Why NO ONE Plays: Sivir | League of Legends

[@MarEngGD]

It’s because everyone questions their sexuality after the Sneaky cosplay.

[@AEMkarash]

Pinned by Vars It’s because everyone Knew their sexuality after the Sneaky cosplay ;)

[@AEMkarash]

wait nvm :L

[@diegorodriguez-fl5kp]

I Wont say yes, bit i Wont say no either

[@lens_hunter]

Beat me to it!

[@le1ln323]

@@lens_hunter beat meat to it

[@za_chrome]

Old sivir had her ricochet as a toggle.... Oh the memories

[@VarsVerum]

SHE DID? WHY DID THEY REMOVE THAT?!

[@ibrav7979]

@@VarsVerum to ofc "balance"

[@VarsVerum]

@@ibrav7979 horse manure

[@calvinlee1141]

@@VarsVerum haha that made me laugh. It used to be a toggle where it costed around 8 mana per attack and the damage would decrease 10% per bounce to around 20 or 40% of original damage

[@i.duhourq2519]

@@VarsVerum It was honestly pretty bad and boring ability, like ashe's old toggle q for slowing autos. Her revamp made sivir somewhat more interesting

[@myrosclayton4737]

literally all of my mains have a "why no one plays"

[@gabobadohado4512]

Hello Mr. No one

[@lucack6348]

Rip No one plays

[@robertharp16]

3 of mine are in here i feel that

[@trymidsalarthun9915]

relatable

[@wellwellwelp]

Your pic matches your comment, here have an imaginary internet point called an upvote

[@OXIDElead]

When Samira and Seraphine launched someone was saying that they both probably started as reworks for Sivir and Sona and you can totally tell looking at their kits and art. Makes me sad that these older champions probably won't ever get the updates they deserve.

[@VarsVerum]

Now that you mention it you're right :o Sivir and Samira look very comparable in a lot of ways, and Seraphine was memed at for being a Sona clone.

[@angpham941]

@@VarsVerum I don't see many similarities other than they are Shuriman bounty hunters Their design and playstyle are opposite sides of a coin

[@tylerd80495]

@@angpham941 the only real similarity as far as evolution would be Sivir's shield and Samira's short windwall. If you wanted to update a boring shield that's how I'd imagine you'd do it. The rest of their kits would be a huge stretch.

[@momiji_inubawooshiri]

@@VarsVerum ironic that samira is a "Noxus" champ despite having the Shurima aesthetic.

[@TheVideolover45]

@@momiji_inubawooshiri that was intentional. She's meant to feel like she was from another region despite being noxian. It's because she's a refugee

[@Abyssno1dad]

Time to find out why people say “oh fuck you troll pick” before dodging when I lock my main

[@hoangdung7494]

@@Chankonabebot lucky him... I got reported if I picked Eve in s1 and s2

[@pianopride212]

dude if people can't play with a Sivir they are just shit. Sivir is a fantastic champion, I prefer her to Jinx for sure

[@soulsemblance3163]

@@hoangdung7494 season or silver?

[@T4RHUN]

@@pianopride212 Guess I'm just shit. Ashe, Jinx or Kaisa are more my adcs

[@frangkiskosmelanitis6904]

@@T4RHUN you main: a lane bully, a lane bully and also I forgot a lane bully... Guess what? Sivir is not a lane bully. That's the main reason you may don't like her. I hope I enlightened ya

[@gmlux2682]

Fun fact Sivir has a full name Sivunas Alahair She just took all the letters out of the middle and mashed it together.

[@hamakieatingnuggets4862]

where did u get that info?

[@gmlux2682]

@@hamakieatingnuggets4862 leagueoflegends.fandom.com/wiki/Sivir

[@crablord7934]

@@hamakieatingnuggets4862 Twilight of the Gods, Sivir is a prophecy child destined to wield the most powerful weapon of the Ascended, the Chalicar (aka pizza) and either destroy Shurima or raise it to heights beyond its past through unity. But Sivir doesn't really have any interest in that for the moment.

[@Betroid]

Its a mercenary name when you’re a merc you dont give your real name

[@lonerimortal8]

8:38 You could Just say that Aphelios can do nearly all the the things mentioned before and no one would refute you.

[@VarsVerum]

HOW MANY YEARS?!

[@lonerimortal8]

@@VarsVerum 201 i guess :^V

[@alliu6562]

You’re right omg 💀💀

[@TheTrueEnderLord]

Errrr. No. No he does not. And yes I will refute it. He has; Jinx splash damage Caitlyn extended range with a fraction of the damage caitlyn posseses on headshots Xayah feather hitting everything they pass through Ashe's slow Draven's Bonus AD scaling on auto attacks. And of course, he has bonus healing equivalent to a dorans blade at level 1; Vampiric scepter at level 8; Bloodthirster at level 18

[@lonerimortal8]

@@TheTrueEnderLord now make a list of things he doesn't have and compare the sizes :^V

[@GoofyMushroom0]

Change my mind: This is the most underrated lol channel on youtube

[@VarsVerum]

That means a lot to hear :) I'll do my best to make good videos!

[@jacekmaraj1774]

Ikr , he actually does good effort on his vids.

