Patch 26.13 Tier List Changelog: Every Champion That Moved

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League of Legends Solo Queue Tier Lists for Patch 26.13:

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SEASON 16 - PATCH 26.13 Changelog

Patch 26.13 Tier List Update Summary

The headline story of 26.13 is Locke, whose explosive, hard-to-punish kit has made him the most feared champion in the game across every role he's played (Mid, Jungle, and Top), a classic "new and terrifying" signature that earns a God Tier slot on threat level alone. Elsewhere, Wukong quietly delivers one of the strongest jungle kits in the game, Nasus has climbed to the top of the jungle as a late-game menace, and Naafiri has become one of the scariest lane opponents on the Rift with her explosive all-in potential. Malphite, Jinx, Thresh, Senna, and Seraphine round out the top of the meta as consistently dominant champions.

Check out the tier list changes below and be sure to visit the FULL tier list for more champions!

God Tier List

Highest Influence | Good In Almost Every Situation | Easiest to Gain LP With

Mid Lane

1. Lockei
2. Xerath
3. Diana

Jungle

1. Wukongi
2. Nasus
3. Rammus

Top Lane

1. Singed
2. Garen
3. Kayle

Bot Lane

1. Jinxi
2. Senna
3. Seraphine↗

Support

1. Thresh↗i
2. Leona
3. Sona

Tier 1

Strong/Preferred Choices | Good Effort to Benefit Ratio | Works Well In Solo Queue

Mid Lane

1. Vladimir
2. Fizz
3. Veigar
4. Naafirii
5. Swain
6. Pantheon
7. Malzahar
8. Lux
9. Vex
10. Ahri
11. Sylas

Jungle

1. Warwick
2. Briar
3. Shyvana
4. Zyra
5. Bel'Veth
6. Udyr
7. Aatrox
8. Master Yi
9. Viego
10. Graves
11. Kayn

Top Lane

1. Malphitei
2. Kled
3. Warwick
4. Shen
5. Urgot
6. Wukong
7. Ornn
8. Dr. Mundo
9. Teemo
10. Quinn
11. Sett

Bot Lane

1. Caitlyn
2. Jhin
3. Tristana
4. Ashe
5. Miss Fortune
6. Twitch
7. Smolder
8. Samira

Support

1. Braum
2. Rell
3. Zilean
4. Janna
5. Nautilus
6. Milio
7. Soraka
8. Taric
9. Maokai
10. Poppy
11. Amumu

For a FULL list of champions be sure to check out the main tier list page!

Instructions and Caveats

• Champions marked with a gold "i" badge are explained in more detail in the Champion Explanations section below.
• Champions UNDERLINED may be over/undervalued, but aren't/haven't played enough for me to make a better judgment.
• Within each tier, the champions are strongest from top to bottom in each role's column, 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're in-game.

LoL Tier List Champion Explanations

Locke [God Tier Mid]

Locke is the newest champion in the game, and the meta hasn't figured him out yet, but nobody wants to be the one who lets him snowball. His kit rewards mechanical mastery with enormous burst and mobility, and most games are still first-time-on-champion territory as the ladder learns his combos. Respect him early, because once he gets rolling he's extremely hard to shut down.

Wukong [God Tier Jungle]

Wukong is this patch's quiet powerhouse, with a clean and forgiving clear pattern and a knockup ultimate that turns any teamfight into a 5-for-1. He flies under the radar, which makes him one of the easiest ways to climb right now if you start playing him before the rest of the ladder catches on and starts banning him more.

Jinx [God Tier Bot]

It's almost impossible to keep Jinx down. Her early game is nearly balanced and her mid to late game snowballs so fast with a few kills that team fights are always a dangerous affair for any enemies to engage in. She's one of the safest and most rewarding marksmen to learn, with a kit that scales cleanly into every stage of the game.

Thresh [God Tier Support]

The most picked support in the game by a wide margin, Thresh punishes any positioning mistake from the enemy backline with a single hook and can peel just as effectively as he can engage. He's unforgiving to learn, since landing hooks consistently takes real reps, but there's no support with a higher skill ceiling relative to his reward.

Nasus [Tier 1 Jungle]

Nasus is a genuine late-game menace in the jungle, as his stacked Q eventually one-shots anything it touches. The catch is everything before that point: his clear is slow, he's easy to invade early, and if he falls behind on stacks he's a non-factor for the rest of the game.

Malphite [Tier 1 Top]

Malphite remains one of the most feared top laners in the game: his ultimate alone can end a teamfight before it starts, and he's nearly unkillable once he gets a couple of items online. The downside is a genuinely miserable laning phase against ranged bullies, and if his team falls behind, he has very little to offer beyond his one big button.

Seraphine [God Tier Bot / Tier 1 Support]

Seraphine is a genuine bot lane threat who can flex into support just as easily, with strong poke and shielding either way. She's rarely played, though, and for good reason: she's positioning-dependent and squishy, and most lobbies simply haven't practiced the matchup against her yet.

Senna [God Tier Bot / Tier 1 Support]

Senna is one of the few champions strong enough to headline both the ADC and support tier lists at once, turning soul stacks into genuine hypercarry damage. The tradeoff is a weak early base kit: she needs a safe lane and a good number of stacks before she's actually dangerous, so a rough laning phase can leave her behind for good.

Naafiri [Tier 1/Tier 2 Jungle & Mid]

Naafiri has become one of the scariest lane opponents in the game this patch, thanks to a pack-summon all-in that can delete a lane opponent in seconds. She's high-risk to play, though: if the initial dive doesn't land a kill, she's left with very little to fall back on.

Pyke [Tier 2 Support]

Pyke remains one of the most feared supports in the game for his high pressure roams, letting him pick off isolated targets across the map when you least expect it. His downside is real, though: a Pyke who doesn't get an early kill provides almost nothing for his carries, and a losing Pyke is one of the weakest supports in the game.

Disclaimer:

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

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