FULL Patch 26.12 HIGH ELO Jungle Tier List

Perry Norman ranks jungle champions for Emerald-to-Masters and Masters-plus players using carry potential, ease of pickup, and viability at the top of each bracket. He covers the bruiser-heavy meta, why assassins struggle to close games, and which champions are effectively unplayable at high elo.
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Hey guys, it's Perry. Today we have a banger video.
We have an Emerald to Masters tier list. On top of that, we have a Masters Plus tier list. So many of you guys have been begging me for this high elo tier list, and I mean straight up begging.
So many comments, please Perry, please Perry, high elo tier list, high elo tier list. Okay, I finally got you guys.
We have the Emerald to Masters one coming up first and then the Masters Plus one. They are different. Okay, so Emerald to Masters is a bit different than what it takes to go from Masters to Challenger. So just really be thoughtful and consider that every ELO bracket champions are a bit different.
And without further ado, let's jump into the video.
Enjoy.
So guys, this tier list is going to be for Emerald to Masters players. And again, I can't stress this enough, it's not for Masters Plus and it's not for anyone below Emerald. I'm going to be ranking things off of these 3 things here. Number 1 is obviously carry potential. Number 2 is anyone can pick it up and it's not OTP necessary. So some champions are not going to be too great. They're good, but not too great because it requires you to OTP them. And then the last thing here is it's only to Masters. Masters to Challenger is very different here. So I'm going to do another tier list for those Masters to Challenger players who are curious, and then we're going to do another tier list for OTPs. But let's just jump right in. I'm building this live with you guys. I'm going to go alphabetically. So let's jump in. Amumu. C tier. You can get to Masters, not, not that easy though. Like it's not easy whatsoever. And around Emerald, Amumu starts getting capped out. Brand, C tier. Brand is not someone you can absolutely win 9 with, but like you could put in work. I just wouldn't really recommend it. Bel'Veth. Oh, Bel'Veth. I'm going to say she's an A or S tier champion. She is really strong. The higher elos you get, the smarter you are as a player, she gets really, really, really, really powerful. Briar, I'm going to have to say that she's actually like an A-tier champion. She's not as OP in like, because people are smarter in Emerald Plus. You can't just stomp lobbies with Briar like you can in lower elos. Diana, I would say Diana is like an A-tier champion as well. You can carry the game, you have good tempo, you can clear fast. Like the only thing about Diana though is like if you play fights poorly, and so many of you guys play fights really stupidly on Diana, you just go in and die. You're probably going to struggle with climbing with her. But like, I would still say she's A tier. Dr. Mundo, definitely like an— I'm going to say A or B tier champion. For now, I'll put him in the A tier. But maybe this champion is not too great and might go down to the B tier. Ekko as a champion, Emerald+, like honestly B tier champion. Like he's okay. He's strong.
Not amazing. Elise.
Elise is one of those strong champions. Again, we're getting into elos where like you can start playing harder shit. And Elise is really good, really powerful in Emerald+ because you can actually make plays. You probably know how to dive. You know how to like be active on the map. Evelynn, I would say Evelynn's a B tier champion. She's just not fucking strong right now. Like the meta is bruiser meta. When it's bruiser meta, like Evelynn is not very, very happy because I don't know, people just have so much damage now and so much healing and everything. Like it's like, ah, Evelynn just kind of blows.
Fiddlesticks.
Okay, Fiddlesticks as a champion in Emerald+ is an A tier champion for sure. Like I'm debating, is he S tier? I don't think so, but he's definitely very, very, very, very, very strong. Gragas here, we're gonna put Gragas into the unplayable. Like don't play this champion at all. He's like, if you want to climb from Emerald to Masters, you need to OCP him. He's just not, not worth your time. Like Fiddlesticks, you could actually like first time him, second time him, and kind of 1v9 your games. Graves is a champion where I'll put him in the S tier here. Graves is just so fucking broken.
This champion is so disgusting.
