LS | WORLDS 2024 CHAMPION TIERLIST

[@LSXYZ9]

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[@kevinsantelices7674]

with that many tanky champions on higher tiers that can use frozen heart, tryndamere shouldn´t be in the a category, the get the item and the game is unplayable

[@joro9337]

what would you pick kai'sa mid into?

[@The_Lightless]

@@joro9337champions that are susceptible to her W max ap poke build

[@lelexdi768]

Hey LS, We are everyone

[@Mwomo]

petition to call the fiddle tier into ZeSt tier

[@Spenceramaa]

LS on his late night show host arc

[@fanwee5048]

It’s the tism

[@G2LoL]

Locking Aatrox - Bel'Veth - LeBlanc - Kalista - Tahm first game thanks LS 🫡

[@jasin3107]

Bet u wont 😂

[@med3694]

based

[@coolbrotherf127]

Sounds like a T1 draft fr

[@juanspinzanti5724]

Call us after winning against lpl or lck

[@megadumbo6]

Aatrox 😂

[@wearbroom]

New room looks sick af

[@subscribetopizzatheonlyrea7322]

Ls is the only person who im glad is rich, and i have rich friends lol

[@ChoB1den]

Christmas tree in September though??😂

[@ottoharing7161]

the lighting also goes hard

[@KeeperCode]

he's not in mordekaiser's ult anymore

[@emiki3332]

LS in his 23823429th year of preaching his own meta and not folding to community is the most based thing ever

[@Rhyolite-hyena]

He's really the hippy of League. People can only ever spectate on how either mad/insane or vision teller is he, for each of his idea in his pool of ideas He could have any special interest to yell at clouds abt, but he chose topdown moba & now League

[@SuperXD44]

@@Rhyolite-hyena The fun thing is that he has shown to be right a good chunk of times, but that never matters to people who like to trash him. Its like Alex Jones, he says a bunch of crazy shit but some of it actually starts to become true and now everyone is uncomfortable when he says something because they never know if that crazy thing might actually be true

[@mrgoose3453]

​@SuperXD44 even a broken clock is right twice a day. If you say enough stupid shit some of it might just stick incidentally.

[@jacobreichert836]

​@@SuperXD44🤡🤡🤡

[@Cuzll]

@@Rhyolite-hyena exactly the reason why he want 9-0 with cloud 9

[@lodrad1937]

Why does LS' desk setup look like an antihero who is about to give you the best quest in the entire game

[@remotenightowl]

Z tier could have been the LS tier. Missed opportunity my guy.

[@lightworker2956]

If we're going to break the understandable C, B, A tiers anyway with S and Z tier, then why stop there? Why not make the tier system C, B, A, S, Z, LS? You know, to make it extra confusing.

[@niconico9358]

@@lightworker2956i don’t see your point, because he clearly explains his reasoning for a z tier usage plus S tier for tier lists has been a thing for a long time, and also almost everyone else uses S. this tier list is not confusing at all

[@brunolanglais662]

@@lightworker2956 Champs at the top are better. You're welcome.

[@ethann4348]

@@lightworker2956 Happy to explain! The very very best champs are at the topmost of the top. The tiers below, are perceived to be a... you got it! Lower tier! It is of utmost importance that you understand that the very BEST champs are at the TOPPITY TOP! Hope this helps!

[@Jack0York]

Do you not expect poppy to show up as a top lane flex to support a more greedy jungle/support pick? She can forego a lot of resources and still be relevant around objectives with R and W. Is this just cope? I feel like she’s always relevant, so is putting her top allocating too many resources to her? I’d love to hear your thoughts.

[@Victorvonbass]

Based off his % pickrates I expect to see her top at least a bit. She is my one trick and the 6 highest champs for top for him she has even or good matchups into. But in the past pro toplaners usually go on a don't play Poppy no matter how good it is speedrun any % challenge so we will see.

[@danielshamlian2800]

I think you're right. Even by LS' own potentially salted standards, the flex potency should bump her up

[@kusqo23]

It's so sad we never actually got to fully see LS's view of the game tried in pro play. Even worse, we got blue balled by two weeks in C9. 😢

[@DolanTrump2137]

Which should tell you all you need to know about his ridiculous vision

[@CometZz-os6gl]

​@@DolanTrump2137 peopke actually have to get good at the champs tho. LS was wrong tho as we can see sylas was completely dominating and same goes for aurora this worlds.

