Many people ask about League of Legends: Who is the best champion? According to what professionals selected at the LoL Worlds 2021, the champion Yuumi was among the top in the group stage. The cat has a pick-and-ban rate of 94%, even though she played hardly any role in the play-ins and the regular season.
How do you determine “best champ in LoL”? In LoL, there is a so-called “meta”: This means that certain champions, considered particularly good, are either “picked” in the draft, meaning they are played, or they are “banned,” preventing anyone from playing them in that match.
The champion with the highest pick&ban rate is currently considered the most influential and best champion in the current meta. This can change quickly, and the numbers can still adjust during a tournament.
If a jungler has outstanding games with a hero like Graves, it can influence the meta for months.
LoL Worlds 2021: A cat shines in the group stage
This is the distribution of champions at the Worlds in the group stage:
- In the first 88 games of the LoL Worlds, the champion meta is balanced: A total of 77 champions were chosen.
- The champion Yuumi has the highest pick/ban rate in the group stage at 94%. Yuumi was banned 39 times and selected 12 times.
- The surprising thing is that Yuumi hardly played any role during the play-ins. She was rarely chosen there. Here, she had a pick&ban rate of only 11%.
What makes Yuumi so special? The cat Yuumi is a supporter who merges with her botlaner to enhance them. This is an extraordinary champion because it puts even more focus on the botlaner and she cannot be attacked herself.
The cat is often criticized for her “passive way of playing”. Some streamers have proven that they can practically play Yuumi “on the side” by using 2 characters simultaneously.
On the other hand, Yuumi is also considered an extremely strong champ. Opinions here vary widely and depend strongly on the play style of a region:
- In 2020, Yuumi was outstandingly strong in the solo queue in Europe
- in South Korea, she hardly played a role.
The 5 champions at the LoL Worlds with the highest pick&ban rate
What are similarly popular champions? By now, the first knockout games have already been played. And the 5 champions appearing most frequently in drafts are (via gol.gg):
- Lee Sin – 26 picks, 36 bans
- Twisted Fate – 23 picks, 37 bans
- Yuumi – 15 picks, 45 bans
- LeBlanc – 18 picks, 38 bans
- Lucian – 13 picks – 40 bans
The world-class player Perkz is known as a passionate cat hater in LoL:
One of the best players in the world demands that Riot completely remove a champ from LoL