If you're Emerald, you know how to get resources. You know how to get gold. If you know how to get gold and you have some fighting mechanics, you just fucking one-shot people. You show up, you get the fucking shotgun, bang, bang, bang. This guy's fucking giga broken. Giga, giga broken. Gwen, she was nerfed so many times, I'm going to put her in the B tier. Hecarim, like B or C tier champion. Like honestly, like you need to be really good or an OTP to make Hecarim work, so I'm actually going to lowkey put him in the C tier. Like you You need to be really good. Okay, B tier, B tier, B tier. Actually, no, I'm B tier. Ivern's gonna be like a C tier champion or a B tier champion. Probably B tier is fine. Like, Ivern is not that broken, but he's not that weak. You kind of need to OTP him to understand. Lowkey, like, Ivern and Fiddlesticks, like, are very similar champs in my mind. Yeah, like, that's where I put these two. Next champion we have here is Jarvan. Personally, I'm gonna put Jarvan in the S tier. Whenever I play Jarvan, you just have so many options. You deal so much damage. If once you're an ML+ player, like, you can fucking put work on this champion. I swear to God, like, this champion is disgustingly broken if you change your builds and you play to carry the game. Like, a lot of Jarvans are like fucking cuck behavior, like, oh, let me just like facilitate for my team and like watch my teammates carry. Like, fuck no, you're the damn carry on Jarvan. If you're the carry on Jarvan, you'll fucking win me 9 games with this champion. All right, Jax, kind of unplayable, but like C tier. C tier champ. Honestly, he deserves his own tab. Yeah, he deserves a PDF tab.
Thank you.
Someone in chat told me to make a fucking PDF tab for Jax. No, he's going to go in the C tier.
He's like, whatever. He's like a counter champion.
It's like not amazing.
Karthus.
Karthus is like an A tier champion.
Lowkey, Karthus is like an S tier champ.
The higher elo you go, the smarter you're going to be, the more Qs are going to land, the more economy you can play for. Karthus is one of those champions you can pick up pretty easily as long as you get your Q auto Q Q auto Q auto Q Q auto. Like you can 1v9 games with Karthus. You can smoke people with this champion. Kayn, useless. Like dogshit champion. Right now, like only time you're going to make Kayn work is if you're an OTP. Like he's just not that great. Kha'Zix is going to go into the like B or A tier.
Like he's not amazing.
He's not weak. He's just like middle of the pack. There's again, one of the reasons why is because during this meta right now, it's bruiser meta. And like Assassins just kind of struggle into bruisers. Like, you can deal with them pretty easy, like with your ulti. It's just not as easy as it would be if it was more like a— like less bruisery meta. Okay, now we have Kindred here. Kindred, I'd say, is going to be an A tier champion. She's really strong as long as you get your marks and you know how to play for your marks. You're smart with how you play the game. She's definitely an A tier champion. Lee Sin is going to be an A tier champion as well. Arguably, with the buffs, he's an S tier champion, but we'll leave him in A tier for now. Lillia, she's a little too slow-paced in the mid-high elos. She's still strong, not amazing. Honestly, with bruiser meta, she should be a little better, but like she just doesn't clear fast enough anymore. Master Yi, B tier. Like he's strong, you can carry games, but people in higher elos know how to deal with Master Yi a little bit better. And like people can draft and decide like, oh, let me just pick something that's gonna shut down the Master Yi, like Lissandra, like Malzahar screw you up. Maokai, don't play this shit. Mordekaiser, don't play this shit. Morgana, don't play this shit. The 3 Ms, bro. Maokai, Mordekaiser, Morgana, don't play this shit, bro. They're all dogshit. You're like, this guy, you can't carry the game. This guy is like useless. This guy is like useful, but you're not carrying games. Nidalee is going to go straight to the A tier. Nidalee, or like B tier. Uh, A tier is a bit of a stretch. Nidalee is just like a little too reliant on CC from your team, teammates, or high ping. There's too many conditions that she requires overall, but she has too many conditions. That are required. Nocturne, I'm gonna put him in the C tier as well, especially with his upcoming nerfs. Like, he's just not as OP in higher elos. You need a very specific draft. Like, maybe B tier is acceptable, but again, there's an upcoming nerf that's gonna make him go in C tier. Technically, he should be in between C and B. I'm gonna put