Solo Queue Tier List Archive: Patch 5.7 (April 11, 2015)

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Riot hit the biggest Flavor of the Month champions again with the nerfbat in an attempt to please the populace, and tossed a few buffs into the mix for some of the lower tier champions...check out the full updated list for 5.7 inside!...

SEASON 5 - PATCH 5.7 SOLO QUEUE TIER LIST

"Division Climbers"

This List has been updated, and new versions are available via this link

Preface Chatter

Hi everyone and welcome to the latest and greatest edition of the Solo Queue Tier List "Division Climbers". Again, this update is brought to you despite the urge to procrastinate by the Nerfplz Facebook fan page. If you haven't liked the page yet, be sure to do so soon!

Riot hit the biggest Flavor of the Month champions again with the nerfbat in an attempt to please the populace, and tossed a few buffs into the mix for some of the lower tier champions.

The purpose of this list is to pick out the champions that when played, will allow you to climb divisions the fastest by winning more games.

If you're looking for a more meta based tier list based on popularity, be sure to check out the FOTM list as well! - Updated 4/29/15!

For a list of champions with the highest *potential* in the game without regard to difficulty or team synergies, check out the list of strongest potential champions in each position!

Patch 5.7  Summary

Buffs: Bard, Darius, Evelynn, Garen, Kassadin, Quinn, Shen, Teemo, Tristana
Nerfs: Blitzcrank, Fizz, Hecarim, Maokai, Nidalee, Rek'Sai

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Updates:

• Added Shyvana top article to the page focusing on TP + Smite
• 4/15: Shen top/jungle moved up
• 4/16: Ryze Top, Kassadin Mid, and Urgot ADC moved up
• 4/18: Moved Urgot top up, added Urgot article
• 4/24: Added Kennen support
• 4/29: FOTM Tier list updated

The Tier List

God Tier [Highest Influence]:
Mid-Lane Gods: Annie, Cho'Gath, Morgana
Jungle Gods: Amumu, Volibear, Sejuani
AD Gods: Jinx, Sivir, Graves
Top Lane Gods: Sion, Hecarim, Irelia, Wukong
Support Gods: Janna, Sona, Leona

God Tier Rising: Cho'Gath (Mid), Janna (Support), Morgana (Mid), Sion (Top), Sona (Support)
God Tier Falling: Sejuani (Jungle)

Tier 1 [Strong/Preferred Choices]:
Mid-Lane: Malzahar, Ahri, Talon, Katarina, Anivia, Swain, Xerath, Diana, Vladimir, Brand, Vel'Koz, Karthus, Wukong, Kennen, Kog'maw (AP), Cassiopeia, Zyra, Heimerdinger
Jungle: Sion, Nunu, Nautilus, Skarner, Rek'Sai, Fiddlesticks, Maokai, Gragas, Udyr, Cho'Gath, Hecarim, Xin Zhao, Rammus, Dr. Mundo
AD Carry: Ashe, Draven, Quinn, Kalista,
Top Lane:  Fiora, Vladimir, Heimerdinger, Riven, Tryndamere, Malphite, Renekton, Nasus, Cho'gath, Swain, Rumble, Shen, Rengar, Aatrox, Rek'Sai, Pantheon
Support: Morgana, Brand, Taric, Nami, Nautilus, Zyra, Vel'Koz

Tier 1 Rising: Heimerdinger (Top), Malzahar (Mid), Nautilus (Skupport), Quinn (ADC), Rengar (Top), Riven (Top), Shen (Top), Sion (Jungle), Talon (Mid), Udyr (Jungle), Vladimir (Mid), Xin Zhao (Jungle)
Tier 1 Falling: Ahri (Mid), Hecarim (Jungle), Katarina (Mid)

