New caster adc support that slows on every ability and applies on-hits on slow (if you're slowed for extended periods, the on-hit just becomes a DOT effect that melts you basically). Also give him a steroid aoe nuke ultimate that slows around him and doubles on-hits that somehow leads to a recursion with a random unrelated tank item that makes him OP as a tank top laner.
@@spudkin564 Well, he's not infallible. If memory serves me well, I remember either a comment or a community post when he said something akin to "I know so much about the game," and I snorted and laughed. Not because he doesn't, but because of how blunt and confident the statement was.
Hes definitely over confident, he didnt remember a lot of the respective keybinds, and based a lot of his selections off of biased opinions of experiences hes had in game. List was very strange overall
But imagine 60 ability haste on other champions. Also Diminuendo is kinda officially part of her passive, so having all that on other champs would be devastating.
@@busytecjr.3106 pls, with new Items every enchanter can reach 60+ ability haste and champs like karma and seraphine get their 50%-60% AP shield/Heal on a 4 sec cooldown.
I just think "would I rather be sylas or veigo against this champ?" And that helps me to decide. Accounting for cooldowns is also very important to the tier list
As a lux main, her E is definitely her best skill. Her Q is easily dodgeable, but her E can slow a good chunk of area and provide vision. Muchhh more useful than her Q
As a Lux main I think her e is her best ability, it has good damage, waveclear, decent CC, provide vision with good range for 5 secs if you want and can zone people from chokepoints.
Taric's Bravado is his best ability for sure. Bravado plain gives 2x atk speed + built in Navori passive + 2 magic damaging "sheen" procs that scale with lvl and15% bonus armor.
Yorick main here, MAIDEN. If you play right it is up for nearly 70% of the game and helps you in fights with % on hit, split push (or double split push if the enemy team is that bad), and not having to Q to get Ghouls up.
ahri's passive? draven's E? braum's e? and so much more... the things you choose as the best ability is so specific and unique to situations I can't even believe it... who in their right mind can think that draven's best ability is e... while he would be literally no one without his q and while braum's almost whole deal is his broken undodgeable stun passive
LITERALLY?? i do think braum's strongest ability is e, because that is a fight winning abilty on a basic cooldown, but the rest??? some of these choices are... definitely choices
cant really argue braum e tho, its hard but he is built around being an anti-projectile champ, you would pick him vs ornn and seraphine because you completely neuter their ult or lucian for the same reason, yes his passive is the entire reason why he is so strong with champs like kog maw, but seriously the entire point of braum is his "stand behind braum" playstyle, and if you were to take one of his abilities away to keep his identity, on no world would you get rid of his e. other note tho, draven e is incredibly delusional take i agree, its either his q or his incredibly broken passive imo
i think he is right about ahri even her q is better than her charm since true damage is considered but in scenarios like her surviving in team fights she gains 1 ult charge and at least 15% of her hp with her passive
Malzahar player here, E is his best ability. His ult doesn't do any damage without mark and voidlings. It's frustrating to get hit by, and it's super flashy, but the ult itself isn't what kills you. Other champs wouldn't be able to set up their damage before ulting. It would be like a worse Amumu Ult, since you can't do anything while the enemy is suppressed. Malz E is mana regen, resets, waveclear, huge damage, AND it's all point and click ranged.
You are only thinking in terms of a solo laner. Imagine a support or jungler especially tanks with malzahar ult. The best gank setup in the entire game. Champs would literally be forced to build QSS first item, or die every time the support or jungle ganks.
You should also think in terms of defense and cooldown recovery, for malzahar that... Is almost a non issue, but let's say you are an adc getting a top laner in your face and your team will need time to catch up. Well, now you have time.
Malz whole purpose late game is ult the carry, he doesn’t even need damage, just take the carry out if the fight for like 2 seconds and he’s done his job
22:49 Neeko gotta be her passive no doubt. 1) turn into melee char on any range champ --> 30% more structure dmg 2) turn into adc as any tank and position badly --> enemy hard engages on a friggin tank 3) turn into a melee minion as jungle with on-hit --> you just got a 1.25 base attackspeed. enjoy that clearspeed 4) turn into minion on any champ --> dodge many abilities that can only hit champs like ashe-arrow/no heal on soraka q etc 5) turn into minions to gank lanes as jungler --> everybody fails for this at some point. if not everybody gets paranoid, counts minions, their macro suffers hard 6) turn into low-hp ally --> trigger all sorts of abilities you got that get boosted by you being low hp, without actually being low hp 7) turn into a range champion on a melee --> you are ranged now. image nasus activates his q and turns into cait. good luck with that 8) pick chogath --> traumatize melee that just wanted a last hit
I was going to draw attention to her passive. It grants speed to all allies whenever they are hit by your abilities, not just buffs like he mentioned. Bring able to turn all of your AoE abilities into speed boosts for your allies is something tanks could use, adcs, ap carries, nearly every class could get good use out of it.
@@pikmints Well, the point you miss is you have to hit your allies... Anything that is damage based won't hit them, so most champions can't even make use of it.
@@metrux321 actually, her bubble also applies the ms boost when you hit allies same with her ult, so dmg abilities should work, anyone with good aoe can make use of it, like anivia ult would be a pool of ms for your team basically
I feel like using the lens that the best ability would be one that other champions could use doesn’t make sense. They never will get that ability, so what does the ranking mean if thats the basis for their position. I feel like just ranking strictly on what the champions strongest ability is as apart of their kits would be the most effective way to actually place them.
These kind of tier lists are more for fun, than they are telling you what to max first. But anyway, it's easier to pick out the black sheep ability that feels weaker or is least integral to a champion's. i.e. if you removed it and replaced it with something else entirely, they'd still feel like the same champion. Thresh's ultimate is an example in my opinion. His Q, W and E are Thresh's identity. The Box isn't bad, but not as core to his playstyle. In the process, you're likely picking an ability that most other champs wouldn't care for either. (I personally think this is how Vars should have done his worst abilities tier list). On the other hand, quantifying each champion's best ability within their own kit can be hard, because they're comprised of abilities that synergise with each other. As an alternative, if we do thought experiments and imagine how powerful the ability is in a vacuum, and then how other champions would benefit from them, it's interesting to speculate. Of course, not every champion will profit from each foreign ability to the same extent, but there are almost certainly enough champions who would have a mutual interest in an ability - namely champions from the same class. For instance, I think Warwick's W is unquestionably his best ability if we're going by Vars' criteria. Imagine a Jax or Darius running to you at mach 2 and auto-attacking you to death even faster than normal.