him in C. Just prepare for his nerfs. Nunu, this champion is disgusting. You don't need to one-trick him. You don't need to understand him. You don't need to like— it is disgusting because in Emerald and Diamond and like low masters, people get really tilted because they're more invested in trying to win games. Nunu just tilts the shit out of you. And Nunu is also really tanky and does a lot of damage. Like, Nunu is very, very, very broken. You need probably like 10, 20 games to like understand Nunu, but Nunu is actually really broken in Emerald+. Poppy, unplayable. They nerfed her too hard. They nerfed her Q damage on camps. She's just really bad. Like, maybe she can go into C tier, but she's really bad now. Sucks because when I was in Korea, I loved playing Poppy. I was fucking dominating with Unbroken Glaive Poppy. It was so fun. Riot had to nerf her, so I don't think she's amazing anymore. Rammus, I would say Rammus is like a B tier champion. He's not weak, but not OP. You need to be an OTP to really understand how Rammus works. Rek'Sai has to be an S tier champion. Rek'Sai's damage is so freaking high that like you 1v1 this champion and your HP bar just fucking dies and you don't even know what— like, you're like, oh, like I can beat you 1v1. It's like, no, you fucking can't. Rek'Sai's damage is so high for no fucking reason. Her gank pressure is crazy, crazy good. She scales very, very well as well. Like Rek'Sai's potential in most games is really high. Really strong champion. Now we have Rengar. Rengar is a champion I would say is a B tier. Like you kind of need to one trick him to understand him really, really well. Like if you first time him or playing for 10 games, maybe 20 games, you might do okay. But to carry games, you need more experience. If I were doing an OTP tier list, he would definitely be up there. But right now it's just like not great. Sejuani, don't play this shit. Please, like, look at the tier list. You're playing tanks, don't play tanks. They're dogshit. Okay? They're really, really bad right now. Shaco as a champion is probably gonna be B tier. Like, he's whatever. Strong if you go AP/AD. He's not crazy. More of an OTP champion. We have Skarner here. Skarner is the one tank where you can play him, but not amazing. There's a lot of ways to outplay him, and like, you kind of need to OTP him to understand it. Taliyah as a champion, I would say the higher elo you get, the better she can be. She can literally be an A tier champion. Honestly speaking, she's probably an A tier champion. She's a bit harder to play. You need to be like smart with your spells. But think about all the champions in A tier. Let's look. We have a dash, we have a dash, we have a dash. Mundo, whatever. Elise, whatever. Fiddlesticks, whatever. We have a dash, we have a dash. In S tier, we have a dash, we have a dash, we have another dash. Like Taliyah is like, yo, what up everyone? Try to fucking fight me. You're all bruisers. I'll fuck you guys up. Like that's why Taliyah is up here. Next champion we have here is Talon. Now Talon, just, you guys understand. The higher elo you get, the more broken this champion specifically gets because similar to Nunu, you can get a bunch of free kills. Similar to Rek'Sai, you can get a bunch of free kills your damage is also disgustingly high. So a lot of you guys see me put Talon in the lower tier list, like, like lower rank, because it's low elo, guys. Low elo, little Timmy is not going to be able to carry games with Talon. So why is Talon an assassin that does better than Kha'Zix or Rengar? He just does so much more damage. Like, for some fucked up reason, this guy just does so much damage. All right, next up we have Trundle. Trundle's like a— I don't know, this, this champion can put in work, but very specific drafts. He's not actually that weak I'll put him in the B tier. He's not that weak. He's actually workable, but not like, not really broken. Udyr, S tier champion. Really, really, really, like actually, nah, like an A tier champion. Like Udyr is OP, but not that OP. Maybe I should have had like an S+ tier like row honestly, but anyway, we're going to put Udyr in the A tier. Like Udyr, you really need to understand like how to play the champ, which kind of makes you, makes me feel like you need to OTP it. So I'm going to put Udyr in the A tier here. Viego, we're definitely going to put in the A tier. As you get higher elo, you're going to be able to 1v9 more games with Viego. Definitely an A tier champion. Debatably an S tier champion in higher elos, but kind of need to OTP him to really make it work. Vi, Vi is like workable, but she's not unplayable. She's workable.