[@CometZz-os6gl]

​@@DolanTrump2137kalista in dont tier aswell

[@The_Lightless]

This is your best rendition of world’s tierlists yet. I agree across the board with most of the placings.

[@bruhclanmember1]

Thank god you agree otherwise the tier list would be complete garbage 😮‍💨

[@Kkkracker]

Huh? Another troll?

[@pesky2119]

You know it's the best tier list because The_Lightless agrees with it 🫡🤔

[@The_Lightless]

@@bruhclanmember1 Who are you?

[@The_Lightless]

@@pesky2119 Who are you?

[@somni1128]

Love the what will be played section with the % chance of being played. Makes a good summary for someone who doesn't watch a lot of League.

[@gf8762]

Sion as an S tier blind is interesting. I don’t quite see it, but I think the rest of the tier list for top looks air tight. I’m glad Irelia and sett and Mao Kai are in don’t tier. Gonna hard agree. Aatrox as a don’t though is a little confusing though. Does he not also greatly benefit from enchanter popularity? Like what specifically puts him in don’t as opposed to, C, which I think is more fair.

[@TheSeargentStriker]

I think Sion is S tier because of his ability to survive lane swaps pretty well. Especially if Jinx is going to be the best ADC pairing it with a Sion is going to be pretty good

[@Daniel03YT]

Aatrox can't survive lane Swaps and then cant find a good way into the game, actually happened this year in multiple LCK games I think. Thats why I think he isnt picked as often as last year any more

[@weebxd69]

@@TheSeargentStriker Agreed

[@oofx2698]

Even though she's in C, thank you for at least keeping the Morg mid dream alive lol Most people don't even have her in the mid lane tier list at all Edit: AND ZYRA!

[@gong1-bz1xk]

cant wait to play these in solo queue thanks for the lp pope

[@BoinkadelicJones]

I love Shen. Whichever team picks Shen is who im betting on. If they have Bard AND Shen!? It's a wrap

[@tomwanders6022]

I live for LS tierlist releases, even though I already know whats to come! Edit: BTW I am happy your tierlist is not as top heavy anymore, having 5 ZB tiers was absolutely way to much, because there were clearly not that many Omega Broken Champ. Top for Example generally not having Z blinds seems in nature of the lane, though I think GP and Gragas certainly at times had the status and made sense to be there, even if they aren't anymore.

[@fraser311]

No one loves enchanters more than LS

[@pierrefalvo5509]

It's actually funny, cuz most proplayers at world will literally just permapick DON'T, C and B champions haha Hope we won't see the same 10 champions everygame. XD Hope to see more diversity and unique drafts!

[@bobbyharris3764]

Shit dude, looking WAY healthier than 5 yrs ago.

[@thatginger8127]

New setup is really nice! Always love the tier lists

[@Glaciace]

Beautiful video Nick! Thank you for this overview.

[@roganjohnston]

I think it would be nice list and introduce the names of the pro players who helped you make the tier list and thank them for thier help. As an average consumer I dont always know pros by name alone.

[@VVaypoint]

Man I'd love to know the current setup for Ornn jungle.

[@Jorrywoodmen]

My god yes, this!

[@joxler514]

Dont let Phreak see the Z tier He doesnt like that....

[@Reverie_xo]

Should've renamed it to P tier for Phreak

[@GraysonMMO]

I want GIANTX to sign LS as our new coach and give him the power to build the team he wants and cook up some spicy drafts, actually have a LEC team play strong champions.

[@Rhyolite-hyena]

If the stars ever align, you better have some seatbells, he'd make you all train for lots of Trump cards, each of you have to master 4 different classes, that still somehow miraclely fit to your strong traits, and all 5 members all having to know how to pilot the infamous "elo inflation" enchanters. If it ever comes(copium), make opponents drop their jaws all the time not knowing where to counter pick.

[@GraysonMMO]

@@Rhyolite-hyena Sounds like one hell of a split 😂😂

[@misterragger2389]

why would you want your team to not even make it to playoffs?