He's ranking them as standalone abilities. If an ability is only valuable on one champion, and would be worthless on any other kit, it isn't the most powerful ability. It's not the only criteria you could use, but it does make sense
Actually for Nami passive, its hitting any ally with any of your abilities, not necessarily buffs. Its kinda weird but neat, hit Q on an ally and they speed up, same for ult.
Akshan 1-trick here - I would have to say W/Going Rogue is the most desirable ability as it not only gives you perma-camoflauge, it also allows you to revive your whole team AND gives you bonus gold for kills AND gives you move speed AND gives you mana regen. Dirty fighting is cool and all but just the revive passive would already make this the best ability in his kit and the fact that it does so many things makes it a top shelf ability.
Leona's Shield of Daybreak is not a Point & Click. It's a Buff that grant Leona's next basic attack: 50 bonus Range Magic dmg 1s Stun It can cancel the previous Basic Attack animation if you press the Q button at the right timing, allowing for AA Q AA which count as 3 separate Attacks, it procs PtA It allows Leona to break wards from level 1 if she's close from it when the enemy drops it. (I'd say inside the same bush as the ward)
I would say naafiri's best ability is her passive, the dogs dont only add pretty decent dmg even if you can only activate them with your AA, but also block abilities which is the perfect middle finger to any mage
For clarification, Morgana’s Black Shield (E), gives unconditional immunity to crowd control for 5 seconds and a magic shield, you are immune to all crowd control as long as the shield holds or until the duration runs out. If the shield breaks due to it sustaining enough magic damage to break it, you can be cc’d afterwards.
Ive imagine a sixth position in league called "home" in which champions who dont fit in any position could serve a kind jack of all trades kind of champion, like with specialists.
Fair but I disagree. W is small gap close, increased damage, on hit effects I believe, tower pushing, and is even useful without the tentacles. E is only good for zoning and poke if it’s without the tentacles.
with camille, like yea he q recast does a lot of true damage, but i have to mention her e, whitch enables her to make great roams and trade safely, plus making her a great engage support
Thank you for putting Cait’s traps on here. I see so many Caitlin players not even TRYING to use them in a team fight or when getting jumped on by a Yi or Irelia or something. On a crit build, you can easily get a few autos off during just the root and completely turn a fight
Her Q and E are definitely her most powerful abilities in terms of damage, but her R kinda... makes them both better. Without R, her Qs damage falls off a cliff, since the range enhancements wouldn't be possible, and her E would be so much harder to hit. It really makes her kit as good as it is. Without R, idk. She's kinda really bad.
Zoe is straight 2 different champions with and without R. I still think her W is the strongest because stealing SUMMONER SPELLS and actives is stupidly broken.
@@minimonkeymasher8888Well, I agree that R is really important in her kit. But his decision on making Zoe R her BEST ability is that it can work on many other champions and Im utterly confused... What other champions could benefit from Zoe R? And as a Zoe main, I would say its W. It gives you move speed, additional dmg and gives you one of summoner spells. And it combos with her Q too, bc her little stars don't wake up sleeping enemies (ignite, her best summoner spell too), gives you move speed for better Q. Plus it activates her passive. Its insane in team fights.
Besides, W is used largely to enable his other abilities. To stop dashes against Q, the stay close for full E or most importantly to setup R. W by itself is kind of mopey and solo poking with it consistently is a pretty big Cho mistake.
@@qwormuli77 in the context of cho himself its excellent, but thats because cho can cc chain you until its impossible to escape R. Im sure it would be insanely powerful on assassins, but its not his best.
Pyke main here... so we gonna go for a dash with an aoe stun instead of a blink that has an aoe resetable execute attached to it which also grants bonus gold... I am not sure about that Vars (with the everything wrong with pyke video in mind)
"Imagine other junglers having shadow step actually dont do that - thats terrifying" honestly.... yeah lol, i dont think i could play the game with more shadow step characters XD
Im going to assume that those other champions would be able to proc BQ if they have the ability. Otherwise, Varus’ BQ being proc’d by ally abilities would be broken as hell and he would shred tanks instantly with Bork + AS + Support spamming abilities
Remember vars is a top lane main and doesn't really play ad. Thus a lot of his points on ad champions are quite wrong. For example ashes best ability is by far her e, and dravens best ability is actually his w.
3:00 Akshan's revive is on his w.. you know this right. Like to be clear, dirty fighting is a powerful passive, but seeing as he has a revive, it feels like you should explain why his double auto and 3-hit passive is better than revive. I personally think it is since revive is overhyped, but your dismissiveness makes me think you didn't realize that.
The list is pretty great although I disagree on a few points: Jhin - His passive forces you into slow auto attacks and most characters (Mostly marksman) dont have the rest of his kit to capitalize on that. I would say W is his best ability. A root which some champions can proc easily even by themselves Zoe - I think Spell Thief is better. Some champions would be absolutely disgusting with certain items (imaging some bruisers randomly getting Hydra) or Assassins getting Flash. Vel'Koz - I'd go with Passive. True Damage on three hits of your abilities, something like Xerath can proc that with one Combo and ult, Hwei gets one stack every tick of his R. That would be nuts. Briar- This is a wild take but E. Damage reduction, extremly powerful heal and knockback on a character that the channel you cannot interrupt. Passive might be good too but Q not. Swain - Even thought the others (W and E) dont work that well... I still think R is better than Q. R gives heal, a powerful damage tool and isnt tied to his passive stacks anymore. But it's very debatable especially if a character gives up their own ultimate. Other than that great list. Just my two cents. Keep it up !
As a Briar OTP I must say that i agree with you. Her E is waaay better than the Q i mean armor/mr red is good but dmg red by 35% while healing and dealing devastating dmg when u push them into the wall? Crazy sht but its hard to hit tho. People just easy play around that but if busy and cant manage to escape on time pretty much dead. And dont forget about the 1.5 sec stun.