I just wouldn't really recommend her.
Volibear, I'm going to have to say Volibear is an A tier champion. Actually, he's kind of like a one-trick champion nowadays. So maybe in the B tier. The thing about Volibear is like, you need to have really high depth of knowledge on this champion in order to make it work. And if you don't, you don't play a lot of games. Honestly, he's been nerfed so many times now where like he's just not as strong. Warwick's gonna go into C tier. Warwick's just like a whatever champion. Again, people aren't going to die to you as much in higher elos, so don't expect to get free kills and don't expect to win 1v1s just because you're on Warwick. Xin Zhao's gonna go into the B tier here. Xin Zhao's a champion that like He's an okay bruiser.
He's just like okay. He's like meh.
He can do a lot, but he also just, just kind of falls off in, in higher elos.
Like, he's just too slow.
Like, a big thing about the A and S tier champions is they're very fast champions. They clear fast, they do a lot of damage. Zac is also going to go into the A tier here. Giga broken champion. Lowkey is S tier, plus plus plus tier champion. This is like, like, honestly, if I were to have a tier list of like the most underrated champions in the game, Zac has to be up there. Zed, not great right now. Probably is a C tier champion, maybe even unplayable. Zyra is probably going to go into the B tier, maybe the A tier. Yeah, probably the B tier.
Like she's, she's good.
She can clear fast, but like that's kind of all she does. Wukong can go to the A tier for sure. He's really good in higher elos. You know how to play him mechanically. You're going to be able to farm pretty fast because of the new buffs.
So he's pretty decent.
Pantheon, not an amazing champ right now. He's just been nerfed too many times.
He's, he's a little too slow in his clear.
And Naafiri is a champion that arguably could go in the A or B tier. Again, we're dealing with better players now and like you are going to be a better player in Emerald+. So you can probably play and pilot Naafiri decently well. I'm gonna put Naafiri in the B tier for now. Just pair him up with all of the other assassins. She's not that OP, but when piloted well, she can be really, really strong. Like in lower elo tier list, I put Naafiri really low, but higher elo you go, you're going to have more pressure on the Naafiri. Next we have Olaf here. Don't play Olaf. Pretty unplayable. Rumble is pretty unplayable. Qiyana is like a C tier champion. These champions are just like, they've been nerfed or they just don't deserve to belong in the jungle. They're not great. Sylas is going to go into the C tier.
Not great. And Bess is going to go into the B tier.
She's She's like whatever, she's been nerfed so many times now. She's still strong, she can still do a lot, but she's probably like a B tier champion. Cho'Gath, lowkey unplayable. Don't do that shit. Aatrox, unplayable. Jayce is like a C tier champion. So let's talk about Cho'Gath and Aatrox real quick. They're workable champions, but they're just not good. You're not going to climb and like pick up the champion and climb. Like they kind of suck. Jayce, on the other hand, you actually can fuck lobbies up. Same thing with Sylas, same thing with Qiyana. Like you could fuck a lobby up if you're playing one of these champions. Malphite as well, like you could fuck the lobby up. Xayah as well, but they're just not great. Great. They're not amazing, amazing champions. And we have Teemo in the C tier as well. Nasus is one of those champions that like you could actually put in work, but he's not amazing.
Nasus is— I gotta make a video on him soon.
He's lowkey underrated, underrated strong, but he requires so much from your team. It's a bit disturbing. Shen is one of those champions where we have like the River Shen stuff.
I wouldn't say he's too strong.
He's like whatever, put him in the C tier. Shyvana is probably like a B tier champion as well now, like not amazing, but she's still relevant. Fizz is like a C tier champion.
Camille is unplayable.
