Returning After S3 - Brief Rundown on State of...

[quote=SenorTadpole]Hi all, Stopped playing toward the end of S3, so I guess I've been away for a few months. Decided to check in and see how S4 was. So I've checked out a few write-ups and tier lists about strong champs, and been watching a few streams to see what is being picked/banned a lot, but just was hoping y'all could give me a brief rundown on what champs in each role are considered Tier 1. Would appreciate it, along with any reasons you want to give on why certain champs have risen to the top in S4. Particularly interested in the juggling changes. I've read that farming jungles have risen significantly. My mains in S3 were Eve and Shyvana, who apparently are doing very well in S4 - are the vision ward changes as amazing for Eve as they seem to be? And has the presence of trinkets (more wards) made ganking early relatively pointless? At what point do most junglers go for their first gank? Thanks in advance![/quote]

[quote=Xiaowiriamu][b]Tier 1[/b] [b]Top:[/b] Shyvana, Mundo, Nasus, and Riven [i](Near Tier 1: Renekton)[/i] [i][/i] [b]Mid:[/b] Kassadin, Fizz, and Ziggs [i](Near Tier 1: Syndra)[/i] [i][/i] [b]Support:[/b] Annie and Thresh [i](Near Tier 1: Poppy)[/i] [b]ADC:[/b] Vayne and Jinx [i](Near Tier 1: Lucian)[/i] [b]Jungle:[/b] Evelynn, Shyvana, Elise, Vi, and Khazix [i](Near Tier 1: Sejuani)[/i] [b]Other champions worth note-taking:[/b] Xin zhao (Top/Jungle) Olaf (Jungle) Gragas (Mid) Would explain my reasoning, but you'll just have to #believe [b]are the vision ward changes as amazing for Eve as they seem to be?[/b] Yes [b]And has the presence of trinkets (more wards) made ganking early relatively pointless?[/b] No [b]At what point do most junglers go for their first gank?[/b] Mainly Top around 3:00[/quote]

[quote=SenorTadpole]Thanks so much for the response :) Just what I was looking for. +rep. Time to get to it I guess. Sounds like the jungle isn't TOTALLY different, still basically just do your first clear and gank. I guess there are better rewards for staying and farming the jungle this season though maybe. Thanks again.[/quote]

[quote=Jovy][quote=Xiaowiriamu] [i](Near Tier 1: Poppy)[/i] [/quote] Psh you wish. Leona's definitely tier 1 now too.[/quote]

[quote=Xiaowiriamu][quote=MissMaw] [quote=Xiaowiriamu] [i](Near Tier 1: Poppy)[/i] [/quote] Psh you wish. Leona's definitely tier 1 now too. [/quote] Tier 2 at best :-)[/quote]

[quote=SenorTadpole]As an add-on to my questions, is the ward trinket just considered by far the best? Pretty much every game I'm watching most people just get that one - sometimes the support gets the sweeping one. But there is no "meta" to this is there? Like certain roles are expected to get certain trinkets?[/quote]

[quote=Janitsu]Get [[Warding totem]] on everyone, swap it on supports when you get [[sightstone]] and swap it on junglers when you are, dunno, about lvl 6?[/quote]

[quote=drakon136][quote=Xiaowiriamu] [b]Tier 1[/b] [b]ADC:[/b] Vayne [/quote] What. Last I checked, Vayne was trash.[/quote]

[quote=Jovy][quote=Janitsu] Get [[Warding totem]] on everyone, swap it on supports when you get [[sightstone]] and swap it on junglers when you are, dunno, about lvl 6? [/quote] Get [[Warding totem]] keep it till around level 9 (7-8-9) then swap for [[sweeping lens]] ([[greater lens]]).[/quote]

[quote=Jpikachu1999][quote=drakon136] [quote=Xiaowiriamu] [b]Tier 1[/b] [b]ADC:[/b] Vayne [/quote] What. Last I checked, Vayne was trash. [/quote] Vayne is insane at the moment. Especially with the rise of health stacking tanks again. She's not easy by any means, but good Vayne players are really hard to deal with.[/quote]