28:40 Mundo with haymaker. Stacking HP and get 4% convert to AD to increase the Grit Scaling. It would be even more unfair that last season Sett with Hearthsteel and Titanic.
I remember killing a Kayne who ulted on me using Diana's shield while we were both on grains of HP. It's also funny to use when someone wants to gap close on you cause the shields cause a surprising ton of damage.
warwick has to be q, it's an unstoppable dash that also does 12% max health magic dmg at max and heals for 75% of the dmg dealt, the skill expression this ability has is actually crazy, I can predict flashes and q through them to follow the flash, I can q through malphite, k'sante, or sett ult to completely cancel out the cc. His e is good, but w and q are both better
Aatrox ult is actually really strong, since it's a ton of free AD and MS. For akshan, i think you should explain since his w is also a very important ability. Revives are broken. Blitzcrank ult would also be a pretty great ability, extra (delayed) damage on every auto and a low cooldown AOE silence. Blunt force trauma may not be that good on someone without a ton of healing, since it actually has a decent hp cost. And for garen, IIRC his wild rift ult is even more OP, it has a small AOE and also has it's cd reduced to 5 seconds if the target uses untargetability like stasis, kayn ult, or fizz e or something. Gwen e and passive are also really strong, her passive is free %max hp damage and sustain, her e is more attack range, more attack speed, more damage on attacks, a dash, and late game, on a super short cooldown if you attack someone. j4 e also provides a ton of attack speed to him and allies, along with passively giving him a ton of attack speed. Jax w is also pretty strong, as it's a super low cooldown auto reset that also deals quite a bit of damage, even with 0 AP. I understand that kass r is a super strong ability, but his w and e are also pretty good. w is a free auto reset, free mana (which also letsh im ult more), and free damage on atuos, e is an AOE slow that does a ton of damage and in teamfights, has almost no cooldown. Kayn passive is also really strong, since SA's is a bunch of free burst damage, and rhaast's is free sustain. Rhaast q and ult are also really strong, it's a ton of %max hp damage, and for rhaast ult, it also heals a ton. Also malph e is not a big f*** you to olaf and master yi. If you have good reaction speed as kassadin, you can q malz right as his ult starts to cancel it. And I think it's kinda funny, if you put together 5 OP abilities the champ isn't all that OP, like nasus and master yi. Also master yi and garen can run away from wither with their slow immunity. Nunu q is also basically a second smite. Pantheon q is a low cooldown execute that can also be a ranged ability. And it's AOE. Pyke passive and ult are also really strong. passive is basically a better regular battle roar, and ult is execute with tons of free gold. Rakan passive is also really strong, it's a free shield that you can reduce the cooldown of. Except rakan doesn't have an easy way to reduce it so it's not particularily OP on him. Battle roar and rengar q are also really strong, q is a low cooldown auto reset that does a ton of damage, battle roar... self explanatory. Especially if you can get the empoewred version. Ryze ult is also a pretty good ability. Especially for teleporting super minions to attack a different turret. Shen q actually does a ton of damage if you have a decent amount of AP, and you can almost always have it up. Also IIRC it applies rylai's. Syndra passive is also really good, a chunk of free AP and mana on all your ability hits. Trynd passive actually doesn't suck, it's a ton of free crit chance. Zeri passive is also really stron gfor the shield steal.
For the champs I play: - agree Illaoi W - Kindred Passive - marks to gain strength gives a lot of snowball potential and can work on everyone in every role to some extent. - Rakan definitely W - it’s everything. Waveclear, peel, engage, disengage, damage, cc, mobility. - Poppy W - super useful against many people in the game. Also the passive gives extra mr and armour, which increases at low health - you cited her durability, but IMO her W is more important to that than her passive. - Warwick, yeah his E is good. His W is also really good for hunting people and duelling.
I'd argue that Veigar's passive isn't really the best because the passive alone doesn't really generate that much AP, majority of the AP comes from Q which is technically tied to passive but it's pretty much just for consistency sake so excluding that I'd argue his Q or E are the best depending if it's higher or lower elo.
Also, Veigar cage is both incredibly powerful as his lifeline and also for enabling his short range. His P is literally just an alternative modifier for his scaling curve. While I think all the people who call it the best stun in the game are exaggerating, they have a point in how integral and game changing it is. E for sure.
Ashkan W is without question his best ability. Quite possibly the best ability ever made. The fact you can ress your teammates if you kill the champ which killed them is just insanity.
32:53 whattttttt thats complitly not true bro start playing the game and if you are not sure then check it bruh its complitly not true its not leona passive if anyone else could activate his W passive then he would be fk dogshit as for example AP cuz ppl would destroy his buffed %AP dmg
I remenber ultimate spell book game mode where you could get zoe ult, it was one of the worst ults you could get, using it like a le blanc W was so dificult yet he still put zoe ult as her best ability
As a Kindred main i actually do think their ult is their best ability if you know how to use it. Utilized right Lambs Respite can totally flip entire teamfights.
I think syndras passive is very underrated. Get an extra ability on q, true damage to w, slow and just larger area on e and a 15% execute on ultimate and lastly just extra ap
I feel like there is a really good argument for Mundo passive being guy best ability because what champ would not love a free spellshield that can also heal abd get its CD lowered to a point where you just lose CD eventually
For Aphelios you could make the argument for his passive being his best since it gives you free stats on level up: AD, Lethality, AND attack speed. Give this to any AD champ and they can abuse this.
The fact chogath is so undervalued outside of master-challenger.... is hilarious... "oh no hes old immobile and has 1 paragraph ability descriptions"... But they all forget "1.5 second aoe knockup on 5 second cooldown" is a thing.
Neeko best hability is no contest her passiv. Behing able to take the form of everything is so strong. First is cancel a part of all hability animation, second it allow you to get the base ms and range of every champ in your team. If you have a cairlyn you get 650 range. It allow you to transform into melee champ to deal more damage to turret or thing like sejuani passive. And the stronger part is that if you transform into minion you can dodge A LOT of hability. Sej R, varus R, nautilus R, Vex R, nunu snowball and so one. This is way better than E.
You were a bit hesitant on Nilah, but I think you forgot that it is the part of her kit that gives her armor pen based on crit chance, which would be very good on a melee crit champ, or it would enable some champs to start building crit too (it's the whole reason that she builds crit to begin with).
