2015 Champion Tier List - Ranked 3s Twisted Treeline - Patch 6.2 Update

Hi everyone and welcome to the latest in the Twisted Treeline tier list series! It's been a long time since the last update since most people are busy grinding away ranked queues on Summoner's Rift. However, just so you know I haven't forgotten about you, check out the latest update to Twisted Treeline!

SEASON 5 -  PATCH 6.2 RANKED 3'S TIER LIST

THE TWISTED TREELINE

Introduction

Hi everyone and welcome to the latest in the Twisted Treeline tier list series! It's been a long time since the last update since most people are busy grinding away ranked queues on Summoner's Rift. However, just so you know I haven't forgotten about you, check out the latest update to Twisted Treeline!

Notable Changes

Graves and Poppy absolutely took over the Twisted Treeline as of the current patch, but common bans still include the old favorites like Dr. Mundo, Tahm Kench, and Jax. Poppy, Graves, and Illaoi are next in line in terms of common bans, which leaves people that enjoy playing Darius, Fiora, and Garen free to do so.

Current Metagame

Right now there are THREE main methods of playing Twisted Treeline:

1. Duo top with a support like Braum and an AD like Kalista
2. Two solo lanes with a jungler (Generally glass cannons stay bot)
3. Duo top with a melee bruiser w/Smite + Braum or Maokai and a standard AP or ranged AD bot

It seems for the most part higher tier teams prefer the support meta running exhaust + ignite, whereas lower divisions seem to do better with the level advantage from having a jungler.

Most strong top lane solo champions will also do well with a support with strong CC for invasion potential.

Based off of this, I'm splitting this tier list into "roles" similar to the solo queue 5s list. However, as there are only 3 positions open, I won't be including every champion into this list. If you feel that I've missed out on a strong champion, please let me know and I'll include it in the next update.

Updates

• Added:
• Corki Bot
• Graves Top/Jungle/Solo Bot
• Illaoi Top
• Jax Jungle
• Kindred Jungle
• Nautilus Top
• Poppy Jungle
• Shen Top

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The Tier List

God Tier [Decent Bans]:
Bot Lane Solo: Morgana, Anivia, Lulu, Malzahar, Graves
Jungle: Graves, Poppy, Tahm Kench, Maokai
Top Lane Solo: Graves, Fiora, Tahm Kench
Support: Maokai, Nautilus, Trundle, Braum
AD Carry: Graves, Lucian, Corki

God Tier Rising: Anivia (Bot), Corki (ADC), Fiora (Top), Lucian (ADC), Malzahar (Bot), Maokai (Support/Jungle), Morgana (Bot), Trundle (Support)
God Tier Falling: 

Tier 1 [Very Strong]:
Bot Lane Solo: Brand, Syndra, Karma, Ahri, Corki
Jungle: Skarner, Udyr, Elise, Rek'Sai, Trundle, Diana, Olaf, Shyvana, Kindred
Top Lane Solo: Trundle, Garen, Gangplank, Renekton, Pantheon, Illaoi, Darius, Dr. Mundo, Cho'Gath, Nautilus, Olaf, Maokai, Wukong, Yasuo, Diana
Support: Leona, Tahm Kench
AD Carry: Kalista, Jhin, Ezreal, Vayne

Tier 1 Rising: Diana (Jungle), Dr. Mundo (Top), Ezreal (ADC), Karma (Bot), Gangplank (Top), Syndra (Bot), Trundle (Top/Jungle), Udyr (Jungle)
Tier 1 Falling: Corki (Bot), Darius (Top), Garen (Top), Jhin (ADC), Kalista (ADC), Rek'Sai (Jungle)

Tier 2 [Strong]:
Bot Lane Solo: Galio, Diana, Lux, Annie, Lissandra, Viktor, Gnar, Yasuo, Ekko, Azir, Cho'Gath, Vel'koz, Cassiopeia, Kayle, Leblanc, Orianna, Singed, Ryze, Katarina, Fizz, Rumble
Jungle: Dr. Mundo, Xin Zhao, Jarvan IV, Cho'Gath, Gragas, Nunu, Lee Sin, Shaco, Jax, Kha'Zix, Pantheon, Sion, Nidalee, Vi, Volibear, Yorick, Rengar, Aatrox, Riven, Hecarim, Warwick
Top Lane Solo: Ekko, Singed, Sion, Volibear, Jarvan IV, Gnar, Xin Zhao, Riven, Zed, Jayce, Jax, Lee Sin, Rengar, Talon, Nidalee, Hecarim, Aatrox, Shyvana, Kha'Zix
Support: Taric, Bard, Sion, Volibear, Annie, Lulu, Karma, Thresh
AD Carry: Draven, Jinx, Mordekaiser,

