Top 5 Flank Champions in Paladins - Season 5 (2022)

[@zyhkk0001]

I can't wait to see pip in the top 5! My favorite flank in the game hands down.

[@AndrewChicken]

My brother in Azaan that is a damage

[@zyhkk0001]

@@AndrewChicken Make up your mind!

[@Randomness662]

I too love playing mega potion Pip as an off support since it forces me to do a lot of damage to get my CDR and also counters threshold execution ults

[@IncomplexityI]

Wym inara a better flank

[@Randomness662]

@@IncomplexityI I second this, Inara isn't a point tank she is a bully

[@commanderkirbyceoofantihor3299]

Andrew: “that’s right, this is a flank champion with a cripple!” Caspian: “Allow me to introduce myself

[@mrmars222]

3:03 I tested this pretty extensively today, and can say with 100% confidence Zhin CAN infact reflect Skye's time bomb

[@Ash83ueh]

3:02 Zhin can counter Skye's bomb.

[@DarkkSorcerer]

And lian's ultimate

[@gm2085]

Really liked the disclaimers in the beggining of the video. A really good effort to keep the discussion respectful and give the necessary context for it. Just wish this wasn't necessary but i'm glad you're doing it

[@m0nt4gn36]

I will never understand the VII buffs, he went from a champ with some balance issues to a must-ban

[@AndrewChicken]

I hope you guys enjoyed the video! Do you agree with my list, or do you think someone else deserves the number 1 spot? Full Season 5 Top 5 Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PLYpWSvLruf6U5tOHSEY4pTwOHDEQQvpKO Join my Discord server: discord.gg/fnjV3nV Follow me on Twitch: www.twitch.tv/andrewchicken

[@antagonizt.]

I enjoyed the still image of Vii. He is indeed the number one flank in paladins, nice video Andrew!!!

[@KellanGDM]

Loved it man 🤩 Hopefully they nerf Skye a bit, she's clearly the best flank, with her amazing mobility and overpowered talents and small cooldowns. With that said, I think you missed out on pistol strix, he is my favorite champion in the game and super broken as well!! Too bad not enough people know about this pistol tech 😔

[@miksumbi9076]

This list is perfect.. Seven is soo broken and braindead.

[@lordofminddisorders5185]

Hey Andrew! Big fan of your vids, but one small "tip". Can you show usefull 1-3 loadouts on background while talking about current champion? That's gonna be SUPER usefull for many people. Cheers!

[@smkAC]

I think Andro better cause he can just reversal and one shot 7 after 🤷‍♂️

[@bricetriplett759]

You can be effective with pretty much any flank in the game if you put in the work to master it. Some are better by default, but still. Flank is by far my favorite class lol

[@JstKingx]

Every Koga main feeling 🧂

[@themoo_spl]

6:32 Vora'a obliterate also slows enemies when used with 5 stacks

[@T.K.F.]

About buck, yes, bounce house does get counter hard but there's the net talent for that. All you have to do is get pretty close or before you are close. Male sure to hit the next first so when you land but get countered by torvold. You can still do damage and etc then kill em

[@DarkkSorcerer]

I can kill buck with Zhin.Just counter his attacks and don't let him to heal himself.Well it was not easy But I defeated him

[@diputsnoob3815]

Prediction. Top 2 is too obvious 1) VII 2) Androxus 3) Evie 4) Buck These 2 having elimination card make them much better Following can go either way 5) Vatu Honorable mention 6) Vora 7) Zhin 8) Maeve Edit: not a good prediction on my part. I really thought evie and buck would make it to top 5 because of elim card reset

[@williamhopkins1262]

Definitely not Maeve. She's too outdated. Vora and Vatu have unfortunately overshadowed her as a flank. I want some Maeve buffs tbh.

[@diputsnoob3815]

@@williamhopkins1262 vatu is just better maeve while vora is slightly better than maeve. Reason I put maeve is because her weapon has no fall off, poke with cat burglar and STREET JUSTICE Yeah, she really get powercrept. Others is just better than maeve

[@fancymustache3793]

moji is CRYING

[@deadbydingus6846]

@@diputsnoob3815 absolutely not. Maeve is very good. Vatu has things that make him very weak. If you play Maeve correctly, you can make tanks seem like a no show. Just my opinion. But I'm insane at maeve.

