DeviousDumplin's Detailed Tier List Updated for Preseason Patch 7.22

You're right. I actually intended on moving him up a tier, but I guess I never moved him up to B. He might be A now simply because games are so quick, but if the team actually gets into team-fights he's still pretty bad. I think B is a good middle ground. I don't want to encourage the Teemo's of the world too much

That is a totally reasonable criticism. This is an undoubtedly biased tier list, mostly because I tried to generate the tiers without stealing much from other tier lists. That said, these tiers are really just my opinion at the end of the day, and I wouldn't call myself statistically rigorous. For the most part I placed champions in the S tier when I believed they fit the meta incredibly well, have strong builds, strong numbers, and can be played by the average player at an above average level.

Prior to the Orianna nerfs I would have absolutely placed Ori at S tier. Since they tuned her numbers down across the board she's much more about hitting good ults, and that just makes her more difficult to play. I think she can absolutely dominate a game, especially with the right team comp, but I think that in order to get everything out of her kit you really need to be comfortable with her unique mechanics. That said, I still placed her at A tier which is still excellent. When I designed my tiers I thought of it as a logarithmic power scale: Distance between S and A+ is minor, A+/A is small, A/B is moderate, B/C is large, C/D is massive.

I would happily have an Orianna on my team, I just took her out of S tier because I think she requires both mechanics and a favorable team to really shine.

I love lulu too. She's A+ cause she fits the meta so incredibly well, but her kit is pretty dependent on game knowledge so I kept her out of S tier. That said, please keep playing Lulu. It's the lulu players of the world that make this game worth playing :)

Thanks so much! Means alot coming from you <( 'U' )>

Thanks! Just added him to A tier. Unfortunately they don't keep track of each champion for you. You the real MVP

Thanks for your response! I think Cho'Gath is very much dependent on a strong item build right now. By just stacking health you increase your crazy true-damage ult. I think he's quite strong right now, but I'm holding off on placing him in S tier for a couple reasons. He's really dependent on move-speed to really utilize his OP devour, and his kit is somewhat telegraphed because of his lack of mobility. Honestly, I think his silence is one of the strongest parts of his kit, and makes him really good against ability spammers like Riven or Yas. That said, he can be kited quite easily so I'd keep him at A+. If you have hard engage, or movespeed buffs on your team he could easily be S tier, but that's not always the case.

Hey moon,

I totally get that opinion. And since you're clearly a dedicated sona main I'll first address her great strengths. Sona does alot of things well. She's arguable one of the most oppressive poke supports right now, and that makes her great at carrying her ADC through a rocky laning phase. Sona provides lots of utility and CC, which makes her fit into tons of different lanes and team comps. Sona is very strong, and is especially strong the in the hands of someone who knows how to use her ult aggressively. That said, I placed my champs based on the way they fit in over-all with the meta, which made me knock sona down a couple pegs. Healing and Shielding supports are simply TOO OP right now to make any poke support S tier. If you're placed into a position where all of your oppressive poke damage is quickly mitigated, you have a really hard time really snowballing out of laning phase. Ofcourse, this is speaking in really broad terms and im sure there are plenty of Sona's that still win lane against Jannas and their ilk. The biggest problem most damage supports have is sacrificing the extremely OP healing items. Sona can build both sensor and redemption, but she takes a huge hit to her damage as a result. Perhaps damage -> utility build could work to transition out of lane, but I haven't seen that very often. Overall, I think Sona is one of the best damage supports right now (next to Karma), but she gets kneecapped by the number of healing/shield supports being played right now.

Hope that helped explain my reasoning! I'm still happy to have a Sona support in lane, but she's just not as oppressive as she used to be.

-DD

Now that you point out her versatility I think you're mostly right. I think her major problem is a relatively steep learning curve, mostly because she can do so much with her kit. I'm leaning towards moving her up to A tier because she can be very dominant if played well.