Mages in the Bot Lane: Thriving, Not Overpowered

Half the bot lane picks in a normal game now look like they wandered in from mid lane, and the numbers say that's a popularity contest, not a power spike.

As of Patch 26.14, mage picks like Ziggs, Seraphine, and Xerath have roughly doubled their combined bot lane pick rate in about a week, and the class as a whole is playing as one of the strongest options bot lane has to offer, though a few marksmen like Senna, Jinx, and Tristana are still performing right alongside them.

Here's what the data and the community actually have to say about it.

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Weird Pick #160: Support Fiddlesticks

Support Fiddlesticks used to be everywhere in solo queue. These days almost nobody remembers he can do this.

There was a stretch not long ago where a crow flying into your lane meant the game was already over. Fiddlesticks support was a fear-and-drain menace that punished any duo who wandered too close to a bush, and then the pick just quietly disappeared from the ranked ladder. The champion never actually got worse at the job. Everyone just stopped picking him there.

So why did a genuinely strong support fall out of the collective memory, and is it still worth reviving?

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Top Team Comps #130: Never Get Close (Caitlyn, Xerath, Lux, Nidalee & Jayce)

This team composition never lets a fight start at melee range. Every champion on it can punish a target from a screen away, long before anyone gets close enough to swing back.

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Formerly OP #5: Old Master Yi

One kill was never just one kill. It reset the whole kit, and then it was your turn.

Some champions get nerfed. Old Master Yi got a full rebuild, because there was no number small enough to fix a swordsman who could not be caught, could not be worn down, and came back to full readiness the moment he cut someone down.

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We're Back: Nerfplz.com Returns After Two Years

It's been two years since I posted the farewell and thanked everyone who read this site from 2011 to 2024. Turns out retirement didn't stick.

Nerfplz.com is back, and there's a lot to catch you up on: revamped tier lists, new filterable catalogs, and a plan for what comes next.

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Formerly OP #4: Old Release Xin Zhao

He was not teased, he was not hyped up for weeks, he just showed up on release day already capable of 1v5ing a lobby that had no idea what hit it.

Every era of League has a champion the whole server bans on reflex without checking the matchup first. Xin Zhao earned that reputation before players even had a name for what he was doing to them, in the very same patch he was born in.

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Formerly OP #3: Old Evelynn

For eight straight seasons you could not see her coming. That was the entire point.

With League of Legends Classic bringing back old kits on July 29, we are digging up the champions whose "old kit" earns an audible groan. First up: the demon who spent nearly a decade invisible.

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League of Legends Classic FAQ: Everything We Know

Riot is turning back the clock. Here's everything we know about League of Legends Classic, answered FAQ style.

Old runes, old masteries, old kits, and a 60 champion launch roster pulled straight from 2009-2013. We break down what's actually changing below.

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Best Champions Ban Tier List For Ranked by Rank - Patch 26.14 July 2026

Mordekaiser Rules the Ladder, Locke Still Haunts on Top

Mordekaiser is the story of this patch's ban phase outside of the very top of the ladder: he's a God Tier ban at every single rank from Emerald down to Bronze/Iron, the only champion on this entire list who can say that. Locke, meanwhile, is still the scariest number on the sheet: three out of every four Diamond+ games see him banned, even though his own win rate never strays far from 50%. Between the two of them, this patch has no shortage of things to fear in champion select.

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