[@GraysonMMO]

@@misterragger2389 Barely make it anyway

[@Skyace13]

I’m curious about Naafiri at A in the mid list because it’s the champion I understand the least. Most other champs and spots in the tier list I can follow the logic but I just don’t know that champ in the first place. Anybody know resources? I just never see that champ.

[@santi3256]

Idk i dont get it either. It is a champion that is never working in pro play cause it's extremely predictable and easy to counter

[@remember7671]

It's because the champ is an S-tier counter. You literally cannot draft things like Corki and have another weak lane because Naafiri exists. However, since she is easily countered it must be given time and space to shine, hence why it can't be higher

[@santi3256]

@@remember7671 Yeah but that's only lane phase. What are u doing with naafiri in mid/late game. It is trash for splitpush and it is trash for teamfight the only thing in which is good is catch. U can't play a champion that has a one trick playstyle, champions in general are soo overloaded so Camille for example is good in litteraly the 3 things (splitpushing, teamfight and catch), want to take a midlaner as example u got Taliyah or Jayce. Naafiri it's just raw damage 0 utility or the team and it can only go foward cause it don't got a movement which can be used as an escape (things like Oriana W move speed, jayce E move speed help a lot, but naafiri dash is just not usefull

[@aLEXUS900]

​@@santi3256 I think the logic here was the flanking potential of the Naafiri, no one is gonna go in half assed in pro play my guy and also I'm not gonna lie a naafiri on a 1v1 sidelane match up is already obnoxious enough for this mage meta. But I think that's why it was only placed in A tier because you can think of it as a Yone without E or a Garen without R, but I do think that's why Annie was placed S-Blind because even though it's blind it can shut down that Naafiri.

[@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541]

​@@santi3256that's the thing, if naafiri ever gets a good engage, flank or something like that, she goes absolutely insane in fights, because she annihilates the carries and keeps going with the resets

[@emilio.m.c3713]

why is katarina an s counter? who exactly does she counter? did he talk about it on stream?

[@calvitocalvon1711]

Massively counters anivia

[@CometZz-os6gl]

Aurelion counter i guess?

[@cristianfairley4186]

This lighting and set up looks good. I like it!

[@root_test9493]

Something I feel nobody mentions with fiddle is how insane his vision and vision denial can be. I used to play him support and go wardstone. I would have the entire jungle lit up there was nowhere to hide

[@santiagoley6403]

So sad that C9 fked up the LS coach arc, this would have been so much fun to see against feeling meta.

[@stephendeleveaux]

The christmas tree warms my heart

[@jirilaska9788]

Hey LS it's everyone.

[@emiki3332]

hi LS not sure if you will read this but if you do can you explain why sivir is in dont tier? i think she has good matchups in the lane and good pairings with other high tier champions like karma ornn olaf. granted jinx does invalidate her but still that doesn't warrant a D rating?

[@lightknightgames]

Jins could be picked B1 and played around for the last 5 years, and 90% winrate. She is busted OP, and it's so disturbing to not see her when she's "out of meta" because there aren't any hyper ADC players with an ego big enough to say "just play around me, we did it before, (2022?) we'll do it again"

[@SuperEggsNBacon]

did he finally fix the mic

[@yas2ne19]

after watching the whole video, I approve the list

[@TheTreeHugger1]

Yo LS, you should really check out eSports Godfather. It's a MOBA management simulator with drafting, meta changes etc. Would be really interesting to see how you approach a fresh game when you're not familiar with its meta.

[@offmetablitzcrank6208]

what spots is janna top good in? i would love to play it in my semi-competitive league but not sure what to build/ when is best to pick in

[@Linkingx2]

still so sad what happend with C9 back then, for years I want to see what this man with time and resources could do for the game... even if it doesnt work out 100% it would be great to learn and surely exciting for viewers... well to bad he prob. wont do this anymore... thanks Systems

[@VoidFox57]

I have a question. Since the meta is all squishy, relatively immobile champs on mid, jg and adc, why is zed bad in competitive?

