but she has huge periods of time where she has been a terrible pick.
Kassadin has seen a lot of play at least since IEM Katowice 2013.
Kassadin is really difficult to place, most of season 1 he was not played at all. And season 2 he saw a minimal amount of play and was nerfed and never really played. It wasn't really until mid-season 3 and a rework that he became perma-ban. He might have deserved a spot on the list, maybe over Elise but it's kind of hard for me to judge.
Uh, correct me if I'm wrong, but Kass has always been a permaban, way before his rework. He was reworked for the simple fact that he was permabanned in competitive and in solo queue.
Twisted Fate is far too inconsistent. He falls in and out of the meta too frequently. Most of Season 2 no one really played him except for a few niche players. Every time he's nerfed he falls out of the meta and takes a long time to see play again. He probably deserves an honorable mention at best
He's the one guy that I would definitely put somewhere in my list. The rest of the choices are all very solid though.
Oh, yes, and Kassadin. Permabanned from pretty much his release into the game until early S4. Being one of the most feared picks for three seasons is impressive.
I thought Kass + Ori have been pretty good picks all around the seasons.