[@kingpengu5027]

Facts

[@fallenangel7364]

@@VarsVerum I think sivir W is really bad Can't even prock dark harvest And her passive can rarely be used because now every champion and their mum has a dash or leap of some sort Her R gives your whole team a speed buff but there's a mythic that does that better Her Q and E might be the only useful abilities Q for poke and damage (but manacost is huge ) And E for anti cc but it has no effect on something like a yuumi r or brand stun because it comes in multiple stages Her hp is lower than most days and she gets one shot much more easily that other adc (similar situation with other dps adc champions it's not that they're bad it's that the burst is too high right now (Unless you're Samira with her 1v5 healing Jhin with his half a screen away one shot Xayah with her reliable damage+root Lucian will his mobility Senna with her scaling Varus -kogmaw-twich-kaisa with their long-range poke Etc )

[@gabrielalistair8948]

i agree

[@Exzial]

Oh boy I can’t wait for my main champion “Why No One Plays Azir”. On the serious though this is a very good and informative series. I mained Kalista and your insight as to why no one plays her really made it clear as to why she was considered weak

[@duarteribeiro2558]

You stoped maining her?

[@phxbaka4356]

@Indi Anon mostly due to items tho, once pro play starts again he'll prob be nerfed

[@biggiecheese2004]

@Indi Anon azir is still trash tier he was very good at preseason start and then they gutted nashors (literally just because of kayle, ironic) and liandrys and gave him nothing in return except a meaningless buff on his q. he needs damage he's not broken in solo q because assassins hard counter him and he has no sustain. his kit is high skill so obviously he would be good in pro play. azir who is both flashy and fun to watch is somehow bad but kaisa being in literally every game is fine even though she is one of the most boring champs in the game. literally all her damage is autoaim besides w

[@ThouGoddess]

I play azir xd

[@ThouGoddess]

But main is still sivir

[@MrZimrak]

I feel like she just needs a unique strength. It would be interesting to make her the character you pick if u want to push towers. Maybe something as simple as “if the w ricochet hits a building, she gets another charge of it” That way she excels at pushing towers down and diving.

[@kudohlol9379]

she excels at giving an entire team a jinx passive, on demand.

[@Iguessimhere154]

Man makes me realize how many older champs just need a semi rework to tweek some things here and there to keep up with newer champs

[@Kafurai]

Hey! French fan here! Just a little thing: "coup de grace" should sound like "cou de grass", if you say "cou de gra" it sounds like "gras" (s is silent) that means fat. So saying "cou de gra" is more like "fat hit" than "lethal hit" ^^

[@VarsVerum]

I mean it's a pretty fat hit xD Thank you for the correction though!

[@PenguinFire195]

PHAT HITS

[@bobjeezorham7658]

Oh wow I never knew that, interesting. I've always been pronouncing it as cou de gra, lol

[@johnsambilad573]

I prefer cut the grass

[@Kafurai]

@@bobjeezorham7658 Haha, yea I know french has tons of silent letters, like the P in "coup de grace", if you pronounce it, it means "cut" ^^ I heard prople say "couPE de gra" that means.... fat cut XD but don't worry everyone does the same mistake so people understand, in france everyone calls the bush "BEUsh" and not "boosh" but since everyone does it, we understand ^^

[@NiraSader]

Ok hear me out: the way Aphelios’ crescendum works should have been the Sivir rework, with the throw return mechanic, rewarding you to get closer to the enemy and such

[@Rhyolite-hyena]

One can only wish. I would main her till I quit and have her as the last game.

[@elementmanexe8389]

This should be done for champs who use limited tools, sivir, gnar, not sure how you'd do nidalee having infinite spears

[@misschaos4247]

I’m currently back on my league addiction, glad it at least allowed me to come across your videos, new sub from me :) Also, Sivir use to be my main girl, she’s the only adc I ever felt comfortable & enjoyed playing despite its challenges, but support has always held my heart from the beginning, so my main skill & experience is there. Hope to get a why everyone plays for a support!

[@VarsVerum]

NOOOOO SAVE YOURSELF T^T RUNN FROM THE ADDICTION D: In all seriousness welcome back! Thanks for the sub~

[@alannar6189]

Sivir supp with shurelas. You’re welcome :)

[@theoevdox5108]

She’s my top mastery champ, level 387 so I play a bunch... I love playing her for her wave clear, spell shield, and the q is really fun and you can get some nice kills with it! She also scales well and helps the team with her ult

[@rouxquier6578]

She's a Draven without the overwhelming brut power

[@quinnvincent6319]

I personally don't like the toggle Idea because It feels really good to use her ricochet as an auto-reset. It might be better to instead of it being 3 auto attacks, it uses a duration system where auto attacks within a certain amount of time will ricochet. This would make her more powerful the more attack speed she has. I would also suggest that the cooldown starts on cast instead of after the duration is used.

[@thomashowe1583]

Delightful and insightful, as usual. Got into this channel when I saw "why no one plays Heimerdinger," my main. Anyway, things that could be done to make Sivir more competitive: Passive: what you said works well, can't think of anything better. Q: Every hit should cut minorly into armor, but hitting twice with it triples the armor reduction for 2 seconds. W: I like what you said and it could work, but different recommendation for a bit of burst and easier waveclear; passive: every AA bounces once/twice for half or 1/3 damage. Active: the next AA is a Q that bounces once or twice, prioritizing champions and also shredding armor. E: Instead of 360 degree shield, a wall shield that lasts a bit longer but only from one direction. R: Keep the same but also apply your own passive to everyone else in your AoE circle, so: "bonus MS and AS, and also MS and AS when landing abilities."

[@rayian536]

The thing about Sivir's Q isnt true. Most Sivir mains usually go manamune and spam their Q at this point.