650k on kaisa at the moment, plat 1. Kaisas passive is very important but in a vacuum her ultimate is one of the best universal combat mobility tools in the game. TF ult goes farther but can be canceled, kaisa is instant. Its a katarina shun po with semi global range late game that provides a massive hybrid scaling shield and has more uses than notcturns ultimate. Instead of dashing to a champion you can jump walls, retreat to a tower, or position behind or beside minions to land skill shots. It also can be buffered to hide a velkoz Q animation or the like. In league damage application and overall having more options creates more oppprtunites to win than just doing extra damage. Veigar nasus trundle etc demonstrate that
I'd like to put out my bet on Yorick's W being his strongest ability, without considering his ultimate of course His jail is a death sentence or a life saver, It has a long cooldown and high cost for a reason It can help in ganks, closing paths while being chased, trap enemies that you want to kill or don't want to be killed by Imagine an ADC with a wall that actually traps you inside, you either waste time breaking it or waste Flash
on ahri, actually, it's her W. movement speed, execute on minions and %missing health damage, means every orb deals more damage than last one. Kaisa: it's her E. It's basically vayne tumble, that gives extra attack speed and extra movement speed.
yes, that is what the description says and that is what should happen. What reality is, i don't know because sometimes it feels like ahri W alone does half hp at early laning levels. @@melindasteinle-holder9514
As a Pantheon player, his best ability, according to your own criteria or how well it would work if slapped into the kit of every other champion in the game, would be his E 100%. Being able to deny big damage engages from assassins, ults from MF, Caitlyn, etc. and many other things would be amazing on much squishier targets such as mages and ADCs. Most assassins and bruisers already have a solid engage tool so Pantheon W would be incredibly redundant, and sure the CC is nice but it's used for engage, not to be a CC bot. His E is just incredibly overpowered in my opinion, knock off Taric ult and Braum E in one on a 12 second cooldown late game
I would say that all of Jarvan's skills would be quite good for a support, maybe not W there but a good Shield + Slow in a very big range. Q reduces all enemies hit armor by a % and E can increase all close allies's attack speed
qiyana's best ability is her r, compared to her e which is nothing more than a gapcloser, her r is a teamfighting ability that deals massive damage and is what shapes her identity against other assassins
I enjoyed the video and found the majority of it pretty agreeable, but I can't really wrap my head around choosing Jinx passive instead of Q. Jinx is nothing without her scaling attack range. I do this Get Excited is a fantastic ability that many champions would love, but I feel like even more champs would be insane with having either AOE autos with extended range, or ramping attack speed which you can switch between depending on the situation. I'm open to having my mind changed, but I can't imagine many champs that even slightly depend on autos wouldn't want Jinx Q.
That list is a war crime, when you said ahri's passive i literally screamed bro
He baited you to comment=more views=more clicks
Has to be bait. Just has to lol.
I like how he went "aatrox q... i think" like you THINK BUDDY? SURE ITS NOT THE 1CM DASH??
yea putting samira's q as her best abily is insane, when her r is one of the best abilities in the game lol
Ashe: "Autos on all of your slows" 😂
I know thats not what you wanted to say but an on-hit everytime you slow someone could be a wild design 😅
I also cought that xd
Woops LOL
New caster adc support that slows on every ability and applies on-hits on slow (if you're slowed for extended periods, the on-hit just becomes a DOT effect that melts you basically). Also give him a steroid aoe nuke ultimate that slows around him and doubles on-hits that somehow leads to a recursion with a random unrelated tank item that makes him OP as a tank top laner.
varus W cant be activated by other ppl@@VarsVerum
@@VarsVerum dont worry, i though it was like "how the turn tables" joke
Vars flexing how he knows the name of every ability in the game.
but dont know how they work XD
Bro knew Ivern's W was called Triggerseed and didn't remember if it was W or E
@@spudkin564 Well, he's not infallible. If memory serves me well, I remember either a comment or a community post when he said something akin to "I know so much about the game," and I snorted and laughed. Not because he doesn't, but because of how blunt and confident the statement was.
He definitely doesn’t know Lillia w, won’t even say it
Hes definitely over confident, he didnt remember a lot of the respective keybinds, and based a lot of his selections off of biased opinions of experiences hes had in game. List was very strange overall
Sona’s best ability is Dimiuendo, scaling exhaust, every sona main sees the Dimieundo as their w, not the aria-
true, ap sona Q power chord lich bane do be kinda fun tho
But imagine 60 ability haste on other champions. Also Diminuendo is kinda officially part of her passive, so having all that on other champs would be devastating.
@@Queen_K_Rool Ikr, mid sona is underrated (wave clear is a torture)
@@busytecjr.3106 pls, with new Items every enchanter can reach 60+ ability haste and champs like karma and seraphine get their 50%-60% AP shield/Heal on a 4 sec cooldown.
@@flyingthing7093 no no i still play her support her shielding and healing and speed is still great since it does still scale with ap
I just think "would I rather be sylas or veigo against this champ?" And that helps me to decide. Accounting for cooldowns is also very important to the tier list
As a lux main, her E is definitely her best skill. Her Q is easily dodgeable, but her E can slow a good chunk of area and provide vision. Muchhh more useful than her Q
E is so bonkers you have to actively try to miss with it
@@chidzhustle3570 That's not entirely true, there are ways to not get hit by a Lux E, I was mainly talking about it's utility purposes
yeah but imagine Lux passive on fiora
Poppy’s best ability is w. Imagine any adc or immobile mage being able to stop any engage champ.
I AGREE OR R SLOW AND A KNCO UP OR KNOCKBACK
Vex is almost there with her passive,
Laughs in Vex
As a Lux main I think her e is her best ability, it has good damage, waveclear, decent CC, provide vision with good range for 5 secs if you want and can zone people from chokepoints.
35:50 yeah imagine giving Vladimir a w-Ability that makes him untargetable. That would be crazy
Taric's Bravado is his best ability for sure. Bravado plain gives 2x atk speed + built in Navori passive + 2 magic damaging "sheen" procs that scale with lvl and15% bonus armor.
10:01 thanks for explaining all of garens ability’s they’re very complicated
Yorick main here, MAIDEN.