Tier 2 [Viable/Balanced Choices]:
Mid-Lane: Lissandra, Orianna, Zed, Twisted Fate, Nidalee, Ziggs, Galio, Leblanc, Kayle, Pantheon, Lux, Viktor, Karma, Mordekaiser, Ezreal (AD), Teemo
Jungle: Pantheon, Vi, Zac, Warwick, Nidalee, Wukong, Shaco, Lee Sin, Diana, Kha'Zix, Kayle, Shyvana, Malphite, Jarvan IV, Evelynn, Rengar, Poppy, Aatrox, Irelia, Shen, Karthus, Nasus, Olaf, Master Yi, Trundle
AD Carry: Miss Fortune, Caitlyn, Corki, Varus, Ezreal, Lucian, Vayne, Kog'Maw
Top Lane: Kennen, Lissandra, Singed, Cassiopeia, Darius, Diana, Gnar, Morgana, Maokai, Malzahar, Nidalee, Jarvan IV, Gangplank, Teemo, Jax, Volibear, Urgot, Warwick, Poppy, Dr. Mundo, Zed, Trundle, Udyr, Karma, Garen, Lee Sin, Jayce, Lulu, Shyvana, Ryze, Galio, Kayle, Olaf, Yorick, Xin Zhao, Akali, Viktor, Kha'Zix, Quinn, Vi
Support: Thresh, Blitzcrank, Braum, Soraka, Annie, Karma, Alistar, Lulu, Xerath,

Tier 2 Rising: Akali (Top), Evelynn (Jungle), Galio (Top), Shen (Jungle), Urgot (Top)
Tier 2 Falling: Blitzcrank (Support), Caitlyn (ADC), Corki (ADC), Kennen (Top), Miss Fortune (ADC), Nidalee (Mid), Ziggs (Mid)

Tier 3 [Needs Higher Skill/Knowledge Than Usual]:
Mid-Lane: Lulu (AP), Akali, Jayce, Fizz, Syndra, Zilean, Master Yi, Gragas, Jarvan IV, Fiora, Yasuo, Ryze, Urgot, Ezreal (AP), Sona, Riven, Fiddlesticks, Kha'Zix, Sejuani, Malphite, Tristana, Azir, Kassadin, Veigar, Elise
Jungle: Nocturne, Fizz, Gangplank, Jax, Fiora, Zed, Malzahar, Leona, Elise, Riven, Darius, Yorick, Tryndamere, Alistar
AD Carry: Urgot, Twitch, Tristana, Twisted Fate, Kennen
Top Lane: Master Yi, Talon, Fizz, Taric,  Rammus, Mordekaiser, Gragas, Zac, Alistar, Yasuo, Leblanc, Vayne, Nunu, Elise
Support: Fiddlesticks,  Lux, Gragas, Bard, Maokai, Volibear, Kennen, Zilean, Nunu, Kayle, Malphite, Nidalee, Pantheon, Anivia, Teemo, Lee Sin, Gangplank, Veigar

Tier 3 Rising: Bard (Support)
Tier 3 Falling: Fizz (Top/Jungle)

Tier 4 [Low Benefits for Effort Used]:
Mid-Lane: Soraka, Janna
Jungle: Yasuo, Garen
AD Carry: 
Top Lane: Kassadin, Azir, Soraka
Support: Orianna, Poppy, Elise, Galio, Syndra, Shen, Yorick, Lissandra, Ashe, Leblanc

Tier 4 Rising:
Tier 4 Falling: 

Instructions and Caveats:

• Champions in BOLD I will talk about shortly
• Champions UNDERLINED may be over/undervalued, but aren't/haven't played enough for me to make a better judgement.
• Within each tier the champions are strongest from left to right, but within a tier each champion's strength is relatively close. This is especially true for Tiers 2 and 3 where these champions are ALL highly playable and player dependent on how strong they are in-game.
• This tier list takes data from ALL players; however, since the majority of players fall in the first three tiers, the majority of data points will come from there.
• Win Rates are important in analyzing each champion's strength, but are not the end-all criteria for any champion's position.
• The creator of this list is diamond, so there may be some personal bias towards higher tier play on certain champions.

Click Here for a description of the tiers

God Tier: These champions are almost impossible to keep down. If your team doesn't make it a priority to shut down these champions and shut them down hard, even if they lose their lane, lose in CS, and it's their first time playing the champion, they can be a massive nuisance for your team. On the other hand, if they're actually good at the champion...that's when it's time to throw in the towel.

Tier 1: These champions generally do very well regardless, and have some sort of advantage over most other champions. When they do well, their team does well. Even when they don't do well, their team still has a good chance of a comeback victory by utilizing one or more aspects of their late game utility.