[@slimjong-un5743]

@@diputsnoob3815 Maeve is better than Vora at the moment. Well this is the general consensus among the former pro dps players that have talked about it.

[@serendiqitys]

AHAHA YOU KEPT THE PART OF ME SAYING HI KZbin XD great video Andrew!!

[@trailmix1013]

Great list, Andrew! 100%! Loved the Evie #1 spoof. LOL!!

[@dapha1623]

I haven't played this game in ages, but good to know that my main Evie still got simps and still got the "hardest champion to master" certificate, God I miss playing her

[@HupsoniX]

I couldn't be on premiere, but here are my predictions: VII Andro Vora Vatu Evie Zhin & Buck HM Yay! Almost everything right! Nois.

[@diputsnoob3815]

13:50 I thought stomping ground buck was changed from killing blow to elimination or am I tripping? Buck no longer need to worry about stolen kills.

[@HasanR99]

Ye ur right

[@voragaming5408]

Vora have the lowest DPS on the flank and DMG class (it's lower than buck who have 700 dps), but with a lot of utility

[@coltonadkins7929]

You put furia in the top spot for support and let me say. Six games in and I'm carrying like a beast lol had to come see your video on the best flank

[@Robertdbd20]

thenks for shouting me out in the video 17:46

[@ranzu3138]

(I play on console) 1- VII 2- Talus 3- Skye 4- Koga 5- Lex Virtually any hitscan with a high firerate shreds on console, it's pretty sad as a Meave main honestly.

[@wander4158]

My thought is for the best flanks 1 talus 2 vatu 3vora I play talus on pc but i think he is so insane all tanks i can give a hard time with talus and survive easy

[@D0s3_Gaming]

You forgot another con for VII. He's almost always the first one to be banned in ranked

[@Po-wk3ym]

i dont agree with the top 2 , Skye#1(she needs nerfs) and moji #2 Moji is so op with all her dmg and her hitbox is to hard to hit.

[@dimini-zk7pm]

i really struggle hitting moji too because of that REALLY small hitbox

[@dumbass6088]

yeah moji hitbox makes vivian look big

[@KellanGDM]

I already know skye is gonna be 1st, followed of course by pistol striz

[@KellanGDM]

Or actually strix, my bad.

[@huanzeus9917]

I play on controller and personally for me my top 5 is: 1. VII 2. Skye 3. Talus 4. Andro 5. Lex

[@Yurmir-dk5qh]

Def

[@saatisthong6139]

Devs: We want people to play Andro's other talents. Lets add Cursed Revolver to his base kit and rework the old talent. Andro players: still only use a now extremely buffed Cursed Revolver talent that now reveals Devs: Well...

[@stealurcookies]

SC Seris full stack is also an underrated flank. She just sneak by the sniper and he gone.

[@ArcticDisease]

I was very interesed on this type of video since I always use either support and tanks

[@bettyveiga6045]

I'm not sure if zhins counter can't deflect Skye's time bomb, cause I was playing paladins 4 hours before this video was uploaded tryna level up Zhin, and I was able to deflect Skye's time bomb.

[@kangsate3459]

Yes he can

[@Jack.Martson]

zhin can counter almost everything in the game, even Drogoz ult doesnt do anything when counter is up, the only champ I can think he cant counter is Jenos ult and maybe Io but im not sure.

[@yhebyheb]

I really feel like Skye belongs here. Yeah, she is easy to counter and blah blah blah, but if you use here in a smart way, rather than HAHAHAH I GO INVIS NOW HAHAHAH CAN'T SEE ME OOLOOLOO, then she is truly a menace, and that ult... Music to my ears.