If you play right it is up for nearly 70% of the game and helps you in fights with % on hit, split push (or double split push if the enemy team is that bad), and not having to Q to get Ghouls up.
ahri's passive? draven's E? braum's e? and so much more... the things you choose as the best ability is so specific and unique to situations I can't even believe it... who in their right mind can think that draven's best ability is e... while he would be literally no one without his q and while braum's almost whole deal is his broken undodgeable stun passive
LITERALLY?? i do think braum's strongest ability is e, because that is a fight winning abilty on a basic cooldown, but the rest??? some of these choices are... definitely choices
cant really argue braum e tho, its hard but he is built around being an anti-projectile champ, you would pick him vs ornn and seraphine because you completely neuter their ult or lucian for the same reason, yes his passive is the entire reason why he is so strong with champs like kog maw, but seriously the entire point of braum is his "stand behind braum" playstyle, and if you were to take one of his abilities away to keep his identity, on no world would you get rid of his e. other note tho, draven e is incredibly delusional take i agree, its either his q or his incredibly broken passive imo
i think he is right about ahri even her q is better than her charm since true damage is considered but in scenarios like her surviving in team fights she gains 1 ult charge and at least 15% of her hp with her passive
@@itswister her r gives her 3+ free flashes+damage! how is it not her best ability???
Braum e is his best ability hands down. That's the whole point of the character
Bro was onto absolutely nothing with this list 🔥🔥🔥
Swain's best ability is Q 🤣
yea seeing Viego in the Q tier is kinda wack
11:10 You know that "Happy Hour" has a Cooldown since years?
The final boss of yapping today 😭
Malzahar player here, E is his best ability. His ult doesn't do any damage without mark and voidlings. It's frustrating to get hit by, and it's super flashy, but the ult itself isn't what kills you. Other champs wouldn't be able to set up their damage before ulting. It would be like a worse Amumu Ult, since you can't do anything while the enemy is suppressed.
Malz E is mana regen, resets, waveclear, huge damage, AND it's all point and click ranged.
You are only thinking in terms of a solo laner. Imagine a support or jungler especially tanks with malzahar ult. The best gank setup in the entire game. Champs would literally be forced to build QSS first item, or die every time the support or jungle ganks.
Both valid points! 😁
You should also think in terms of defense and cooldown recovery, for malzahar that... Is almost a non issue, but let's say you are an adc getting a top laner in your face and your team will need time to catch up. Well, now you have time.
Malz whole purpose late game is ult the carry, he doesn’t even need damage, just take the carry out if the fight for like 2 seconds and he’s done his job
100% true, malz e is such great skill... you get such a pressure on your enemy with constant push, while also being safe
22:49 Neeko gotta be her passive no doubt.
1) turn into melee char on any range champ --> 30% more structure dmg
2) turn into adc as any tank and position badly --> enemy hard engages on a friggin tank
3) turn into a melee minion as jungle with on-hit --> you just got a 1.25 base attackspeed. enjoy that clearspeed
4) turn into minion on any champ --> dodge many abilities that can only hit champs like ashe-arrow/no heal on soraka q etc
5) turn into minions to gank lanes as jungler --> everybody fails for this at some point. if not everybody gets paranoid, counts minions, their macro suffers hard
6) turn into low-hp ally --> trigger all sorts of abilities you got that get boosted by you being low hp, without actually being low hp
7) turn into a range champion on a melee --> you are ranged now. image nasus activates his q and turns into cait. good luck with that
8) pick chogath --> traumatize melee that just wanted a last hit
I would mostly agree with Nami W, though you could make quite a strong case for her E considering how core Imperial Mandate is for her.
I was going to draw attention to her passive. It grants speed to all allies whenever they are hit by your abilities, not just buffs like he mentioned. Bring able to turn all of your AoE abilities into speed boosts for your allies is something tanks could use, adcs, ap carries, nearly every class could get good use out of it.
@@pikmints Well, the point you miss is you have to hit your allies... Anything that is damage based won't hit them, so most champions can't even make use of it.
@@metrux321 actually, her bubble also applies the ms boost when you hit allies same with her ult, so dmg abilities should work, anyone with good aoe can make use of it, like anivia ult would be a pool of ms for your team basically
I feel like using the lens that the best ability would be one that other champions could use doesn’t make sense. They never will get that ability, so what does the ranking mean if thats the basis for their position. I feel like just ranking strictly on what the champions strongest ability is as apart of their kits would be the most effective way to actually place them.
Chances are it's another parameter to keep all the choices from being passive or ult for most of them
Feels a bit weird to include passives that fundamentally change the champion then, like with Jhin
But it wouldnt be passive or ult for most of the cast even if it was just based on their kit@rizronax
These kind of tier lists are more for fun, than they are telling you what to max first.
But anyway, it's easier to pick out the black sheep ability that feels weaker or is least integral to a champion's. i.e. if you removed it and replaced it with something else entirely, they'd still feel like the same champion. Thresh's ultimate is an example in my opinion. His Q, W and E are Thresh's identity. The Box isn't bad, but not as core to his playstyle. In the process, you're likely picking an ability that most other champs wouldn't care for either. (I personally think this is how Vars should have done his worst abilities tier list).
On the other hand, quantifying each champion's best ability within their own kit can be hard, because they're comprised of abilities that synergise with each other. As an alternative, if we do thought experiments and imagine how powerful the ability is in a vacuum, and then how other champions would benefit from them, it's interesting to speculate. Of course, not every champion will profit from each foreign ability to the same extent, but there are almost certainly enough champions who would have a mutual interest in an ability - namely champions from the same class. For instance, I think Warwick's W is unquestionably his best ability if we're going by Vars' criteria. Imagine a Jax or Darius running to you at mach 2 and auto-attacking you to death even faster than normal.
He's ranking them as standalone abilities. If an ability is only valuable on one champion, and would be worthless on any other kit, it isn't the most powerful ability. It's not the only criteria you could use, but it does make sense
Saying renata W isnt her best ability is a war crime
Actually for Nami passive, its hitting any ally with any of your abilities, not necessarily buffs. Its kinda weird but neat, hit Q on an ally and they speed up, same for ult.
Its her passive, but I dont think its that good, its not much
Akshan 1-trick here - I would have to say W/Going Rogue is the most desirable ability as it not only gives you perma-camoflauge, it also allows you to revive your whole team AND gives you bonus gold for kills AND gives you move speed AND gives you mana regen. Dirty fighting is cool and all but just the revive passive would already make this the best ability in his kit and the fact that it does so many things makes it a top shelf ability.
