In League of Legends you currently have the choice of over 150 different champions. In the professional leagues, most of them have been played or at least banned. However, five champions were completely ignored by the professionals in 2022. We at MeinMMO reveal which ones they are.
Which champions are they? Looking at all professional leagues from Riot Games, including the regional leagues below the well-known LEC, LCS, and so on, there are five champions that were neither played nor banned in 2022:
- Brand
- Garen
- Katarina
- Rammus
- Swain
It’s remarkable, considering there were already 2,841 games, each featuring 10 champions used and 10 banned. Yet none of the above-mentioned five played a role (via gol.gg).
In addition, there are four other champions with Fiddlesticks, Neeko, Illaoi, and Quinn that were never played, but at least banned.
What is the reason for that? In the current situation, the champions Brand, Rammus, and Swain are simply too weak to play an important role. They also do not achieve good win rates in normal ranked games. Riot Games saw it this way and introduced a rework for Swain in Patch 12.8.
However, Garen achieves at least a respectable win rate of 51.24 % in SoloQ from Diamond upwards, and Katarina has a win rate of 49.91 %. Here, the issues are rather that both champions can win a game single-handedly but offer little for a well-coordinated team. They lack outstanding damage, CC or synergy with other champions.
27 champions play no role in the highest leagues
How does it look in the top leagues? If you only look at the very big leagues – LEC, LCS, LPL, LCK, and PCS – even more champions drop out.
In total, 27 of them have not been used even once in 2022:
| Anivia | Kayn | Taliyah |
| Brand | Master Yi | Teemo |
| Elise | Nasus | Twitch |
| Evelynn | Neeko | Warwick |
| Fiddlesticks | Nunu | Xerath |
| Fizz | Quinn | Yorick |
| Garen | Rammus | Vel’Koz |
| Heimerdinger | Shaco | Illaoi |
| Katarina | Swain | Aurelion Sol |
According to the current state, little will change in this statistic in the upcoming Mid-Season Invitational. There, the best teams from each region will face off to fight for the first international title of the season. However, it will be played on the current Patch 12.8. At most, the champion Swain could surprise after his rework.
However, significant balance changes are planned for the future. These are intended to slow down the game, which particularly benefits champions like Garen or Swain:
