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[Patch 13.21] My Viktor's Build (All (and rare) Matchups)

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Runes: Standard

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Inspiration

First Strike

Magical Footwear

Biscuit Delivery

Cosmic Insight

Sorcery

Manaflow Band

Transcendence

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+9 Adaptive (5.4 AD or 9 AP)
+10% Tenacity/Slow Resist

Spells:

1 2 3 4 5 6

Standard

Flash

Teleport

Items

Starting Items

Standard

Sustain

If you want to Snowball

Lost Chapter Rush

For Mana Scaling

Always take this

First Recall

Important item for any mages

Against Hard AD Matchups

Against Hard AP Matchups

For rushing Rod of Ages

Against healing champion

Control Ward

Boots options

Standard

For CDR

Against Hard AP/Heavy CC

Mythic Items

Best if the enemy team is squishy

Best if the enemy team has a lot of Bruisers or Tanks

Best against burst mages and assassins

Best against gap closers and dashing champions

Best to be more tanky and for scaling

Core Items

Against Shields

For Protection

More Ability Power, more Damage

Magic penetration

More extra Damage

Other Good Items

Situational Items

Full Builds

Example Full Build (Read Notes)

Anti Tank Build

Defensive Build

Against Healing Team

Against Heavy AD Team

Against Heavy AP Team

Against dashing/blink team

Rod of Ages (tanky) Build

Full Magic Penetration Build

Low CDR Build

Elixir

Buy this when your build is full

Ability Order 1st Option

1 2 3 4

Viktor Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

Show All

None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Irelia

Extreme

[Rune Keystone: First Strike or Phase Rush]
[Summoner Spell: Teleport or Exhaust]
[Starting Item: Corrupting Potion]
[Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost]
[Play extremely safe]
[Try to dodge her E at all cost]
[Pray for your ganks and that your team is better]
[Broken champ as ****]
[Swap with your Top laner if you can]
[If you have picked first Viktor and she locked Irelia second and you know she is going to be in Mid lane, dodge]

Alistar

Ideal

See down in table of contents synergies.

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Alistar

Ideal

See down in table of contents synergies.

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Champion Build Guide

Introduction

Hello everyone and welcome to "My Viktor's Build" guide. I am EUNE League of Legends player and my name in game is Hektor Ulmer (not my real life name, it's just what I added). My rank in other account was Diamond III, but I can't really remember my old account name because I took a break from the game for a several years but I really don't mind that and now I created new account to play for fun and not to be the best player in the game.

My favourite champion in game is . I play many roles but my best role is Mid and Top lane. From that being said, I am going to show you why is the best mage champion to play. If you don't wanna read my guide and if you are only interested on items, that is fine for me because I created this guide for any players who mains to get better in ranked or to play him just for fun. :)

Why play Viktor?

Abilities

Viktor - The Machine Herald
Ranged Mage Champion

Damage Type: Magic
Mid Lane: Strong
Difficulty to play: Hard

is perhaps one of the best scaling mages in the game with crazy AOE damage, strong waveclear, great zone control and good mobility thanks to his from his passive once upgraded and he has one of the best ultimates in teamfights. He also does great against almost any mid laners once you have purchase few items and upgraded first ability from passive and there is no way that enemy champion can do to you if you of course, didn't die early and if you are well farmed. From my experience, let me show you everything you need to know and how to play .

Pros/Cons

Pros

+Strong waveclear once you upgraded your
+Crazy AOE damage with his
+Great zone control
+Great at kiting
+His ultimate can interrupt channel abilities
+Does absolute amazing job in teamfights
+Very hard to destroy once he is fed
+Becomes GOD in late game once he has full items
+He has probably best dance in League

has an insane late game scaling thanks to his passive, excellent waveclearing, burst damage, crowd control and it will be almost impossible to 1 vs 1 with full items and good mobility from his upgraded . He can almost 1 shot squishies from his , kite with and can stop chanelling abilities with his making him one of the bast teamfighting champions in the game. :)

Cons

-Like all other mages, he is squishy
-Weak early game
-Bad waveclear before upgrade
-Hard to play
-Immobile, which he can be easily ganked
-Weak when behind
-Needs time to scale
-Weak against assassins and gap closers
-Players often ban him in draft modes :/

Unfortunately, has many weaknesses. He is squishy like other mages, weak in laning phases, can be easily ganked since is pretty immobile champion and has a low range abilities besides from his . It is also quite hard to play with him. He also has some bad matchups against few assassins, gap closers and long range champions. :(

Summoner Spells

FLASH

Flash is the most important spell in the game. It helps you from escaping nasty situations and also for chasing and killing enemies whenever you can't reach them. Always take this every game!

TELEPORT

Teleport is very good summoner spell on . It can be used to teleport on allied towers and it has a 360 seconds of cooldown. After 10 minutes, you can cast on allied minions, wards, towers and other allied constructs and has a 240 seconds of cooldown. This is where I take 90% of the games as a player.

IGNITE

This is a summoner spell where you wanna play aggressive for having kill pressure against champions who has a weak early game or against a champions that heals a lot such as , etc. It helps you to get an early kill and with your passive , you will upgrade your abilites much faster. I rarely take this if their enemy team has a lot of healings or if I wanna have killing pressure to win my lane.

BARRIER

This is a MUST spell against burst champions such as . It helps you to survive early and it has a pretty low cooldown and it is good against champions who has .

EXHAUST

This spell helps a lot against champions that has burst damage or reliesing on autoattacking a lot such as , etc. Having makes great 1 vs 1 dueling but take this spell only if your ADC or Support doesn't have.

CLEANSE

If the enemy team has a lot of CC, then is a must have. I usually take against heavy CC mid such as , or . It also removes damage but not healing reduction so keep in that mind.

GHOST

Since lacks of mobility, this spell also benefits on him and scales greatly in late game. I don't take this as a main but if you feel you need more mobility, then is good to go.

Runes

Keystone

First Strike is an absolutely amazing keystone on Viktor from now on. It gives you 5 gold and for 3 seconds, you cause all of your damage dealt against champions to deal 9% bonus damage. After 3 seconds, you gain a gold based how much you dealt damage. This is suprisingly ridiculous good rune for Viktor (even after a bit nerf, it doesn't really matter, it's still good). You can purchase items even faster and this rune scales much better in late game than any other runes.

Tier 1

Magical Footwear gives you free boots at 12:00 and for every takedown, it reduces cooldown by 45 seconds. This is great where you don't have to spend 300 gold in shop but keep in mind that you cannot buy boots before then.

Tier 2

Biscuit Delivery gives you every 2 minutes until 6 minutes (max 3). It restores health and mana and the lower you are, it restore much faster. Consuming or selling gives permamently increase your mana cap by 40 which is really nice for mages such as Viktor since he lacks of sustain.

Tier 3

Cosmic Insight gives you cooldown reduction from your Summoner Spells and Items which is really good as you can activate earlier than usual.

Tier 1

Manaflow Band is great for any mages. When fully stacked, you gain permamently 250 bonus mana and passive that restores 1% of missing mana every 5 seconds. This is important for Viktor since he can be mana hungry early.

Tier 2

Transcendence gives you cooldown reduction upon reaching levels. Having lower cooldowns means you can spam more abilities very often.

For offense take attack speed. It will help you to last hit minions faster and also trade better against your opponent with auto attacks. For flex take [ Adaptive. It gives you more AP early. For defense, take magic resist against easier AP matchups.

Same goes from above but with armor against AD matchups.

This is where you wanna take double magic resist against hard AP matchups such as .

This is where you wanna take double armor against hard AD matchups especially against assassins where they can burst you down quickly such as .

If you are not sure who is going to be your opponent in mid lane for example if their enemy team has and and one of them can be mid, then take for defense health.

This is my 2nd viable but with sustain:

Tier 2

Time Warp Tonic gives you much more sustain with your Corrupting Potion and biscuits and also grants you 5% movement speed while under effect.

And this is that I use against easy/fre matchups that they don't have any kill pressure on you and you can freely scale:

Future's Market is good if you wanna buy items earlier escpecially if you are thinking that you will struggle a lot against some nasty matchups.

Tier 3

Gathering Storm is very good on scaling mages such as Viktor. It's pretty weak early but later it will become much stronger and you will be able to deal much more damage.

If you don't wanna use these runes, there are other options you can use as . I am going to show you some other viable runes: This is my Rune page Sorcery:

Keystone

Summon Aery is very strong for early game to trade well against your opponent. When you damage an enemy champion with auto attack or abilities, you send a little buddy to deal them a damage.

Tier 3

Scorch is good to bully enemy champions early. It sets them fire to deal damage after 1 second.

This is my Rune page for those who want to deal are damage (it's good against long range champions):

Keystone

Arcane Comet is also viable choice for Viktor especially if you are facing against long range champions that will poke you from distance. This Rune scales better than Summon Aery in late game and it's quite hard for the enemy to dodge it if they don't have enough movement speed.

This is Sorcery Rune page for those who wants more movements speed and kite your enemy champion:

Keystone

Phase Rush is very good on Viktor. Since he lacks of the mobility, this rune will help him a lot to chase or escape from the enemies. It is also very effective in teamfights as well.

And this is my viable Domination:

Keystone

Electrocute gives you bonus adaptive damage when you hit an enemy champion with 3 seperate attacks or abilities. With this rune, it will make you like an assassin mage.

Tier 1

Taste of Blood heals you when you damage and enemy champion.

Tier 2

Eyeball Collection: Each enemy champion takedowns, you collect eyeballs for AD or AP.

Tier 3

Ultimate Hunter gives you cooldown reduction of your ultimate for each enemy champion takedown.

If you are against hard matchups, I suggest to take this rune page. If you are against hard AD champion, then put double points on armor, if against hard AP champions, then put double points on magic resist (you may choose for scaling or for early trades but use , and for sustain so you can have an easier time):

Tier 2

Perfect Timing is good when you don't wanna waste 650 gold in shop and each takedown reduces your timer. This is viable against matchups such as Fizz, Zed etc. to avoid their ult.

Tier 1

Shield Bash is very good on Viktor due to your shield from Siphon Power. When you gain a shield, you will gain a small Armor and Magic Resist and your next basic attack will deal bonus damage to an enemy champion.

Tier 2

Bone Plating is good to receive less damage from spells or attack from the enemy champions. This can be very helpful against hard matchups especially against assassins and burs champions.

Other Viable Runes:

For :

Unsealed Spellbook is underratted and yet rarely taken on many AP champions and other non AP champions as well. You can swap your summoner spell which you want to use it and it decreases your cooldown the more you choose different summoner spell.

Minion Dematerializer is good if you want to insta delete any minions. I recommended to use on cannon minion to gain 5 Hex Fragments so you can scale much faster.

For :

Nimbus Cloak gives you bonus movement speed when you cast a Summoner Spell. The higher cooldown of Summoner Spell is, the more movement speed you gain.

Absolute Focus is good for the early game whe you wanna bully your enemy champion. This works only when you have more than 70% HP.

Celerity increases your bonus movement speed effectivenes. This works well with your upgraded Siphon Power or if you took Summoner Spell Ghost.

Waterwalking gives you bonus movement speed and bonus Adaptive damage while on river. It's very good for those who want to roam a lot and it helps you to deal more damage for example: if you are near at dragon or baron.

For :

Overgrowth helps you to increase your health permamently. Each essence from monsters or minions that die near you, you will gain small amount of health permamently. You also gain an additional maximum health when you absorbed at least 120 monsters or minions.

Unflinching gives you tenacity and slow resistence. The lower your health is, the more tenacity and slow resistence is increased. This is good if the enemy team has too much CC.

For :

Dark Harvest can be situational as a Keystone of you want to deal more damage to the enemies below 50% health and scale much better in late game.

Treasure Hunter gives you gold for each takedown on enemy champions. This is good for those who wants to be rich and get Items faster.

Relentless Hunter gives you permament out of combat Movement Speed for each takedown on enemy champions. This is good since Viktor is immobile and you can get in teamfights or other objectives faster.

For :

Presence of Mind gives you mana regeneration when you damage an enemy champion. When on takedown, it restores your mana. This rune can help if you spam a lot of your abilites and go aggressive.

Coup de Grace is really good for those who wants to deal more damage. The more damage you will deal when the enemy champion has lower than 40% HP.

Last Stand is good when you want to deal more damage to an enemy champions when you hae lower health.

First Strike or Summon Aery on Viktor?

FIRST STRIKE

SUMMON AERY

So people are started to thinking which rune is best in Season 12 on . or ? Some people think that is best right now due to the strong early game poke but some are thinking that is better because it's very good in the late game and gives you a gold based how much you have dealt damage on the enemy champions or some people are using or even . So let's see what these 2 Rune Keystones that are very strong on do:

FIRST STRIKE

PASSIVE: Dealing damage or applying a crowd control effect to an enemy champion within the first 0.25 seconds of champion combat, grants 5 Gold 5 and First Strike for 3 seconds, causing all of your post-mitigation damage dealt against champions to deal 10% bonus true damage. Afterwards, you are granted (Melee 100% / Ranged 70%) of all bonus damage dealt within the duration as gold.

will be placed on full cooldown after being struck by an enemy champion before you strike them.

Cooldown: 25 - 15 (based on level) seconds

SUMMON AERY

PASSIVE: Damaging basic attacks, abilities, item effects, and summoner spells against an enemy champion signal Aery to pounce at them over 0.45 seconds, dealing 10 − 40 (based on level) (+ 15% bonus AD) (+ 10% AP) Adaptive damage. Healing, shielding, or buffing an allied champion signals Aery to jump to them over 0.35 seconds, shielding them for 35 − 80 (based on level) (+ 40% bonus AD) (+ 25% AP) for 2 seconds.

