*NEW* UPDATED TIER LIST for PATCH 25.21 - League of Legends

Gwen is back in a phenomenal spot for

both top and jungle after her revert.

While Graves has a new bruiser build

that you need to check out. So, we've

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Skillcap today. So, with Riot reverting

Gwen back to her 25.5 state, the

champion has seen the biggest surge in

power out of anyone for 25.21. From a

measly 47% win rate last patch to now

jumping up around 51%, Gwen is back in a

big way. With the changes, Gwen's AP

ratios have gone back up on her passive

Q and R, which means going for a bursty

style of Gwen is much better. Now, a lot

of high elo Gwen players really advocate

against building Rift Maker, even though

it's most popular among the average

Gwen. Instead, what they like to do is

rush Nashers or Lichbane for more

upfront burst and then pick up Shadow

Flame second. Your one-shot power is

incredible with this build variation.

And it's currently the best way to play

Gwen after her reaver. So, even though

we pushed Gwen up into the A tier during

our pre-patch tier list, she's in need

of a further push up due to how

impactful the changes have landed. So,

we're moving her into S. So, Riot had

the Mundo changes listed as adjustments

in the patch notes. However, he's seen a

considerable decline in strength for

25.21. Reason being isn't entirely due

to his direct changes, though, as he was

also indirectly nerfed with Doran Shield

and Second Wind becoming weaker. Mundo

is just way more exploitable in lane now

due to those system nerfs. So getting to

his monster mid to late game is harder

to do. You can still pick him into other

tanks like Scion, Malight or and be just

fine, but playing him into a meta

fighter like Yona, Fiora, Urelia, Garen,

ora is just not looking good right now.

So we're going to be demoting Mundo down

the top lane tier list for mid patch,

moving him from A into B tier. So if we

have a look at the complete top lane

tier list, there are a few more minor

adjustments to discuss. OP tier won't be

changing at all with Garen, Malight, and

Cassia locking down the spot. Even

though Cass isn't played that much in

the top lane, she's without question the

most underrated off-meta pick in the

game with how insane her bully strength

has become in recent patches. Not only

did Riot directly buff Casio's early

game, giving her more base mana and more

damage on E, but the loss of durability

from Dor and Shield and Second Wind have

amplified her bully power even more. And

then Rexi is going to be added to the

top lane tier list and placed in the B

tier for 25.21. If you've been watching

this year's world, then you have seen

top lane Rex eye pulled out quite a bit

already, and it's definitely not as

powerful for solo Q, but it's worth

looking into if you want something new

to play. And then in regards to the

Doran's Blade and Dorne's ring changes,

it's really not looking like they have

been significant enough to cause a shift

in power for any champions. It was more

so the nerfs to Dorne shield and second

wind that has helped some champs and

hindered others as a couple of range top

laners like Kenan and Heimerdinger are

performing really well so far in 25.21.

So, the one jungler who has seen the

most amount of power added to their kit

for this patch has been Gwen. Gwen is

just as good in the jungle as she is for

top lane right now. So, if you're

someone who mains those two roles,

spamming Gwen for 25.21 is not a bad

idea at all. One thing Gwen jungle

players are liking a bit more than top

lane players is opting for First Strike

as the keystone rune instead of

conqueror. With Gwen, you really just

want to hit your item spikes as fast as

possible. And by taking the inspiration

tree, it greatly enables that. Not only

will First Strike be providing

additional gold when skirmishing, but

you take cash back, which will help you

hit your second item faster. And then

the build working best for Gwen jungle

is similar to top lane with rift maker

being outperformed by Lichbane and

Nashers. A two item core of Nashers into

Lichbane is actually winning the most

right now, so it's definitely something

you should try out instead of

autopiloting the inclined Rift Maker. So

just like top lane Gwen, jungle Gwen

will be getting a push up into the S

tier for 25.21. So, Graves is a really

interesting jungler for this patch

because for the first time this season,

it's looking like his meta build has

taken a turn. Instead of going for the

standard ghost blade into the collector

core, a more bruisery setup has emerged.