[@burst0th]

If u are not ahead u dont do dmg and u have to be fking garbage to eat an entirely Sivir Q without minion wave (thats the only way she do dmg btw) Im just spitting facts rn

[@rayian536]

@@burst0th "Spitting facts" Yeah sure.

[@burst0th]

I like when she already don't do dmg and only afk farm until the game is lost and her Q is so slow she has 500 range and don't have any other way to deal dmg LoL (I think they have to rework her W R and adjust or buff her passive its only ms Lmao)

[@rayian536]

@@burst0th Her Q isnt slow and literally has one of the best ad ratios in the game. No one really goes crit with her anymore so yes they can buff her crit build.

[@tteeaall]

@@rayian536 yeah also shes a team fight champion not a 1v1 champ, most people can easily dodge a sivir q in a duel but theres no way everyone dodges her q in a teamfight. Literally one q can chunk half the enemy team in a fight

[@watoryuk2502]

Now everyone plays sivir. This video aged in like 4 days.

[@thebluefog8261]

His last point: "Sivir's popularity is directly influenced by her numbers". What happened this time? Sivir got a "bugfix" which... was actually just a buff - her Q damage penalty from minions refreshes on the way back. It was never supposed to refresh so it's strange to say it's a bugfix. But anyway, this heavily improved her waveclear + poke in lane because hiding behind minions isn't as effective anymore. Add the Lethality build on top and you can see why she is popular again, because she can spam Q doing 900 dmg with one at two items while having basically infinite mana cause Manamune, then finish you with an auto attack and disappear in invis, while having a low CD on Spellshield because of 80 Haste. Once they nerf this build (if they do), she will probably be back to being played as much as Kog'Maw.

[@massimosoreca3575]

@@thebluefog8261 poor kog maw, they did a new beautiful skin for him, but who plays him??? (Other than me in aram full ap to troll)

[@messybetsy]

Love reading this 3 years later and she's back in the shadows never to be seen.

[@submarinewahoo238]

Ironically, I recall Sivir used to have a toggle for her W, then Riot updated Sivir to have the enhanced autos to try to boost her damage in laning phase via AA-cancelling. One of Sivir's problems that you also didn't really touch on is that she has an extremely low AA range on top of her lack of AA boosting steroids, so she ends up feeling pressured to poke with Q until it's safe to fight. I would change the passive to allow Sivir to bounce attacks to champions only, though the damage reduction from bouncing would still apply at a higher rate than current W. The W would function the same and would allow bounces to minions while either enhancing anti-champion bounce damage or move the attack speed bonus from the ult to W. The movespeed bonus from the passive could be kept, but I'd rather sacrifice that for more AA range, which enhances the value of Sivir's E without changing it by allowing her to position safer than before. The ultimate itself would need to either last longer, or be more potent (such as letting the initial speed boost last the full duration instead of decaying), or give additional new support-like effects like a team damage buff in order to feel relevant. Although the current ult can be replaced by items, it can also be seen as a money saver to allow players to spend their gold on other items to boost the team.

[@nathanielhughes8071]

Fucking love it, we've come full circle. You're first suggestion, make w a toggle, was literally her original ability. This would be a revert back to her early days, and honestly, would probably work better with the modern manamune and essence reaver than it did back then

[@BriarsToe]

Her gameplay should match her lore... In her lore she's a assassin/bounty hunter that people can hire for quests or bounty. Her kit should match it. She should be a burst marksman that could mark targets or something for "bounty"

[@BriarsToe]

This aged like fine wine since akshan came out LMAO

[@GabrielGomes-uv4xf]

I started to play Sivir as my main champion in bot some days ago. I decided it because she is simple to play (good for me who is beginning play bot) and because her build with lethality and manamune is so great. To explain, you rush mamune on Sivir what will let you use her Q more often. After I rush Draktharr, Ionian Boots, and Edge of Night, Draktharr invisible make Sivir avoid being focused once you get a kill or assist. The ability haste from mythic passive and Ionian Boots let you cast Boomerang Blade in a shorter time. Also, having two spell shields has never been a problem to a champ. After, I like to rush Serylda's Grudge. Siver can apply it slow twice in the same opponent with one Q. All of that with Dark Harvest runes let Sivir disintegrate squish champs with half of it HP with one Boomerang Blade. I still remember the game that I deal 95.354 of damage and get 33 kills by using this Sivir's build.

[@Raoul9753]

In short: Sivir wasnt updated to take the powercreep of the game into account

[@mudkipzforlife]

I would love for you to make a video in this series about gangplank. He is a really strong top laners who can become a raid boss late game and still have decent laning. The only problem with him is that he is really hard for new players, but in the hands of an experienced gp main he can solo carry lots of games. If he becomes more popular he can In my opinion one of the strongest champs in the game if someone takes the time to practice and learn.

[@Roze_aye]

6:30 That is absolutely ironic given that sivir finds everyone around her that she works with replaceable

[@Aidyx3D]

I love these videos! I hope Riot can eventually update these characters to be up to par with moderns League. I would be interested in seeing a video about Syndra's current situation. I really like your take on LoL's champs.

[@Nine6all]

2022: why everyone plays Sivir

[@Kingdramana]

I do main Sivir, basically because I hate the idea of relying too much on a support giving pressure. I know that no matter the support I get I can ditch pressure early and a block any of the engager support core CC at a right timing. I enjoy to play her the most next to long-range poking support, though, so we can pressure the opponent and stack Dark Harvest freely by spamming abilities. It's fun, but yeah trying to face a Kai'sa ,Tristana or Samira is just painful with how easy they can get on you and deal twice your damage.