Aery applies her effects upon arrival. Aery then lingers on the target for a little less than 2 seconds before flying back to the user, and cannot be sent out again until she returns. Aery is initially very slow, but gradually accelerates, and can be picked up by moving near her.

As you can see, these Rune Keystones do different damage. gives you 5 gold and begins to deal extra damage for 3 seconds after dealing damage or applying crowd control on the enemy champion. Once the 3 seconds have passed, you will receive a gold based how much you have dealt. Note that deals TRUE damage which is cool. It has a 15 seconds cooldown when you reach maximum lvl 18. This rune is pretty weak early but it gets stronger in mid and late game.

is a poke rune that deals bonus magic damage on the enemy champions when using basic attack, abilities, item effects or summoner spells as well. You can see her when she lingers the target and it will fly back to you. It's pretty slow but it moves faster and you can pick her back by moving near her. This rune is way stronger early than but it doesn't do much in the late game as you would expected. You can pretty much win trades against enemy champions early rather than . Unlike , it doesn't give any gold.

But what does makes so great for :

1. His Q can be used as an early tool for poking your enemy. Not necessarily for killing them but for farming extra gold.

2. Viktor will deal the most damage with his E which is his main harass ability and this ability will give him the most gold.

3. If the opponents get way too close for comfort be sure to lock them in place with your W and unleash your abilities and watch how much you will gain gold while dealing damage.

4. All of his basic abilities can be upgraded or augmented each time he gets a kill and once you have all upgraded abilities, you will gain even much gold than before.

5. He is a scaling mage champion meaning is extremely good on scaling mages for late game or even some assassins.

Both of these Rune Keystones are very good on . You can choose for poking (not necessarily for killing them but for farming extra gold) and scaling into late game or for stronger early game poke and winning most of the trades especially if you have . What I choose? I choose for scaling and farming for gold because it's really cool and great Rune for and I think it's way better than . With my upgraded abilities and full build, I will one-shot almost everyone in the late game (not against tanks). From my experience, is a must try on until it gets nerfed and believe me, you won't be dissapointed. :)

Abilities

Glorious Evolution (Passive)
RANGE: N/A
COST: N/A
COOLDOWN: N/A

INNATE: Viktor can augment his basic abilities after gaining 100 Hex Fragments, he obtains them by killing enemy units:

Minions and monsters grant 1 Hex Fragment.
Large minions grant 5 Hex Fragments.
Champion takedowns grant 25 Hex Fragments.
Chaos Storm Chaos Storm gets augmented once of all his basic abilities have been augmented.

Siphon Power (Q)
RANGE: 600
COST: 45/50/55/60/65
COOLDOWN: 9/8/7/6/5

Viktor blasts an enemy unit, dealing 60 / 75 / 90 / 105 / 120 (+40% of ability power) magic damage while shielding himself for 27 − 105 (based on level) (+18% of ability power) for 2.5 seconds.

Viktor's next basic attack is converted into magic damage, dealing 20 / 45 / 70 / 95 / 120 (+ 100% AD)(+60% of ability power) magic damage.

AUGMENT- TURBOCHARGE: Viktor gains 30% bonus movement speed for 2.5 seconds after using Siphon Power. Also increases Siphon Power's shield value by 60%, up to 48 − 184 (based on level) (+ 32% AP).

Siphon Power (Q)

Gravity Field (W)
RANGE: 800
COST: 65
COOLDOWN: 17/16/15/14/13

Viktor conjures a gravitational imprisonment device at a target location for 4 seconds, slowing all enemies that pass above it by 28 / 32 / 36 / 40 / 44%. Whilst under its effects, enemies generate stacks every 0.5 seconds; at 3 stacks the target will be stunned for 1.5 seconds.

AUGMENT- MAGNETIZE: Viktor's abilities, excluding Chaos Storm, slow enemies hit by 20% for 1 second.

Gravity Field (W)

Death Ray (E)
RANGE: 525
COST: 70/80/90/100/110
COOLDOWN: 12/11/10/9/8

Viktor uses his robotic arm to fire a 500-unit length laser beam across the field in a chosen path, dealing 70 / 110 / 150 / 190 / 230 (+50% of ability power) magic damage to every enemy it hits.

Augment - Aftershock: An explosion follows Death Ray's wake, dealing an additional 20 / 50 / 80 / 100 / 140 (+80% of ability power) magic damage.

Death Ray (E)

Chaos Storm (R)
RANGE: 700
COST: 100
COOLDOWN: 120/100/80

After a 0.25 second delay, Viktor conjures a singularity at the target location, dealing 100 / 175 / 250 (+50% of ability power) magic damage and interrupting channeled abilities. The storm cloud remains for 6 seconds afterwards, firing lightning bolts which deal 65 / 105 / 145 (+45% of ability power) magic damage to all nearby enemies every second.

While the singularity is active Viktor can re-activate Chaos Storm to move it to the cursor's location or at an enemy champion. The singularity moves faster the closer it is to Viktor.

AUGMENT- PERFECT STORM: The Chaos Storm moves 25% faster.

Chaos Storm (R)

Skill Sequence

You should start at lvl 1 with ability because you will begin to harras enemy champion in laning phase. With this ability, there is no other champions that can deal with you since you deal a nice amount of damage and you gain small shield that absorbs some damage. Then at lvl 2, you put a point into since this is the main ability and you will be maximize this ability as soon as possible and then at lvl 3 . is the main source of damage and poke, while is the second ability to max after and finally the at last. Always put point at lvl 6, 11 and 16 .

You can also put point at lvl 1 if you are against ranged champions and you can clear first 3 minions easily or if the enemy team is going to invade so you can poke them and use in bushes if they are hiding.

In some matchups, you wanna put a point at lvl 2 if they have a gap closers let's say you are up against mid and she will use her at lvl 2 to jump on you to deal damage and auto attack you and you can use your on her so you can escape. This will save your life to run away and preventing them for getting kill.

Items

Starting Items:

DORAN'S RING
A standard item for most of the mages. It gives you Aility Power, Health and a passive that restores mana when you damage and enemy champion. This is where I start in almost every single game and every player should start too.

CORRUPTING POTION
Another option to start that gives a lot of sustain. Since doesn't have any sustain abilities, it is good to trade early game against any enemy champions especialy against melee. If you combine together with and , it will give you tons of sustain so you will be able to stay in your lane for much longer which is awesome.

DARK SEAL
If you wanna to snowball or thinking that you have an easy opponent, you can go for this item since it gives you more Ability Power for each takedown and you can later upgrade to . Obviously, you should start this only if you think you can really snowball hard or you can buy this Item when first recall.

SAPPHIRE CRYSTAL
If you are planning to rush early and don't wanna waste your gold like , then this is good start. Since has a bit mana problem early, this item will help you to spam your abilities a bit more.

TEAR OF THE GODDESS
If you are having with mana trouble early especially if you are facing against manaless champion, you can start with this item. It will help you to increase your mana and you can stay in your lane for much longer and spam a lot but please do not upgrade into because, it's not good anymore on as it only gives ability haste, not ability power anymore. Once you are almost full build, sell your and buy something stronger.

STEALTH WARD
You must ALWAYS start with . It reveals surrounding area so you can see on the map if the enemy junglers comes to gank you or if enemy mid laners goes roaming. Later after the enemy or your tower in mid lane is destroyed you can keep it or you can buy or depending what the enemy team comp looks like.

First Recall:

LOST CHAPTER
You must get this item as soon as possible. This is very important item for every mages to upgrade into mythic item of their choices.

SEEKER'S ARMGUARD
If you are facing against AD assassins especially against harder matchups, then get it to survive their burst. Without that, you will be easily killed and they will start to snowball.

VERDANT BARRIER
If you are facing against AP burst, then this item will help you to survive. Later upgrade it into .

CATALYST OF AEONS
This item and is back. It doesn't give you Ability Power but it gives you Health instead. Build this only if you are going for . Don't build together because is also Mythic item and you won't be able to upgrade your .

OBLIVION ORB
If you are against some champions that heals a lot, then you can buy this as a first item. I don't buy this before Mythic item even if I struggle.

CONTROL WARD
Buy this often when you are going to recall. It will help you to reveal location and invisible wards so you can clean them. This also reveals invisible champions such as . Put it in the bush near enemy red buff, players often don't see there.

Mythic Items:

LUDEN'S TEMPEST
If you are playing against a squishy enemy team, then this item is a must buy. If you combine together with , and , you will completely delete one enemy champion if he of course doesn't have any magic resist. This Mythic Item is currently best right now on or any other mages for now so you should buy it if the enemy team doesn't have any bruisers or tanks.

LIANDRY'S ANGUISH
This item is good if the enemy team has a lot of bruisers or tanks. It's also effective against a champions that you are facing in laning phase such as or . This is by far the best scaling item on .

CROWN OF THE SHATTERED QUEEN
If you are facing against a burst champion or any assassins especially if you struggle a lot, then this Mythic Item will help you. Unlike , it's quite cheap, it gives you some defensive stats and has a passive that can make you to become safeguarded and gain 75% damage reduction and while safeguarded, you gain some AP.

EVERFROST
If the enemy team has a lot of gap closers and dashes, then this Mythic Item will defenitely help you. It's also effective against some matchups such as , etc since they have almost infinite dashes. Since this Mythic Item has been nerfed (slow/root has been reduced from 1.5 to 1 seconds), I think it's still fine item to buy.

ROD OF AGES
is back for beloved players! This item is currently strong right now. It gives you Ability Power, Health and Mana and each minute it increases your Ability Power, Health and Mana up to 10 times. After reaching max stacks, you will gain a level and it will improve your other passive that restores your Mana and Health upon taking damage from champions. This item is very good for many mages and AP bruisers but the downsides it slowly scales in late game. I still do not prefer to build on as he needs more Ability Power and Haste to deal more damage from his spells. Still, it's a very good Mythic item if you want to be more tanky in late game.

Boots:

SORCERER'S SHOES
My standard boots for almost every game. It gives you flat magic penetration which is good for early and mid game.

IONIAN BOOTS OF LUCIDITY
Quite good for CDR. With these boots, you will be able to spam your abilities a lot. Also, reduces your cooldown on your Summoner Spells.

MERCURY'S TREADS
If the enemy team has a lot of CC or that deals a lot of magic damage, then these boots are must to buy. I buy this when I am facing against to reduce his stun from his and against strong burst mage .

Core Items:

SHADOWFLAME
This item is very powerful on . It ignores 10-20 of the target's magic resistance depending how much health they have. Very good especially if they have a bruiser or tank or if they have a lot of shields. Combining together with and , you will do an insane damage and you can deal enough damage even if they are tanks.

ZHONYA'S HOURGLASS
Very good item especially if you are facing against AD champion especially if they are assassins. This item will save you a lot especially against some ultimates such as or 's . I buy this almost every single game to survive in teamfights and to counter some deadly ultimates. You should also buy it to survive any nasty situations.

RABADON'S DEATHCAP
Probably the most important and ultimate scaling late game item that every mage buys. The passive gives you a massive increase of Ability Power. Buy it after Mythic Item only if you are very fed and have enough gold, if not, then buy it as a 4th or 5th item.

VOID STAFF
Very good item for any mages. This Item will help you to ignore their Magic Resist as you will deal even more damage to bruisers or tanks. You can buy it earlier especially if you are against like since he will build a lot of Magic Resist Items but you should buy this as a last item if the enemy team has Magic Resist Items.

LICH BANE
This item is amazing on . The spellblade passive works together with and with his empowering basic attack, he will deal massive damage or can completely one shot squishy champion. Buy this as a last item if the enemy team doesn't have any Magic Resist Items.

Situational Items:

BANSHEE'S VEIL
This item grants you a spell shield that blocks champions ability and it's very good against heavy AP team or against burst mages such as , etc. I buy this item when I am facing against to reduce his stun and survive his ridicilous burst in late game or if they have a lot of CC.

MORELLONOMICON
This item is good if their enemy has a lot of healings or if you are facing against healing champions such as , etc. This item now gives Magic Penetration after some changes which makes this item even more stronger against healing champions.

COSMIC DRIVE
Gives you great Cooldown REduction, Ability Power and Movement Speed and a passive when you deal damage to enemy champions with basic attacks or abilities 3 times, you will gain bonus Movement Speed and AP. This Item no longer gives Health but it gives you much more AP than before and now it's really strong Item for especially if you have a Keystone .

DEMONIC EMBRACE
A good item against bruisers and tanks as you gain Ability Power equal to your health and dealing damage to enemy champions causes of them as maximum health.

SERAPH'S EMBRACE
This item has been changed and now it gives you Ability Power instead of Ability Haste based how much you have mana. It now has a new passive that gives you a shield when you are below 30% health. The more mana you have, the more shield you will gain. I think this item will be defenitely strong especially into tanky team and also against assassins that can save your lifes. I will try this item in the future games and let you know if this item is worth to buy on .

HORIZON FOCUS
Honestly, I haven't tried yet that item, but I think it's only good for long range mages who spams abilities from long distance. Your only long range is but if you wanna try this item, then maybe it will be worth it.

MEJAI'S SOULSTEALER
An upgraded item from if you snowball really hard. Not reccommended to use in ranked games unless if you are very professional player.

Elixir:

ELIXIR OF SORCERY
If your build is full, then always buy . It is the best elixir for any mages. It gives your AP, Mana Regeneration and it has a passive that deals True Damage to the enemy champions and turrets.

Mythic Items

In this chapter, I am going to show you which Mythic items you should buy against enemy team comp. There are 4 types of Mythic items that can buy and they are currently the best. These are , , and . Now I will discuss about these Mythic items first what they do then I will add which Mythic item you should buy into enemy team that I will randomly add:

1. Luden's Tempest
This Mythic item is one of the most popular and best item for players. It gives very nice stats including Magic Penetration and has a passive that dealing damage with ability sends 3 bolts nearby enemies to deal damage and gratns you bonus Movement Speed. This synergies really well with your since it will give you even more Movement Speed. This Mythic item is great into squishy enemy team but pretty bad against tanky enemy team.