And you might be wondering, well, why is

bruiser all of a sudden good now? Well,

it's because over the past two patches,

Ride has changed Graves in ways to

incentivize more durable builds. They

lowered the AD ratio on his Q, lowered

his base magic resist, but gave him

magic resist stacking on his E. With

magic resist stacking now being a thing,

it means the longer Graves can last in a

fight, the more he'll be able to stack

that up and get max value. So, playing

him as a more durable skirmisher is

quite strong. Now, it's a bit of a wonky

bruiser build that is most popular right

now as a hubris rush into black cleaver

second and jock third is what's being

played the most. By rushing hubris, you

still have some nice early to midame

snowball power, but from then on out,

you transition into more durable items

so that you can thrive more in extended

fights. So, diving into the jungle tier

list now. OP tier will be the same as

where we had it for pre- patch with

Volibear and Jax. The Diana nerf has

played out as we expected with her

losing less than 1% win rate, so she's

still a good S tier jungler, but not

worthy of an OP tier spot anymore. If

you haven't tried out the Trinity Force

build on Volibear yet, then definitely

give it a go for this patch. The play

rate of Trinity Force on Volibear has

almost tripled from last patch, going

from 6% up to 17%, and it currently has

a much better win rate than Cosmic

Drive, so it's definitely looking like

the more optimal rush item now. you go

Trinity into flicker blades and just

have an immense amount of skirmish

strength on that two item core. And then

Gwen is the big talking point coming out

of jungle for this patch as she's the

one champ moving up the tier list that

you should consider adding to your

champion pool. A more niche mid-lane

champ, but one of the best in the game

right now is Nefury. And there's been a

new build popping up over the past few

patches that is adding a ton of strength

to her. So, it was back in 25.19 where

we started to see a shift away from

Eclipse as Nefir's rush item and onto

Voltaic Cycllo Sword instead. Eclipse

still had the higher play rate than

Voltaic in 25.19, but if we fast forward

to 25.21, Voltaic has now overtaken

Eclipse as Nefiri players have caught on

to its strength. So what makes Volta

cycllo sword so good on Nefury then?

Well, the energized attack from Voltaic

stacks faster when you use dashes. And

because Nefiri has the potential to dash

multiple times in a skirmish because of

her reset on R, she can get multiple

procs of the energized attack off in an

extended fight. So Voltaic is without

question the best rush item on mid-lane

Nefury right now. But second item is

where there's more variety. Opportunity

and hubris are the two best performing

second items on Nefury. Opportunity

feels really nice because of the

movement speed proc you get on

takedowns. It allows Nefury to dive into

a fight, burst a squishy, and then

actually have a way to reposition

without getting bursted down by the

enemy team. Hubris will just be more

damage. So it all comes down to whether

or not you value the movement speed

passive from Opportunity or not. All in

all though, Nefuria is absolutely

dominating the mid lane with this build

and is the best melee assassin that you

can play for 25.21 as she's up in the

mid lane S tier. So going into the

patch, there was one mid-lane champ we

were worried would end up losing quite a

bit of power due to the item and runes

changes and is played out that way with

Cassadin seeing a significant decline.

Not only was Cass hurt by the second

wind and Dor and shield nerfs, but Riot

really put a wrench in him when they

decided to nerf catalyst as well. The

early game survivability of Cassidin is

just much weaker now. So there's more of

a hurdle to get through to reach his

deadly mid to late game spike. So blind

picking Cass is actually a lot more

risky now. and our decision to move him

down into the A tier during pre- patch

was the correct move. For the mid-lane

tier list in 25.21, the OP tier will

continue to be locked down by Morana,

Diana, and Leblanc. We were correct in

our assumption that the Morgana nerf

would not be quite enough to remove her

from an OP state, as losing the scaling

armor just doesn't really address the

core reason to why she's so powerful

right now. Of course, if Riot were to

just heavily nerf her armor, then that

would impact her. but it was an armor

growth nerf that sees her lose a max of

14 armor at level 18. So, it hasn't been

nearly enough to remove Morgana from the

meta. With the catalyst nerf coming

through, it's led to a small drop off in

power for a few mid-lane champs, but not

enough to warrant a shift in anyone's

tier list placement. And then, as we

mentioned when covering top lane, the

adjustments to Doran's Ring and Doran's

Blade have turned out pretty neutral.

So, there haven't been specific

champions who have gained a lot of power

from those changes. So, bot lane meta is

going to remain the same as where it was

last patch with Ash and Jinx being the

two highest priority picks. It's still

early on the patch, so we can't be for

sure, but it is looking like a few

champs have been negatively impacted by

the Doran's blade changes. Draven in

specific has lost around 1% win rate, as

the swap from life steal to healing

based on a percent of your damage dealt

has turned out bad for him, and we'll be

moving Draven into the ADC B tier. Even

though we saw Ezreal and Yara buff for

this patch, they haven't seen a

significant boost in power that would

push them up the tier list. We showed

you guys in the pre- patch breakdown

that the Yara changes weren't even all

buffs, and as a result, she has gained

less than 1% win rate from them.

Galista, on the other hand, though, has

actually seen a more significant rise in

strength due to her buff. Win rate has

jumped up around 1.5% and she's no

longer the weakest ADC in the game.

Still not a top tier champ by any means,

but she's gained enough strength to

warrant a move out of Ctier and into B.

And then the Kog'aw nerf, as expected,

did not do enough to impact his strength

at all, so he remains placed in the S

tier. The upper echelon of the support

tier list is going to stay the same as

where we've had it for the past while

with Nami and Mio taking home the OP

tier slots. If you guys are looking to

pick up Melio, then definitely check out

the guide we just uploaded a few days

ago where we break down everything you

need to know to start dominating on the

pick, as we'll link it in the top right

hand corner of the screen. Bard was the

one support who got buffed for this

patch and nothing has really changed in

regards to his meta build. Riot buffed

the AP ratio on Bard's W, but it wasn't

buffed enough to take him away from

rushing Dead Man's Plate as it's still

outperforming everything else. And then

no reason to drop Morana if you like

playing her as a support because the

armor growth nerf barely impacted her

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everyone. That's complete update on the

meta as we reach the midway mark of

25.21. Thank you all so much for

watching. We'll see you in the next one.