[@alexanderhristov3450]

I actually love playing her. She's so simple to learn yet so complex to master. (This is my opinion, don't take it seriously)

[@RaikiriIV]

Bro what you say it so fucking true ( I don't tell you as a main sivir because I play her only for fun)

[@hideyourgf8502]

Nice man! I used to main her for 3 years, but nowadays im a xayah onetrick, i found her kit similar but more rewarding

[@SamuraiHonor]

She's not ''complex'' ijn the sense that the character needs high execution tricks and skill. It needs really solid basics, like positioning, awareness and timing (skillshot, shield, ult)

[@alexanderhristov3450]

@@SamuraiHonor Yeah, that's basically what I meant. My english isn't very good.

[@jakovkovic168]

I agree

[@OfficialNoCoast]

You have insane quality for your sub count! You earned this sub for sure.

[@VarsVerum]

Thank you! :D Hope you enjoy future videos~

[@hinamiravenroot7162]

New passive: Whenever you damage an enemy champion with an ability (boomerang blade triggers both ways) Sivir gains temporary attack speed and range for each target hit for 3 seconds. Half of Q's mana cost is refunded if both ways hit and the tip of the return point deals true damage and gives a very short burst of movement speed. You could go in, throw your Q, run out with the movespeed and use this self peel to deal with enemies from a saver distance than normal (sort of like a Caitlyn with extra steps) but it would make for a more dynamic playstyle.

[@martinrodriguez1329]

You can start by making her W being sort of a on-hit effect as you said and maybe an slow if you hit with your Q twice to a target and that's sort of all she needs.

[@cryptmd1595]

I love the way he lists ADCs and then gets to Sãmįrá

[@VarsVerum]

That’s how you pronounce it... you trill the r. Her own character says it like that.

[@MyronZhang]

@@VarsVerum I'd say that's more to do with her accent. Riot themselves pronounce her name phonetically as it's spelt. So I guess it's up to us to determine which one takes priority.

[@VarsVerum]

@@MyronZhang Samira go brrrrrrrrrr

[@guductions9581]

Before bed last night when I hadn’t seen this I was thinking “hey I should message that KZbin guy about maybe making a vid on why no one plays sivir” turns out I was too late lmao

[@VarsVerum]

The feds are watching

[@borisjohnson473]

Commenting for algorithm. Keep up the great work! Your content is seriously incredible

[@VarsVerum]

I appreciate it! :D

[@Blueeby]

If her W was a toggle, she would feel so much better. It's kind of like Asol, where he feels like he should be a constant damage but with his new W he's like burst and run. If she were a toggle, it would feel like it would do something more than three little autos.

[@Lionbladier]

Her W used to be a toggle, before the S5 marksman rework that also changed her passive from a % dodge chance so long as she was moving around.

[@BadSennaEmote]

If she had her W as toggle, there would be no aa reset. It is a huge nerf to early game

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

She used to have that but they gutted it.

[@thebluefog8261]

@@BadSennaEmote why? toggle off, activating toggle resets the auto attack timer. has a separate cooldown for balance reasons

[@Dustworth]

I feel like losing the auto reset on w would hurt in terms of how fun she is to play

[@RArranKar]

Yeah I don't think he mentionned it but this is a big perk of sivir, since if i'm not mistaken she's the only adc with a true auto reset .

[@alliu6562]

One more thing that didn’t get mentioned much in the video is her decreased auto range compared to other adcs. I think her auto range is the same as kindred’s, which is slightly lower than the rest of the adc roster. Initially, this made sense bc Sivir’s Q and W boosted her wave clear so much, but nowadays, when everybody can out range, out run, and out damage her, the short auto range makes it very hard to take advantage of her supposed strengths. One good, simple change I think would be to simply make her auto range the same as other adcs. I think another interesting change would be to put her w on her passive, her ult on her w, and give her a new ultimate entirely. What I mean is, maybe instead of being a toggle or being a cast, her w (old) becomes “after attacking x amount of times, every auto becomes empowered”, but with less bounces than it does currently. Ofc it would be weaker than her current w, but putting it on her passive frees up one ability slot, which is one of the issues she has in that her abilities don’t feel worth the mana or the space. Instead, having her ult on her w would open up more access to utility sooner into the game rather than being gated at lvl 6. Of course, since she has two basic utility abilities, it makes the most sense to give her ultimate a damaging ability. Maybe some kind of big burst with a little bit of crowd control? Another alteration to her q could be “if enemies are struck by the return, they will be slowed a certain amount”. This would give her some much needed self peel. I think her e is the only ability that’s good the way it is. It does the job it’s supposed to do and it does it well enough.

[@yuzee6693]

the calmest lol youtuber so far, much love the contents!

[@hugocoll-petit6755]

I am late, but as a former main Sivir I have to agree. I played her until the end of end of season 10, but as you said her kit is outdated. Her passive alone is weaker than one of the three passives of Samira, ih makes you think to the utility to get 40 movement speed when you have to be so close to the ennemy team; and Samira has two other passives, while Sivir only has 1. This kinda sucks. Also, the changing of the item in s11 made me stop her, because no item felt fine on her crit build. Since ER is now a sheen item, it feels useless since Sivir needs mana and damage that lasts on her w, not just after one spellcast. Also, the fact her w's bounces don't trigger on-hit effect sucks if you want to go Kraken's slayer for example, since you will only get the true damage on the first hit target. If I had to rework her, I would make her w bounces considered as reduced auto-attacks, triggering a percentage of on-hit effects and life steal, for example; and make her ult do some more stuff but I don't know why yet. Great video anyway!!