2. Liandry's Anguish
This is second best Mythic item for . Unlike , it doesn't give you Magic Penetration. Instead, it has a passive that dealing damage with abilitiy burns enemies based on max health over 4 seconds. It is perfect and deadly against bruiser or tank champion who will stack a lot of health. This Mythic item is best into tanky enemy team but pretty lame against squishy enemy team.

3. Crown of the Shattered Queen
This Mythic item is very good if you are against burst mage champion that deal insane amount of damage or against assassins that can take down squishies really well. It's way cheaper than and : it costs 2800 gold while these costs 3200 gold. It gives you 10 less Ability Power but it gives you health. It has a passive that you will become Safeguarded and gain 75% damage reduction, lingering for 1.5 seconds after taking champion damage. While Safeguarded, you gain Ability Power until it's destroyed. This Mythic item is great against a lot of burst or assassin champions.

4. Everfrost
This is quite unpopular but underrated Mythic item for players. It gives the same stats like . You can activate it to deal damage and slow all enemies who are hitted. Enemies who are hitted in center will be rooted for 1 second. This Mythic item is very good if you are against champions like , , etc. or if the enemy team has many dashes from other lanes.

But wait, there is another Mythic item that has been removed for a long time ago and now it's back. And that is:

Rod of Ages
This item is back and it's very good on scaling champions and for those who wants to be more tanky. It gives more Mana, more Health and Ability Power each minute. It's good on champions who has a huge mana problems in early game However, it is not truly good on since he needs Ability Haste in order to spam more abilities and doesn't have that mana problems in later stage of the game. That being said, I would recommended to build one of the 4 Mythic items above since they are rather much better for and I won't add on which champions you are going to buy.

Now that I esxplained Mythic items, I will show which of them you will use against enemy team comp as that I have added randomly:

1st example on your team vs enemy team:

If you look at their enemy team below, they have no tanks neither bruisers. They are completely squishy and they don't build health and resistences items. They can be easily bursted down or should I say oneshoted. Which Mythic item you should build. Of course is best against them.

Alright, so what about 2nd example:

Their enemy team has bruiser and tanky support and other 3 champions are squishy. These 2 tanky champions can tank enough damage and can survive some burst. So which Mythic item you should buy. You can either buy if you need more damage and movement speed or for DoT damage against these 2 tanky champions. Both of them are good against them.

Now let's see about 3rd example:

Their enemy team comp is very tanky and it't seems hard to kill them once they get few items. They can survive much burst and they can stay alive for much longer. This is where you must buy to melt their health.

OK, so what about this 4th example:

Their enemy team has only 1 tank . So which Mythic item you are going to buy? right? The answer is no. You will buy . Why? Because you are facing and he has everytime it's up. Your can completely ruin his passive and he won't be able to gain protective shield faster. That's the reason.

Now let's see about this 5th example:

Their enemy team has a lot of burst and can delete squishy champions quickly. , and , they have very strong early game and have an early advantage. This is where you must buy to survive their burst.

And finally, 6th example:

Look at their enemy team. They have a lot of mobility, dashes, they are hard to catch the and they can outplay you. This is where your team needs to have hard CC or slows in order to stop their mobility. As a player, you should consider buying to either slow or root in center so you can burst them down so they won't escape or outplay you.

Early Game

Early game, you can play aggressively or defensively depending on the lane match-up. at lvl 1 is one of the strongest mid laner in the game thanks to his which gives him small amount of shield and empowered basic attack which does great damage early. Still since you are weak early, your goal is to farm as much as possible for late game. If you are against easier ranged matchups, you should start with since it's the most standard item for and it's currently strong right now. However, if you are against melee champions or harder ranged champions such as , you should start with and take rune for sustain and trading power. Always ward early somewhere, you will probably getting ganked a lot since is very immobile and doesn't have any great escape abilities.

Once you first recall, you should buy as an important item to upgrade into mythic item or if you are against harder AD or AP champions, then consider buying or to survive their burst. Your first upgrade with should be around 10 minutes or less if you got takedown early thanks to your jungler or if you have managed to solo kill. With this, your waveclear will be much faster as before and push your enemy under their turret and you can either bully him or roam other lanes. After 15 minutes or more, you should complete your mythic item depending which enemy you were against and boots. With these items, your power will grow up much higher and you will start to outdamage your opponents if they are not ahead.

Mid Game

This is where really shines now. You should still continue farm minions with and start taking objectives like turrets, dragons or their enemy jungle camps. If you somehow fall behind do not worry, you can still comeback even if they are ahead because outscales most of the champions in mid lane. Try to clear the waves with your and push other lanes but don't too much or the enemies will come and kill you.

In the meantime, you should have completed at least 1 core item or depending how tanky or squishy their enemy team is. Once you have maxed , and put lvl 2 at , you will start to notice how different damage you deal then before. You can even kill squishy enemy if you are quickly enough with combo , and + empowered basic attack. Fights will happen a lot and you should group and work as a team to win this game. Make sure to always take down objectives such as dragons and place wards in bushes or near at dragon and baron. is great in teamfights with his AoE abilities and zone control but always make sure to not go first and stay far away and kite enemies.

Late Game

Now this is where it starts to change. This is where becomes monster in late game or should I say: God of Machines. You want to always grouping with your team in the stage of the game. You will be huge threat to the enemy team so you should always stay far as possible and not get killed. You also never want to solo split push alone because is immobile and you can get yourself killed. If you have a champion like , , etc, they can split push solo due to having excellent dueling power in 1 vs 1 and escaping nasty situation so just let them do work and you stay with your team. In other words, you have AoE abilities so use them in teamfights wisely.

In teeamfights, make sure to always stay backline and kite enemies with your abilities. Use your to CC the enemy frontline, so you can burst them fast wtih your teammates. You are a big threat thanks to your which also gives you movement speed and with your empowered basic attack, you will deal almost 50% HP to squishy champion. If you have a , it even becomes much deadlier than before that you don't even need to use or even . Your goal is to do as much damage as possible without dying, make sure you constantly spam to keep up your movement speed buff as much as possible so they will have a hard time to catch you.

Do not forget that your can interrupt chanelling abilites such as 's or 's . It also deals massive AoE damage in late game and the closer you are, the faster it moves. Even if you die, it will still move. Use your wisely. Make sure that the enemy champions are stunned by your or if you miss it totally, you are pretty much screwed.

When playing any objectives, use your to zone off an entrance so they can't pass through and keep them busy kiting them with so that your team can take baron, dragon or turrets.

Tips and Tricks

's can cancel your animation if you time it correctly. I have done many practice in the practice tool game a lot of times. It was hard a bit early but once you practice a lot it will become much easier for you. I found some video that will help you a lot so check it out if you want to.

And also, you can watch this video:

Don't always use or just for no reason. Use it when enemy is going to engage you or if they are CC'ed or if the enemy jumps on you, quickly use and activate to survive. In teamfights, make sure to use where are the enemies are very close to each other so you can use full combo and .

does not interrupt your movement so you can still use it while moving.
This is great when the enemy is chasing you and you can still poke them while moving.
One note that your laser also reveal some location such as bushes.

Do NOT forget that your can interrupt any chanelling abilites. A lot of people forget about that and are confused why their ult stopped for no reason. moves faster the closer you are but moves slower when you are far away. Also even when you die, it still moves so be sure to click on the enemy champion to with your R to follow them and problably kill them.

How to farm and freeze

Farming

Farming is the most important thing in the game. You have to make sure to always last hit minions when they are close to death. Simply use your basic attack to last hit minions. When under your turret, make sure to wait for your turret to hit them before last hitting them. Don't always use your abilities to hit minions unless if you are going to clear them fast. Once you have upgraded your , you can faster waveclearing. Always last hit Large Cannon minion as they give much gold and 5 of your Hex Core from passive.

What does freezing mean?

Freezing is a technique that lets you deny your opponent exp and cs. Freezing a lane means that you kite/tank the minions without letting your tower hit the creeps. Always make sure that enemy minions beats yours. If you are keep doing this, you are completely safe from ganks while your opponent will be afraid of ganks and will eventually lost a lot of exp and cs.

I do not recommended to freeze against harder matchups unless if you are very far ahead. If you want to freeze, make sure the enemy pushed you under the tower. In this way, enemy will be vulnerable to ganks. Freezing will force the enemy laner to overextend for farm and will keep you safe since you will be close to the turret. The downside is that you won't be applying any pressure, leaving your opponent free to roam. If you are very far ahead and you are freezing by not pushing, enemy will be in your kill range and he will loss a lot of exp and cs leaving him behind. This is a great way to snowball to lead unless if you have other objectives such as dragons, towers etc.

Warding

Warding in League of Legends is incredibly important for every role and every game you play. It is a necessity for everyone to know when to ward, where to ward and how to become better at warding.

Without any vision control, you will find it difficult to survive the early game, win the mid game and close out the late game. When you understand the fundamentals of warding and how you can use it to your advantage, it can really help you win more.

Every player has to start (unless if they play as a jungler) with . This ward is very important to reveal small area around. You can either place it if you think the enemy team is going to invade or you can place it later once around 3 minutes. Once you have first recall, you should buy at least 1 or 2 s. This ward will always stay until it's destroyed and it will reveal any invicible units and s as well. I have added wards in this new Mobafire map and you can see notes by using your mouse on Ward Icons:

This is probably the best places you can put your wards. The more you will put the wards, the more vision score you will gain. After you have finished your lane, you can keep your if you need more wards or you can replace it with to reveal small area from huge distance or with if you wanna clear enemy wards or the enemy team has like to reveal his mushrooms. It's up to you.

Roaming

Roaming is very impactful for a mid laner because it is the center lane on the map. You are always a threat to help out top or bot lane. Mid laners are also usually the closest to their jungler, and as such can make plays on the map together.

It is important to first tend to your minion wave before you roam. Ideally, you will get the minion wave pushed into the enemy turret and then look to roam. You can still roam if you clear the minion wave after the enemy mid clears theirs, but you will have lost tempo on your map movement.

You also need to be aware of the situation on the map you are moving toward. Your allies should have enough health and mana to support you in your gank. It is also helpful if your allies can communicate to you what summoner spells the enemies still have available.

You must be sure that you have a safe path to the lane you want to roam on. The enemy jungler can block your path if you do not have sufficient wards or information on the junglers whereabouts.

Every champion in Mid lane can roam even those who is immobile. As a player, he isn't the best chmpion at roaming. You can do it if you have pushed your wave and your Bot lane is being punished. Make sure that you are healthy enough and you have a lot of mana to use your abilities. If the enemy Bot lane is retreating and you are going to roam, that means they know you are going to help your Bot lane because the enemy player must have placed their wards somewhere. In other words, let me show you which way is the best to roam (I drawed this myself. The white is simple way to roam, the blue when you are on the blue side and the red when you are on the red side. It maybe looks it hard to see lines but that is how it is. Don't blame me for this. I thin I will draw better agains soon. XD):

White Lines: This is the simple way to roam. Going on the river and roaming either on Bot or Top way is the fastest way to roam.

Blue Lines: If you are on the blue side, there are some ways to roam. If you are planning to roam on Bot lane, you can do it by going on river, then heading near Blue buff on the red side and then going into bushes. Once you reach there and if the enemy Bot lane is near their tower, you can come to help your Bot lane to get the kills. If you are going on Top lane, first go to riven then go between the baron and Red buff on the red side and then go in the bushes. Be prepared if the enemy doesn't know you are there so you can help your Top laner to get the kill.

Red Lines: If you are on the red side, if you are going to roam on Bot lane, you can go between Red buff on the blue side and dragon and once you reach in the bushes, be quick to get there or else the enemy will retreat near the tower. Or if they are near their tower and they are low, you can try to get the kills. If going on Top lane, first go to the river and then go left where is there near blue buff on the blue side and then head to the bushes. Once you have reached there, if the enemy is completely low, help your Top laner to kill the enemy.

Playing from behind

So everybody is asking what to do when your enemy is ahead and you are behind. Well, if you are behind, don't worry about it, the game isn't just over yet and it isn't so early to surrender. Keep your mental up. Playing from behind is something you got to learn. This extends to both in lane and out of lane gameplay. If your team is ahead and you're behind, then there is a high chance to win the game. For example, if Bot lane is very ahead and they have destroyed their enemy tower, they will likely to be fed and the enemy team will try hard to destroy them so just pray if they are good players. If you and all your team is behind, then there is a very little chance to comeback as it will be very hard to stop them unless if the enemy is completely throwing the game.

Your general focus should be on farming and avoiding fights. Also avoid roaming and utilize lane wards so you can warn your team when your opponent goes somewhere. Do not follow their roams. Even if you do get there in time, your impact will be severely limited due to being behind. Also, build defensive items to survive if you are behind. This will help you to prevent them to busrt you down quickly. It will not work every single game but at least it will give you a bit advantage.

As a main player, I also struggle often because I often get a bad jungler that plays poorly or if I am getting camped a lot by their enemy jungler. I still keep mental cool up and not arguing to my teammates and if my teammates are complete toxic, I completely mute them and keep focusing on game. This is what high elo players also do. Every player has a bad game or bad day so if you having problem with that, just take a break and forget about that situation. And besides, you cannot win every single game even if you are doing your best. Sometimes, the enemy team is just plays better than you so you just have to accept it. It's just a game.

