User blog:YourPrivateNightmare/Still waters run deep...

Ahoy community, YPN is back and today I'm gonna have a look at a bunch of specific champions. Champions that are underrated, underplayed, but don't deserve it...simply because they are actually so good that you might even consider them overpowered. So let's just get started.

This champ is a real mystery to me. He is considered crappy because of his passive, which gives him a free item, which however can't be sold. This item. This item grants him 3 AP per lvl. It can also be augmented to grant him bonus stats. Currently the only viable option for AP Viktor is, because it gives him additional 45 AP as well as a DoT on his , which also happens to be his primary source of burst damage (apart from his ult). NOw people are arguing that this ruins him becuase it keeps him from buying another viable 6th item, therefore Viktor's late game is crap...which is not the case. I mean, sure he is stripped of an item that gives him other viable stats, like health, armor, magic penetration and so on, but...let#S do the math: at lvl 18, his passive grants him 54 AP + 45 AP form the augment = 99 AP. Also it only costs 1000 g for the upgrade. These stats are rather good if you obtain them early and mid game. In other words= His lategame is a disadvantage against other mages, but...when do you actually reach late game? In how many games does everybody actually have full build? Not often, so Viktor has a huge advantage against the enemy in lane and early teamfights. To conclude, everyone who has ever played Viktor knows that he can completely burst down a whole team with his multi target ult, low cd basic ability AoE stun and the huge burst laser. Therefore Viktor does not deserve to be marked as a crappy champ, but rather as a situationally counter laner.

Next target, one of my favorite champions, however he is marked as useless and very vulnerable to ganks. Most of this is because he has no cc as well as no escape. Mordekaiser is however, a supreme top laner. There is only a handful of champion who can put up with his constant harass, inability to be traded with properly and his immense farming capacities. His downside is, that in order to farm, harass, opress, destroy, shred, etc. ...hhe will push his lane, therefore make himself vulnerable to ganks which he is weak to anyways. But that's about it... Now on his positive features. He has a passive shield that charges whenever he damages enemies, and will block a lot of damage, meaning that whem trading with his lane opponent he will in most cases not even take damage while his opponent will constantly lose health and have to back off. MOrdekaiser also farms like a maniac, and with his ultimate he can turn a 1 v 2 ganks into a 2 v 1 double kill. Pre lvl 6 he is weak to ganks, but he gradually becomes stronger up to the point where you just want the enemy to gank for easy gold. I think his problem is, that most people see him as a midlaner, an ap carry. But in the midlane he is the weakest, as most mid laners are:
 * ranged
 * possess burst damage
 * are equipped with good cc or escapes

Morde's main strength is his "can't touch this" playstyle. Also, he is more viable if he takes over the role of a bruiser, simply because he won't be the main focus this way. Morde profits extremely from not being focused by cc, then he can dish out his insane AOE dmg and make the enemy carry the best player on oyur team (except for him of course). In conclusion, MOrde can be a viable pick as a top counter, given that he has support from his jungler and that wards are his main priority early game. I end this champ's review with a quote from an enemy :

"Omg this champ is so op, I can't trade with you, I can't farm, I can't do nothing and my jungler can't stay top 24/7, gg wpp -.-"

Okay, about this one: He is not really underplayed or underrated. He is a regular pick adn I know that. However I think that his potential is insane. he is the king of cc (having free different forms of hard cc as well as a soft one). He can easily help focusing several priority targets at once, tank towers early because of his scalings and be one of the best (of not THE best (jk)) supportive jungle tanks... Did I mention he also has better clearing than and deals good sutained damage. Heck, he has the potential to become a permaban if he'd get more love.

First of all, she#s hypercarry, with an insane non-ultimate steroid, a kill-reset mobility tool, a dueling anti-heal and a disengage. Also she deals insane burst damage even as AD. What really bus me however is, that she has such a strong early game (he rmid game is meh, but...). I think Tristana is currently way too strong in terms of burst. Also AP Tristana is hideously frustrating to play against, because she will burst away anyone without much possible counterplay. She's not underrated, but in my opinion a bit unbalanced.

Now this is an old hat. Heimy is considered a troll champ by most, becuase his kit is just SO unusual and anti-meta that in many situations he can become utterly useless. He's also a sqsuihy pusher with an unreliable stun. Heimer is not a good APcarry, simply becuase he can't do engage fights. He is the strongest if the enemy attacks first and are forceed to take damage by his turrets. but even if this case happens he will still be a target of focus as the midlaner he is. Here's my solution. He is far better off top lane or support. As a top laner he can utlize his anti engage kit, to deny kill laners and being frustrating as hell. As a support he can use his passive and his turrets as free wards. In both ways he will not be the main focus and his turrets will keep slowing and damaging all the enemies wh o won't have the time or brains to take them out. Yes it's anti-meta and risky, but if you konw who the enemy will pick and if you have the right team, then Heimer can completely wreck the enemy team.

Just a few things: AP Karma mid, that burst, that shield, that speed buff. Engage quickly or die faster than to. People should stop complaining how much better the old one was, and how useless the current one is and actually try to find viable builds and such.

NOt played enough. Low cd burst damage, great utility, safe range and farming. Also the potential for skillful outplaying. He could become one of the most feared mid laners if he's used more often.

Final words
I hope you found this post informative, and maybe it gave you a different view on some champions. I will finish this with a somewhat smart saying:

Just because the majority doesn't use it, doesn't mean it's not good, and even the pros don't know everything. YPN out.