[@aaronwilbers3049]

I may be the odd one out here, but before Death's Dance was changed (as in when it was just damage, CDR, and passive), I built that on her as her sustain item because her Q and W (including crits) both allowed her to sustain very well in teamfights provided she wasn't CCd. That aside, I think something that could work well for her without changing much would be if her Q slowed to a stop before speeding back up to return to her; it seems like a waste for her Q to track her movements as it returns if she can't really move to use it. Could also open potential options for zone control and maybe other mechanical changes like increased MS for the duration of a basic ability.

[@beyondgrave8496]

By timing your W right, you can auto-attack cancel to do 2 very fast aa. Pairing this with Press the Attack, your damage overall, along side with the ability to shutdown a critical ADC damaging ability, will be enough to win lane. Also, although the movement speed from her passive can be underwhelming, it allow Sivir to kite abilities a bit better than a fair number of champions. She also benefits against champions that requires to land all of their abilities to secure a kill due to her ability to negate an important part of their kit. I remember playing a game where I use E as an enemy Darius used his pull. By negating this ability, I was able to maintain distance from the rest of his combo and whittled him down to death.

[@aaronjimenez7825]

I mained her for a while before item rework. Her waveclear and scaling fit my playstyle well, and I had some sweet comebacks by playing patiently before carrying late game, including my first pentakill. Great champ.

[@ericwolf9664]

My 2 favorite bot laners were typically tristana and sivir. My favorite thing about sivir was actually stacking a few MS items and so long as you kept passive up you were zooming around like zeri or you could sell boots and still maintain the mobility that most other adc's have with boots at 6 items. Navorri quickblades in theory would be a good item but falls flat because it fails to address her mana costs, lack of armor pen and range, or the fact she hits like wet noodle if you don't have 2 BFS and/or dirk+ grade damage items. Therefor it is often too late or not within itemslot budget because after you address all of that you often need additional survivability to compensate for how close to frontlines you have to be. Spell shield used to actually feel like it had skill expression behind it before there were 8 things a teamfight that you needed to use it on just to consistently work from front to back because the lack of range is really sticking out like a sore thumb at this point. Giving this a cd refund on successful block and/or on crit would go a long ways to returning it to this point. The bouncing portions of her should probably be inducing vulnerability to her Q/autos probably by they themselves shredding a flat armor value thereby aiding in her ability to finish her mop up of the backline should she reach it as she will probably recieve far more damage than have effectively dealt in most teamfights today I agree that the passive part of her R should probably be moved into some other part of her kit, there are far too many duelist adc's who can all in her before her waveclear is online and most of the rest of the roster will outrange/outtrade her. I like it as baked in part of her E. Putting armor shred on the back half of Q sounds like something that could take over the passive portion of her R.

[@sourkraudy]

I really enjoyed the video as someone who mains this champ and has tried to one trick her into this season to climb it's interesting but I do have to agree with the points you've made in the video being one of the last stat check marksmen and having less in her kit that you have to build around with the new items this season I think the suggestions you gave for her kit even though you didn't give much mind to them as you said were good. I do think that she's starting to fit into a more niche Marksman roll currently in the fact that she's starting to build the way that varus used to build with a high lethality build going dusk blade and manamune, just completely ditching attack speed and crit in favor for lethality and ability haste.

[@BitBlush]

I like to use Manamune+Duskblade sivir a lot. It's why I picked her up, because she's such a unique build for a botlane. You primarily trade with your Q which can burst enemies down, and your W is good waveclear. You build AD+Haste after that, and you can get out Qs every 3 seconds, with a very safe 5s cooldown on your spellshield at endgame.

[@ryanroberts5449]

I think sivir is good for low Elo ranked because you can force people to go in with your ult a very useful tool for a passive team

[@elouis364]

This is a really good explanation as to why she's no longer played as much. Enjoyed it! 😄

[@aldmeripatriot7703]

Wow, you are cranking these videos out so fast!

[@VarsVerum]

I wish I could be faster! I'd love to make a daily video but it takes close to 10 hours to make even one of these, and I do it all by myself since I can't afford an editor X_X

[@Snakesrcool2003account]

i really do like the w change idea with how it compliments the fact that her e gives her mana

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

It's how she used to be, lol.

[@RicardoAlmeidatm]

Ricochet should behave like urgot's W. A cooldown that lowers untill turning to a toggle.

[@freshairkaboom8171]

Sivir is completely fine, but if there was one change I would add to her, is a slight displacement CC on her Q. When you hit them on the way out, they are knocked slightly away from you, and on the way back they are knocked slightly towards you. This makes it both better as you now have a form of CC, but also riskier as if enemies are willing to take the return damage, they now have a tool to help gapclose on you, allowing for much more skill expression and counterplay at the same time.

[@noahholt5442]

Awesome mate, I love sivir, mana costs are so high though thanks for the video mate

[@TheGreenDeath8914]

Recently found your channel and I'm really enjoying these Why NO ONE / EVERY ONE plays: Champion videos I'd be really excited about one for Sona (no one) and Seraphine (everyone) maybe in a long video discussing both at the same time or a two-part video where champs are seperate but the discussions are linked to one another. Because I'm a Sona OTP myself, I safetly have to say that Sera plays really differently not like everyone think she does, the feeling of auras is completely gone and Sera W is more of a last-resort ability than to sustain. But in general Sona is somewhat of a double-edged sword because the reason why so few people like her is the same why those people like her: the Basekit / Auras with Q, W and E.