[@Rageren]

*I have to disagree with your analysis on Buck. You said Buck's best talent is Bounce House, I disagree, I'd say his best and most reliable talent is Ensnare. Ensnare is by far his most damaging talent and most reliable like I said. Unless your playing against bad players or playing a game of KOTH or TDM, Bounce house is gonna get hard countered literally anywhere else. It's predictable and very easy to counter. Ensnare gives Buck 2 shot potential, and make him EVER MORE difficult to handle in close range. Not to mention the poke dmg it gives him, especially when he can't engage someone up close. And running Ensnare with that Life Steal card on his net shot, gives him even more self sustain to go along with his recovery ability. Honestly, I like your top 5 list here, but Buck should be number 2 or 3 on this list. He's almost always an insta ban on ranked and is just a phenomenal flank.* Side not: In almost all my 1v1 against Vora while playing Zhin... Zhin wins pretty much every time. Zhin's kit pretty much counters Vora's in every way. So, in my opinion, Zhin is a better flank than Vora. Zhin is just hard to kill and even hard to outplay, and his poke dmg is insane aswell. I wouldn't say his poke is better than Vora's, however just all around Zhin is a better flank than Vora.

[@Jetstreamsz]

Raventric would disagree. Bounce house is an unstoppable force

[@someoneguideme]

wym I've never seen buck ban in ranked

[@lordlunchmoney]

What kind of morons are you playing with that would even consider banning BUCK of all champions? Vora, Vatu, Andro, and VII are all UNDISPUTABLY better than Buck. Honestly most flanks are better than Buck, but those 4 you can't even argue about them being worse then buck in any way.

[@du_san]

@@Jetstreamsz nope he say ensnare is the best talent, however bounce house is fun as hell so he use it every time

[@linklight2]

As a side comment to your side note, Vora is better than zhin not because of the duel matchup between the two. Vora does way more into most other champions than zhin, it just so happens that Zhin's kit counters Vora's in a duel

[@jtroll462]

Evie is very fun but gets easly countered by other flanks and damage. She goes off if your team can create enough distraction that you can clean up the kills with.

[@anel3423]

The music when talking bout Evie.. 💔

[@bootychaaaaain]

Androxus Moji Koga Skye Vii (honorable mention) Maeve

[@bootychaaaaain]

Also PYLERR Evie is nutty!

[@evqn5237]

They should really add the 'frozen' cc effect from VII's tribunal upgrade to Evie's basic attack. Just makes sense yk. She's shooting literal ice from her staff. :C

[@AngeryCL]

Yeah sure let's slow down people who take 850 area damage (one third of a squishy's max hp) for the memes

[@Imaginarious]

Bro, make such video for all the champs please Such a good video!

[@charliewaller5417]

I don’t see how people argue that vii shouldn’t be number 1 he can run from anybody or to them in a mater of seconds and burst you down insanity fast he has counters but even then if your not the one playing them he’s annoying to go up against every time

[@mrbee8336]

I don't know.....however I personally never felt he was ban worthy

[@pink1200]

The only time i was able to deal with a VII was being in a party and having everyone call out his location and focus him first

[@pink1200]

even then that only sometimes worked

[@fracturedsolace145]

You forgot to mention VII can go invisible.

[@nourmohamed8753]

Yesss my strongest flanks is on the top list i wish hirez could do a small nerf for VII not a big one bec he is one of my best flanks

[@atari8603]

VII will suck if he got any nerfs

[@caroz7316]

Zhin and Vora instead of Evie or Maeve? Is this console?

[@inlovingmemoryofdouglasmul5216]

No lex koga skye or talus interesting

[@bimbambumbadabambubah3882]

oh umm you forgot the flank that has super good damage a reveal and an execute ult

[@DarkkSorcerer]

Zhin’s Damage is still very good

[@polarblade1159]

IMO Vatu deserves No.1 because he's the highest non-overbuffed flanker on the list and my second favourite besides evie

[@Lightmagician60]

so a Fire that does

[@-8h-]

I was an Evie simp until they released Maeve. I understand, my dude.

[@a1000island]

I still run mag dump It's so fun It's like a melee type play style

[@leroyroberts8112]

Started playing Paladins again after a while. (Stopped playing before Lillith or Betty was released) I can play everything.....played Caspian for the 1st time and he just seems absolutely horrible. I know it ain't just me right?

