League of Legends (LoL) Question: Interesting mid choices?

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Interesting mid choices?

Asked by OTGBionicArm on March 20, 2013

Mid seems to be the most open and versatile lane these days. It seems like you can pretty much anything provided you know how to lane against the champion you are fighting and your team can work around it.

I had some ideas of things I wanted to try for mid lane that are unconventional.
Here's the list:

Bruiser (AP or AD)

AD

What do you guys think of any of those champions as a mid?

Answers (12)

(4) |

Tried Nami and I think she has a lack of burst dmg. It could work if the jungler is babysitting

Tried Ezreal but it was hard to farm because you think ezreal has high AD but you're still an APC.

Never tried Maokai

Tried Nami, good heal and E passive but low AP dmg when it comes to fights.

Nocturne stays in jungle

Renekton , euh....?

Shaco is possible because hes similar to katarina

Dont have Thresh, Urgot and Warwick

(38) |

Bruiser -Possible if just AP/AD but bruiser may fall off hard lategame.

-Legit, has good burst/poke damage, but melee and mana hungry. Other champions have better poke/burst though.

-Never tried, heard it's not legit.

-Only viable if there is mid or any melee/roaming mid in my opinion. Easily kited and poked out by long range as long as they can evade E. 6 Ganking isn't as good as TF.

-Tried once vs mid and STOMPED cause of superior earlygame. Kinda Viable, but not totally legit.

-Never tried, but imo possible.

AD -lol. Gets dumped on by ranged poke, which is what most AP champs do well.

-Viable, can zone out AP champions early-mid game, but needs to get fed or will become a burden.

-Never tried.

(353) |

Bruiser Ezreal (AP or AD)
- dont think its gonna work
Maokai
- works (zz1tai played it in tournies)
Nami
- dunno
Nocturne
- no gapclose and has to get melee (besides ult) so choose wisely
Renekton
- dunno
Shaco
- fun
AD Thresh
- it'd work but after lane idk
Urgot
- works i tihnk
Warwick
- works but wtf is ww gonna do the whole game

(415) |

Yea, everyones got bias towards certain champions. He probably just seems more awesome to me than he is because he was one of my first champions I liked. :p

(353) |

Yeah but it's easy to countergank and ww can't really do anything but secure one kill.

ehh he might work i just have something against ww because i think he sucks

(290) |

SHACO IS SO FUN~

(415) |

Makes a pretty mean an under-rated roamer if you ask me, that is.

(353) |

@ez oh that'd work

@thresh im not so sure i dont really play him but i think he's just better off as a sup cuz his utiltiy is good enough without damage

@ww: ehhh i dont like ww he has no peel or engage besides his ult. kinda useless as a bruiser

(415) |

When I say "bruiser" I merely mean that douchey iceborn, BT black cleaver build. :p Or just an AP build with some defenses.

As for ; He actually makes a decent ranged bruiser that scales well off AS. He's pretty solid after laning phase.

And Warwick; Main reason to even pick him is either for siege comp (his W). or they are doing the "protect X champion" comp and his ult is pretty awesome for singling those out.

(5) |

Many asian pro teams run Noc mid. Its a pretty strong counter to Twisted Fate, Panth, or even a roaming mid champ like Akali or Kass.
Mao and Nami's kit relies on utility and not dmg, but some mids like that are powerful, such as TF and kinda Ori.
I've see Renek mid work well.
Ez is pretty strong.
Urgot is a lane bully anywhere he goes.
My fave unorthodox mid champions are Wukong, Vi, J4, and AP Alistar :).

(1) |

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Jarvan IV

is a really fun mid bruiser, along with

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Xin Zhao

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Vi

and

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Wukong

(1) |

ah, kk thank you :)

(2) |

Sorry, I meant:
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Vi
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Without the enter in between :P

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Like this:
Vi

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lol I have no idea how to link them XD

(2) |

Urgot mid is perfectly viable. Has access to blue buff. Just play him like you would as solo top, but against an ap champ most likely.

Shaco mid can be surprisingly good early on - use your boxes to get doubles, and you get a big level advantage. If you can take advantage of that...you can win early laning. I lost laning hard as Cass against a shaco mid, but his farm was AWFUL - I don't know if it was bc this Shaco sucked, but I outfarmed him after dying 525234 times, and we ended up winning.

AP Ez early farming suckkssss, but his ult and E ap damage is hilarious.

(40) |

Warwick: Has high sustain, but no range so pretty dangerous to go mid with him, better top or jungle

Renekton: Another crazy sustained champ, has mobility for mid, and can farm like a beast from ~lvl 5. Might outperform some typical mid choices. I think it worths a try.

(316) |

I love most normal mids so I haven't experimented much. My "top 2" were pretty much AP Zhao and Vayne in a ranked game, both went extremely well

(415) |

You know me False, I play all of.... One actual mid mages... .

(78) |

, especially against an AD Mid like or . He's got an VERY slow early game, but has an unexpected burst and great sustain. He's a good choice when combined with a support in bottom lane, as she makes up for his lack of damage.

(66) |

Out of that list ive used nocturne and thresh , so heres my thoughts:

Nocturne: Farms fast, however as hes melee its a little risky. Also his passive makes him naturally "pushy"(can be good or bad depending). Probably best to build ad as it gives him some decent poke and sustained damaged of off his q.

Thresh: Strong consistant harass, easy last-hitting with excellent cc and utility late game. But hes got long cooldowns and only one ranged attack (his grab). Hes a good couterpick to champions with weak early harass as the passive on his q really hurts in the early levels. Could be good vs some ad casters due to his passive, but havent tried that yet.

Oh and a couple other unconventional picks for mid are Janna (ungankable XD) and Taric (deathfire + burst = win).
Both are pretty situational, but fun to play :)

(538) |

Tried most of those:

Ezreal:
Works, even wrote a guide about it :P

Maokai:
Very hard burst early and mid game.
Very nice mid, though a lower damage in the late game.

Nami:
Didnt try

Nocturne:
Same

Renekton:
Heard great things about it, didnt try it.

Shaco:
AP Shaco feels a bit bush dependant, so not really a mid champ.
AD Shaco could be played mid, but I think he can be countered easily

Thresh:
Didnt try it

Urgot:
Sucks mid, at least when I played him :P

Warwick:
Great lane sustain and damage output.
Great ganking potential and stuff.
Still, he feels better top than mid.

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