Stolen from the sub.
Just switch to top lane recently after a 10 year boutique at ADC/bot.
Currently playing Ornn, Rumble, and Renekton. Feel like I cover a lot of bases with this pool.
No one at the moment(probably cait). Previously it was shyvana because every time I played her I would be a monster running around farming everything getting huge and dueling everyone.
Before that it was naut support and it was because he looked cool and I never saw him played support. I started playing him just experimenting and trying different tanks and man it was so good I was stomping lane every game. I went from gold to plat. Then he got a major buff for the first time in a long time and people started playing him support. After that I struggled to win lane as often.
I think I’m drawn to playing things that are a bit underplayed because I can’t compete on meta Champs and meta gameplay style so I have to do something that feels right for me. I know that my imperfect playstyle will never get me to diamond but playing meta doesn’t get the other silvers to diamond either and I have more fun 😉
I’ve been trying many champs now that the season is over to see if I can main or add another champ to my pool but I keep coming back to Shaco. He’s underpowered, but can be played in almost any role except ADC. AP shaco stops plays, AD shaco makes plays. I’m a bit older so having a flash on 8 second cooldown makes him a lot more forgiving for someone who is a bit slower to learn the game. Outside of that I’ve been enjoying Jax but i die a lot lol.
I main J4. I like how his kit is simple but there is a lot of skill expression with different ways to use his abilities. I also would argue that he is the most versatile champ in the game being viable in 4 roles with builds ranging from full tank to full ad to ap support. I have never really gotten board of playing him as there is always something to try. I strongly recommend people try a few different builds with him rather than only ever running Goredrinker bruiser every game
I main Malzahar/Akshan.
Malzahar because I love DoT champions. I love imagining my opponent knowing they’re going to die in the next second and there’s nothing they can do as I go back to farming the wave. Dead man walking. I love summoning the voidlings and using them to zone enemies.
But, I realize killing your opponent in the near future isn’t as useful as killing your opponent NOW, so I started playing a lot more akshan. I was an adc main to start and then kayle top for a bit. Akshan is a nice compromise, and introduction to assassin. Definitely will be trying out Naafiri when I can.
Irelia 100% this season. Top lane feels like home since I know tactics there (I’ve been trying Irelia mid, but I’ll return to top lane)
With Irelia, when having decent farm, I can kill enemies that have significantly more items than me by outplaying. Also, it’s not unusual to come back from a lost lane with splitpushing