SoloQ - Mid - Tier List for 7.17 Patch 7.17
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5
1
highest influenceÂ
Easy to learn and climb with. Working in almost any situation.Â
2
Strongest when mastered
Best champions to master and main.
3
Strong choices
Working well in SoloQ.
4
Balanced
Balanced choices for current meta, needs more practice.
5
Needs higher knowledge
Mastering these champions midlane is harder but certainly worth it.
6
weak picks / not worth anymore
Not good in current meta, used in past.
7
In testing
Tier Description
There are still things I am kinda not agreeing on the tier list. Twisted Fate should be rated at least in Tier 2 or even Tier 1. With control mages being nerfed all around, I feel he is strong with great map pressure and ability to make picks with Gold card. He is better than Taliyah imo.
Ekko and Vladimir should be tier 2 or at least tier 3. They are not too hard to play and they have so much impact in games with Ekko's W engage and burst with Vlad's AOE damage and healing. As a Vladimir player myself, I don't think he deserves tier 4.
Even thought I enjoy playing Zed, I feel like Talon, Kassadin and A Sol is better than him and Katarina in the current meta. These champs if you're skilled can do really well at carrying games and more effective. Zed and Kat both needs some really good skill in mechanics and decision making which not everyone will have because higher elo you go, the less mistakes players make and those champs rely on punishing opponent's mistakes. It means you really need to work hard to be effective in teamfights.
Finally, I don't think Ahri and Orianna are that high in the tier list. They were both hit with nerfs and they don't feel as well playing especially for newer players. Orianna isn't easy to learn at all with micromanaging your balls in teamfights, almost like Azir in a way with his soldiers. Zilean and Xerath imo are quite balanced and I think they are fine at tier 4.
Overall, nice tier list. We may not have the same opinions, but I still want to share my thoughts about this too.
I do not disagree, nor I fully agree with your points.
Truly, Twisted Fate has great potential and huge impact in hands of a good player. Certainly you have noticed, my tiers are more based on skill-cap/mastering difficulty than champion strenght/power. Twisted Fate is one of those champions, which need some game-knowledge, map awareness and positioning, accompanied by good sense of situation reading. I would not put him into Tier 1, due to those facts. Yeah, possibly into Tier 2 as the tier is literally for champions that need to get mastered.
Ekko and Vladimir are fairly viable and balanced in current meta, the Tier 4 seems fine for me. As I said before, these tiers are based on skill-cap, and as you said before, they are not too hard to play. You could say that any champion has a huge impact if played right, thus I will let the things as they are for the time being.
For another point, Talon is indeed powerful with the ability to get ahead early and dominate the game, but Tier 3 (Strong Choices) seems pretty fair for me. Kassadin can snowball, be a great powerbank since hitting level 6, but he can stumble if his roaming pressure gets stomped on by waveclearing, long range team comps that go for fast 5v5 midlane skrimishes. Indeed, if this does not happen, he is very powerful, I would not go that far to get him into Tier 1. Nor he falls into the Tier 2 - Strongest When Mastered category. Aurelion could be put to Tier 2 or Tier 5, as his playstyle is different than most of midlaners and he is pretty vulnerable to assassins. Getting destroyed early by those can cost you the game, no matter the teamfight ability he has. Especially at lower elo. Tier 3 is great place for him. Katarina is strong, mastered Katarina is even stronger, (and able to literally carry the game on her shoulders) putting her into Tier 2 makes sense for me.
Ahri deserves the spot in Tier 1, as she is versatile, fits well into current meta and can snowball a lot. Vapable of multiple positioning changes and outplays makes her great as an flashy burst mage and later in game her cooldowns give her good sustain damage. I will look more into Orianna, I thought to put her into Tier 2, as you said, she is not easy to learn.
Thank you again for your thoughts, I look forward for more.
Currently, both of these champions are good picks, but I wouldnt go so far to call them OP, especially for the counterplay ability that most overplayed champions have against them. I also thought about putting those two to "NEEDS HIGHER KNOWLEDGE" tier but that would make tons of other champions fall in that tier too. They are fairly strong and very viable, but still, not overpovered imo.
P.S. I can look further into those two if you insist and I will update the list soon anyway for sure.