Matchups

does really well against many opponents in midlane but he struggles against assassins and gap closers but if you know how to play against assassins correctly, then you will have an easier time. So I am going to show you many matchups in midlane. Please keep in mind that some matchups are also quite rare and I will also add matchups that for example: sometimes, ADC from bot is in mid or sometimes, Support is in mid and goes AP. I will also add difficulties and things in matchups that you will see:

Difficulty: Very Easy, Easy, Normal, Hard or Very Hard

Recommended Runes: This will describe which runes you should use against champions. Some of the champions will have 2 or even more options but it's up to you which you will use

Which Summoner Spell you should use: This will describe what summoner spell you should use before the game starts

Which Item you should start: This will describe what item you should buy first when the game starts

Which Rune Keystone they use: This will describe which rune keystone are they using

Which Summoner Spell they use: This will describe which summoner spell are they using (I will not put as a main summoner spell on matchups since everyone is using it so I will just add only what secondary summoner spell are they using). However, some players will use both summoner spells like and instead of for killing pressure

Which Item do they start: This will describe which item have they started with

Recommended Mythic Item: This will show you what Mythic Item you should buy what champion you are facing in Mid Lane (you don't have to buy what is shows, you can buy any Mythic Item. It's up to you)

Their usual full build: This will describe what players have their full build when they have bought items (This is just in my opinion. Many players have their different full build what do they like or what is strong in the current meta)

I added a quick matchup tier list so you can see every champion what I added in each difficulty that there are in my opinion but every player have their opinions as well [some of these matchups are rare or very rare and possible to see in blind picks especially in draft or ranked games in low or high elo):

Now this will show you which recommended Keystone Runes you should use against enemy champions. This is my opinion which are the best against. Some champions have high long range abilities that can poke you from distance so you will use , some champions have slow CC and/or you want to kite your enemy good and disengage, you will use , some champions can be easily punished or you want in general win your lane hard, you will use and the most used Keystune Rune for that you want to scale and gain much gold and you are very experienced player, then you will use . Honestly, you can use any Keystone Runes which one do you prefer:

Now, I wlll also show you what recommended Mythic Item you should buy when you are facing an enemy champion in Mid Lane (this list shows you what I think what Mythic Item is the best against. However, you can buy any Mythic Item, it's up to you. Or if the enemy team has a lot of tanks and you are facing a squishy champion, then you may buy or if they have a lot of dashes, then buy . Honestly, it is really up to you which Mythic item you are going to buy):

Now, I will show matchups in alphabetic order from A to Z and explain how to win and survive every lane:

AATROX

Aatrox

The Darkin Blade

Difficulty: Hard

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust or Ignite
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield or Doran's Blade
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

You will not se him in Mid lane much thankfully because this lane is painful for if he is good. has an incredibly strong early game and he will bully you out of lane. His has different shape with first one is long, the second is wide and the third is on himself. You must avoid his sweet spot on his edge or you will take a lot of damage and get knocked up. Try to stay behind your minions or dodge his or if you get caught by that and get dragged back. you will probably die. His gives him free omnivamp against champions and can dash and even he can cast his while dashing so keep in that mind. Post 6, he becomes incredibly strong as his gains bonus movement speed, attack damage and self healing so avoid fighting him at all cast. Your job against him is to farm from distance and get early Mythic item and to reduce his healing and try your best to not die at all cost. If you have managed to survive against him, you are good to go but still, he will do enough damage to kill you even if you are ahead. You outscale him in late game so just play safe and try to help your team to take objectives and towers.

Late Game and Teamfights: He is very strong in teamfights and he is quite tanky and has a lot of healings. Always make sure that your team has healing reduction. If you don't have any of healing reduction items, he will become unkillable and he will destroy your team. Keep your distance against him and poke him from afar and save your whenever he tries to engage on someone or his is on cooldown. It will not be easy to kill in teamfights so try to focus other squishies then him. One more thing: if he solo pushes other lanes, do NOT try to solo him 1 vs 1 unless if you are very fed. Instead, let your Top laner take care of him and stick with your team and take dragon or baron.

AHRI

AKALI

AKSHAN

Akshan

The Rogue Sentinel

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Press the Attack
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Long Sword
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

is quite frustrating pre 6 but not too hard if you play smart. His passive shoots twice in row which really hurst. His is a skillshot boomerang that passes through enemies and if hits a champion, he gains movement speed. His can swings over the terrain which makes him very mobile champion. His ultimate is a chanelling ability that lock onto the target champion and fires all bullets after few seconds but thanfully it can be blocked by teammates and structures as well. A good will try to play aggressive against you and he can easily kill you at lvl 2 by using and . Try to stay away from his range and just poke him with from afar and use only if he farms with . Post 6 when you have at least 1 item, you are much better in trading but still be careful even if you have few kills he can still do a lot of damage. Make sure to always warn your team when he is missing. He will roam a lot with and if he manages to get few kills, you will have a problem.

Late Game and Teamfights: Do NOT forget that his makes a Scoundrel on enemy champion if he got takedown which means if kills the Scoundrel, he will revive his dead champions immediately. Your [chaos storm]] can cancel his but it will place him on 5-second cooldown so do NOT forget about that. is also fairly squishy champion so that means he will be easily killed if he does some mistake.

ALISTAR

ANIVIA

ANNIE

ASHE

AURELION SOL

Aurelion Sol

The Star Forger

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring
Which Rune Keystone they use: First Strike
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring or Tear of the Goddess
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

just got reworked making him more powerful in Mid/late game champion. However, his early game is very weak and has huge mana problems early and does not have an early kill pressure. As a player, you shouldn't have any problem against him as you can poke him with . Don't stay on his and stay behind your minions to avoid his . He will use his abilities to push your wave so don't let him push and poke him if he wastes his abilities on minions. After you have upgraded your , you can now perma shove your lane and poke him out of lane. Your can cancel his and so if he does that do you for some reason, unleash your power on him and you will defenitely get a kill. Pretty easy matchup overal. Just make sure to play aggressive against him and prevent his infinite scaling. Warn your team when he is missing, he is very good at roaming.

Late Game and Teamfights: His late game scaling is insane and does disgusting amount of damage. His area of abilities are huge, his can execute low HP opponents and his can refresh if he gets a takedown. His does a large amount of damage and can stun opponents in range. You must kill him as soon as possible or he will destroy your team without any problems. When he is about to use his and , quickly cast your to cancel it and slay that abomination. If you have managed to kill him, he will be no longer big trouble in teamfights. Just make sure to kill him first in teamfights as soon as possible.

AZIR

BARD

BLITZCRANK

BRAND

CAITLYN

Caitlyn

The Sheriff of Piltover

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Fleet Footwork or Lethal Tempo or First Strike
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Long Sword
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

Her auto attack range (650) is so annoying and frustrating. She will constantly outrange you with her basic attacks non stop. Also, her laning phase is way stronger than . Luckily, your can reach her so only poke her with your laser. Do not go on her with because she will use her to back off and she will use her for a lot of damage. Dodge her and avoid her at all cost. If she pushes your lane (which she will defenitely do) ask your jungler to help. Make sure that your health isn't low because she can execute you with . If you are both low and you are both trying to kill, you can cancel her with your and then probably kill her. Overall, she is pretty rare to see her in Mid lane but very, Very annoying and unfair. If you face her, just farm, poke her with and outscale her, you will one shot her in late game.

Late Game and Teamfights: She will kite your team from distance. It's really hard to engage on her because she can easily escape with and keep kiting. If you can reach her and use your abilities on her, she will defenitely die. Be careful in bushes as she will setup a lot of traps in here and if you get caught, she might one shot you with her . Try your best to kill her first in teamifghts if she is ahead.

CAMILLE

CASSIOPEIA

CHO'GATH

CORKI

DIANA

DRAVEN

EKKO

ELISE

EZREAL

FIDDLESTICKS

FIORA

FIZZ

Fizz

The Tidal Trickster

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes: or

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Barrier or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Corrupting Potion or Doran's Ring
Recommended Mythic Item: Crown of the Shattered Queen

Their usual full build:

I really don't understand why every player is so afraid of this fish and ban him in draft modes. Yes, he is a burst assassin. Yes he can avoid abilities with his . Yes his ultimate is very OP and it's hard to dodge but he has a lot of weaknesses like any other assassins. This matchup for me isn't hard for neither easy of course. And personally, I love this matchup to face as , I think it's really fun. Before lvl 6, is very vulnerable at lvl 1 and 2 so always punish him whenever he goes for CS with and . Once he is lvl 3, he will begin to harass you by doing , , some basic attacks to proc and then get out with . Try to stay away from his range when he is about to do that and poke him with from distance. If he uses and on minions, then use , + empowered basic attack and some auto attacks on him and he will lose a lot of health if he does that and you will force him to farm under his tower. If he starts with , be extra careful because they will probably play very aggressive and zone against you but he will be vulnerable to ganks so getting jungler's help is great idea and if you get a lead, he will be weak (assuming if he doesn't get early kills). Post 6, he becomes very deadly as he can do full combo with his all abilities if he lands on you. The longer travels, the more damage it will deal, knocking back enemies even further and slowing them more. If you managed to dodge his , then now it's your opportunity to kill him but don't get outplayed by his or else you might die. He can also use his ultimate by using on minion and which a lot of players didn't know that so don't forget about that. This is the matchup where you must take or to counter his burst and on first recall, buy to reduce his damage and later upgrade into especially if the enemy team has tons of CC. Taking rune is great choice against him since you have to wait until 14 minutes or less on each takedown to gain this item so you don't have to spend 750 gold in shop. Once you have upgraded your , you will be able to clear your wave fast and shove him as he won't be able to roam. And once you have , he will become much less useful against you because with this item, you will completely counter his ultimate. And make sure to always ping your team when he is missing. He will roam a lot and if he gets at least 2 or 3 kills in Bot lane, then you will have a huge problem against him. You outscale him in late game so don't fall behind against him or he will be able to snowball and destroy your entire team.

Late Game and Teamfights: His ultimate still does huge damage in late game and if every of your player is getting caught by that, make sure do not stay near whoever has ultimate around or you will all take damage. Your ADC should have since it removes everything including but it still stays on the ground. If you ever get caught by his ultimate, simply activate and piss him off. outscales in late game due to having much better zone control in teamfights and your ultimate does way more damage and damage over time and it moves even if you die. Fizz is fairly squishy champion and easily focused once his abilities are on cooldown but still very slippery and hard to catch him.

GALIO

GANGPLANK

Gangplank

The Saltwater Scourge

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Grasp of the Undying or First Strike
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Long Sword or Corrupting Potion or Cull
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

It's quite rare to see this pirate in Mid lane. He does crazy amount of damage once he gets several items and has a good sustain from his that can also removes any CC including suppression. This lane is easy for if you play carefully. Your shield from negates damage from his and you outdamage and outrange him with in laning phase. Try not to get hit by his barrels (they are priority due to their 40% Armor Reduction that they ignore especially late game, be aware of him past level 13 on that aspect) and bait his oranges before you are using . You can easily pop off his barrels with auto attack + with your empowered basic attack from your . To do this, make sure that his barrel has 2 health and you use auto attack then use on minion to get empowered basic attack and then quickly use it on last health barrel to remove it. If you do this properly, you will be able to zone him and he won't be able to deal damage with his barrels. Always warn your team when he is lvl 6, he can surprise your team with his which is global ultimate and can often get kills.

Late Game and Teamfights: is very strong in late game once he has full build. His barrels can delete squishies if he placed them right or from bushes without noticing. His does a lot of damage in late game once he has all 3 upgrades especially which in the center does TRUE damage so try to get out quickly as possible. is very squishy champion so any champion like ADC, assassin or mage can eliminate him quickly.

GAREN

Garen

The Might of Demacia

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite or Ghost
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Conqueror or Phase Rush
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

is an absolutely 100% easiest noob stomping champion. Altought many people plays him in Top lane, he can be also seen in Mid lane as well. He does great against any assassins but not against control and long range champions such as . As a , your job is to NEVER get close to him and kite him with your abilities. Farm until your get Mythic Item and you will have an easier time if you didn't die early. He is quite tanky and has a great sustain with his so make sure to poke him to make his passive not active. Be very careful about his combo. He can do + on you to silence you, then he uses his and and then finish you off with which it deals true damage based on missing health. Don't let happen to you. This lane is easy for as long as you play smart. You outscale him in late game really hard.

Late Game and Teamfights: is completely useless in late game due to being easily kited and your team will build defensive items against him. He must get close to your champions in order to kill. You can completely just kite him all day thanks to your bonus movement speed from your and slow from . If he engages on someone or you, simply place your and if he is stunned, unleash your anger and kill him. If you have managed to kill him, he will no longer scream DEMACIA instead, you can scream ZAUN!!

GNAR

GRAGAS

GRAVES

GWEN

HECARIM

HEIMERDINGER

ILLAOI

Illaoi

The Kraken Priestess

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

People who plays this champion especially in Mid Lane have brain tumors. She is very tanky and can almost any champion 1 vs 1 in every stage of the game if she manages to hit with . But not only that, her tentacles are her allies and will deal damage to you. However, her biggest weakness is ranged champions which she is easily kited and can destroy he tenticles easily. As a player, you need to stay out of her range and farm until you get Mythic Item. Dodge her and avoid her at all cost. If you are somehow got caught, dodge tentacles by moving straight at a 90 degree angle and destroy it immedietaly. Once you have few items completed, you can start to poke her. You will also need to counter her healing from her passive . As long as you know how to dodge her abilites, this lane is favour on you. Good luck!

Late Game and Teamfights: Incredibely strong in teamfights and quite tanky as well. You will need a hard CC in order to destroy her. Without hard CC and healing reduction, it wil be almost impossible to destroy her. Most players will push other lanes to destroy enemy towers so make sure that one of your team stops her. It will be not easy to stop a good but at least hope that her team sucks and you win the game as soon as possible.

