LoL: Winners And Losers Of Preseason 11- Mid Lane Edition

Play these mid laners for some free wins.

Preseason has settled down and Riot doesn’t plan on making any big changes before Season 11. Get a head start on your competition by learning the meta and picking the champions that won the preseason.

S Tier – Champions that you should pick if they aren’t banned

Fizz – The menace of the mid lane

• An extremely slippery AP assassin that can outplay any situation.
• Tons of damage from new items with the strong core of Nightharvester and Lich Bane.
• Has no bad matchups in the mid lane with Kassadin being less oppressive than before.

Kayle – The auto-win champ of mid lane

• Hyper Scales through levels.
• Provides raw damage, utility and survivability while also hard carrying.
• Can get outranged by poke champions and have trouble getting into fights.

Ekko – The Season 11 item abuser

• The slightly worse Fizz of the mid lane.
• With high burst and outplay potential, Ekko can take over games with his ability to get in and get out.
• Works well with all the new AP items of Season 11.

A Tier – Champions that are strong, but require a little more work to pull off

Annie- The easiest champion in the mid lane

• Simple kit with a straightforward goal of flash ulting enemies to make picks.
• Buffs to her shield have made her more viable in the season 11 climate of high mobility champions.

Viktor – The unleashed mid lane carry

• No longer shackled by his core items, Viktor can now come online much earlier.
• Struggles against assassins and invisible champions.
• Luden’s Echo provides Viktor with Burst and Outplay potential allowing him to carry in Season 11.

Zed – Lethality item abuser.

• Zed can get in and get out of fights with the new Duskblade.
• Struggles to outplay the current meta champions such as Fizz and Ekko.

B Tier – Viable, but have less impact than higher tiers

Malphite – The ROCK in the mid lane

• Malphite can go AP or Tank in the mid lane and give his team anything they need.
• Provides hard crowd control while pressuring the enemy team.
• Can get poked out of lane and fall behind early.

Galio – The mid lane swiss army knife.

• Has Crowd Control, Utility, and Waveclear making him a desirable all-around mid laner.
• Can struggle to carry if his teammates are underperforming.

Akali – Assassin, Tank Killer, One-Shot, AP-Hybrid, True Damage, Riftmaker Abuser

• Synergizes well with Season 11 items giving her an answer to any situation.
• Hard to gank mid-laner with three dashes and her shroud.
• Can one-shot any champion if she lands her full combo.

Losers of the Preseason (Don’t play these champions)

Seraphine – The support attempting to be a mid laner

• Performs better as a support in the bot lane.
• Requires other champions to utilize her entire kit.
• Struggles to survive against mid lane champions due to her lack of mobility.

Ryze – The champion with itemization struggles

• Ryze has no Mythic items that synergize well with his kit.
• Out Damaged by his counterparts who can abuse Season 11 items.
• Takes time to ramp up with little reward.

Lucian – Left behind in Season 10

• No longer bullies people in lane with champions coming online earlier with Mythics.
• Crit items cost too much for Lucian to have any real build path.
• Has no power spike that lets him take over the game.