2015 Champion Tier List - Solo Queue - Patch 5.14 Update

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Hi everyone and welcome back to the newest edition of the Solo Queue Tier List "Division Climbers". This week's update features a ton of movement, some of which is some clean-up at the balanced and lower divisions. Devourer based junglers seem to be doing the best at the moment, but some runeglaive junglers like Elise are also creating quite the stir.

SEASON 5 - PATCH 5.14 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 back to the newest edition of the Solo Queue Tier List "Division Climbers". This week's update features a ton of movement, some of which is some clean-up at the balanced and lower divisions. Devourer based junglers seem to be doing the best at the moment, but some runeglaive junglers like Elise are also creating quite the stir.

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. This list contains more off-meta and counter-meta placements that do well against popular picks.

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 5.14 Summary

Buffs: Ahri, Darius, Ekko, Elise, Tahm Kench;
Nerfs: Azir, Rumble, Ryze, Runeglaive (Bai Ezreal);
Tweaks: Miss Fortune, Evelynn;

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Updates

• Added: 
• Elise Jungle FOTM explanation
• Thresh (ADC)
• Tahm Kench (Top)
• Removed:
• Sejuani (Mid)
• Yasuo (Jungle)
• 7/28: Moved Tristana ADC up
• 7/30: Added Support Trundle
• 8/2: Moved Ekko Jungle up

The Tier List

God Tier [Highest Influence]:
Mid-Lane Gods: Ahri, Annie, Talon
Jungle Gods: Kayle, Warwick, Elise
AD Gods: Sivir, Jinx, Ashe,
Top Lane Gods: Irelia, Wukong, Riven, Shen
Support Gods: Janna, Nautilus, Blitzcrank

God Tier Rising: Elise (Jungle), Irelia (Top), Kayle (Jungle), Sivir (ADC), Talon (Mid)
God Tier Falling: 

Tier 1 [Strong/Preferred Choices]:
Mid-Lane: Malzahar, Diana, Twisted Fate, Anivia, Morgana, Cho'Gath, Viktor, Lux, Swain, Varus, Brand, Heimerdinger, Kog'maw (AP), Vel'Koz, Xerath, Karthus, Wukong, Karma, Kayle, Mordekaiser, Fizz
Jungle: Xin Zhao, Diana, Shyvana, Nidalee, Udyr, Amumu, Nocturne, Jax, Aatrox, Master Yi, Vi, Ekko, Pantheon, Sion, Wukong, Evelynn, Volibear,
AD Carry: Draven, Vayne, Miss Fortune, Corki, Varus
Top Lane: Tryndamere, Fiora, Malphite, Kayle, Renekton, Sion, Vladimir, Rengar, Heimerdinger, Kennen, Hecarim, Jarvan IV, Nasus, Diana, Cassiopeia, Swain, Singed, Mordekaiser, Aatrox, Yasuo, Rumble, Cho'gath, Gnar, Lulu, Teemo, Rek'Sai, Pantheon
Support: Sona, Soraka, Leona, Brand, Braum, Taric, Nami, Thresh

Tier 1 Rising: Aatrox (Jungle), Braum (Support), Ekko (Jungle), Fizz (Mid), Hecarim (Top), Gnar (Top), Jarvan IV (Top), Jax (Jungle), Kayle (Top), Kennen (Top), Kog'Maw (AP), Malzahar (Mid), Master Yi (Jungle), Miss Fortune (ADC), Mordekaiser (Mid/Top), Soraka (Support), Udyr (Jungle), Varus (ADC), Vel'Koz (Mid), Viktor (Mid),
Tier 1 Falling: Amumu (Jungle), Corki (ADC), Diana (Jungle), Lux (Mid), Nasus (Top), Shyvana (Jungle), Vayne (ADC), Vladimir (Top), Volibear (Jungle), Xerath (Mid)

Tier 2 [Viable/Balanced Choices]:
Mid-Lane: Katarina, Ziggs, Orianna, Lulu (AP), Yasuo, Vladimir, Zed, Nidalee, Galio, Kennen, Akali, Pantheon, Zyra, Cassiopeia, Corki, Lissandra, Teemo,
Jungle: Hecarim, Nunu, Rek'Sai, Nautilus, Shaco, Maokai, Sejuani, Fizz, Skarner, Rengar, Gragas, Fiddlesticks, Lee Sin, Trundle, Cho'Gath, Jarvan IV, Poppy, Irelia, Rammus, Kha'Zix, Malphite,
AD Carry: Kalista, Caitlyn, Tristana, Graves, Kog'Maw, Ezreal, Twitch, Quinn, Lucian
Top Lane: Nautilus, Akali, Poppy, Xin Zhao, Urgot, Morgana, Maokai, Garen, Lissandra, Darius, Yorick, Karma, Malzahar, Nidalee, Jax, Volibear, Warwick, Gangplank, Zed, Quinn, Trundle, Udyr, Lee Sin, Gragas, Jayce, Galio, Olaf, Viktor, Kha'Zix, Vi
Support: Alistar, Lulu, Morgana, Zyra, Vel'Koz, Shen, Bard, Annie, Trundle, Lux, Karma, Xerath,