IRELIA

Irelia

The Blade Dancer

Difficulty: Very Hard

Recommended Runes: or or

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Conqueror or Lethal Tempo or Press the Attack
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield or Long Sword or Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

This is probably one of the hardest and worst matchup for and I highly recommend to ban her even though I don't ban her. If you have first picked and the enemy player has picked second and you know she will be in Mid lane, dodge or swap with your Top lane if your player is against ranged or any champion that you can handle. She just have everything that counters you since you are so immobile. I really don't know what the **** Riot has done but this reworked is so stupid, broken, unbalanced and cancer champion. But what does she do? I will explain. Her Q dashes and heals to the target and if the taget dies, she can cast it again, her W reduces incoming physical and magical damage and when she recast, it deals damage, her E send both blades and if she place them correctly it stuns and deals damage and her ultimate summons a barriage of blade to an enemy champion dealing damage and if someoone passes her blades, its slows them for 90% which is almost impossible to escape. But how does she beats ? Once she is lvl 2, she dashes to near dead minion, casts and if you are stunned, she dashes you, does a lot of basic attacks thanks to her passive , uses and you use to escape and she uses , dead, snowball. Even your harass won't do anyithing to her because she just heals herself with and once she has , it will be almost impossible to kill her. Once she is lvl 6, if you are below 60% HP, she can tower dive you without any problem with her full combo with her abilities. This is an extremely difficult mathcup for . Without jungler's help there is literally nothing you can do against her. This is one of the lanes that almost made me cry. A good will always beat a good . And for those who are playing mid, they are complete turbo virgins and nerds. What do I do against her? I just focus on farming, hug the tower, pray for my jungler to help me out as much as possible and trying to roam other lanes to get some kills. If you are against her, I highly suggest to get against her to reduce her damage especially in teamfights, use runes and for sustain and try to focus on farming as much as possible and do not let her get few kills or she will snowball very easily. If you didn't die early and you have some few items, then you are good to go. Remember, just farm for late game and outscale her.

Late Game and Teamfights: 's ultimate can be somehow terrifying due to huge slows making almost impossible to escape from her and her teammates as well. She is very mobile but hard CC will completely destroy her. Oh yea, is useless late game, is a GOD late game which means you do much better in teamfights and with your full build, your full combo should definitely kill her. doesn't build any defensive items, they only build like . If she stucked in your , she will be dead since she needs minions to refresh her , without minions, she is very weak so just try to kill her as fast as possible and win this game.

IVERN

JANNA

JARVAN IV

JAYCE

JHIN

JINX

KAI'SA

KALISTA

KARMA

KARTHUS

KASSADIN

Kassadin

The Void Walker

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or Fleet Footwork or First Strike or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Dark Seal or Doran's Shield or Tear of the Goddess
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

It's only hard for a new players but I don't think it should be too difficult as many people think. The more you play against , the more you will learn how to counter him and the easier lane will be. is an antimage assassin that counters a lot of mages in mid lane. His passive gives him reduced magic damage and can walk past through his minions but he doesn't gain any Magic Resist per lvl. It will be only hard if he goes with and starting which will allow him to stay in lane for much longer and your poke against him won't do much. Always punish him whenever he goes for CS and poke him as much as you can. Whenever you both uses your Q on each other, don't use your empowered basic attack on him when his magic shield is up. Instead, wait until it dissapier, then use it. Repeat that and you will win the trade. Don't stop harassing him early game or he will eventually become stronger and stronger and destroy your entire team. Early gank is good since is immobile pre 6. If you get a lead, there is no way that can bully you anymore and he will be very weak if he is behind. Don't bother him if you can't catch him with , he will just escape with . Your goal is to make him useless and farm for late game. Also, always warn your team when he is missing, he is very good at roaming once he is lvl 6. And watch his stack from his . The more he has, the more he will deal damage but he will run out of mana quicky. Warn your team when he is lvl 6 as he will roam and he will try to get early kills.

Late Game and Teamfights: is a monster late game as he can delete squishies with full stack of but he runs out of mana very quickly. You do way better in teamfights but you need to stay out of his range or else he can very easily kill you if you are close to him. Any hard CC will defenitely destroy him. If your team has managed to kill him first in teamfights, then well done as he will no longer be threat anymore and you will likey win the game.

KATARINA

Katarina

The Sinister Blade

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Barrier or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport or both
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield or Dark Seal or Long Sword
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

I was thinking that this matchup was easy for but I was wrong. Now this matchup goes even but of course in 's favour. You need to wathc her dagger on the ground and don't stay near on it because she will jump on it and deal damage to you. At lvl 3 be very careful because can all in you if you have pushed you wave and if you die at once, she will start to snowball. The goal in this matchup is to harass her whenever she goes for CS and prevent her from roaming. A lot of players will roam once she has pushed your wave and if she gets enough kills, she will be a big problem. At lvl 6, save your whenever she jumps on you and uses her and use your ult to cancel her ult and then quickly kill her before she escapes. Make sure that you are healthy enough to all in. Overall, this matchup is skill but in 's favour if played correctly.

Late Game and Teamfights: is very scary in teamfights as her all abilities are very low cooldown and it reduces cooldown by 15 seconds whenever she takes takedown. A hard CC will stop her ultimate but even without her ultimate she can easily kill squishy targets with her basic abilities. As , you should save your whenever she cast to stop her ultimate and win the game.

KAYLE

Kayle

The Righteous

Difficulty: Very Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Lethal Tempo or Press the Attack
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring or Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield or Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

If someone picks in Mid Lane, then this is absolutely free win for . She is extremely weak early game but gets stronger and stronger once the game is processing. Once she is lvl 6, she becomes ranged champion with 525 range but at lvl 16, it becomes 625. Your job is to poke her a lot so she can't take any minions and even under her tower, poke her with . If she engages on you, place your on her and unleash your power before she uses her . Even after lvl 6, it's still easy and even easier once you have bought Mythic Item. You will begin to melt her from 100% HP to 40% HP with your and she will recall or die and repeat on when she comes back in your lane. The only way you can lose this matchup is if you just ignore her and just farming without bullying her or if her jungler camps you a lot and she is ahead. In my opinion, is one of the few mages that truly counters due to his zone control, kiting and damage in every stage of the game. Most players bans in draft modes whenever they wanna play in Mid lane.

Late Game and Teamfights: is a monster late game once she has full build. She can almost duel any opponents with her crazy combo abilities. You should stay away from her no matter what, she can chase any champions that are low HP and kill them. Her biggest weakness is that she is pretty squishy champion and a hard CC like stun will destroy her before she can use on herself or her allies. If she is stunned, try to use your full combo and kill her before she uses her ultimate, if successed, then you won the game.

KENNEN

Kennen

The Heart of the Tempest

Difficulty: Very Easy

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or Summon Aery
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring or Doran's Blade
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

Despite being in Top lane, he is also often seen in Mid lane but this lane is very easy for . is usually good against melee champions especially against assassins and has a strong early game but against control mages such as , he doesn't stand a chance because he needs to engage on to deal damage and can simply put his in front of him as he will be caught inside and eventually, he will away or die. Stay behind your minions so you don't get poked by his and watch mark over you so you don't get stunned by his . Post 6, your all in is better than his just don't fight him if you are below 60% HP, he can quickly finish you off with his abilities. Even thought, can also finish off a lot of squishy assassins and mages even with their full HP if they managed to use correctly so do not get fooled by his all in burst.

Late Game and Teamfights: falls off late game really hard while outscales him in late game and in teamfights. Still, his ultimate is very effective due to his stuns and does good amount of damage so run away if he tries to engage on your team. Your full combo will kill him but don't get outplayed by his after he uses ultimate or you will be so sorry for your teammates. If he first died without using in teamfights, then your team has already won.

KHA'ZIX

Kha'Zix

The Voidreaver

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or Conqueror or Press the Attack
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Long Sword
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build: maw of malmortious

When he was released, many players played him in Mid lane to kill squishy target. He was so broken due to his damage potentional and snowball especially if the players bought an old Elixir for damage to get first blood which was removed many years ago. Now, he isn't playable in Mid lane anymore. But I saw someone who sometimes still plays him in Mid but also in Top lane as well. If you ever encounter him, then poke him from distance with your and buy early if you struggle. Everytime he jumps on you, place your on yourself, back off and keep poking him and repeat that and you will win. Like many assassins, warn your team when he is missing as he will roam a lot especially once he is lvl 6.
I found a strange player that builds tank as in Mid lane so watch here if you are interested: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNo3-B5WLS4

Late Game and Teamfights: He will look to kill squishy target including . He cannot delete tank or bruiser unless if he is extremely fed anhe can be easily killed if he gets any hard CC like stun so it's very easy to burst him down but he can be very slippery due to his which can reset on each takedown. Don't let him get close to you and burst him down if he gets caught.

KINDRED

KLED

KOG'MAW

K'SANTE

K'Sante

The Pride of Nazumah

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Grasp of the Undying
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

I have faced few matches against him in Mid lane and as far as I know, it isn't terrible. It's pretty easy. His abilities are short and you can kite him from distance with your . His works like and so be sure to always dodge his Q3 or he will pull you. His makes him unstoppable (which will ignore any CC) and can reduce any damage but not True damage and can avoid some abilities with his or can jump on his ally to gain shield. Try to bait his abilities first before you can use your abilities. He gets quite tanky and hard to kill so if you can't kill him solo or you are behind, then just farm for late game, scale and take objectives with your allies. Don't stay near terrains or he will send you from walls and deal more damage with . will gain massive damage but he will lose his defensive stats so keep in mind and never get close to him.

Late Game and Teamfights: Very tanky, still does good amount of damage and he is quite mobile. He will try to use his on immobile target if your ally is near wall and kill it. He is easy to kill him after he has used his ultimate as he cannot gain health over 65%. Don't get fooled by his late game damage and keep kiting him until he dies.

LEBLANC

LeBlanc

The Deceiver

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes: or or or or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Barrier
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Fleet Footwork or Electrocute
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Long Sword or Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Crown of the Shattered Queen

Their usual full build:

is only a threat if she is ahead. You win her in lane 1 vs 1 due to your shield from your and good kite from your . However, she is very mobile, can easily escape from your and with and has a really good gank setup with her . Avoid her full combo with her , and basic attack or so she can't proc her which really hurts early. Post 6, her burst becomes more powerful so stay healthy or she can easily burst you down. She will roam a lot so try your best to push your lane and take turret plates for gold. Don't get fooled by her clone as many people get outplayed by that. Buy early if you think you will struggle. I lowered her difficulty into Normal as she was recently nerfed many patches ago as she is not the best Mid Tier list anymore.

Late Game and Teamfights: outscales in the late game and in teamfights IMO. She still does incredible burst, but you have much better zone control and better ultimate. She will look up to kill ADC so try to prevent her by kiting and zoning her with . Try to use your abilities while her is on cooldown. Any hard CC will destroy her so if she gets caught, kill her quickly and she will be no longer threat.

LEE SIN

LILLIA

LISSANDRA

LUCIAN

LULU

LUX

Lux

The Lady of Luminostiy

Difficulty: Very Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring
Which Rune Keystone they use: Arcane Comet or Electrocute or First Strike
Which Summoner Spell they use: Barrier or Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

is one of the most popular champion being played as Support or in Mid lane. Many arrogant players thinks that is an easy matchup for just because she outranges him and has better damage. That might be true that she outranges him but her damage? I call that bull****. This lane is hilariously easy lane for if you know how to dodge her skillshots. Start with , farm and poke her with and once you have at least and you have upgraded your , you will notice different damage when you deal at her. She will start to lose at least 70% HP when you manage to poke her with 3 or 4 times and she will cry for ganks and go to recall. This is so satisfying that it's not even funny to watch how is so squishy and how is she getting bullied by . She will start to recall everytime when you harass her before she gets killed. This is so easy lane for . You should never lose to unless if you are getting camped by her jungler or if she is very far ahead.

Late Game and Teamfights: is very squishy but has a high amount of damage and long range poke. You should never get rotted by her or else she can finish you with and unless if you activate to avoid her damage. Her ultimate has such short cooldown than yours as she can spam a lot of ults whenever she wants. Your and + empowered basic attack is enough to kill her that you don't even need to use your .

MALPHITE

MALZAHAR

MAOKAI

MASTER YI

Master Yi

The Wuju Bladesman

Difficulty: Very Easy

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ghost
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Lethal Tempo
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

One of the easiest no skill noob champion in the game. This champions doesn't need any skill to play with. You just use Q, Q, Q and so on. I won't explain him anymore. And yes, he does appear in Mid lane rarely. I had few games against him and I was able to bully him so hard. He maybe has sustain with , but he will run out of mana quickly. After you have first item bought, you will be able to outdamage him and his heal won't be enough to surive against you. If he ever runs on you with , try to place your on yourself and wait for him to become stunned and then use all your abilities to kill him. Careful about his as he can avoid most abilities. If you got kill on him, be happy as you will be able to snowball and he will become so weak that he won't be able to play this stupid no skill champion anymore especially in Mid lane. Do you wanna know why is viable in Mid lane? Then watch this video if you want: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gdms3-Fgth4

Late Game and Teamfights: A complete monster in late game that can run down every champion with no problem with . He cannot be slowed and it's hard to catch him if he escapes. Your team needs to use hard CC like stun to prevent him from moving. If your team manages to catch him and he is dead, then he will be no longer threat anymore. Spam emotes and mastery on him once he has died to piss him off.