[@tainadeoliveira]

Sivir is one of those champions that really need a rework

[@fabubarry3645]

I think it would be cool if her ricochet hits dealt on hit dmg, this would allow her to more effectively build on-hit items so she can specialize her build to the game around her.

[@gaaraofthesand40]

Love that her ult is also a support item in the game and they seem to have no issue with that. Also, her passive is horrible.

[@jordanbwalt]

I think the armour shred on her boomerang seems quite appealing, as it takes her kit to a "the more people she can hit, the better she performs. Shred with boomerang, then bounce AA" Even if it's not an armour shred, to avoid balance issues, it could at least be a temporary mark that her bounces can detonate, %hp magic damage, perhaps?

[@ventusaccent6]

Ironic that a thief would be called honest, but thats why i play her. Its also really fun to clip folks with both sides of the q, or even launch a q, back up, and catch them on the back end. Theres also notning that beats using your e to block a blitz q to save an ally and then just barrel down on 'im

[@chillbro2275]

I don't like that hitting minions while laning decreases Qs damage to champs. It's like i have to telegraph that i'm looking for a q. On top of that Q costs EIGHTY FREAKING mana at level 1 and does very little to minions and champs. For that much mana i want that decreased damage thing to go away. The extremely high mana costs limits how Q from being abused. Senna can shoot super long range through minions to hit champs.

[@aBanabis]

idk if you remember, but Riot has already failed once already with orb affects on Ashe. I wouldn't mind a orb affects in this game if they were done properly, meaning, pressing the hotkey designated for it allows you to manually cast the ability while having it toggled off. They need to make sure that the only way to auto toggle off/on is by right clicking the ability. Orb affects lose all meaning if you can't manually cast the ability. They didn't work like this in LoL originally when Ashe had her frost arrows as a toggle ability. I talked to Riot about it among other things a long time ago, and they did something about it, but.. yeah anyways

[@ericksanchez9807]

you know the "numbers" point is so true when you watch this at patch 11.6 and manamune/drakkthar sivir is kind of strong so she suddenly appears in more games, i´ve been playing her and damn that Q with harvest just feels nasty

[@nopputhihk848]

I want q to bounce and deal more dm the more it bounce , e need buff maybe big burst of movement speed when succesfully counter and ult to maybe give reduce cc duration for the whole team

[@GrimmDestiny8]

I love playing Sivir in the bot lane. Her q can be pretty good poke and when combined with her W, your wave clear can be pretty good. Speaking of, your W lets you start hitting the minion wave while still hitting the tower, and your E gives you such safety from jugglers and supports while also restoring your mana allowing you to stay in lane a bit longer. Shes a real good low ego champion and a good pick up for new players to learn the role of adc before grabbing some of these newer and more complicated adcs

[@DAN-gf3qx]

i have tested almost every item/rune with sivirs W bounces and i can tell that those bounces are ONLY damage, they dont count as auto attacks or abilities, they dont work with items like hydra, dont activate electocute/phase rush, dont proc dark harvest and etc. if they change it so the bounces act like an ability then here would be a lot of cool builds she could use and it would make her a lot of fun.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

That sucks.

[@johnvillena1311]

question: what if aphelios' chakrams were to be put in sivir's ulti? The Movement speed gain would still remain, but the chakrams will augment her Q by having the smaller chakrams follow the first cast but with a decrease in damage and W in such a way that the number of ricochet stacks increase in a given amount and when the chakrams return it gives her a shield (?). Her ulti causes her spell shield to have 2 stacks. The reason for using the chakrams of aphelios as the basis is that i do believe that it really fits her style, design wise. or you can just have her ult become a area of effect (kind of like an enlarged Q? ) which,when inside, she can cast ricochet with a decreased cd and no mana inside and she her q procs four times (1:0.5:1:0.5) and her spell shield has 2 stacks (yes I do think that her spell shield needs to have 2 stacks don't @ me) and at the end of the ulti, she can throw the enlarged Q at a fixed distance.

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

My rework idea: - Passive: Now also grants some Ability Haste while in combat. - Q: Can recast after a brief delay of casting it to immediately turn the blade around. - W: Same but the main attack also passively ricochets off champions hit at no cost. - E: Now also gives her an ability to cast temporarily after a successful block. Could be a steroid or an AoE slow or something. - Ult: Buff movespeed or reduce the dropoff of it.

[@mrbauwan8571]

Is there a possibility there will be remake of this vid? Its been 2 years and thinks changed :)

[@w4lt3k96]

Oh just watched the video, really great. In my opinion Sivir should be reworked a bit... Her passive could be a stacking movespeed buff like +10 and stacks 5times so slower than most at first but faster at max stacks. Q could apply true damage on return like Ahris. W could be a spammable auto boost but no increased damage just more bounces like 3 to 7 but if there are fewer enemies around then the it can bounce back (I think it doesnt do it rn). E could be extended like for 2sec she absorbs attacks, spells and effects if it not used up then for 3sec absorbs attacks and spell damage then at 4sec only absorbs like 50% at all cases she restores mana but reduced every second the shield is active. R could be a massive teamfight aura when she increases attackspeed, movespeed and ability haste for everyone by 10 to 15% for 4 to 6 seconds. Yea I would love to see this so forward this to Rito if you liked it. 😃

[@gigabyteguru2452]

Her honesty and simplicity IS her difficulty. She is supremely reliable once you can play her well and can be an absolute monster if paired with a cc heavy support who can guarantee her q hits twice. Not to mention her ultimate is a great form of light support that no one can really mess up. If your chasing someone, it lets you catch, and if you are running it lets you escape. It works well without communication unlike something like kallista’s, and her spell shield lets careful players sustain and avoid death almost indefinitely early game. Ultimate she is the butter of adc’s. Might not be the most interesting or out there, but damn is she consistent.

