User blog comment:KaptnKrok/How do you guys pick your champs?/@comment-11603965-20140427161056

Usually I'll watch a streamer play a certain champ I thought wasn't really strong, and it makes me want to play that champ as well. I often watch professionals too. One example is Vi, a champ I used to play a lot but I don't think she's all that strong after the nerfs anymore. At the end of the day, a champ just really has to fit my playstyle. If I have multiple choices to counter my opponents I always pick what's most fun or something completely new to me that looks like a lot of fun to try.

For getting new champs, I always look at the store and try to prioritize what I'd like to get first, mainly judging off of my experience when I played certain champs when they're free. For example, I'm saving up for Braum right now but I've decided that I'll get Leona ASAP (I main support), then Lucian (I really liked playing him when he was free to play), Rumble (got buffed, also really liked playing him), J4 (love the E + Q combo :3) and Elise (I really like early-game focussed junglers with mechanical complex playstyles).