MISS FORTUNE

MORDEKAISER

MORGANA

NAAFIRI

Naafiri

The Hound of a Hundred Bites

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or First Strike
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Long Sword or Doran's Blade
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

This new champion has became really popular and now a lot of players are banning her in draft modes due to her incredible kit and damage and how easy is this champion to play. For me, this isn't difficult matchup for . It's pretty skill, in her favour. In lane, you need to dodge her . Keep in mind that she can cast it twioe meaning if she hits you with 1st, then she will be able to cast 2nd one for extra damage so avoid her bleed damage. If she uses her on you, quickly cast your on yourself and walk away. Don't let her use her other abilities when she jumps on you or you will take serious amount of damage. Pay attention on her packmates since they do a lot of damage and they will heal if she hits you with . At lvl 6, she becomes really powerful due to her since she gains more damage, more packmates, can reveal champions and also, her will increase her range passively. She will also gain shield when she jumps on champion and her ultimate will refresh each takedown. Play passively against her and poke with and once you have upgraded your , you will be able to one shot her packmates and shove your lane against her. Get early some Armor if you struggle. And ward somewhere because she will roam and surprise you from out of nowhere.

Late Game and Teamfights: Depending how fed she is, she can be either powerful or weak. Still, she falls off a bit because she isn't good against grouping champions. She also has no CC and can become very vulnerable if she misses her abilities and gets stunned by any CC. Don't get outplayed by her mobility and wait for her to jump on someone first, then burst her down quickly before she can react.

NAMI

NASUS

Nasus

The Curator of the Sands

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or: or or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Cleanse or Ignite or Ghost
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Fleet Footwork or Conqueror or Lethal Tempo or Unsealed Spellbook or Grasp of the Undying
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ghost
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield or Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion or Tear of the Goddess
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

OK, so let me give this straight guys, this appears in Mid lane quite often in high elo. Why? Because there are a lot of popular Top lane champions like bruisers for example , , etc. they are very popular now. If they get an ahead with jungler's help and they freeze the lane, can't do anything about it. That is why is now commonly seen in Mid lane in high elo. You watch Carnarius_v2, the best Nasus EU twitch streamer? Yea, he also now plays a lot in Mid lane and he crushes almost any opponent in Mid lane. I also sometimes play mid whenever I see or any champions that I feel they are easy to deal with. Ok, let's now talk about in laning phase against . This matchup is really depending on jungler. It will be not easy to stop from stacking as due to your weakness early game. Poking him won't do much because of his sutstaion from . A good will wait for you to push your lane so he can farm under his tower. not only that, his is very good on gank setup and if you die to him, it will be difficult to stop him. To win this matchup, you must NOT push your lane. Instead let him push so that your jungler can camp your lane and kill him. If you have managed to kill him few times, you are good to go. You need to buy early . It's very good against because he will stack a lot of health. After that, rush and to ignore his magic Resists. Once you have these items, you should be able to kill him solo quickly enough before he can use his . Always make sure to watch his stacks how many he has. If he has over 150 stacks and you are near his tower, he can run you down and kill you. Don't let that happen. Try to roam other lanes and take dragons so your team will have easy time. Finish the game quickly before he has a chance to destroy your team.

Late Game and Teamfights: If he has full items and has over 500 stacks, he will destroy you and he will be unkillable. Your team has to play smart in order to destroy him. hates CC and being kited so this is his biggest weakness. Make sure to save your if he goes first to fight. He will likely focus on ADC or squishy support. Healing reduction is very good against him so if your team has it, he won't heal that much. If your team has managed to kill this dog, then you can pray yourself and you have won the game.

NAUTILUS

NEEKO

NIDALEE

NILAH

NOCTURNE

NUNU & WILLUMP

ORIANNA

ORNN

Ornn

The Fire below the Mountain

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Grasp of the Undying or Unsealed Spellbook
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield or Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

I honestly never faced Mid as . Since is mostly played on Top lane, some players do plays him in Mid lane as well especially if they main him. If I have ever face him in Mid, I would just ignore him and focus on farming until I get Mythic Item. There is no point poking him early because he is really tanky and can buy Items in lane thanks to his . If you really wanna kill him, ask for your jungler to help. You should avoid standing near his and any walls because he can knock you up with which is extremely good for a gank setup. Avoid his mark Britlle from as it will deal bonus damage and knock you. Your Mythic Item against him is highly recommended as he stacks a lot of health. Does he buys Magic Resist items early? Then buy early and . In my opinion, this lane is pretty boring as you can't kill him ealry due to his tankiness. This will be just a farm lane since you probably can't each other. You both scale really well in late game but his can upgrade his allies Mythic Items which is downsides for as they gain an advantage.

Late Game and Teamfights: is a very powerful and unkillable tank in the late game and in teamfights as well. His is extremely effective in teamfights as it first slows and applies Brittle, then he can recast to knock enemies if he manages to hit them. A good will always go first in teamfights to tank any damage. Your team should never focus on him first because if you do, his enemies will have an easy time to destroy you all. You should avoid getting close to him and don't stay near walls because he can knock you up with . First, focus on easy targets, then last and win the game if possible.

PANTHEON

POPPY

PYKE

QIYANA

QUINN

RAKAN

RENEKTON

RENGAR

RIVEN

RUMBLE

Rumble

The Mechanized Menace

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Arcane Comet or Electrocute or Predator or First Strike
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield or Doran's Ring or Dark Seal
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

This is my favourite matchup as . is now commonly seen in Mid lane in higher elos rather than Top lane. He does counter many mages in Mid lane if he is good. However, does he counters ? Nope! counters because he is very good at zoning and controlling champions such as and doesn't like control mages. Because needs to engage you to do any damage, can just simply place and if gets caught, he will probably going to use to escape or die. It is also hard for to dodge your because it has a large hitbox and it moves pretty quickly and you can just kite him all day until he gets low and goes to recall. As a player, all you have to do is just farm, stay behind your minions or dodge his , play safe early, poke him with and if you can get your jungler to help you since doesn't have any great escape abilities, you will get a lead and he will be behind. Always watch his heat below his HP, if he has more than 50 heat, do not trade him, just back off and wait for his heat to decay to 0 then trade him and only trade him if his heat is below 50. Once you have finished ( is pretty tanky) and your , you will start to outdamage him and it will be much easier for you to destroy him. Do not let him free roam. is very good at roaming especially if he has so place your wards and warn your team when he is missing. Overall an easy and fun matchup for if you of course, play smart and not doing any mistakes. You outscale him in late game really hard.

Late Game and Teamfights: does well in late game but outscales him really hard and does way better in teamfights. His ultimate has a long range and does a damage over time if you stand there but 's does more damage and can simply move while his ultimate cannot move. Just like I said before, needs to engage your team but you just cast and if he is stunned, unleash your combo and he is dead. he doesn't have any hard CC, only slow, your CC is much better than his. Don't fight him in close range, just kite him with and he will be destroyed.

RYZE

SAMIRA

SEJUANI

SERAPHINE

SETT

SHACO

SHEN

Shen

The Eye of Twilight

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Grasp of the Undying
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

There are some players that have played Mid. It does work because it's shorter than in Top lane and can roam due to his and can use to help an ally and come back in Mid lane quicker. I have never faced him in Mid lane as . All I can give tips is to avoid getting close to his range at lvl 2 because if he taunts you, he will use his to pass his sword into you to deal massive damage so do your best to avoid that. His can block your empowered basic attack from your so wait to dissapear then use on him. After you have bought Mythic item, it becomes easier against him. Just don't die early against him and don't get caught by his as it's great for gank setup. Always warn your team when he is lvl 6. You can cancel his with your so if you see him, stop him. If failed, then destroy his tower platings for gold. This matchup should be easy especially after Mythic item. You should also watch a video about a player named Xpetu, the best Shen in Europe. He is known as a best Shen player and he also plays him in Mid lane quite often: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_sZ7DrqzcI

Late Game and Teamfights: Very tanky, can save an ally with , can push side lanes but he falls off in 1 vs 1. You pretty much outscale him in late game even if he manages to taunt you, you can use your on him to gain bonus Movement speed and kite him really good. He is vulnerable if he misses . Try to kill him last since he is tanky and he is hard to kill.

SHYVANA

SINGED

SION

SIVIR

SONA

SORAKA

SWAIN

SYLAS

SYNDRA

Syndra

The Dark Sovereign

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Cleanse
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring
Which Rune Keystone they use: First Strike or Electrocute or Summon Aery or Arcane Comet
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

New reworked has became much more powerful in late game. Her passive gives her Splinters of Wrath up to 120. SHe gains Splinters of Wrath by damaging an enemy champion, spending ability points and killing large minions. At 120, she gains more Ability Power. Her can store 2 charges. Her will deal additional True damage. Her width has increased and slows enemies. And her will execute enemy champion who has 15% below health which is extremely deadly. Overall, this changes has made her much more weaker in early game as she is no longer lane bully. She has to farm just like for late game. Her health stats has been nerfed making her much more squishier. This matchup is still the same as before. She will try to poke you with and stun you with . Don't get poked too much or she will gain power from her passive. Dodge her abilities and poke her with . Call for your ganks to shut her down early. If you gain a lead and she isn't ahead, this lane becomes in favour for you. Once you have completed Mythic item, you can burst her down if you dodge her . This matchup got easier but still can still kill you early if you are not careful.

Late Game and Teamfights: Her can target one champion and execute it if that target has 15% below health. Your can target many champions and also does damage over time if they are inside of your ultimate. Avoid being stunned by her in teamfights or she will delete you with her abilities. She is pretty squishy and immobile champion which means she is easily focused in teamfights as well. If you can dodge her and you can burst her down quickly before she can do that to you, you will win the game.

TAHM KENCH

TALIYAH

TALON

TEEMO

THRESH

TRISTANA

Tristana

The Yordle Gunner

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes: or or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust or Barrier
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Fleet Footwork or Lethal Tempo or Hail of Blades or Press the Attack
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Long Sword
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

So I did have recently few matchups against in Mid lane and let me tell you something, in Mid lane is no joke. Not even a little. She is very powerful against many squishy champions if she knows what's she doing. She can get fairly easy kill at lvl 2 by using and activating and each auto attack will add stack up to maximum 4 times which it will detonate and deal nasty damage. She also gains attack range each lvl up thanks to her passive and at lvl 18, it's total 661 more than 's range. It's also quite hard to gank her because she will just escape with her . As a player, you should play extremely safe, focus on farming until you get Mythic item and poke her with . She pushes really hard thanks to her so let her push so you can farm under your tower. If she uses on you, place on her and run away. Do not even think about it to trade her with auto attacks, she is way better thanks to her , just back off or she will destroy you. Don't stay below 50% HP or she will kill you with her , and + . If she gets a kill on you, then you will have a serious trouble against her. Once you have Mythic item and she isn't ahead, you will be able to fight her but make sure you are healthy enough and she is not if you are planning to kill her. Also, always ping your team when she is missing. She will roam a lot when she has pushed your wave and if she gets few kills, then she will be ahead and you will probably lose your lane if she plays well. Consider getting to survive her burst. You will outscale her from Mid game. Just don't die early against her and you will be able to solo kill her once you have several items.

Late Game and Teamfights: like any ADC scales well in late game but she is very vulnerable once her is on cooldown until she gets kill or assist. Your full combo with your abilities will kill her for sure but don't get outplayed by her . She can avoid most of your abilities or she can simply knock you back with . Your team should focus on her if she is far ahead with full items. If you manage to kill her first, you will win the teamfights.

TRYNDAMERE

Tryndamere

The Barbarian King

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust or Ignite or Ghost
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Lethal Tempo or Phase Rush
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ghost or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

You will face him in Mid lane kinda rare or often. You need to always stay out of his range and poke him from distance. Watch his rage bar below his health bar as it will increase his Critical Chance. Buy early to reduce his damage. Post 6, it will be quite hard to kill him because of his as he will just escape or even dive you under your tower when you are low but his ultimate has a long cooldown early meaning he won't be able to cast that much. It's easy to bully him but annoying due to his sustain so just buy to reduce his healing. The player named Yasukeh plays Mid a so there is a video about why he plays him in Mid lane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ojlv5u2Q9Q .

Late Game and Teamfights: His late game is fantastic and he can just 3 or 4 hits to kill squishy target. It will be also hard to kill if he has his up meaning he can go like a maniac and destroy your team. Thankfully, he is easily kited and can be somehow easily killed so make sure to use your burst quickly before he has a chance to use his . A lot of players will split push other lanes so make sure that one of your team must stop him before he destroy your towers and maybe inhibitors.

TWISTED FATE

TWITCH

UDYR

URGOT

VARUS

VAYNE

VEIGAR

Veigar

The Tiny Master of Evil

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite or Cleanse
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: First Strike or Arcane Comet or Electrocute or Predator
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Barrier or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion or Tear of the Goddess
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

is known as a champion like that he is very weak early and needs to farm with for late game and outscale everyone. Your goal is simple: do NOT let him free farm or he will destroy you. You must play very aggresive against him. Every time when he is about to stack, punish him with and + empowered basic attack. Getting early jungler gank is also helpful since has his only escape tool and if he wasted, he is very vulnerable. If you manage to get a lead, there is no way can do to you anymore, he will be eventually very weak if he is behind. Be aware that his has a very long stun duration up to 2.5 seconds and it's also very effective for a gank situation so getting and will help you to reduce and counter his stuns and burst. Do not stay below 50% or he will finish you with .

Late Game and Teamfights: is extremely powerful and he is one of the best late game mages in the game. It is wise not to fight him 1 vs 1 or he will eventually burst you down quickly enough. His biggest weakness is that he is super immobile and super squishy. Make sure that your teammates destroy him as fast as possible or he will one shot your team with which has also low cooldown in late game.