Tier 2: This is the Tier of balanced champions where Riot shoots to place their designs. These champions generally do well in their own right, and are very strong picks with a good chance of winning. However, they're not overpowered by any means and do have their weaknesses.

Tier 3: These champions can still do very well, but tend to need a little more snowballing to get rolling. Even if they get an early lead, it's still very possible to turn the tides on them with just a mistake or two. They may also have some weaknesses that can be capitalized on.

Tier 4: These champions are either underpowered or offer less reward than other champions for the same amount of effort. These champions basically start winning from the get-go or get made fun of for the rest of the game. They need gold to do their job correctly, and if they don't get enough of it, they become sandbags for the enemy team to punch. Chances of a comeback with one of these champions feeding on your team is almost none.

Champion Explanations

• Ashe [Tier 1 ADC] - Some of you are wondering about Ashe, who you seldom see in the LCS due to her lack of escapes. However, in the current solo queue meta full of high CC tanks available for peel and initiation, Ashe does very well as a kite and long range initiator type of ADC.
• Bard [Tier 3 Support] - The buffs on him were pretty substantial this time around, and he's slowly rising to be a viable support. I think he's still fairly weak at the moment simply due to lack of coordination and understanding, but he's coming around slowly.
• Blitzcrank [Tier 2 Support] - Blitzcrank used to be a high reward, low risk champion who could easily zone in and out via his W. However, now that it nails him with a 30% slow at the end, he can no longer do prolonged chases on squishier supports while proccing his ultimate's passive the whole time. Huge nerf to what really made him strong. His core abilities are still intact, but the underlying "OP" part of him was targeted very well. 
• Cho'Gath [God Tier Mid] - Cho'gath mid is pretty much the safest and simultaneously the most aggressive mid laner in the game at the moment. Although not that easy to land his spells early, he can zone very well. Additionally, once teamfights come around it becomes difficult to dodge all the rest of the things flying at you. This makes his AOE CC's extremely potent.
• Darius [Tier 2 Top] - Darius' buffs this time around seem to be having very little impact on his success as a top laner at the moment. I think he's still balanced.
• Evelynn [Tier 2 Jungle] - Evelynn jungle is definitely viable now. Unfortunately...
• Fizz [Tier 3 Jungle] - After substantial nerfs to Fizz's ability to auto things to death, he's a subpar jungler now. Although he can still do his job in the hands of a good Fizz, let's be honest...you've probably never seen one.
• Garen [Tier 2 Top] - Similar to Darius, a bit surprised that his buff didn't affect him. It sounded fairly large on the surface.
• Gragas [Tier 1 Jungle] - Gragas is an excellent jungler at the moment and trades well in prolonged fights early. His initiation is also very good. There are definitely plenty of junglers that rank above him though. Even though he works I still find reluctance picking him over someone like Volibear who's almost always available.
• Hecarim [Tier 1 Jungle] - Nerfs to Hecarim this time around have made his somewhat weaker jungle (compare to his top) even weaker as he's constantly taking damage.
• Heimerdinger [Tier 1 Top] - This many patches in a row of data can't be wrong right? Although he still has a relatively low playrate, the meta continuously shifts towards his favorite teamfights, high CC, localized fights. With so many lock-down champions in play at the moment, Heimerdinger can really dish the pain against enemy teams.
• Nunu [Tier 1 Jungle] - Again, with a low playrate but strongly spiking win rate, Nunu is surprisingly dexterous in the jungle. His Q sustain is extremely high and allows him to essentially jungle without using any pots. Additionally, his naturally tanky stature makes great use of Cinderhulk and allows him to get overwhelmingly big. However, in a teamfight he's still a bit lackluster.
• Quinn [Tier 1 ADC] - Quinn's buffs have made her fairly strong right now. She also beats down almost every AD carry in lane using her blind ability. This combined with the rising popularity of Vayne makes Quinn very strong, as Quinn's CC absolutely stomps her.
• Sejuani [God Tier Jungle] - Despite nerfs on her personally and on Cinderhulk, she remains very strong.
• Sion [God Tier Top/Tier 1 Jungle] - With nerfs on Cinderhulk, Sion's comparably getting stronger as his shield's effective power is increased vs his fellow tanks.

Disclaimer:

• The purpose of this list is for discussion and to provide a starting point for hero selection.

Agree? Disagree? Comment below!