H eprobably mixed up and thought W passive is akhans passive, like most do.
Leona's Shield of Daybreak is not a Point & Click. It's a Buff that grant Leona's next basic attack:
50 bonus Range
Magic dmg
1s Stun
It can cancel the previous Basic Attack animation if you press the Q button at the right timing, allowing for AA Q AA which count as 3 separate Attacks, it procs PtA
It allows Leona to break wards from level 1 if she's close from it when the enemy drops it. (I'd say inside the same bush as the ward)
I'm a simple man.. I see Vars upload, I click
I would say naafiri's best ability is her passive, the dogs dont only add pretty decent dmg even if you can only activate them with your AA, but also block abilities which is the perfect middle finger to any mage
For clarification, Morgana’s Black Shield (E), gives unconditional immunity to crowd control for 5 seconds and a magic shield, you are immune to all crowd control as long as the shield holds or until the duration runs out. If the shield breaks due to it sustaining enough magic damage to break it, you can be cc’d afterwards.
I love the Three Houses Ost, its such a chill and nice vibe. Great Video btw
mate qiyanas ult is by far the most important spell in her kit and for hwei its literarily his passive it does so much poke dmg early
Ive imagine a sixth position in league called "home" in which champions who dont fit in any position could serve a kind jack of all trades kind of champion, like with specialists.
That's the lamest name ever haha. But I like the idea. Riot, however, I know for sure they won't
Thanks i use the homebase as a reference the the other use is to defend the home base but thats were it doesnt work
Illaoe it’s her E and it’s not even close
Fair but I disagree. W is small gap close, increased damage, on hit effects I believe, tower pushing, and is even useful without the tentacles. E is only good for zoning and poke if it’s without the tentacles.
Don't forget Ezreal's Q also has the inherent cooldown reduction on all his abilities if he hits!
He did mention this
with camille, like yea he q recast does a lot of true damage, but i have to mention her e, whitch enables her to make great roams and trade safely, plus making her a great engage support
fun fact akshan’s W passive is what revives other players not his normal passive which is just his 2 shots and the three shot burst of dmg
Thank you for putting Cait’s traps on here. I see so many Caitlin players not even TRYING to use them in a team fight or when getting jumped on by a Yi or Irelia or something. On a crit build, you can easily get a few autos off during just the root and completely turn a fight
Yuumi's W on Kog-maw would probably feel like ripping a turret off it's emplacement in Halo or something.
I’m sorry I’m a Zoe main and ain’t no way he just put her ult as her best ability
Her Q and E are definitely her most powerful abilities in terms of damage, but her R kinda... makes them both better. Without R, her Qs damage falls off a cliff, since the range enhancements wouldn't be possible, and her E would be so much harder to hit. It really makes her kit as good as it is. Without R, idk. She's kinda really bad.
Zoe is straight 2 different champions with and without R.
I still think her W is the strongest because stealing SUMMONER SPELLS and actives is stupidly broken.
@@minimonkeymasher8888Well, I agree that R is really important in her kit. But his decision on making Zoe R her BEST ability is that it can work on many other champions and Im utterly confused... What other champions could benefit from Zoe R?
And as a Zoe main, I would say its W. It gives you move speed, additional dmg and gives you one of summoner spells. And it combos with her Q too, bc her little stars don't wake up sleeping enemies (ignite, her best summoner spell too), gives you move speed for better Q. Plus it activates her passive. Its insane in team fights.
Remember when Bel veth E on release was basically and outplay button giving more DMG reduction and 100% lifesteal
I remember abusing her that was cancer like every champ released after 2020
Vars, having your videos to come home to after a hard day at work is much appreciated. Watching while i make dinner.
Parasocial relationship moment (there is nothing wrong with it i have it too)
Swain is 100% his alt, he’s nothing without it. Hell even his e is better than his q
Heimer's ult deserves some consideration. On him, it warps each ability massively, and if you can give that power to anyone, well...
Leona, but the Sunflare can move.
cho R is his strongest ability btw, W is strong because silence isnt as common but his R is the strongest true damage nuke in the game.
Besides, W is used largely to enable his other abilities. To stop dashes against Q, the stay close for full E or most importantly to setup R. W by itself is kind of mopey and solo poking with it consistently is a pretty big Cho mistake.
@@qwormuli77 in the context of cho himself its excellent, but thats because cho can cc chain you until its impossible to escape R. Im sure it would be insanely powerful on assassins, but its not his best.
Pyke main here... so we gonna go for a dash with an aoe stun instead of a blink that has an aoe resetable execute attached to it which also grants bonus gold... I am not sure about that Vars (with the everything wrong with pyke video in mind)
What is this dude on about. Dravens q is literally his entire kit......
You said Swains Q is his worst ability in the previous video, for the exact same reasons why you're naming it is the best ability in this video.
I love these tierlists!
Wait how is akshan's passive better than his W? Any champ having the ability to res teamates is way better than double autos
Imagining darius riding on skaarl was not something I thought I needed today
Vars on Ashe passive : Giving autos on all of your slows XD 4:05
"Imagine other junglers having shadow step
actually dont do that - thats terrifying"
honestly.... yeah lol, i dont think i could play the game with more shadow step characters XD
I'm here for Vel Koz. I'm always here for Vel Koz 😉
Thanks for the upload!
squid squad 🐙
Imagine Ryze or Xerath with karthus passive... Xerath, man, that would be DEVASTATING
3:01 Akshans passive is not his revive, his revive is on his W
wait other people can proc varus' blighted quiver detonation, is that correct?? How??
32:50
Im going to assume that those other champions would be able to proc BQ if they have the ability. Otherwise, Varus’ BQ being proc’d by ally abilities would be broken as hell and he would shred tanks instantly with Bork + AS + Support spamming abilities
no thats not possible he just dont know how abilities work
Remember vars is a top lane main and doesn't really play ad. Thus a lot of his points on ad champions are quite wrong. For example ashes best ability is by far her e, and dravens best ability is actually his w.
