Solo Queue Tier List Archive: Patch 5.10 (May 31, 2015)

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Hi everyone and welcome back to the newest edition of the Solo Queue Tier List "Division Climbers". This update's brought in Ekko, the Boy Who Shattered Time along with some big buffs to an old favorite, Ryze! Check out the full scoop below:

SEASON 5 - PATCH 5.10 SOLO QUEUE TIER LIST

"Division Climbers"

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Preface Chatter

Hi everyone and welcome back to the newest edition of the Solo Queue Tier List "Division Climbers". This update's brought in Ekko, the Boy Who Shattered Time along with some big buffs to an old favorite, Ryze! Check out the full scoop below:

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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!

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 5.10 Summary

Buffs: Akali, Karma, Ryze, Taric;
Nerfs: Cassiopeia, Gragas, Jinx, Leona, Rek'Sai, Sejuani (temporarily tooltip only), Sion (Bug fix);
Tweaks: Lulu;

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Updates

• Added Ekko Top/Mid
• 6/2: Moved Thresh Support up
• 6/4: Moved Ryze Top up
• 6/5: Ryze moved up again, added an explanation page
• 6/8: Cassiopeia top moved up

The Tier List

God Tier [Highest Influence]:
Mid-Lane Gods: Ahri, Katarina, Annie
Jungle Gods: Sejuani, Nidalee, Nunu, Amumu
AD Gods: Ashe, Sivir, Jinx
Top Lane Gods: Ryze, Irelia, Wukong, Riven, Hecarim
Support Gods: Janna, Blitzcrank, Sona, Nautilus, Leona

God Tier Rising: Ashe (ADC), Blitzcrank (Support), Katarina (Mid), Nidalee (Jungle), Ryze (Top)
God Tier Falling: Amumu (Jungle), Hecarim (Top), Jinx (ADC), Leona (Support), Nunu (Jungle)

Tier 1 [Strong/Preferred Choices]:
Mid-Lane: Anivia, Malzahar, Talon, Xerath, Cho'Gath, Morgana, Swain, Ziggs, Diana, Vladimir, Brand, Twisted Fate, Cassiopeia, Vel'Koz, Ryze, Karma, Karthus, Wukong, Kayle, Kennen, Heimerdinger, Leblanc
Jungle: Shaco, Fiddlesticks, Hecarim, Evelynn, Rek'Sai, Warwick, Wukong, Pantheon, Volibear, Xin Zhao, Sion
AD Carry: Vayne, Draven, Graves, Kog'Maw, Kalista
Top Lane: Tryndamere, Renekton, Akali, Fiora, Vladimir, Rengar, Heimerdinger, Nasus, Cassiopeia, Malphite, Jarvan IV, Swain, Sion, Kayle, Aatrox, Rumble, Cho'gath, Ekko, Teemo, Rek'Sai, Pantheon
Support: Lulu, Morgana, Soraka, Brand, Taric, Nami, Zyra, Thresh, Vel'Koz

Tier 1 Rising: Akali (Top), Cassiopeia (Top), Evelynn (Jungle), Jarvan IV (Top), Kayle (Top/Mid), Karma (Mid), Leblanc (Mid), Lulu (Support), Pantheon (Jungle), Rengar (Top), Ryze (Mid), Thresh (Support), Vayne (ADC), Xerath (Mid)
Tier 1 Falling: Cho'Gath (Top)

Tier 2 [Viable/Balanced Choices]:
Mid-Lane: Orianna, Akali, Lulu (AP), Zed, Mordekaiser, Kog'maw (AP), Fizz, Nidalee, Galio, Pantheon, Lux, Zyra, Viktor, Lissandra, Varus, Ekko, Yasuo
Jungle: Nautilus, Vi, Maokai, Gragas, Rengar, Lee Sin, Udyr, Fizz, Cho'Gath, Skarner, Diana, Kha'Zix, Jarvan IV, Nocturne, Poppy, Irelia, Kayle, Zac, Rammus, Malphite, Master Yi, Trundle
AD Carry: Miss Fortune, Corki, Caitlyn, Varus, Quinn, Tristana, Twitch, Ezreal, Lucian
Top Lane: Kennen, Singed, Darius, Diana, Gnar, Xin Zhao, Urgot, Morgana, Maokai, Garen, Yasuo, Mordekaiser, Lissandra, Karma, Malzahar, Nidalee, Gangplank, Lulu, Jax, Volibear, Warwick, Poppy, Shen, Zed, Quinn, Trundle, Udyr, Lee Sin, Jayce, Galio, Olaf, Yorick, Viktor, Kha'Zix, Vi
Support: Braum, Bard, Annie, Karma, Alistar, Xerath,

