Rumble - Was added to magic damage dealers list for completions sake. He is not as impressive as he was in the Season 2 jungle but he's fairly competent. Rather average for a magic jungler but his ganking can be obscene with his ultimate.
Malphite - Was added to the support tier because of his ability to "remove" some gold from the enemy team with his debuffs
Lissandra - Was added to the magic damage dealers. She has very powerful ganking powers but suffers severely from health sustain issues and is a terrible jungle duelist. Her ganking at Level 6 becomes insanely powerful if she can get to that point.
Yorick - Placed higher on both the bruiser (though not by much) and in the support tiers. His supportive qualities are sight (via ghouls) and the variable values of his ultimate. I felt the variable values of his ultimate are better than the artificial gold given by the other supports below him though this is also taking into account that Yorick is much stronger in jungling overall than all of them.
Trundle - Went up in the support list for the same reasons as Yorick.
Skarner - Placed higher in the tank tier (though still in tier 3) for reasons that I found it silly he was placed so low. He is still more of a bruiser than he is a tank but he has much better peeling and control than the others in that tier.
Volibear - Placed slightly higher in the tank tier list as Hecarim has fallen and Volibear just has much stronger peeling than originally given credit for.
Xin Zhao - He is still a pseudo-initiator but he's feeling much stronger in the assassin meta than in the previous one. He is still not an assassin helper like Vi is and he's still a poor man's Jarvan but he is able to protect teammates from dives and can disengage hard for his team (what is required in this meta). He does this while dishing out strong amounts of damage, being versatile and a beastly ganker early. He went up in the tank tiers.
Hecarim - He's currently in a free fall. He's fallen from his high perch of the bruiser list and may continue to fall even further. He's too selfish of a jungler and too greedy. He requires too much gold to be reasonable and can be shut down insanely easily now.
Lee Sin - He's a bit of an assassin himself. His assassination powers dwindle as the game goes on but he transitions into a bruiser or beefy support. The amount of skill required to play him is immense but his payoffs are well known. He is a playmaker and definitely strong in almost every meta - especially in this assassination meta thanks to his ability to catch people easily and set up ganks.
Shaco - Lowered in the fighter tier lists simply because he's outdone by everyone else in tier 1 - yes even Jinx.
Kha Zix - Went up slightly higher in the fighter's list as pure damage Kha Zix is still very strong albeit he lost a lot of his former utility and farming speed. It took awhile but I'm finally seeing Kha Zix again.
Vi - She didn't receive any changes or anything but that doesn't mean a champion cannot rise in the tier lists. Currently her "one trick pony" role is actually very strong. While the tier list doesn't take everything from the competitive scene, assassins have become ridiculously prevalent that Vi has been seeing more play in all forms of play (competitive and non-competitive). She is a champion that can both assist her assassin teammates in killing someone by pinning them down long enough for them to be nuked down. At the same time, Vi is also very strong at grabbing the enemy assassin and getting them killed. Most assassins are very slippery but Vi is able to hold them down just long enough for them to be chain cced and bursted down.
Malphite - Was added to the support tier because of his ability to "remove" some gold from the enemy team with his debuffs
Lissandra - Was added to the magic damage dealers. She has very powerful ganking powers but suffers severely from health sustain issues and is a terrible jungle duelist. Her ganking at Level 6 becomes insanely powerful if she can get to that point.
Yorick - Placed higher on both the bruiser (though not by much) and in the support tiers. His supportive qualities are sight (via ghouls) and the variable values of his ultimate. I felt the variable values of his ultimate are better than the artificial gold given by the other supports below him though this is also taking into account that Yorick is much stronger in jungling overall than all of them.
Trundle - Went up in the support list for the same reasons as Yorick.
Skarner - Placed higher in the tank tier (though still in tier 3) for reasons that I found it silly he was placed so low. He is still more of a bruiser than he is a tank but he has much better peeling and control than the others in that tier.
Volibear - Placed slightly higher in the tank tier list as Hecarim has fallen and Volibear just has much stronger peeling than originally given credit for.
Xin Zhao - He is still a pseudo-initiator but he's feeling much stronger in the assassin meta than in the previous one. He is still not an assassin helper like Vi is and he's still a poor man's Jarvan but he is able to protect teammates from dives and can disengage hard for his team (what is required in this meta). He does this while dishing out strong amounts of damage, being versatile and a beastly ganker early. He went up in the tank tiers.
Hecarim - He's currently in a free fall. He's fallen from his high perch of the bruiser list and may continue to fall even further. He's too selfish of a jungler and too greedy. He requires too much gold to be reasonable and can be shut down insanely easily now.
Lee Sin - He's a bit of an assassin himself. His assassination powers dwindle as the game goes on but he transitions into a bruiser or beefy support. The amount of skill required to play him is immense but his payoffs are well known. He is a playmaker and definitely strong in almost every meta - especially in this assassination meta thanks to his ability to catch people easily and set up ganks.
Shaco - Lowered in the fighter tier lists simply because he's outdone by everyone else in tier 1 - yes even Jinx.
Kha Zix - Went up slightly higher in the fighter's list as pure damage Kha Zix is still very strong albeit he lost a lot of his former utility and farming speed. It took awhile but I'm finally seeing Kha Zix again.
Vi - She didn't receive any changes or anything but that doesn't mean a champion cannot rise in the tier lists. Currently her "one trick pony" role is actually very strong. While the tier list doesn't take everything from the competitive scene, assassins have become ridiculously prevalent that Vi has been seeing more play in all forms of play (competitive and non-competitive). She is a champion that can both assist her assassin teammates in killing someone by pinning them down long enough for them to be nuked down. At the same time, Vi is also very strong at grabbing the enemy assassin and getting them killed. Most assassins are very slippery but Vi is able to hold them down just long enough for them to be chain cced and bursted down.