VEL'KOZ

Vel'Koz

The Eye of the Void

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring
Which Rune Keystone they use: Arcane Comet
Which Summoner Spell they use: Barrier or Teleport or Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Ring
Recommended Mythic Item: Luden's Tempest

Their usual full build:

Not a huge threat to . He is mostly played as support but you will also encounter him in Mid lane as well. It may be a bit problem against him since he is a long range champion and his abilities are all skillshots. But the more you learn to dodge, the easier lane for you it becomes. Avoid getting stacked by his as it deals true damage. Let him push the wave so that your jungler can help you since is very immobile and squishy and doesn't have any escape abilities. Stay behind your minions so you don't get caught by his . Don't get caught by his or he will unleash you with and you will probably die. Once you have bought Mythic Item, it becomes much easier as you are begining to outdamage him but he still does a lot of damage so don't mess with him. Remember, your can cancel his so use it when he uses his ultimate first.

Late Game and Teamfights: will just stay from far away and kite you with his abilities. It is very wise to focus him first especially if he is far ahead with full items. If you see him that he is using , quickly cancel it with and destroy him with your other abilities. is way better than [Vel'Koz]] in late game but do not let him kite your teammates, just try to focus him first if he is fed and win the game.

VEX

The Piltover Enforcer

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Hail of Blades or Dark Harvest
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Long Sword
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

Some Psycho players are playing Mid as a full Lethality Critical AD build. She can dish out of massive damage to squishies. I did have a few matches long ago and she really hurted a lot but thankfully I realized how to beat her. To beat her, you have to stay out of range of your minions because she can hurt you with as it passes through. Keep doing that and poke her with and . Makre sure to always dodge her os she can chunk of your large HP and make you recall or die. Post 6, if she ever uses on you, place your on yourself. When her ult animation ends, she will be stunned and you can back off and finish her off with your abilities and she will defenitely die. In my opinion, this matchup isn't bad for if you play smart. I also found a video that this champion in Mid lane is really broken to climb so you can watch is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BAzBZDJZx-I .

Late Game and Teamfights: She can one shot squishies if she goes full AD. The best way is to use any hard CC to stop her and kill her otherwise she will be able to smash your team easily. Her weakness is of course hard CC and she is pretty squishy if she builds only AD. You should always keep your distance against her or she can just 2 or 3 hit you with auto attacks. Always save your when she uses on you.

VIEGO

VIKTOR

VLADIMIR

Vladimir

The Crimson Reaper

Difficulty: Easy

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Phase Rush or Conqueror or Electrocute or Summon Aery
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport or Ghost
Which Item do they start: Dark Seal or Doran's Ring
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

A lot of players think that counters just because has no sustain and that he cannot kill . Nope. That's incorrect. counters really hard. All you have to do is to farm and avoid harrasing him early until you get few items. Once you get and you have upgraded your , you will pretty outdamage and kite him with and if you bought and , he doesn't stand a chance anymore. It's really easy lane for but do not get outplayed by his and NEVER trade with him when he has his empowered Q (the red bar filled under his health bar) or you will take a lot of damage and he will heal a lot. Beware of all in burst once he has few items and if he is lvl 7 and you are below 60& HP, he will try to kill you with his all abilities especially if he has and since you are slow champion so make sure that does not happen.

Late Game and Teamfights: is a monster late game and he is way tankier than thanks to his passive . He will just keep spamming a lot with his and heal and with his , he and his teammates will deal extra damage and also healing him. He can also avoid most of the abilities with his so try to bait it before you use abilities. His weakness is healing reduction like so if your support has an , make sure to that he uses on him, it will weaken him and he will heal much less and you will surely destroy him. Just make sure you are not near him and kite him with and win the fights.

WUKONG

XAYAH

XERATH

XIN ZHAO

YASUO

Yasuo

The Unforgiven

Difficulty: Normal

Recommended Runes:

Or:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Lethal Tempo or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

This is the champion that I HATE so much in the game. This champion is very popular because these players just like to play manaless champions like . He gains double critical chance and shield from his stupid passive , his has 3 cast if he hits enemy which his 3rd is whirlwind and the higher attack speed he has, the lower cooldown it is, his is the most hateful spell that can block many abilites, his has like infinitive cast and his when the enemy is knocked up, he can cast it dealing damage and gaining 50% armor penetration with critical chance only and has such low cooldown that he can cast like all the times. He can also cast it if he has like or for knock up without using whirlwind. In the laning phase it's easy for if you of course play smart but I decided to put him in ''Normal'' difficulty because how players can outplay you and probably piss you off. You have to respect in the early game and avoid fighting him at lvl 1 and 2 because he is perhaps one of the strongest champions in the game at these lvls. You need to play aggresive against him and poke him with and and back off if he wants you to use on you. His can block your and but he cannot block your empowered basic attack, it will still pass through he wall and you can still use your over the wall but I prefer to just wait for his do dissapear. I also highly suggest to call your jungler to help out as much as possible since has no escapes and he is very squishy. If you manage to get at least 2 kills then your lane is free and will be behind. Post 6, try to place your [gravity field]] on yourself if he plans to use on you and if he is stunned, he will probably away or die. Once again, don't get outplayed by his , bait his and dodge his whirlwind at all cost. Build early to reduce his psyhical damage.

Late Game and Teamfights: can just use 3 or 4 basic attacks to kill squishies if he has full items. The best way to beat him is hard CC like stun. Do not get knocked up or he will use and destroy your entire team. It will be wise to focus on him first if he is very fed since he is ridicilously strong late game and his has 30 seconds of cooldown. If you manage to kill him first, then you will win this game for sure and once again, stay out of his range and never get close to him or he will immediately kill you.

YONE

Yone

The Unforgotten

Difficulty: Hard

Recommended Runes:

Or:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Lethal Tempo or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Blade or Doran's Shield
Recommended Mythic Item: Everfrost

Their usual full build:

It's the same reason with but he is way harder and painful to deal with him is he is good. Althought he doesn't have , he has mixed damage. His passive deals psyhical and 50% of psyhical and magical damage with basic attacks each hit, his with 3rd stack deals damage and knocks up enemies, his deals bot psyhical and magical damage based on maximum health and gains a shield if hits an enemy champion, his when in spirit form, he gains bonus movement speed and marks the champions for true damage if he managed to hit them and his ultimate deals massive damage both psyhical and magical damage and knocks up for a bit and it's quite hard to dodge it. The best way to beat him is to punish him everytime he goes for CS since he is also like weak early before he gets . He also has no escapes besides his so calling your jungler can help you a lot. If he tries to engage you while in spirit form, place in front of him and run away or you will soak up a lot of damage. Pretty difficult matchup for if you don't manage to kill him or if he is very far ahead. Getting and will help you since he deals mixed damage and maybe to counter his healing.

Late Game and Teamfights: He is very strong in late game and very scary in teamfights as well. He can almost anyone 1 vs 1 once he is full build escpecially with since it's really good on . Your team needs to use hard CC on him and try to kill him first since is pretty squishy champion and if you manage to kill him, then you are good to go. Do not get ulted by his or it's pretty much over for you.

YORICK

Yorick

Shepherd of Souls

Difficulty: Hard

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Grasp of the Undying or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Teleport or Ignite or both
Which Item do they start: Corrupting Potion
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

He doesn't appear in Mid lane thankfully but if you do face him, you will have really hard time against him. It's almost impossible to kill him without your jungler's help. He is us going to outsustain and outdamage you with his ghouls. Post 6, it becomes much harder due to his which it will not dissapier until it dies. The best way to beat im is to call your jungler to camp him so you can have an easier time and avoid his or his ghouls will jump on yu and you will take a lot of damage. A basic attack will insta kill ghoul. Also, try not to be trapped by his or you will take a lot of damage and probably die. You can destroy it with 2/3 auto attacks. You will need to buy to reduce his healing so that he becomes less threat. Pretty hard and stupid matchup for any immobile champions including but thankfully he is not popular in Mid lane.

Late Game and Teamfights: He will probably just split push with his ghouls and destroy your towers and inhibitors and end the game. Your team must stop him and prevent him from split pushing. He can literally easily 1 vs 1 even if you are fed. The longer game goes on, the stronger he becomes. If your team has managed to kill , then quickly focus on other objectives and his allies before he can comeback and split push lanes.

ZAC

Zac

The Secret Weapon

Difficulty: Hard

Recommended Runes:

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Teleport or Ignite
Which Item you should start: Doran's Ring or Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite or Teleport
Which Item do they start: Doran's Shield or Doran's Ring or Dark Seal
Recommended Mythic Item: Liandry's Torment

Their usual full build:

No, this is not a joke! AP in Mid lane is a thing. And this lane is hard for . He deals insane amount of damage once he has some few items. He can easily crush you by jumping on youw wtih , then he uses and as you trying to back off, he will pull you back with and finishing you off with which it knocks up making you almost impossible to escape. It's also hard to gank him because he can just escape with . The best way to surive against him is to farm from distance, ask for your jungler to camp him and once his passive is about to revive again, destroy his things immediately but don't try to do that near his tower. If you have a few kills, then maybe you have a chance to win your lane but still it will be hard because he still does **** amount of damage. Buy and . These items are very good against since he is tanky and can heal a lot. Also, you should buy and to reduce his stupid damage. Make sure to always ward somewhere because he can jump on you with from nowhere and probably kill you. Quite hard matchup since you are immobile and you don't have any sustain while he has but thankfully he is very rare to see him in Mid lane. I found a new video about a player who plays him in Mid lane as so you can check it out: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ROS-UZdTw1I

Late Game and Teamfights: His late game damage is ridicilously massive. If you and your team are sticking together, he can all in you with and to knock you all and then destroy you and he will probably get Pentakill. Do not let happen to anyone. If will be very hard to shut down a good since he is very slippery and quite tanky as well. Your can cancel his before he can jump so if you see him, quickly use it and try your best to burst him down. Any hard CC will destroy him so make sure that one your team have one and quickly destroy his passive things before he goes back to normal form.

ZED

Zed

The Master of Shadows

Difficulty: Hard

Recommended Runes: or

Or: or

Which Summoner Spell you should use: Barrier or Exhaust
Which Item you should start: Corrupting Potion
Which Rune Keystone they use: Electrocute or First Strike or Conqueror
Which Summoner Spell they use: Ignite
Which Item do they start: Long Sword or Doran's Blade
Recommended Mythic Item: Crown of the Shattered Queen

Their usual full build:

This champion is one of the most banned rate champions in the game. He is difficult to beat as if he knows what's he doing. Even thought, his ultimate has been nerfed, I think it is still hard matchup in laning phase. Early on, he is vulnerable at lvl 1 and 2 so harass him whenever he goes for CS. At lvl 3, he will start to harass with , and which it does nasty damage. Try to stay behind your minions so you can take less damage from and dodge it at all cost. Post 6, things becomes quite difficult as he will use on you and finish you off with his other abilities. Try your best to harass him pre 6 and ask for your jungler for help a lot. This is a matchup where you need to take or to survive his burst and get early . is great rune against him as you can completely deny his . Once you have , he won't be able to ult you unless if your item in on cooldown. Always ward somewhere as he will roam a lot and if he manages to get few kills, he will start to snowball and you probably won't be able to lane against him anymore.

Late Game and Teamfights: will always look up to kill squishies even though he doesn't even need to kill, he just only need his , and + to kill fairly easily. If he does ults you, simply activate to deny it but a smart will probably not do that. He is very vulnerable once his is on cooldown so kill him quickly as possible and win the game.

ZERI

ZIGGS

ZILEAN

ZOE

ZYRA

Synergies

There are a lot of champions that works really well with but I a going to show you some champions in my opinion that are best in each lane.

Top Lane:

Aatrox

I like him in top lane. He is very strong in the early/mid game and has amazing knock up damage and a chain that can catch champions easily if they are caught by your . His ultimate gains movement speed and more attack damage and if he gets takedown, it will extended for several seconds. The downsides is that he doesn't scale well in late game but can still do well in teamfights.

Camille

Another very strong top laner. Her ultimate can catch one champion and the targeted champion can't escape from through. can catch caught champion easily without problem.

Cho'Gath

A huge beast with lot of CC that works really well with . If the enemy has stucked in your , he can easily knock them up, silence them and eat them.

Dr. Mundo

Very tanky and can chase the enemy team with his immunity against CC and also scales well in late game.

Gangplank

His ultimate is global, it slows, allies gains movement speed inside and deals true damage in the center. His barrels can delete squishies in late game if he placed them correctly.

Gnar

With his ultimate in mega form if he manages to hit enemies on the wall, can easily unleash his combo with abilities.

Kennen

With his and 's ultimate, it will be deadly and satisfying in teamifghts.
The downsides is that he doesn't scale well in late game.

Malphite

If the enemy champions is caught by your , he can easily ult and knock them up which is fantastic.

Ornn

Very tanky, so much CC and scales well into late game. His passive can upgrade your Mythic item which is amazing. This giant will sure make you very happy in teamfights as well.

Rumble

He does an amazing job together with in teamfights. With his slow and damage over time ultimate, your can easily catch and kill them.

Shen

I love . He has global ultimate, can save everyone and with your , he can easily taunt them.

Sion

Very tanky in late game and has tons of CC. If he managed to stunned them, you can delete them with your combo.

Vladimir

top, mid, both scale well into late game and with your ultimates, it is just insane and terrifying damage.

Wukong

His knock up ultimate is really deadly in teamfights which he can cast twice and your can follow them faster.

Yone

If the enemy champions are caught by your , Yone can delete them with his ultimate. Also, is a monster late game like .

Jungle:

Amumu

Almost every champion works perfect with and is no exception. With his ultimate, you can easily kill the enemy champions as quickly as possible.

Diana

If she manages to ult few champions can take them down with his abilities.

Ekko

Very mobile, high damage, can stun champions if he and the enemies are inside the circle and can go back in time to heal thanks to his ultimate.

