Talk:Twitch/@comment-8468980-20140530023434/@comment-7967732-20140604132558

This year, Twitch is only back in popularity recently, and that is AFTER the nerf to assassins (Ahri, Zed, Kha'Zix, Fizz) and popular gank junglers (Vi, Elise, Pantheon). His early game after nerf is still decent. I would not say he counters Lucian, but more like he can't be shut down easily. Vayne is much easier to shut down now, while Kog'Maw... I suggest you watch how Wildturtle struggled with that. The mid game objectives meta is not kind to Tristana either. So if pros want a late game carry, Twitch is the most viable out there.

Now if you talk about last year, he was popular back then for 2 different reasons.

1. a very strong early (while his late is always very strong), and

2. being an equivalent to enemy Vayne (who was also popular for several months).

Also noted that when he was popular last year, Corki was not at his best, Sivir hadn't got her rework, there was no Jinx, no Lucian yet.