Is it just BLG that is a legitimate Worlds contender?
Obviously nobody is going to take TES seriously at this point.
Correct me if I'm wrong but from what I observed JDG and AL have looked rough this year and don't seem to stack up to the LCK.
The next best option is WE but they got Sally Ulted to oblivion so clearly no hopes for that either.
Moreover, the next Legends games and other projects are unrelated to Unova so it might be decades before any proper revisit.
Oh well.
Some of these videos have millions of views...
What I’m talking about are champions that technically have the stats and kit to be highly usable but coaches and players haven’t really dedicated the time and games to figure out how to utilize.
For example, iirc Mundo as a pick seems to have been popularized more recently (2025-2026) in Jungle and Top, where he shows up from time to time. Compare that to the past where he wasn’t utilized at all.
Also, combos like Ashe and Seraphine in 2025 seemed to take a bit of time to really set in for some teams even though commentators kept mentioning that it was really strong in scrims.
Are there any other current champions that are theoretically now viable in pro-play but teams haven’t really bothered to take the risk on?
Hypothetically, if the shop now has non-random stat anvils for 750 gold where you can purchase the equivalent of that gold value in pure stats alone, which champions would benefit the most?
Refer to this table for stat gold values: https://wiki.leagueoflegends.com/en-us/Gold_efficiency
Are there any champions that would just not bother buying legendary items for their passives at all at and just spam a bunch of straight AD/AP/etc?
(There is no shardblade or prismatic anvils or whatever. You just get the equivalent gold amount of stats of your choice)
I know the video isn't good quality so it's a bit hard to make him out but it was posted on Griffin's abandoned official Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/100063896882873/videos/597912780970936 and Twitter https://x.com/TeamGriffinLoL/status/1214547237608579072
I think Doran may have competition when it comes to karaoke skills
GenG was basically THE ultimate LCK team for, like 3-4 years.
They looked completely invincible for most of last year, and walking into First Stand it seemed like it was going to be a cakewalk and that the pieces were in place for a Golden Road even.
After all, at that time HLE were last place in the LCK (bad format, but still). T1 were throwing games to BFX and DK and continue to look shaky to this day.
Then GenG lost to G2 and while still being top 3 in the LCK, haven’t really had the same absurd dominance with the same roster.
I think a lot of this is because of Ruler’s drop in performance, which I guess can be attributed to his legal and publicity issues, but I still don’t think they should be losing games to DK and T1 at this time.
I'm going to assume he knows what he's doing since he pioneered the Rocketbelt strat long before anyone realized how good it was, but I can't see the reasoning for this.
He's the only source of AP damage on his team and most of T1 does AD damage (unless I'm dumb idk).
The current magic damage is now less than the sum of its parts and while you do get some bonus stats as a reward (a few hundred health, a bit of MR and armor and haste) they don't really equal the value of a whole prismatic augment.
While you get an extra item technically and can remove it later, remember that you have to commit to buying the components for usually two rounds. An extra sunfire or hollow radiance in damage isn't worth that much in terms of value in the context of arena.
Wooglet's, which is the other item fuser gives a whopping percentage 20% increase in AP as a reward. AND you can remove that one. AND Zhonya's and Rabadon's are way better items in terms of utility and stats.
Steel your heart gives way more value in terms of scaling, damage, and stacking health (1000s of health) and that's a Gold augment.
Like if you want to keep it the way it is sure but it should be demoted in value.
Two immolates + a bit more haste, resistances, and flat health regen is obviously way worse than 1000s of bonus health + 12% of that in regen, which stacks infinitely and has only one item you need to buy.
I feel this is a very fair take. Like of course people are going to bring up "oh tanks OP" regardless of context but an extra sunfire or HR which is only acquired spending two item rounds buying and also giving less than its sum in damage isn't worth a Prismatic. I also cannot see a bit more immolate damage being the tipping point for a tank highrolling either since now you can combat that with MR unlike the previous version.