Tier 2 Rising: Akali (Mid), Bard (Support), Karma (Top), Lulu (Support), Malphite (Jungle), Mordekaiser (Top), Rammus (Jungle), Tristana (ADC), Twitch (ADC), Urgot (Top), Yasuo (Top/Mid), Zac (Jungle)
Tier 2 Falling: Gragas (Jungle), Maokai (Jungle)

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

Tier 3 Rising: Teemo (Mid)
Tier 3 Falling: Sejuani (Mid)

Tier 4 [Low Benefits for Effort Used]:
Mid-Lane: Soraka, Janna
Jungle: Yasuo
AD Carry:
Top Lane: Kassadin, Azir, Rammus, 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

• Akali [Tier 1 Top] - After the latest buff/fix to Akali in the form of actually reducing her jump distance, Akali is now a much smoother assassin and can once again chain her double Q combos with ease top lane. This combined with the fact that more and more melee champions are returning to top lane means that she can proc some early Q debuffs that she normally wouldn't against most ranged champions.
• Blitzcrank [God Tier Support] - The buffs from a few patches ago combined with the subsequent nerfing of tanky junglers means that he's no longer a handicap on the team for hooking in unkillable CC monsters. Now they're just regular CC monsters. That being said, the same CC monsters ensure death for anybody that's unlucky enough to get hooked into a 1v5 situation, Blitzcrank's forte.
• Ekko [Tier 1 Top/Tier 2 Mid] - Initial results from Ekko appear that he's indeed very strong. His success top lane does seem to be much higher than it is mid lane though, likely a simple result of the general mid-lane population being slightly stronger than average at the moment due to the prevalence of Luden's Echo and its strong synergy with ranged champions.
• Evelynn [Tier 1 Jungle] - Evelynn jungle is actually quite powerful right now with her tank build. She deals a strong mix of both physical and magical damage that's difficult to itemize against, and ever since they buffed her in 5.6 and 5.7, she's been continuously on the rise.
• Gragas [Tier 2 Jungle] - With the latest nerfs this patch to his hitbox on body slam, he's much more in line with other junglers at the moment. 
• Irelia [God Tier Top] - Irelia's back on top lately with her insanely balanced set of skills. As you all know, her end-game results in an insanely strong tank with strong true damage to take down both squishies and tanky champions alike.
• Jarvan IV [Tier 1 Top] - With the latest changes to black cleaver, Jarvan synergizes extremely well. Although there are better top laners at the moment, he's definitely strong at the moment and worth looking into if you like playing him.
• Jinx [God Tier ADC] - After the latest nerfs to Jinx, she's definitely slightly weaker than before. However, she's not significantly weaker in a way that would drop her very far, at least from initial results.
• Karma [Tier 1 Mid] - Although I know most people are really focused on Karma jungle, since there's no data for that available for that right now and I don't play much Karma jungle, I can't opine or objectively decide on that. Meanwhile, Karma mid got a strong boost from the latest changes, and allows her to be extremely "spammy" late game during sustained skirmishes. This makes her more of a continuous damage dealer rather than a Morgana-esque type of cooldown-reliant champion. 
• Kayle [Tier 1 Top] - A somewhat overlooked champion most of the time, Kayle's starting to fall back into her own pace as a strong tank shredder, kiter, and overall lane bully against the multitude of melee champions returning to the rift.
• Lulu [Tier 1 Support] - Lulu's latest changes made a huge impact on her ability to support, especially early to mid-game. I'd say she's definitely extremely strong at the moment, and she's finally able to do what we always wanted out of her kit early game.
• Ryze [Tier 1 Top/ Tier 2 Mid] - The increase in Ryze's passive duration gives him a much larger time span to do damage early to mid game. This coupled with the base increases on his Q damage have brought him past the average mid laner into borderline OP territory. We'll keep a lookout to see if he deserves higher, but he's definitely very strong at the moment.
• Sejuani [God Tier Jungle] - Since Sejuani's nerf hasn't gone through yet, it's hard to tell how much of an impact it'll have on her overall strength. At the moment however, she's being placed as #1 more of a result of moving Nunu down.
• Soraka [Tier 1 Support] - As a direct result of the changes to the yellow gold generation line and Ardent Censer, Soraka's suddenly become very strong this patch.
• Taric [Tier 1 Support] - After Taric's latest buff, I think that he actually hasn't changed all that much. However, with his play rate nearly doubling with a steady win rate output, I'd say he's still quite good where he is. I'm perfectly fine with Riot giving him further buffs though.
• Xerath [Tier 1 Mid] - I believe the glitches that were plaguing him were fixed by now, and he's definitely back to where he should be. Luden's Echo has been a great boon to him, just like for other ranged spellcasters. Now, even if he doesn't get a direct hit on enemy champions, he can still get off some poke on them using the Luden proc. 

Disclaimer:

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

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