Yesssssssssss !!! i love these tier list videos :D
4:07 "Giving autos on all of your slows." haha
3:00 Akshan's revive is on his w.. you know this right. Like to be clear, dirty fighting is a powerful passive, but seeing as he has a revive, it feels like you should explain why his double auto and 3-hit passive is better than revive. I personally think it is since revive is overhyped, but your dismissiveness makes me think you didn't realize that.
Kassadin R turns from second flash on lvl6 to nuke on lvl11 to straight up rightclick replacer on lvl16
The list is pretty great although I disagree on a few points:
Jhin - His passive forces you into slow auto attacks and most characters (Mostly marksman) dont have the rest of his kit to capitalize on that. I would say W is his best ability. A root which some champions can proc easily even by themselves
Zoe - I think Spell Thief is better. Some champions would be absolutely disgusting with certain items (imaging some bruisers randomly getting Hydra) or Assassins getting Flash.
Vel'Koz - I'd go with Passive. True Damage on three hits of your abilities, something like Xerath can proc that with one Combo and ult, Hwei gets one stack every tick of his R. That would be nuts.
Briar- This is a wild take but E. Damage reduction, extremly powerful heal and knockback on a character that the channel you cannot interrupt. Passive might be good too but Q not.
Swain - Even thought the others (W and E) dont work that well... I still think R is better than Q. R gives heal, a powerful damage tool and isnt tied to his passive stacks anymore. But it's very debatable especially if a character gives up their own ultimate.
Other than that great list. Just my two cents. Keep it up !
As a Briar OTP I must say that i agree with you. Her E is waaay better than the Q i mean armor/mr red is good but dmg red by 35% while healing and dealing devastating dmg when u push them into the wall? Crazy sht but its hard to hit tho. People just easy play around that but if busy and cant manage to escape on time pretty much dead. And dont forget about the 1.5 sec stun.
28:40 Mundo with haymaker. Stacking HP and get 4% convert to AD to increase the Grit Scaling. It would be even more unfair that last season Sett with Hearthsteel and Titanic.
I remember killing a Kayne who ulted on me using Diana's shield while we were both on grains of HP. It's also funny to use when someone wants to gap close on you cause the shields cause a surprising ton of damage.
Nami passive on Singed👀👀👀👀👀👀
Now I want a passive spellbook game mode 🥲
warwick has to be q, it's an unstoppable dash that also does 12% max health magic dmg at max and heals for 75% of the dmg dealt, the skill expression this ability has is actually crazy, I can predict flashes and q through them to follow the flash, I can q through malphite, k'sante, or sett ult to completely cancel out the cc. His e is good, but w and q are both better
Aatrox ult is actually really strong, since it's a ton of free AD and MS. For akshan, i think you should explain since his w is also a very important ability. Revives are broken. Blitzcrank ult would also be a pretty great ability, extra (delayed) damage on every auto and a low cooldown AOE silence. Blunt force trauma may not be that good on someone without a ton of healing, since it actually has a decent hp cost. And for garen, IIRC his wild rift ult is even more OP, it has a small AOE and also has it's cd reduced to 5 seconds if the target uses untargetability like stasis, kayn ult, or fizz e or something. Gwen e and passive are also really strong, her passive is free %max hp damage and sustain, her e is more attack range, more attack speed, more damage on attacks, a dash, and late game, on a super short cooldown if you attack someone. j4 e also provides a ton of attack speed to him and allies, along with passively giving him a ton of attack speed. Jax w is also pretty strong, as it's a super low cooldown auto reset that also deals quite a bit of damage, even with 0 AP. I understand that kass r is a super strong ability, but his w and e are also pretty good. w is a free auto reset, free mana (which also letsh im ult more), and free damage on atuos, e is an AOE slow that does a ton of damage and in teamfights, has almost no cooldown. Kayn passive is also really strong, since SA's is a bunch of free burst damage, and rhaast's is free sustain. Rhaast q and ult are also really strong, it's a ton of %max hp damage, and for rhaast ult, it also heals a ton. Also malph e is not a big f*** you to olaf and master yi. If you have good reaction speed as kassadin, you can q malz right as his ult starts to cancel it. And I think it's kinda funny, if you put together 5 OP abilities the champ isn't all that OP, like nasus and master yi. Also master yi and garen can run away from wither with their slow immunity. Nunu q is also basically a second smite. Pantheon q is a low cooldown execute that can also be a ranged ability. And it's AOE. Pyke passive and ult are also really strong. passive is basically a better regular battle roar, and ult is execute with tons of free gold. Rakan passive is also really strong, it's a free shield that you can reduce the cooldown of. Except rakan doesn't have an easy way to reduce it so it's not particularily OP on him. Battle roar and rengar q are also really strong, q is a low cooldown auto reset that does a ton of damage, battle roar... self explanatory. Especially if you can get the empoewred version. Ryze ult is also a pretty good ability. Especially for teleporting super minions to attack a different turret. Shen q actually does a ton of damage if you have a decent amount of AP, and you can almost always have it up. Also IIRC it applies rylai's. Syndra passive is also really good, a chunk of free AP and mana on all your ability hits. Trynd passive actually doesn't suck, it's a ton of free crit chance. Zeri passive is also really stron gfor the shield steal.
For the champs I play:
- agree Illaoi W
- Kindred Passive - marks to gain strength gives a lot of snowball potential and can work on everyone in every role to some extent.
- Rakan definitely W - it’s everything. Waveclear, peel, engage, disengage, damage, cc, mobility.
- Poppy W - super useful against many people in the game. Also the passive gives extra mr and armour, which increases at low health - you cited her durability, but IMO her W is more important to that than her passive.
- Warwick, yeah his E is good. His W is also really good for hunting people and duelling.
I'd argue that Veigar's passive isn't really the best because the passive alone doesn't really generate that much AP, majority of the AP comes from Q which is technically tied to passive but it's pretty much just for consistency sake so excluding that I'd argue his Q or E are the best depending if it's higher or lower elo.
Also, Veigar cage is both incredibly powerful as his lifeline and also for enabling his short range. His P is literally just an alternative modifier for his scaling curve. While I think all the people who call it the best stun in the game are exaggerating, they have a point in how integral and game changing it is. E for sure.
OMG! Imagine Gangplank using his R with Fiddle's Q, that shit'd be insane
Ashkan W is without question his best ability. Quite possibly the best ability ever made. The fact you can ress your teammates if you kill the champ which killed them is just insanity.