[@vincesimpao650]

Assassins historically are rarely played in pro play. Assassin relay on chaotic team fights with poor positioning. 5 pro players on coms makes assassin value very limited compared to solo q

[@Solid--Snake]

zed doesn't provide any type of utility whatsoever. he's just raw damage and nothing else, and in proplay no one is going to fall for his shenanigans like in soloq

[@Miseruuuu]

good work ls nice video

[@CaprielleHarmony]

Patron here, Leblanc support S counter what Someone explain please huh what it wasn’t in the VoD either

[@divineoblivion1]

I really like the setup that you have, it looks cool

[@kenulf3746]

My guy you look so good and healthy, makes one happy to see :)!

[@SaarlaneKretiin]

cant wait to see people quote your tier lists with "yeah but pros will never pick these"

[@Djangotot]

MERRY CHRISTMAS LS

[@thereversedguy]

This gives me hope for a more diverse champion pool

[@dijonvon4378]

LS will always have love for champs like Annie and Garen haha.

[@darkumineru1681]

13:40 i feel azir is while weaker he can outplay like u said where everyone knows how to play and play with him this means jng can use the azir R really well and get huge value just with the shuffle and its value means azir will be pickable i even think for pro he is blindable even if u take a lose for lane you get shuffle and get the tools to outplay quite a lot

[@Enigma95]

bro you lookin fit!! nice man!

[@steffenwalter6489]

This looks more like a NA tierlist rather than a worlds tierlist.

[@RP-ly9rd]

shame, i can't remember the last time i saw irelia being picked more than once every half a year. (IK she is bad for proplay), so much fun to look at when she's picked

[@georgiatanassov7619]

Please I need to see LS coach again. Like no cap I think he could change this game forever plsss I need to see it one last dance

[@BearusAurelius]

Just curious, where would you place Quinn Mid?

[@NifflerTV]

You forgot Zyra botlane my pastor. The pick is up there.

[@RySL66]

Good looking out

[@Jyukenmaster95]

El Truco tier 0 in the jungle?? I may come back to watch Worlds now

[@kekw4630]

they not gonna play udyr💀

[@suguaakini4478]

What makes Taliyah so unusable in competitive play as a jungler?

[@hakubak201]

What's the Warwick setup? I don't doubt he's strong I just hardly see anyone playing him Jungle.

[@GIANRAPHAELDY]

whos the best jg rn for soloq?

[@la9715]

mordekaiser ult looking great bro

[@devilbhrothesavage2807]

As somebody that is spending a lot of time playing limited MTG and reading/analysing 17lands data I can't wait for the dumb arguments people gonna make agains this tier list. Don't think any game I know is at the same so competitive yet so against optimizing draft/champion picks.

[@lightworker2956]

How does a rating system make sense where from bad to good it's C, then B, then A, then S, then Z? This just seems like nonsensical rating inflation. It makes far more sense to make to have a system with E, then D, then C, then B, then A. Or if you absolutely must have a "special, broken, game-winning tier", okay, then make that the S tier.

[@iceicejay9569]

everyone laughs about junglr ornn until he shows up to scuttle at 3/15 in game with a bami cinder.

[@KeeperCode]

Bro your room is sick af.

[@Lawrence55667]

love the setup. The xmas tree is fking devious though

[@AssortedFacts]

Thanks LS, just had an ornn jungle in my team run it down 😂

[@MeistroEckhart]

If it's not about what will be picked and worlds and what will be the meta then why is it a worlds tier list and not just a 14.18 tier list, which anyway is too late cause 14.18 is over? I'm confused.

[@arthurverdugal4490]

14.18 is the patch worlds is played

[@MeistroEckhart]

@@arthurverdugal4490 That's what I'm saying. Why make a tier list for what is good on 14.18 instead of what will be good in worlds? I don't get the purpose of releasing it after 14.18 is over.

[@Rhyolite-hyena]

​​​@@MeistroEckhart Bc it's only best for 5 members team who can communicate & all knowing how to play with each other Also there're bunch of tricks in his mind that can change the whole dynamic of some champs, so that need to be keep in mind. Like Ivern's best item is Redemption for example, that one is finally popularized after a long time. So if you have a clan, and your clan figured out how to play out certain team dynamic(s), LS really believe in those likeliness of success

[@MeistroEckhart]

@@Rhyolite-hyena dude put janna top as highest tier what is he smoking tho

[@fernandoceli5318]

U have brainrot

[@pickyraccoon]

Bwipo help curate the list where Sett is in a "DON'T" tier and then he proceeds to pick it at a game 5. LMAO. Bwipo is based.