[@maxgk974]

Seven when he came out he was bad, now he's good, sure he has a lot of dmg and mobility but not a lot of hp so I think that he's balanced, except that the -10 dmg should have gone for the burst mod.

[@ShogunKillian]

I disagree on console he’s just so stupid to hit you see him for a second he’s gone I think rn he’s the most OP character in the game even tho his health is low

[@olivertheenvironmentalist3414]

@@ShogunKillian Not to mention you can run 100 extra hp with Haven and that will really be all you need to survive longer

[@mugenmasters8564]

WHERE IS KOGA?

[@iliasyutube1416]

In my opinion, Ivy and Vatu do not deserve such places. In my opinion Androxus should be in 1st place, Vora should be in 2nd place, maybe in third place. Evie has quite a lot of minuses, but I'm not saying she's a bad flang. But it is inferior to, for example, Vora, Androxus

[@raffiqzin]

They deserve the spot. They are the best flanks to display your skills. High risk high reward and superior knowledge of the game

[@mrmagicktrick]

Upset that I didn’t even see koga in honorable mentions

[@benthederp3483]

I've been playing since palidans released and I have never played a character other than lex so he is the best

[@assassinshadow2800]

3:07 well zhin can do that, the only thing he cant counter is the dashing ability like his whirl, Raum's rampage, or Tiber ult dash i dont know but in a haven + veteran meta like this, I think Zhin ult should be buff, like 2k2 or even 2k6, nowaday, even without item, normally u cant 1 shot everyone, and even with the talent go with %hp base, 1 veteran is enough to prevent the OH-KO also, personally, i would say the most annoying champion to face against is Evie, with that mobility, and now no longer having to go cauterize, Evie can have even more blink and if talking about ranking, i would say I will replace Vora with Evie, because I have never face a big troublem from Vora, but Evie? even without wormhole, she takes too much effort to kill

[@basketball4Life89]

How do u turn fast when using nether step with androxus

[@JABRIEL251]

Didn't Mention VII ultimate, which makes him one of only two champions that can fear.

[@AngeryCL]

Three

[@JABRIEL251]

@@AngeryCL This comment is 4 months old. two months before Kasumi's release.

[@haysan32]

I still think Vatu is the best flank

[@MrReks4]

Waiting your opinions about tanks

[@zetinarthenon3001]

I tought Azaan is the best flank O.o After Evie of course...

[@dartanyin3183]

to the average paladins player i'd say the list is fair, but maeve can be good too. You just don't see her as much.

[@deadbydingus6846]

Exactly. I'm insane at RG Maeve. Ppl just don't understand lol

[@Raize-Ikki]

Im a controller player who loves Zhin. I hate hit scan really.

[@DarkkSorcerer]

İ can Kill Hitscan champs Like Victor Tyra Buck Andro with Zhin.

[@Raize-Ikki]

@@DarkkSorcerer I didn't say I couldn't kill them, I just hates using them

[@pedroluca9778]

I think evie is way stronger than vora and should take her place on 4th place and id say andro should be 1th and vii 2th

[@marcelbehncke900]

You are very cool 🙃👍🏾 I like your videos a lot , help me to become better in Paladins , Sir 🙃🤴🏻

[@terome]

Getting abused by VII that whole game was not fun

[@xaninuax]

Makoa and Strix are best flanks.

[@0FFBRAND]

I play Controller with no aim assists so this was still good for me

[@frogboi8579]

where moji

[@srscythe3141]

if you run evie alt spam she is unstopable

[@cristibest3447]

1 koga 2 VII 3 zhin 4 caspian 5 vatu 6 androxus 7 talus 8 lex 9 evie 10 vora 11 maeve 12 moji 13 buck 14 sky

[@dr.downvote]

My picks are inara, pip, damba in top 3

[@bootychaaaaain]

Buck is best anti flank champion. I call buck big pip.

[@DarkkSorcerer]

I can kill buck with Zhin.Just counter his attacks and don't let him to heal himself.Well it was not easy But I defeated him

[@bootychaaaaain]

@@DarkkSorcerer he’s annoying right!? Lol I mean all the champions are annoying in one way or another, that’s what makes this game so fun!