32:53 whattttttt
thats complitly not true bro
start playing the game and if you are not sure then check it bruh its complitly not true
its not leona passive
if anyone else could activate his W passive then he would be fk dogshit as for example AP cuz ppl would destroy his buffed %AP dmg
32:52 Varus why? i'm pretty sure no one but him can proc that detonation of W's stacks
I remenber ultimate spell book game mode where you could get zoe ult, it was one of the worst ults you could get, using it like a le blanc W was so dificult yet he still put zoe ult as her best ability
As a Kindred main i actually do think their ult is their best ability if you know how to use it. Utilized right Lambs Respite can totally flip entire teamfights.
I think syndras passive is very underrated. Get an extra ability on q, true damage to w, slow and just larger area on e and a 15% execute on ultimate and lastly just extra ap
I feel like there is a really good argument for Mundo passive being guy best ability because what champ would not love a free spellshield that can also heal abd get its CD lowered to a point where you just lose CD eventually
For Aphelios you could make the argument for his passive being his best since it gives you free stats on level up: AD, Lethality, AND attack speed. Give this to any AD champ and they can abuse this.
I totally make this a podcast when I’m cooking and then a show while I’m eating 😂
The fact chogath is so undervalued outside of master-challenger.... is hilarious... "oh no hes old immobile and has 1 paragraph ability descriptions"...
But they all forget "1.5 second aoe knockup on 5 second cooldown" is a thing.
I love the fire emblem three houses music choice☺ its such a vibe lol
Neeko best hability is no contest her passiv. Behing able to take the form of everything is so strong. First is cancel a part of all hability animation, second it allow you to get the base ms and range of every champ in your team. If you have a cairlyn you get 650 range. It allow you to transform into melee champ to deal more damage to turret or thing like sejuani passive. And the stronger part is that if you transform into minion you can dodge A LOT of hability. Sej R, varus R, nautilus R, Vex R, nunu snowball and so one. This is way better than E.
forget rell q, could you imagine her passive on someone who builds attack speed like trundle?? it's just terminus but for free
u dont put fiddle for ult? must be boosted.
i feel like gp w being a cleanse would be sooo insane on any champ. its legit a free summoner + sustain
You were a bit hesitant on Nilah, but I think you forgot that it is the part of her kit that gives her armor pen based on crit chance, which would be very good on a melee crit champ, or it would enable some champs to start building crit too (it's the whole reason that she builds crit to begin with).
Yeah but imagine the exp passive from q on any other adc or the extra range on aa on any other champ
Nah bro fire your editor. What is this work? You better payed him 8 bucks and some pocket lint 😂
I'm pretty sure you meant Sett's E (facebreaker) if your talking about his stun
Ball is on Orianna by default, so if you don't have her Q or E to place it somewhere else, her ult will start from YOU. See: Sylas.
Why not Swain's ult?
650k on kaisa at the moment, plat 1. Kaisas passive is very important but in a vacuum her ultimate is one of the best universal combat mobility tools in the game. TF ult goes farther but can be canceled, kaisa is instant. Its a katarina shun po with semi global range late game that provides a massive hybrid scaling shield and has more uses than notcturns ultimate. Instead of dashing to a champion you can jump walls, retreat to a tower, or position behind or beside minions to land skill shots. It also can be buffered to hide a velkoz Q animation or the like. In league damage application and overall having more options creates more oppprtunites to win than just doing extra damage. Veigar nasus trundle etc demonstrate that
I'd like to put out my bet on Yorick's W being his strongest ability, without considering his ultimate of course
His jail is a death sentence or a life saver, It has a long cooldown and high cost for a reason
It can help in ganks, closing paths while being chased, trap enemies that you want to kill or don't want to be killed by
Imagine an ADC with a wall that actually traps you inside, you either waste time breaking it or waste Flash
on ahri, actually, it's her W. movement speed, execute on minions and %missing health damage, means every orb deals more damage than last one.
Kaisa: it's her E. It's basically vayne tumble, that gives extra attack speed and extra movement speed.
That's not how it works, I think. I'm no Ahri main but I think each fox fire does less dmg than the previous one (like 3 flames not with each cast)
yes, that is what the description says and that is what should happen. What reality is, i don't know because sometimes it feels like ahri W alone does half hp at early laning levels. @@melindasteinle-holder9514
For Camille, I think her best ability is her E. Flexible mobility, stun, and bonus attack speed are a great thing to have.
Anivia not being her passive is a war crime
I think Zyra's passive is by far her best ability. The plants do as much damage as her if not more at times.
But how do you get plants without her skills?
As a Pantheon player, his best ability, according to your own criteria or how well it would work if slapped into the kit of every other champion in the game, would be his E 100%. Being able to deny big damage engages from assassins, ults from MF, Caitlyn, etc. and many other things would be amazing on much squishier targets such as mages and ADCs. Most assassins and bruisers already have a solid engage tool so Pantheon W would be incredibly redundant, and sure the CC is nice but it's used for engage, not to be a CC bot. His E is just incredibly overpowered in my opinion, knock off Taric ult and Braum E in one on a 12 second cooldown late game
Fire emblem 3 houses gareg Mach monastery music in the background goes so hard.
I would say that all of Jarvan's skills would be quite good for a support, maybe not W there but a good Shield + Slow in a very big range.
Q reduces all enemies hit armor by a % and E can increase all close allies's attack speed
qiyana's best ability is her r, compared to her e which is nothing more than a gapcloser, her r is a teamfighting ability that deals massive damage and is what shapes her identity against other assassins
I enjoyed the video and found the majority of it pretty agreeable, but I can't really wrap my head around choosing Jinx passive instead of Q. Jinx is nothing without her scaling attack range. I do this Get Excited is a fantastic ability that many champions would love, but I feel like even more champs would be insane with having either AOE autos with extended range, or ramping attack speed which you can switch between depending on the situation.
I'm open to having my mind changed, but I can't imagine many champs that even slightly depend on autos wouldn't want Jinx Q.
I feel like Vel’koz’s passive is a contender. Land abilities for true damage. Imagine that on a champ with easy to land abilities
Seraphine correct, will be back to watch the rest 😂 had to know now