[@soulevans7588]

Bro has a Christmas tree up in September

[@jasonkim1335]

After seeing Quad's Vex today, I agree with the Mid Tierlist XDD

[@Stijn__]

This aged well with the Bwipo game 5 Sett pick against GenG😂

[@RahulDevanarayanan]

What is the meaning of z blind and z counter?

[@ricolini70]

Thank you Last Saint!

[@Aynshtaynn]

1:10 - 2:31 in other words LS is doing it to annoy Phreak 😁

[@Eduan_the_King]

The nerf on w max vlad won’t hit the worlds right? (Or any ohter nerfs) I’m not sure how it works that’s why I’m asking

[@MultiPokemoncatcher]

Just wanted to say you look buff as fuck! Keep going bro

[@roccodekat219]

Hey LS, it's Roccodekat

[@vocecaiunocontodomalakoi7541]

Is vex that bad to be in the don't? I do agree that the champion has it's few share of problems, but don't tier is kinda crazy

[@HenryDang-z6o]

having so many z and s tier champs kinda undermines the purpose of having z and s tiers

[@tingasthefriendlyfish2902]

true but then there's also a tonne of champions that play these roles in solo queue that don't make the tier list at all so maybe it balances out there

[@ryanlyle758]

I am interacting with the community!

[@alanc6468]

I would like to see mid Renekton in lane but not teamfights. He only has one speed, Flash W.

[@subscribetopizzatheonlyrea7322]

That can be all you really need

[@DarkSandflame]

5:33 does LS mean udyr/senna bot lane or flat out udyr SUPPORT?

[@itsmefranklinblack]

Senna always builds support item due to her passive giving more souls for not killing minions. Therefore, whoever you team them with needs to build regular build a.k.a. tank Tahm Kench for example. So whatever the best build bot for Udyr you would want to do that

[@DarkSandflame]

@@itsmefranklinblack did you read what i say

[@Fabiocean2000]

He probably wanted to say jungle and top lane, since he isn't in the support list.

[@Rhyolite-hyena]

Udyr farm I bet, he scales really well, maybe even more than TK Edit: but for real, I'm confident with it, Udyr being such a power farm jgl can already prove that.

[@ChoB1den]

​@@itsmefranklinblackas an udyr player im afraid of what will happen if pro players pick him. Im already disapointed in all the full tank udyrs we saw in toplane. Liandries first is just superior in every way.

[@sliut1]

How does Karma top build?

[@toniyakovlev4403]

3:15 Come on guys he can barely hold his own laugh here.

[@nate-nate]

LS its not even halloween yet that aside this is a great setup

[@bladesofglory100]

Thanks for putting this out right after pickems lock LMAO

[@Terpex]

I never understand why LS will place Gnar so low on the toplane lists

[@Eddy_1229]

Kaisa AP what kind of runes does she need to have?

[@dombomb3738]

Why is Urgot S tier in jungle? I’m curious, used to love this champ so wondering where he is good in jg

[@Kkkracker]

Nobody knows why he's just trolling with 99% of this list I'm sure of it

[@Pelinca]

Idk what’s going on here but I’m all in for it

[@NaarO902]

welcome saints to the church of imls

[@austinmartinez7484]

Surprised Sylas is so low. Champs winrate has skyrocketed since his buffs a few patches ago

[@infiniteearth6996]

It’s mostly because she’s still has the same weakness for competitive weak early game takes a long time to get stacks very vulnerable in sidelines but he does say he’s very tempted to move her up to S tier because her strength when she gets online really are good

[@xKCLoL]

Why is Aurora C tier whenever she's pick ban at worlds? Everyone is considering her OP.

[@fth2780]

It's crazy that LS ranked Renekton at S (blind), if you know the history is that he despise this champ 😂

[@soneiswild]

why vex is don't ?

[@spyronanya6790]

What happened in the background and stuff

[@kekw4630]

10:20 caps played it in champions queue against yone

[@Eduan_the_King]

Btw why Darius top z tier? Did pros just discover the champ? It’s not like his situation is that different from what it always has been

[@Fr1kaD3ll37]

Yeah, Darius has always been strong, especially as a counterpick

[@onbushshifting4000]

Why is Aa in don’t?