Champions

Skillshots are an integral part of League of Legends. Even if you don't play skillshot-based champions, you still need to know how they work. League of Legends skillshots can be difficult to master, but we're here to help teach...

Tired of playing Twisted Fate? Worn yourself out on game after game with Zoe? Trying to change up your mid lane strategy but feeling overwhelmed by the huge variety of mid lane champions on the market? Whether you're new...

For many League of Legends players, passive abilities are often an afterthought when assessing a champion's kit. However, if you want to play a champion to their fullest potential, it's crucial to understand--and master--their passive abilities. In the early...

The emerging Worlds 2017 meta is more diverse than we expected. Using preliminary play-in data (pre-October), we've seen 63 unique champion picks, compared to 56 picks in the entirety of last year’s World Championships. We can expect to see...

Support players in League of Legends are tasked with controlling vision, peeling for the ADC or other carries, and making sure that they're picking a champion who suits the needs of the team. Supports don't generally farm, and while they...

The process of itemization begins at level one. But choosing what items to buy--and the order to buy them in--is often overlooked, even by professionals. In the LCS, for example, we saw NV LirA build Mercury Treads against a triple marksman composition. Of course,...

There are good and bad matchups in the top lane, but "true" hard counters are a myth, or at least an exaggeration. Every lane is salvageable if you're willing to play patiently and survive your lane. In fact, any...

The recent transition to 10 bans in professional League of Legends has entirely reshaped competitive pick and ban strategies, enabling teams to interact more than ever before in champion select. Some picks, however, are so oppressive that they crowd out the other...

The Courage of the Colossus changes in Patch 7.2 couldn't keep a good tree down. Maokai’s modest win rate of 52.4% suggests he’s strong, but not overpowered. There are other Tops with higher win rates, such as Rumble or Shen. These...

Yorick, Shepard of Souls, remains an underrated solo queue top laner in League of Legends, but if you haven't tried him in a while, now might be the best time to give this champion a shot. He’s still dependent...

  Patch 7.3, the most recent balance update to League of Legends has one major theme from top to bottom: nerfing the 'OPs'. Notably, Camille, Ivern, Jayce, Kha'Zix, Malzahar, and Rengar all took significant hits to their kit. We'll recap the most important changes...

  As of Patch 7.2, the quintessential jungler of League of Legends, Warwick, has been completely revamped from visuals to toolset. Even though he had a pretty hype trailer accommodating his remake, Warwick has been pretty much completely irrelevant with regards...