Yorick, I would say is unplayable. Don't play that shit. Ornn, unplayable. Nautilus, don't play that shit. Quinn, if I'm gonna be honest, don't play Quinn. Quinn buffs are fake. They needed to give her like one more buff if they really want to put her in the jungle. She's just too shit of a champ overall. But I think overall, like the big thing I'm ranking things off of, by the way, is like how much is your carry potential and anyone can pick it up and it's not necessarily OTP. Like that's really important to understand that like the higher elo you get, the more like you really need to carry the games. You really need to lock in and like be able to 1v9 your games. There are, there's some argument to put some of the assassins like Naafiri, Kha'Zix, Rengar a bit higher. Like there is some argument to do that. But I will say that like assassins is just such a specific way of playing the game where it's just sort of different. Like honestly, it's its own conversation to have where some players just don't know how to end games as an assassin champion where like you can drop 20 kills but you can't win the game. And that's the sad part about assassins. Like, bro, you might be able to drop a 20 bomb, but you might not be able to win the game because they group, stick together as 5, and then like you just can't win. But yeah, overall, I think this is going to be the Emerald to Masters tier list. If you really want to push to Masters, I think play any of the S-tier champions. They're just—
they're really strong.
S and A-tier champions, you're going to be better mechanically, you're going to understand the game a bit more, so you can fucking destroy, destroy elos with these S and A-tier champions. Everything below is just like, it's, it's workable, suboptimal. And I will say, as you get into higher elos, you can literally play almost anything. Like unironically, there are some champions that like you can play to climb. The only thing is like from Masters to Challenger, and we'll talk about that in another video, but from Masters to Challenger, there are literally some champions you can never get to Challenger with, even if you're like fucking great at the game. Like there's some champions that just suck.
All right guys, I hope you enjoyed the M to Masters tier list, but before we jump into the Masters+ tier list, I want to talk about the Jungle Kingdom site that I have. I run this with my brother. I have a tier list on there right now specifically for Iron Diamond players. If you want to use this, please go to junglekingdom.gg/tierlist. If you click on a champion, you get to see a full— pretty mini guide, like it's a full guide made by me and my Challenger coaches where you get some generic helpful information that can really give you more LP as play. So just click on any champion, look at the tier list, and yeah. All right guys, now let's jump into our higher elo tier list, Masters+. I'm going to be basing things off of you must be able to carry, and it's piloted by your average player, not consistent Challenger player or pro. So for me, for example, I've been Challenger for like 7 years, so I probably could make Amumu work, but in reality Amumu is not someone that you expect a Masters player to be able to climb to Challenger with. So let's jump in. We're gonna put Amumu right there, first champion in the near impossible section. Amumu is just— it's just really hard. Like, honestly, I'm gonna scratch this and literally say impossible. It's just so, so, so, so hard. Uh, Amumu deserves to go into the impossible tier for sure right away. Now we have a champion like Brand. Brand's gonna go into the C tier. Brand is a champion that like, he's just too weak, too slow, too easy to counterplay. He has some good damage, but I wouldn't really recommend him to climb to Challenger. Vel'Koz is gonna be like an A tier. She got nerfed so many times, she's still very powerful, very giga broken, but she's sort of like an A tier champion. Alright, the next champion we have here is Briar. So Briar usually is in an S tier state for Iron to Diamond, but in today's Master+ tier list, she's gonna be in the B tier. So she's just not that good in higher elos. Easier to respond to, easier to react to, a lot more counterplay. People are gonna teamfight better.
Similar thing with Diana.
