When Riot pushes out a patch, it can be hard to know what’s what. A buff doesn’t necessarily mean a champ is good, just like a nerf doesn’t mean one is bad. And that’s why we’ve got your back. This tier list is here to guide you toward what’s good and what’s bad for your ranked climb. 

Note that this is our low ELO tier list, aimed at Plat and under, which is a big range. Some champs may be more suited to one end of the spectrum than the other.

Top Lane Tier List

Starting with the top lane list, the very best picks here are still the beefy big boys. The OP tier is dominated by three tanks, and the S tier is mostly a mix of tanks and juggernauts, with a couple of others sprinkled in.

The buff to Aatrox is a pretty solid step in the right direction. Right now, many Aatrox players are doing a tank build to make him work; raising his ratios and lowering his base damages should not just make the tank build less efficient but give a lot more carrying power when you’re ahead in the mid-game. 

Now, all of that said, Aatrox is a champ that does a LOT better the higher in skill level you go. Even when he was an S-tier champ last season in pro play, he was still doing badly, even up in Diamond solo queue. So, we’re just moving him up a single tier for this patch.

Jax is going to be largely unaffected by his nerfs in this patch.

Jungle Tier List

Now for the jungle, we have a LOT more changes happening. While Kindred and Rek’sai have been knocked down from their top spots with their nerfs, Ivern remains one of the strongest and easiest champs in the role. If you’re not abusing him, you’re missing out big time.

Replacing the other two, we have Jarvan and Rammus. Jarvan is just an insanely well-rounded pick. He has CC and good damage for early ganks, good dueling and his ult is one of the best in the game for team fighting, with it being a death sentence for immobile carries when you catch them out Flashless.

Rammus makes it here because he’s just the king of consistency. Rammus’s entire existence is playing for picks, and he does that VERY well. It makes pressuring lanes easy, and you can always make picks on overextended foes that lead to free objectives, and if at the right time, even a free win.

Rek’sai and Kindred are going down to the B tier; their upper ceiling for carrying is still pretty high, but you’ll be much less consistent in getting the early lead you need to do well with them.

Other big changes to highlight here are Shaco and Shyvana.

Shaco was low on our tier list before, but that was misleading. His more popular build is AD, and if you went that, he was a C-tier champ. You had to snowball to do anything, but he couldn’t carry a good chunk of games even then.

Now, with nerfs to some of his biggest counters, buffs to him, AND two lethality items being buffed, he’s looking solid with both builds.

Shyvana getting AD ratios up across the board opens up more powerful builds around Blade of the Ruined King, Trinity Force, and other bruiser items, and maybe even some for fun crit ones. She’ll still have plenty of magic damage from her kit, making her a true hybrid carry.

Lastly, I feel like I have to mention Zyra. It’s always hard to place a champ in an off-meta role on a tier list. Honestly, maybe this is just overhyping the changes, and jungle Zyra won’t be played at all, but I think she has some potential to make it as an A-tier pick. This is tentative, so check back next patch to see if anything changes.

Mid Lane Tier List

Now, for the mid-lane, the overall hierarchy of champs stays about the same. We have the same OP tier picks, and overall, there aren’t enough system changes to affect the meta here. But a few of the individual changes will have a bit of an impact.

Lissandra and Xerath both make it up to the S tier. Lissandra’s Q change gives her a better gank setup for those times when you don’t have claw up to close the distance for W, while the rest of her changes to her passive and ult make her a lot stronger in team fights, where she’s supposed to shine. 

In Xerath’s case, he should have a decent bit more carrying power, but you still have to be good at the basics of managing waves and avoiding jungle ganks, as well as hitting his skill shots, to get results.

Bot Lane Tier List

In the bot lane, we’ll finally move Karthus out of the OP tier and down to the S tier. He will still be strong and is probably the best champ in this tier.

Seraphine will be taking his place in the OP tier. She’s such an insanely strong laner, with good poke and wave clear that allows her to neutralize and straight-up bully almost anyone else early on. But being strong early isn’t enough; she also goes on to scale just as hard as any hyper carry, meaning she has no weak point in the game.

Support Tier List

For our supports, Rell has been doing insanely well lately due to how overtuned she is. By nerfing some of her tankiness, but leaving everything else entirely untouched, she should still be good but feel a bit more situational.

Milio’s passive damage and shield movement speed are really changes that affect him in lower ELO more since both of these are on the lower end of his skill expression. As long as you understand how to use the rest of his kit skillfully, he’s still pretty strong.

That said, we’ll be moving him down to the S tier, with Janna replacing him as the best Enchanter.

That wraps up the important changes we have for you in this patch. Remember to check back again for the next patch’s tier list. In an ever-changing game like League, staying on top of the meta is important, so you can adapt when needed.