[@miriotogata1327]

I'm gonna admit Sivir is one of my mains and it started being one because I got the Sivir Pax Neo skin, I fell in love for her afterwards. Why I like her? Easy to farm with her, her shield is really nice if used correctly (you can dodge zed's ult if you use it when he jumps at you for example). It's true there are adcs with more dmg than her, but her ult brings so much utility for chase and for escape and I wouldn't say she doesn't have dmg as you can build her with lethality (which is one of her better builds atm). You always have so many options with her build-wise and mastery-wise

[@shblov]

I think the saving grave of Sivir is her passive, fleet of foot. Yes, you have to get very close enemies to effectively dps has her, but the movement speed bonus you get everytime you hit someone makes her a master at aggressive kiting. Being able to go in with ult speed and dodging oncoming abilities while still dpsing effecitvely is very very hard to master though. Her simple design makes her reward simple adc basics, like positioning, auto timing and kiting, to a point where you need a full mastery of these elements to truly master Sivir. Granted this also applies to most other adcs, but to a much lower extent because they all have abilities that allow easy repositioning or have easy to apply damage that kinda nullify the need to perfectly manage your autos. Because of this, I feel like Sivir is very very hard to play well, but doing so feels massively rewarding, and very intense because of her very aggressively designed kit. She may not be the best adc to climb, as her toolkit is limited, but she's arguably the best to train adc essentials.

[@Sammy.Skylarkk]

Spoken like a true king

[@willowbreeze8941]

Lethality Sivir: Allow me to introduce myself

[@nihal1116]

Is lethality sivir good? If so do you have a build

[@Spritzhack]

​@@nihal1116 It's situational, pick it against a squishy bot lane or better a squishy team and pair it with a high-range support (e.g. Brand)

[@nihal1116]

@@Spritzhack oh okay cool thank you for letting me know

[@hectorgarcia9664]

You can also give her boomerang a similar effect as gnar's. If you catch it you get mana refund and the cooldown reduced.

[@jollyco-op3036]

I think it would be cool for her w to be time based instead of a set # of autos. Also, if while her w is active her auto attack animations don’t cancel her movement. That would give her some skill ceiling by being able to kite great with it active.

[@duncanohio]

Sivir lowkey counters Caitlyn in low elo because those traps become mana pots. When i get offrolled that plus the “go in now, monkeys” button helps me out.

[@Bft149]

I feel like a champion with a built in cleanse is needed. With so many champ with some for of cc, having spell shield is falling out of relevancy sins it’s easy to knock it out and it can practically be bought at the shop. Sivir can benefit with a built in cleanse for escape or engage (if used right). This will make her a unique pick with this ability. Nothing game changing but can bring in something fresh to the game.

[@alucard5841]

I would also change her E and ult. E: she throws the boomerang to a target area, when it reaches the area the boomerang spins similar to samira W dealing damage and then goes back to sivir. R: she gains a shield and starts spinning her boomerang for 1s. much like a plane turbine, everyone in front of her in a cone area is slowed for 1s. after chaneling she fires a wave of sand in a cone that deals damage and knock ups all targets.

[@alucard5841]

@Kael it's situational, can save her from a burst such as lux or veigar, but against enemies with low cooldown, or who doesn't rely on a single skill, it's useless.

[@javiersuarezrivas8161]

Guys, ya' know what could be fun to Sivir have, so she could get her own interesting feature: That the "W" become a skillshot that ricochet a number of times, wait for it... Dependent on how many walls the proyectile have near when it lands (something a like Graves "Q" but better). More walls equal more area damage, and would start slow but can gain more velocity de more ricochets. And in order to clear the waves or trade in lane Sivir just need to aim to a wall expecting to ricochet on another a couple of times and then you have a nice fun champion without rework her.

[@sloppyspaghetti4690]

can you do one on jayce at some point? hes very underplayed imo btw i love the effort you put into this series, hope more people discover you

[@TheKoalaTTV]

I'm actually a Sivir main. She has my most playtime and I really do enjoy playing her. I think her Q is great for surprise burst along with Q and W both being good wave clears. Having a spell shield on command is also a good ability that can really turn an engagement. Also, in the newest season I have been playing a Dark Harvest, Lethality build that can make even some tanky enemies disappear with the Q since it hits twice if it gets both procs. I also just think she is really fun.

[@tintran5544]

Sivir rework on my mind: Passive: every time she use a skill that deal damage, 3 next her attack will be like the old W skill Q: don't change(the most fun skill of her set) W: her attack speed increase 10/15/20/25/30 % and a not miss attack will drop a crossblade some where, which she could pick them up to make her attack have armor reduction, stack to 5 time, 5% each stack, her passive will drop more crossblade if it hit another enemy E: Sivir can create a shield on her self or her teammate for 5 sec, each attack on the shield will gain the owner movement speed and damage reduce, can stack to 5 hit(1/2/3/4/5% movement speed and damage reduction each stack base on skill lv) R: DESERT TOMB: Sivir and her ally gain huge movement speed for 10 sec, every ally die in the effect of this skill will leave a tomb that slow enemy and boost ally some armor and magic resistance(55/70/85% slow and 10/20/30% boost base on skill lv)

[@calvinruhnau3201]

Ad assassin sivir with ravhydra, manamune, duskblade or trinityforce, and seraldas grudge works to compensate her down fall. While it puts all of her damage into her q grudges slow, duskblades passive, ravhydrasz omnivamp, and manamunes mana increase and damage based on mana actually fixes her issues. Trinityforce over duskblade gives her a spellblade, cdr, and a better passive too so that works out as well

[@HighLanderPonyYT]

Planning around 4-6 item builds is day dreaming.

