League of Legends: The most “contested” champions in major tournaments around the world

LEC – Thresh

Thresh has 94% appearances in pick and ban periodincluding 18 picks and 43 bans.

In Europe, generals The most popular is not a champion with a large amount of damage, nor a champion with strong “resistance”, but a rather old support champion in the game. League of Legends.

In the LEC, Thresh’s most popular builds are AD boosters like Mikael’s Protector and Iron Solari Necklace, secondarily powerful combat gear like Shurelya’s Crown and Gargoyle’s Stone Armor.

In addition, Thresh is also a champion that creates fights that last a long time and are very chaotic but no one is defeated.

LCS – Aphelios

Aphelios has 89% of LCS appearances, including 35 picks and 24 bans.

LIVE North America, an AD like Aphelios became the focus of the ban because it was an extremely powerful card in the AD position. In addition, the teams in this region often play AD-centric strategies such as TSM Doublelift, EG Bang, C9 Zven, FLY WildTurtle, etc., so it is not surprising to see these players. player compete to choose a strong AD like Aphelios.

LCK – Karma

Hottest champion of Korea is Karma with 97% appearing in the pick and ban phase, including 35 picks and 92 bans.

In the LCK, Karma is a champion that can be “crammed” into many positions from top, mid to support. That makes her a versatile pick for teams to surprise at the ban phase. Moreover, Karma is also a very strong option to help AD or MID comfortably discharge damage in combat, helping champions like Azir, Ezreal, Aphelios, etc., which are already dangerous, are now even more dangerous.

LPL – Aphelios

Aphelios had 96% appearances during the pick and ban phase, including 144 picks and 102 bans.

As for the reason, it’s still the same as the LCS region, because this champion is too OP in games should be picked a lot. Not only that, the LPL is also an area famous for its “adult farming” gameplay, in the late game, it’s not too strange for AD to become too strong.

VCS – Syndra

At VCS, Syndra is the most popular champion with 91% appearing in the pick and ban phase, including 14 picks and 61 bans.

The reason is because Syndra is too annoying in the mid lane. When moving, Syndra is very difficult to be controlled by the opponent, pushes the lane well, she also has the ability to create a huge stun angle. In the late game, Syndra is also a mage with great damage, the ability to cover a good angle of combat, whether playing in attack patterns or playing around AD is also very strong.​