Diana's not too weak, but she's like, she's playable. So she's definitely in the A tier. She's really strong with how fast she clears, her tempo overall, like her overall gameplay loop is pretty straightforward and pretty solid. To climbing to Challenger and Masters+. Dr. Mundo as a champion overall, I put him in the B tier here. He is fast at doing one thing, which is clearing really efficiently, but there's so much ways people can counterplay him. You really need to OTP the champion or have a really high depth of Dr. Mundo to make it work. Next champion we have here is going to be Ekko. Ekko is going to be in the B tier as well. He's not amazing, but definitely can 1v9 games if you are a decent enough Ekko player. Elise is going to go to the A tier. Elise, again, as the higher guilds you go, the more strong champion like Elise will be. The catch with Elise is is that she's not really foolproof in the sense that like assassins aren't foolproof in general. There's no clean way to clean out games because team fighting can screw you over on Elise. Next up on the list here we have Evelynn. Honestly speaking, Evelynn getting from Masters to Challenger is really fucking hard. I think you have to be like an OTP to really make this shit work. So again, this is for your average player. You're not trying to OTP it. You're not trying to be like an existing like pro player or Challenger player. Like this is just like fresh champion playing it, I don't think Evelynn's that strong. Same thing with Fiddlesticks here. The higher you go, the more people will be able to respond to, but I think he's still B tier. Like, he's still so strong. His ult's giga broken. You're going to be able to find good angles because you're not fog of war works in Masters. Gragas, impossible. Don't even play that shit. Graves, I'm going to have to put him in the S tier. Graves is just such a broken champion. Get your items, you're strong. I talk about this all the time, but you're going to be able to pilot your champion, and when you're strong, you literally just one-shot people. I think Graves is giga, giga OP, especially in the higher elos. Gwen in high elo, it's honestly like near impossible unless you're an OTP. Gwen is just too easy to shut down. So if you're like first timing her or like not too proficient on her, like you're gonna get cooked. You're gonna get really fucking cooked. In lower elos, you can get away with it. You can get strong, you can scale. But unless you're OTPing Gwen, you're not gonna make it work. Hecarim is like decent but not amazing. Again, like you really need to OTP that champion to make it work. If you're not OTPing, Hecarim is going to be a very hard champion to play. Ivern here, Ivern is going to be in the A tier, arguably even in the S tier. Lowkey, I'm gonna put him in the S tier here. Because you can first time Ivern and you can have like a bruiser mid or bruiser top, just some sort of fighter teammates. And like, Ivern's actually giga strong. Like, I think whenever I first time, I play Ivern for fun, I'm 60% plus, 70% plus win rate, and I don't really play the champion too much.
Ivern is a giga, giga, giga OP strong.
I highly recommend Ivern, um, to be played more if you want to play a unique champion. He's definitely a very unique champ. Next up on this here, we have Jarvan. I would put Jarvan in the S tier, but honestly, I think he gets a little harder in Masters+ because a lot of people will dodge your EQs and a lot of people have more ways to outplay you and people have really good tempo in Masters+. Jarvan's still very strong, very doable, but it's not like giga OP, giga OP champion. Next up here is we have Jax. I think Jax is nearly impossible to climb to Challenger with consistently. Jax is just too slow. His clear just fucking blows. Like, you're going to be so sluggish and so much counterplays you. There's so much that like could fuck you up. I would not put him above— I would say it's impossible. Karthus, S-tier champion.
Giga OP.
If you're a high elo, you can stomp elos with Karthus. I think Karthus is just so broken, underrated, and really easy to pick up as well.
Q auto, Q Q auto.
Really giga underrated, broken. Kayn, I'm gonna have to say it, like, at this point in time, I think it's near impossible. I won't put it impossible, but I'll put it in C-tier. I think getting low Challenger is possible on Kayn, but again, it's like an OTP champion. You have to OTP the Kayn champion to make it worse. Again, we're going from Masters to Challenger here. Like, you can't just pick up Kayn and expect to win some games. Next up we have Kha'Zix.
The higher elo you go, the better Kha'Zix gets.
There's like— assassins just get better in higher elos because you have a better idea of how to close out and win games. Kha'Zix is pretty strong right now overall if you can pilot him well. You know how isolation works, you know your limits, you can fight decently. Kindred, I'm gonna say, is not in the greatest spot. She's okay, she's pretty chill. I put her in the B tier here. Kindred, like, you can win games, you can 1v9, but in reality, like, you need a lot of setup, and right now invades are a little bit harder in general, and it just It's just a bit harder to make Kindred work. In the S tier here, we are going to put in Lee Sin. This is so awkward, right? Like, Lee Sin is normally in the C, D tiers, my lower elo tiers. In the high elo, Lee Sin is giga OP.
Giga, giga, giga, giga OP.