[@androidgaming5711]

should had talk about lex and talus on controller cuz they are on controller on another level and i disagree that vora is better than evie not even a chance plus maeve also better than vora now

[@SocialExperiment232]

He made a disclaimer he wasn’t talking about console only pc perspective.

[@ggmr399]

@@SocialExperiment232 then VII shouldn't be on the top of list

[@SocialExperiment232]

@@ggmr399 yes he should. He’s broken on every platform. Does too much. And not as skill demanding as other flanks. Which I think is partially what makes him so broken is you need to sweat your balls off with a vatu to get the result a seven gets by alternating between spamming f and q

[@ggmr399]

@@SocialExperiment232 they need to nerf his dmg that's it

[@DarkkSorcerer]

Zhin Counters Androxus Btw

[@kendricsotoxic8460]

lex is my highest character I thought he was a top 5 flank honestly

[@madboss030]

I think Evie and maeve are in the same category

[@whisper6089]

I think it will be 1. VII(obviously) 2. Androxus because of cursed revolver 3. Vora 4. Skye (my main) 5. Buck

[@mrbee8336]

Lex might be no 2

[@awoooga5857]

@@mrbee8336 lol nah

[@ggmr399]

Where is lex bro

[@Kurisu343]

Vora Best Waffle (Waifu but i like to say it that way :P)

[@demonsama270]

where is talus

[@muffree2561]

I just bought vora lol

[@Michael-ez2cq]

Numper 1 is talus for me

[@Asmodeus0000]

Meave is good as well

[@Koiltzy]

Strongest is zhin w the right loadout in my opinion

[@xaninuax]

How so? I dont disagree I just want to know what loadout you think can put Zhin above a VII.

[@atari8603]

@@xaninuax any good zhin player can beat VII

[@xaninuax]

@@atari8603 Any good VII>A Zhin of the same skill level...the mobility just wins it. VII is in every way the stronger champion right now. I say this more or less having been maining Zhin this season.

[@Koiltzy]

@@xaninuax im a zhin main and the only scenario I’m beaten by a VII is when I’m already low I can give u my zhin loadout if u want it’s mostly based around mobility and being hard to kill

[@xaninuax]

@@Koiltzy Every champion beats VII in a 1v1 if the users are even in skill or the other is better....The point is that VII is a stronger champion...1v1s dont matter when they can pop in, drop 1200 damage and get out before the enemy team knows they existed. (soundbug with the assist of course)

[@OzzyIDV]

Damba isnt in this list i feel scammed

[@CaastellanN]

Buck

[@e.b.9702]

I can't belive that Vora, one of the worst Flanks in this meta and since all of her nerfs is put on this list, like... What??

[@resyah_dy3423]

Why !!!, Eveii is good flank she is my best champ 🥺

[@hutchingsfam6807]

what its season 5 omg im old

[@bobby4500]

this guy is really working hard to get vii nerfed, i swear this is all he seeks to do

[@atari8603]

True

[@mikawesseling711]

wait his name was seven? i always called him Vii 😂

[@georgej9366]

wheres viktor?

[@DarkkSorcerer]

Zhin counters him :)

[@theedoomslayerofficial1143]

Im biased af to koga

[@elvenado7763]

if you compare seven to evie, they both have 2 movement abilities, and in order to balance that, they made evie have 1800 hp, so why not nerf VII hp (1700 because of the 7 xdd) evie doesnt do dmg with her momevent abilities, while seven does, thats where the problem is, EM needs to focus VII's dmg on his three fire modes (which is the unique thing about VII) instead of his abilities, you can manage to get a triple kill without using your mouse buttons, and make overcharge an instakill, that talent sucks

[@rkrb3112]

I got a tip for everyone to play against VIIs...get some bursty chars like other flanks and specific dmg chars like cassie lian sha etc. till some nerfs come in. If u still dying alot to him then gitgud.

[@panthekirb7561]

Evie is an ez pez broken champ

[@luizmiguel4135]

Androxus in second place? Seriously?

[@lexor101]

Sup G

[@l0stbergfred]

I feel like I cant play VII because he is so simple

[@Toxic0788]

He's no more simple than any other flank...