Fiddlesticks

His ultimate is very terrifying in teamfights and deals massive damage over time but he is quite squishy champion.

Graves

A ranged jungler that works well with . If the enemy champions are stunned by your , he can use his Q and ultimate to deal high amount of damage.

Hecarim

His ganks are extremely good and his ultimate can fear and deal damage to the champions as well.

Jarvan IV

My favourite jungler. If he catches the enemy champions with his ultimate, can place under his circle and which the result is amazing and fantastic.

Lee Sin

The most pupular jungler in the game and also very strong early/mid game with mobility and damage.

Nunu & Willump

Very tanky and also has very good ganks thanks to his abilities. If he is bush and he is chanelling ultimate without enemies being noticed, he can deal massive damage.

Sejuani

So much CC and so tanky and yet very good in teamfights. With her a lot of slow ans stuns you can easily engage and kill the enemy champions.

Skarner

He can suppress the enemy champion and drag him with his ultimate and you can quickly kill him with your abilities.

Viego

Very strong duelist, can invade and kill their junglers. can also turned them thanks to his passive and scales in every stages in the game.

Volibear

Very strong and very tanky jungler that has ton of CC and excels well in teamfights.

Zac

Great ganks with his knock ups and yet very tanky. Also very fantastic in teamfights as well.

Bottom lane:

Ashe

Her ultimate has a stun the farther the arrow travels, the longer it will stun up to maximum at 3.5 seconds.

Draven

An ADC bully that has impressive damage and with your while enemy champions is stunned, he can cast his ultimate to eliminate them.

Ezreal

A poke ADC that is incredibely hard to catch him and if the enemy is stunned in your , he can surprise them with his ultimate.

Jhin

My favourite ADC. Has a root abilities and his ultimate has long range yet massice damage each 4 shot with his final shot is deadly.

Jinx

Just like and , she can surprise the enemy team with her ultimate. The lower they are, the more damage is dealt.

Lucian

Very strong ADC. Mobile, high damage and his ultimate is very effective with your .

Miss Fortune

If the enemy team is caught by your , she can cast her ultimate and kill them. Simple is that.

Samira

She is very scary in teamfights especially in close combat which she has a chance to make penta kill with her ultimate.

Varus

His ultimate has a root ability that can snare each champion that they are close enough and you can eliminate them with your abilities.

Ziggs

Since he is now more playbale in bot lane, they both work really well together. Both scale well in late game and their ultimates will destroy their entire enemy team.

Support:

Alistar

Has a knock up, knock back, very tanky and his ultimate reduces his damage.

Blitzcrank

He pulls the enemy champion, knocks him up and he is pretty much dead. Nice.

Braum

Nice CC and pretty tanky. Can block most of the abilities with his shield and his ultimate can knock them up.

Leona

Amazing tanky support with a lot of CC. Can soak up a lot of damage before she dies and with her ultimate, you can easily cast your abilities.

Maokai

Very tanky support. His ultimate has almost half of the range or the map. Can root enemies quiet easily.

Nautilus

Another amazing tanky support with a lot of CC. Can easily engage the enemies.

Pyke

A nice support with invisibility, can catch champions fairly easy and with his passive when takedown, you will gain extra gold.

Sona

Heal, movement speed, CC, this champion will make you happy especially in teamfights as well.

Thresh

Like , he can catch them and slow them very hard with his cages.

Zilean

Nice support. With his revive, you can live twice in row.

Zyra

Has a plants, root abilities and her knock up ultimate is very effective in teamfights which will make you happy.

What to ban?

There are many OP or should I say: Broken champions that many players found them frustrating to beat them or they don't wanna face them in general. I am going to show you what recommended champions you should ban if you are playing going to play in mid lane:

Irelia

This is probably the worst nightmare matchup for . She is still broken champion and a lot of people are crying and want her to get nerfed. She is almost impossible to counter her when you are playing as an immobile mage where you can't do almost nothing but begging for your jungler to help and hug the tower. I really don't understand why some players are playing her in mid lane. It's really disgrace. She is still top 5 most banned champions in the game. If you don't wanna face this cancer, then this champion deserves to be banned until she gets nerfed.

Kassadin

You don't like this anti AP champion that counters a lot of mages, then this guy is also good ban. He scales like a monster in late game and can almost delete squishy champions and can escape easily with his ultimate. This champion is so easy to carry the game but if you are very proffesional player with , it shouldn't be too difficult for you to beat him in lane.

Yasuo

This champion will definitely get you mad when you will play against him. He has many abilities that can outplay you and can destroy your entire team in late game. A lot players ban him because they hate him so much due to his wind wall, he has no sources (he is manaless) and many other things that I can't explain how I also hate him so much. Feel free to ban him if you don't wanna face him.

Yone

Very unbalanced and very broken champion once he gets few items as he can almost any champions 1 vs 1 or even 1 vs 3. Like , he is manaless and his abilities and basic attacks deals pshyical, magical and true damage which is ridicilous. Another good ban if you do not wanna face this champion.

Zed

One of the most banned champion in the game. He can counter almost any champions in mid lane if he plays correctly and has very good roams. Despite being nerfed in many patches, the players are still banning him. The good things thought he doesn't scale well in late game because players will buy defensive items to counter him and he only builds damage items which makes him squishy champion. This is my personal ban (my other personal bans are and ) so ban this evil ninja if you don't wanna face him.

Which champions you should avoid picking into Viktor?

There are some champions that are really bad against . is a control mage who can completely zone champions who needs to engage with and can kite pretty well with his . Therefore you should consider avoid to pick or at least ban in draft modes or ranked games if you want to play with your favourite champions and you don't wanna face . That being said, I am going to show you some champion that are quite popular in Mid lane and I will explain each champion to avoid pick:

Annie

is a burst mage champions that can delete squishy targets especially if she is ahead. She has a decent matchups in Mid lane but she struggles against long range champions such as . cannot trade him well because can zone her with his and can kite her with . He can negate some damage with his . He can also push quiet fast once he has upgraded his and has a huge problems with waveclear early due to her mana problems. If brings in this matchup, he will remove her and will negate her burst post 6. This is defenitely worth to avoid pick or ban if you want to play with her.

Cassiopeia

This matchup is an absolute nightmare for . does really well into most melee and short ranged champions which means if they try to trade her, she will cast her to gain bonus movement speed and will non stop cast until it's dead. Her can also prevent dashes and blinks against champions like , etc. However, she is very bad against long ranged champions and is one of them. He can keep his distance and spam his to kite her and it's almost impossible to dodge it as she cannot buy boots early doe to her and can negate her DoT with . If she tries to engage on him, he will place his on her to stun her and will unleash her power with and his other abilities and she will defenitely. This is highly recommended for [Cassiopeia]] players to permaban if you want to main her.

Galio

He is an anti mage champion that can negate a lot of Magic damage and does really well against burst mages such as , etc. However, he doesn't do well against some mages like . If he tries to dash on him, will place his on the ground, go back and keep poking him with and keep doing the same thing. After has bought , cannot lane against him anymore and will also be outscaled. This is where you should avoid pick against .

Kayle

If I'm being honest, this is probably the hardest counter for in Mid lane against than any other mages. If goes with , he will go full aggressive against her and poke a lot. is extremely weak early game and she is melee pre 6 and she will suffer a lot against him if she goes for CS. A good will not give her any single CS not even under her tower. She will be forced to recall and then keep getting poked and over and over. Even after lvl 6 it's still very hard and once has bought Mythic item, there is nothing she can do against him. Since you both scale really well, can still deleter her with his combo if he is fast enough since is too squishy to survive his burst. If you want to play Mid, then consider banning or do NOT pick into at all.

Kennen

He is hard countered by . isn't good against control mages and is one of them. can stay behind minions to avoid his and will poke him with from distance. cannot engage on him due to his and if he gets caught, can quickly burst him down. He also scales much better than in late game. This is worth to avoid or ban if you are going to play Mid.

Lissandra

This lane is a horrible for . She is ashort ranged champion that does well against many assassins but she is very bad agains long ranged champions such as . will just keep distance from her and poke her with and if she uses her to teleport, he will place on mark where she will teleport and if she gets stunned, she is defenitely dead by his burst combo. If you main then it's highly recommended to ban or avoid pick her against .

Malzahar

is one of the few mages that truly counters . He has a shield from his that can negate his DoT, can poke him with from distance]], can place his on him if he engages and his can cancel his . Once he has upgraded his and gets , cannot lane against him. If I main , I would always permaban and you should too so if you didn't ban him and the player is very good, good luck on losing LP.

Neeko

Almost unplayable matchup for . outranges her and he will never let her approach him due to his and if she gets caught, she is 100% dead. He also outscales her in late game where she falls off really hard. Because is a short ranged champion and she is bad against control long ranged champions such as , you should consider banning if you want to main her.

Pantheon

is also countered by quite hard. He cannot jump on him because of his and can just keep pking him with . He also hard outscales in late game. The only to win this as is early game before he has a chance to upgrade his and buys Mythic item. If failed, then the game is over for unless if his teammates are winning. This is also a good to avoid pick against .

Rumble

Many players plays him in Mid lane and he has many good matchups if he plays correctly. He doesn't do well against control mages such as . If you try to fully engage on him, will place his and will harass you back before you can do anything and repeat on. Once has purchased Mythic item, cannot fight him anymore unless if he somehow gets lead. His can move while his cannot move and he just scales much better than him in late game. This is a reason you should avoid pick into .

Ryze

It's . No need to explain. He has one of the lowest win rate in the game. I just added him because he is now a **** champion and nobody plays him anymore.

Seraphine

Yea, you picked the worst designed champion in the game against where you have 0 kill pressure without jungler's help. She cannot kill him solo as he can just freely farm and kill her once he has completed Mythic item. He can just burst her down with no problem if he is fast enough. I would never picked into matchup. It's just ridicilous and patheatic how she will get bullied so hard.

Swain

struggles against long ranged champions since he is a short ranged champion. will just kie with and if pulled him, he will place his and keep poking you until you are dead. If rushes early and , he will completely outdamage and outheal him. This is why you should ban in draft modes as main.

Taliyah

is sadly hard countered by . His trades are just better than her. He will poke you with and even if you knocked him back, he will place his and burst you down. He also scales much better in late game. Avoid picking into if you can.

Vex

is an anti dash champion that does really well against champions who has a lot of dashes or blinks such as , , etc. However, she is very bad against control mages especially against long ranged champions who doesn't have any dashes and is one of them. You can't trade him as he can easily avoid your spells and you can't avoid his as he will outrange you. After he has bough Mythic item, the game is over for . This is why many don't ban and they picked her into matchups thinking that they can destroy him in lane and obviously, they got stomped so hard.

Vladimir

No, does NOT counter as many people think. Sure, you have infinite sustain against him but the problem is after has bought first item, he will completely outdamage him. is also a short ranged champion and can just poke him from distance and his sustain won't be enough to stay in lane. If has bought and , there is nothing can do against him as he will just kill him. If you are brave enough to face as you can pick him but if you die to him, you will regreat it and you from now on permaban .

Zilean

Picking into ? Excuse me? has only for damage. can easily avoid them and he can completely ignore old man and farm for late game. He also does way better in teamfights and can burst you down quickly enough before you can do anything. I would never pick into and neither you should too.

How to counter Viktor?

If you wanna know how to counter while facing him, I found a video from Mobalytics that explains everything you need to know. Hopefully, it will help you out when playing against him!

Conclusion

And that's it. That's the end of the my guide. I hope this guide will help you a lot and make your games much better with . If you got any questions, feel free to ask me anything. Sorry if my English grammar is bad, I am not great at all and I do a lot of mistakes but it happens to everyone. Once again, thank you and maybe there will be more guides that I will create in the future.

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[Patch 13.21] My Viktor's Build (All (and rare) Matchups)

Table of Contents

Introduction

Why play Viktor?

Pros/Cons

Summoner Spells

Runes

First Strike or Summon Aery on Viktor?

Abilities

Skill Sequence

Items

Mythic Items

Early Game

Mid Game

Late Game

Tips and Tricks

How to farm and freeze

Warding

Roaming

Playing from behind

Matchups

Synergies

What to ban?

Which champions you should avoid picking into Viktor?

How to counter Viktor?

Conclusion

[Patch 13.21] My Viktor's Build (All (and rare) Matchups)

[Patch 13.21] My Viktor's Build (All (and rare) Matchups)

Recommended Items

Runes: Standard

Spells:

Flash

Teleport

Flash

Ignite

Barrier

Flash

Exhaust

Flash

Cleanse

Flash

Flash

Ghost

Items

Ability Order 1st Option

Glorious Evolution (PASSIVE)

Siphon Power (Q)

Gravity Field (W)

Hextech Ray (E)

Arcane Storm (R)

Glorious Evolution (PASSIVE)

Siphon Power (Q)

Gravity Field (W)

Hextech Ray (E)

Arcane Storm (R)

Glorious Evolution (PASSIVE)

Siphon Power (Q)

Gravity Field (W)

Hextech Ray (E)

Arcane Storm (R)

Glorious Evolution (PASSIVE)

Siphon Power (Q)

Gravity Field (W)

Hextech Ray (E)

Arcane Storm (R)

Threats & Synergies

Irelia

Aatrox

Draven

Yone

Yorick

Zac

Zed

Ahri

Akali

Akshan

Anivia

Caitlyn

Camille

Diana

Ekko

Fizz

Jayce

Kassadin

Katarina

LeBlanc

Malphite

Naafiri

Nasus

Orianna

Qiyana

Renekton

Riven

Shyvana

Sylas

Syndra

Talon

Tristana

Tryndamere

Viktor

Xin Zhao

Yasuo

Zoe

Annie

Aurelion Sol

Azir