If you want to be a Lee Sin OTP from Masters to Challenger, you can do it. You just need to be very good at the champion. If I look at your mechanics and I see you're missing Qs, I see you fucking your ults up, I see you not ward hopping correctly, maybe using your E poorly, then he's going to be like a B or C tier champion. So it really like, this champion is a pure reflection of how good you are mechanically. If you're good mechanically, you can climb and absolutely dominate and stomp your games on Lee Sin. Next up here is we have Lillia. She's just like solid, not amazing. She's not fast enough, but she can put in work into a lot of specific comps. So depending on the comp, you can make Lillia work. Master Yi, I'm going to put in the B tier as well. Same thing, comp dependent. You can probably OTP this champion, but if you're picking it up 10th time, 20th time, 30th time, like you could probably stomp some games, but some games you're going to really realize like, damn, this champion gets countered by a lot of shit. Again, the 3 Ms, Maokai, Mordekaiser, Morgana, don't even touch them. Not worth it. Through time that you're not going to be able to get to Challenger with these champions. Nidalee is going to be in the A tier. Nidalee is workable. You need a lot of setup, you need to play a lot, you need to be good. If you're good, it's again sort of like Lee Sin, but Nidalee is a little bit harder to pilot. Nocturne I'm gonna put in the C tier. Not impossible, very fucking hard. Uh, you have to be really smart at playing the game to make Nocturne work. He's not that easy of a champion. Nunu we're gonna put in the S tier as well. Nunu is just so fucking strong, so fucking stupid broken. He is just so powerful when it comes to his snowballs, everything, everything on this disgusting champion is so fucking stupid broken, okay? Stupid, stupid, stupid broken. Poppy, we're gonna put in Impossible. Rammus, we're gonna put in C tier. Rek'Sai, we're going to put in S tier. So Poppy, she got nerfed. Rammus just kind of blows unless you're an OTP. Rek'Sai, really strong and actually sort of like an OTP champion, so put her in A tier. Like, she's kind of an OTP champion. If you're not OTPing, you're not gonna 1v9 games. She's still very, very strong. Rengar, we're gonna go put in A tier too. Again, Masters+ players can probably pilot Rengar pretty decently. You need like 5-10 games and then you're gonna start stomping people. Maybe B tier, it's like A/B tier, like give or take. Like you're gonna be able to 1v9 games at the same time. There's a lot of counters to Rengar. Sejuani we're gonna put into the impossible. Don't play Sejuani. Shaco we're gonna put C tier. OTP champion, kind of like workable if like— honestly, I should have an OTP section, but like no, like in general you could probably pick up Shaco and make it work. Like any of these C tier champions, you could probably pick them up and make it work. Skarner we're gonna go put in the impossible. Don't play this shit. If you want to climb for Master Challenger, don't play this champion. Taliyah is going to go to the B tier. She's strong, but a lot of the times people— actually, I'll put her in A tier. She's, she's really fucking strong. Like, if you're a good player, you can make Taliyah work. She's really strong. You just need to be able to play the ranged champion well. Talon, S tier. Broken damage, end games, can do anything. Talon can just do anything. He just breaks open the game. Trundle, we're gonna have to be putting into C tier. He just has too many conditions that require him to be able to start games. He's still pretty strong. He's still very relevant., but like it's hard. Like you need to really OTP and you need to really understand the champion. Udyr, we're gonna put in A tier. Two forms and just very powerful, but you need, you need knowledge on how Udyr's awakening works at a very high level, but he's still very, very, very workable. Viego, we're also gonna put in A tier. Same thing with him, you need high level understanding. I've seen a lot of negative win rate Viegos or just really bad Viegos in Masters. A lot of mechanics you need to understand with Viego. A lot. Now we have Vi here. Vi goes into the C tier. Honestly, it's like kind of near impossible. If you are a fresh Masters player and you're trying to play Vi, good fucking luck. The people you see playing Vi and making it work are the pro players or the people who've been Challenger for many years. Like, if you are playing Vi for the first fucking time, good fucking luck, bro. Good riddance. The champion's really hard to pilot, really hard to play. Volibear, I'm gonna put in the C tier. Not great, not amazing. Honestly, it might be impossible