Tier 2 Rising: Alistar (Support), Ezreal (ADC), Fizz (Jungle), Shen (Support), Trundle (Jungle), Yorick (Top)
Tier 2 Falling: Akali (Mid/Top), Caitlyn (ADC), Gangplank (Top), Graves (ADC), Kalista (ADC), Kennen (Mid), Kha'Zix (Jungle), Kog'Maw (ADC), Lulu (Support), Maokai (Jungle), Morgana (Support), Nautilus (Jungle), Nunu (Jungle), Rek'Sai (Jungle), Shaco (Jungle), Vladimir (Mid), Zyra (Support)

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

Tier 3 Rising: Ashe (Support), Kayle (Support)
Tier 3 Falling: Azir (Mid), Ekko (Top), Ezreal (AP)(Mid), Ryze (Top/Mid), Tristana )(AP)(Mid), Zac (Jungle)

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

• Ezreal (AP), Azir, Ryze [Misc.] - Nerfed really hard. 
• Ahri [God Tier Mid] - Some people still question Ahri as a god tier mid laner, which I find somewhat surprisingly, but it's probably mostly due to professional influence. The fact of the matter is, Ahri is one of those champions that make enemy teams say "mid, pls stop getting caught by Ahri". With four flashes, three of which deal multi-target damage, easier said than done.
• Diana [Tier 1 Jungle] - With the changes on Runeglaive, Diana does farm harder, but bursts lower during ganks. As a primary "gank" type jungler post-6, this change does hurt her, but she retains more than enough damage to delete squishies.
• Elise [God Tier Jungle] - As her new buffs sink in, it's becoming ever more obvious that she's insanely strong right now. Check out this page for a full explanation!
• Gangplank [Tier 2 Top] - The new rework on Gangplank seems to be keeping him relatively the same, although his win rate dropped as people get used to his kit. I don't think it's anything special, but does seem to have more potential than we're seeing right now.
• Jarvan IV [Tier 1 Top] - The switch from tank meta to devourer meta was not kind of Jarvan as a jungler. However, as a top laner, he provides a ton of CC, armor reduction, and also naturally builds black cleaver, which is an amazing team fighting item at the moment.
• Jax [Tier 1 Jungle] - Despite a weak early game and somewhat difficult ganking power, Jax late game is absolutely monstrous after he's built up a few on-hit aspd items and gets sated status. His ability to solo carry games at that point more than makes up for his relatively low early strength. 
• Kayle [God Tier Jungle] - Kayle jungle is absolutely broken right now. As a champion who excels with on-hit items, she massacres the jungle and mid-late game team fights. Her first clear can be a bit rough, but can be done even without a leash. 
• Kayle [Tier 1 Top] - Top lane Kayle is still a big a bully as they come. Although she doesn't have the benefit of having devourer like her jungle counterpart, she's still in a great spot right now and can easily dominate lanes, split push, and 1v2 with ease. The fact that many "utility" type junglers are being replaced by glass cannons also works very well in her favor. She can be camped fairly easy top though, especially when the tears of her opponent start rolling.
• Master Yi [Tier 1 Jungle] - As a glass cannon jungler with limited utility, Master Yi definitely suffers from some glaring weaknesses. However, as most of you have figured out by now, the double strike proc rate with sated makes him a terror
• Miss Fortune [Tier 1 ADC] - The Miss Fortune rework has definitely made her stronger overall. The fact that she can now access her speed boost via her W is huge, since it gives her both chasing and escaping power vs simply sheer damage.
• Morgana [Tier 2 Support] - Morgana's been inadvertently nerfed lately with more "auto-attack" type junglers coming onto the rift that deal sheer AD damage. This makes her black shield weaker. Additionally, the yellow passive gold item was buffed, but Morgana does much better with the blue one.
• Nunu [Tier 2 Jungle] - Nunu is still a very viable jungler. However, with the shift of power over from cinderhulk to devourer and runeglaive, he doesn't scale quite as well into the late game as other champions. This means that his overall impact tends to be much lower in comparison to other popular picks.
• Tahm Kench [Tier 3 Top] - Some players found success with top lane Kench, as his damage and tankiness with his shield is decent. However, he still winds up mainly in a support-ish role in teamfights, and so it seems reminiscent of Braum top (which never caught on).
• Talon [God Tier Mid] - With many junglers switching over from heavy CC utility based junglers to squishy glass cannons, Talon's instantaneous AOE synergizes well with them on their team, and also has the ability to deal a high percentage of their HP even by collateral damage.
• Warwick [God Tier Jungle] - With his built-in attack speed boost and passive on-hit lifesteal, Warwick absolutely crushes with sated devourer, wits end, and/or blade of the ruined king. We're seeing him top the charts at every division for the second patch in a row, and it's only a matter of time before the NERFPLZ pitchforks are raised.

Disclaimer:

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

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