[@DharcCharmer]

Sivir has a very easy to land poke that when you build full lethality, chunks enemies. Time your shield right and you have a banshee's veil.

[@normalostrich6250]

I want Sona to be next as she’s kinda become overshadowed by literally everyone including Sona 2.0. She has the same health as yuumi, her best item archangels got nerfed super hard, and she feels way weaker than any other support. They nerfed her to keep her out of the top lane, but in doing so nerfed her to be useless if her adc dies and jungler isn’t there for a gank. She has less healing and shields than seraphine but it costs more. Athenes got removed making the AP heavy enchanter less powerful, but all mage items got higher prices. Her tools are all much weaker than they should be, she has less health, and she has only one long cooldown cc making imperial mandate worthless on her.

[@imdva]

it’s actually so sad to say that as much as i don’t like seraphine, i’ve resorted to playing her because her kit is just designed to be a better version of sona’s. rip

[@pinkinglily6447]

Sona are supposed to be that one unique champion that scales to late game like adc. You know this is true because late game AP Sona shred squishy champ with a single Q+passive proc. W heal and shield no other support could compete. But the problem is that she need to play like an adc, but her is worst, especially early game. Her Q poke are one of the worst. Her heal and shield is so miniscule and yet the manacost is soo much. This is illegal. Her E seem to be the most ok of the 3; 10+% ms is weak, but the manacost are low. They literally could do anything to her. A rework would go far, but a little change to her skills could make her at least playable.

[@imdva]

@@pinkinglily6447 oh definitely a simple rework could go do far and make sona a really valid pick again, but as for now there are just better picks

[@TryharderWoW]

I am a Sivir main, and I think the armor shred on Q would be a good change. As for the W being a toggle: I am not sure since one of her main pros is that auto-attack reset you get from it that makes her Q+auto+W such a good burst combo for getting kills in lane. Her passive should also be reworked for sure

[@snaggiz]

One of the most underrated champions IMO. Really nice for her utility and that Q can really catch people off guard!

[@zeening]

the toggle-able ricochet sounds incredible, but def leave the dmg the same ;D

[@fejipe]

I think sivir is ok, she may need a bit buff but it's fine. Not every champ fulfill the same rol equally. Sivir is a ADC who can entirely destroy the early game of the enemy bot lane if u use her properly. Usually you pick sivir to survive against difficult enemy supports, and avoiding them from snowball. Also sivir does not work against tanks as good as vayne but as a ADC you can get BOTRK and last whisper to pierce them, and remember sivir ricochet does the 70% of the damage you have just done to nearby enemies, and this gets amplified tx to attacking a champ with high HP when you get BOTRK, and you damage with this the back lane. Sivir can do massive aoe damage just by standing next to allies at the back lane and w+q. Also W cooldown at late game is not longer than 2-3 secs, and gives you a boost of attack speed.

[@magieenvtuber9783]

back when i was learning bot in season 6/7 i belive i was literally spamming only sivir, so many 1v5/2v5 penta kills kiting people like mad with ultimate and her passive and i belive also W movements speed(wasn't W giving her bonus ms, while rikochets where mid-air ?). Great champion and always will be in my heart

[@kumahontosha2246]

Giving sivir something more like Gnar's three hit move speed bonus to help her kite (albeit not as strong because that bonus is pretty big on gnar), or perhaps she needs something like vayne but on hit physical instead of true damage. But her age certainly shows and a total rework could bctually be valuable to here because she is quite synonymous within the community, just not like Lux or Ahri.

[@freyanox9443]

i agreed with this until i found the dark harvest lethality build. mana costs are nothing with mana flow and muramana. don't need to get in close hardly cause the q is enough to contribute

[@hajot2582]

I love this champ. Coz if u got that item powerspike. Every wave are like dishes and u're the dishwasher, one q, w and it's squeaky clean

[@runeserpent1449]

i like her w being a toggle, but would like if while ulting it bounces to an additional target kinda like old fiddle crow, and also make the bounces move faster

[@Elnnos97]

Her Boomerang blade should be her basic attack like while her blade is flying she can't attack again until she catches it or returns to her. A reality based concept like jhin's reload mechanics.

[@keyshawnmatthews4530]

I love sivir, run lethality and you have a q that one shots squishys and if you arent aganist engage tanks like malphit who just zoom, you can kite a lot of champs

[@TsyChun]

sivir has a problem that is way more common on old champs and very rare now, her mana costs. LoL comes from dota, in dota some champs use one spell lvl 1 and are oom, old lol champs have mana costs a little like that (look blitz Q mana cost compared to thresh pyke and naut for exemple) while new champs are either manaless or have mana cost that don't matter much, sivir on the other hand is dependant on catching enemy spells with E to be able to use spells in lane, but that leaves her vulnerable

[@tacocruiser4238]

Sivir's boomerang can still be devastating in bot lane. I always hate facing her.