to get to Challenger as Volibear. It's really hard. The only reason why I'm able to do it is because I'm an OTP and like, I just love Volibear, so I learned a lot. Warwick, not possible. Xin Zhao, C tier. Like, He's just a mid champion. You can make it work. Very specific comps. Not a champion I'd recommend. Not very easy to hyper carry. Zac is going to go into the B tier. A little bit OTP dependent. He is really broken with his kit. But at this point in the game, at this point in the elo bracket, Masters+, you really need champion depth. And that takes a lot of games. But like, if you have a lot of games on Zac, Zac is like hidden OP champion. Like he is like a zzz champion if you like have a lot of games on him. Zed, don't even bother. Zyra, don't even bother. Just really hard champions to play. F to play. Like, you're not going to get to Challenger with Zed or Zyra. Like, they just— Zed is just nerfed to the bits. Maybe if you OTP Zyra, maybe if you OTP— like, maybe you can play one game out of like 20 on Zyra and win a game, but not a strong champion whatsoever. Wukong, we're gonna put in the B tier. He's a little bit better version of Xin Zhao. Honestly, I'd rather you play Wukong than Xin Zhao because Wukong just got buffed recently. So depending on the buffs, it can make things work. Pantheon, not gonna, not gonna fit the, the boat here. Just too weak, clears too slow. He's Fighting is too slow. Everything's slow. Naafiri is going to go into B tier. She's strong. She's powerful. One trick champion though. Again, like just really think about like if you were to play Naafiri 10 times, you probably need more games to have a real good understanding of how to carry games with Naafiri. Olaf's not possible. Rumble's not possible. Qiyana is possible. So it is in the C tier, but you kind of need to be a one trick. So like I've seen Qiyana Challenger players, like they can work on Qiyana, but you kind of need a one trick. Honestly, I'm going to put her in like fuck the Qiyana players. I'm just going to say it's really hard. You need to be a one trick. Sylas is one of those champions you can play every now and then. Like, you can't consistently get to Challenger with Sylas. Ambessa, you can. She's just a little overtuned with her stats overall. Jungle just makes her early game really safe as well. She can scale and get really powerful. Cho'Gath, fuck no. Aatrox, fuck no. Jayce, honestly, Jayce is workable. Not a great champion overall, but it's workable. If you want to put in more games, it's like Ambessa. Like, early game, Jayce kind of struggles a little bit. Like, he needs gold. Jungle just gives you free gold and Jayce does so much fucking damage. Like, this is actually an underrated champion as well, but you need to be able to have good mechanics. So it's a mechanical dependent champion. Malphite, I wouldn't bother. Zed, I wouldn't bother. Teemo, I wouldn't bother. Shen, I'm not— I wouldn't bother. Fizz, I wouldn't bother. Camille, Yorick, Ornn, Nautilus, Quinn. Nasus and Shyvana can go into C tier. So Nasus and Shyvana, you just need to hyperscale. It's possible, but really fucking hard. It's really, really, really fucking hard. Like, if you're smart, you know how to dodge invades, you know how to like player on the map. Like, if you are used to playing behind in the early game, then you could probably make it work. Yeah, I mean, overall, guys, if you're playing any champion in the Impossible tier, it's probably why you're struggling to get to— from Masters to Challenger. If you're playing any champion in the C tier, like, just know you're, you're, you're fighting an uphill battle. And the B tier plus is where champions get pretty strong. Like, you actually have a fighting chance to be able to win games and stomp elo. But if you're playing any champion like C or Impossible, you better be be a damn one-trick. You better be really fucking good at that champion, or you better like— yeah, I mean, really, you have to, you have to just really be a one-trick from the champion. All right guys, I hope you enjoyed the Emerald to Masters tier list and the Masters Plus tier list here. So many of you guys have been asking me to do this. I finally done it now. I think Masters Plus is where the tier list really matters more. Like, it's— it gets really hard to climb from Masters to Challenger, and there's no joke about that. Like, you're going from the top 1% to like 0.001%. So you need to lock in and actually choose the right champions to climb. There is like an OTP tier list that I will be making soon, but hopefully this was helpful for you guys. If it was, please leave a like, comment, and subscribe, and let me know if you want to see more content like this.










