Best Champions for Each ELO Bracket - League of Legends

Introduction

• Breakdown of the best champions for each ELO bracket
• Three ELO brackets: Low, Mid, High
• Low ELO: Iron, Bronze, Silver
• Mid ELO: Gold, Platinum, Emerald
• High ELO: Diamond and above
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Low ELO Recommendations

Top Lane: Dr. Mundo

• Strengths: Easy to play, tanky, good damage, versatile (split push or team fight)
• Core Items: Warmog's Armor, Heartsteel
• Runes: Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Free Boots, Approach Velocity

Jungle: Shyvana

• Strengths: Easy scaling, strong level 6 spike, effective at taking dragons
• Core Items: Spear of Shogun, Liandry's Anguish, Riftmaker
• Runes: Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Bloodline, Cut Down, Cheap Shot, Ultimate Hunter

Mid Lane: Brand

• Strengths: Scales well, strong percent health damage, impactful in team fights
• Core Items: Liandry's Anguish, Rylai's Crystal Scepter
• Runes: Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Presence of Mind, Cut Down

ADC: Miss Fortune

• Strengths: Easy to play, strong burst damage, good in team fights
• Core Items: Bloodthirster, Essence Reaver
• Runes: Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Bloodline, Cut Down, Biscuit Delivery, Magical Footwear

Support: Zyra

• Strengths: High damage, not reliant on team, good crowd control, strong in objective control
• Core Items: Liandry's Anguish, Rylai's Crystal Scepter
• Runes: Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Taste of Blood, Relentless Hunter

Mid ELO Recommendations

Top Lane: Sett

• Strengths: Tanky and disruptive, strong in team fights
• Core Items: Stridebreaker, Sterak's Gage, Titanic Hydra
• Runes: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, Overgrowth

Jungle: Nocturne

• Strengths: Strong level 6 power spike, good gank potential
• Core Items: Stridebreaker, Hextech Goredrinker, Black Cleaver
• Runes: Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter

Mid Lane: Vex

• Strengths: Counters dash champions, strong in mid-game team fights
• Core Items: Luden's Tempest, Shadowflame
• Runes: Electrocute, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, Transcendence

ADC: Jinx

• Strengths: Long range, high damage output, good in both burst and sustained fights
• Core Items: Kraken Slayer, Phantom Dancer, Infinity Edge
• Runes: Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Cut Down, Biscuit Delivery, Magical Footwear

Support: Leona

• Strengths: High crowd control, strong early game
• Core Items: Locket of the Iron Solari, Warmog's Armor, Knight's Vow
• Runes: Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Sudden Impact, Relentless Hunter

High ELO Recommendations

Top Lane: Camille

• Strengths: High skill cap, versatile, good in team fights and split pushing
• Core Items: Trinity Force, Ravenous Hydra, Sterak's Gage
• Runes: Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth, Biscuit Delivery, Magical Footwear

Jungle: Nidalee

• Strengths: Early game reliance, strong mechanical skill
• Core Items: Lich Bane, Liandry's Anguish, Zhonya's Hourglass
• Runes: Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Manaflow Band, Transcendence

Mid Lane: Tristana

• Strengths: Strong early game, good tower pressure, versatile
• Core Items: Kraken Slayer, The Collector, Infinity Edge
• Runes: Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Bone Plating, Overgrowth

ADC: Kai'Sa

• Strengths: High outplay potential, versatile damage sources
• Core Items: Kraken Slayer, Guinsoo's Rageblade, Nashor's Tooth
• Runes: Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Cut Down, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight

Support: Pyke

• Strengths: High mechanics and game sense required, strong roam potential
• Core Items: Umbral Glaive, Edge of Night, Guardian Angel
• Runes: Hail of Blades, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight

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