Tier 2 Rising: Dr. Mundo (Jungle), Lux (Bot), Taric (Support),
Tier 2 Falling: Diana (Bot), Draven (Bot), Ekko (Top), Galio (Bot), Gnar (Top), Gragas (Jungle), Jarvan IV (Jungle/Top), Lulu (Support), Riven (Top), Viktor (Bot), Xin Zhao (Jungle)

Tier 3 [Viable]:
Bot Lane Solo: Nidalee, Vladimir, Singed, Gragas, Zyra, Ziggs, Swain, Zilean, Teemo, Xerath, Kassadin
Jungle: Sejuani, Nocturne, Malphite,  Amumu, Fiddlesticks, Evelynn, Zac, Nautilus, Nasus
Top Lane Solo: Tryndamere, Shen, Kayle, Irelia, Rek'Sai, Yorick, Udyr, Nasus, Malphite
Support: Morgana, Soraka, Nunu, Malphite
AD Carry: Quinn, Sivir

Tier 3 Rising:
Tier 3 Falling: Sivir (ADC)

Tier 4 [Not Played Often]: Everybody else. Not to say that you can't win with other champions, but for the most part the ones above will give you plenty to work with. Feel free to try out other strategies and post your experiences in the comment section below!

AD/AP Positioning

Due to the way the map is arranged, bot lane is generally considered the "safer" lane, so the solo laner almost always goes here. However, as this game mode is somewhat uncommon, you may see teams send two champions to bot lane. As a result, it's generally best to send an AP bot with long range waveclear, as these champions can deal with both 1v1 and 1v2 lanes.

This means that for the most part, the AD based champion will go top. However, swapping these around isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's a good idea to make sure that you have a mix of damage types so that the enemy team can't easily itemize against you.

When you duo in one lane with a support, top is almost always better as it's easier to invade their jungle through the top lane, and it's much easier to bully the melee laner as well since they generally lack ranged waveclear.

Champion Explanations

• Graves [God Tier Life] - As you may have surmised, a champion that's already overpowered combined with a map full of walls to give him instant burst damage just makes him well...more overpowered. His ability to maximize his burst is through the roof, and his already absurd damage goes to new heights. Viable in every position except support (maybe there too), you'll likely want to pick or ban this guy.
• Dr. Mundo [Tier 1 Top] - Mundo's still the #1 ban on the map, but he's mostly just banned for the sake of not seeing Mundo accidentally snowball. He's still strong for sure, but probably not a must-ban/must-pick (not that it will stop him from still being banned, but at least your team doesn't need to waste a ban on him).
• Illaoi [Tier 1 Top] - The Twisted Treeline gives enemy champions less lane to maneuver around incoming tentacles, which increases her 1v1 damage potential. However, less targets also means less raw tentacle quantity. This does reduce her damage somewhat, but the map is mostly beneficial to her and she can snowball very hard.
• Jhin [Tier 1 ADC] - Despite showing major weakness on Summoner's Rift upon release, Jhin is surprisingly not too shabby on The Twisted Treeline. His sniping ability is greatly amplified by the fact that enemies have few choices to run, and the tower positioning makes it an excellent chokepoint for sniping.
• Lux [Tier 2 Bot] - Similar to Jhin, Lux works well as a skillshot sniping champion. Late game her teamfight and kiting ability is excellent, but her main issue is that her level 1~2 isn't quite as good as a lot of the other low cooldown God Tier/Tier 1 mages. This means that she often falls behind in lane pushing, and/or gets an important spell flashed early and proceeds to get snowballed on from there on out.
• Malzahar [God Tier Bot] - When it comes to health relic control, Malzahar is essentially one of the most absurdly safe laners out there. As long as the enemy jungler doesn't pick the absolute perfect time to invade, Malzahar ensures that any invades will quickly turn into either 2v1s or the enemy bot laner losing out on a full level worth of experience. Fewer opponents also means less chance of interrupting his channeled suppression. 
• Maokai [God Tier Support] - As a diving master and insanely strong level 2 CC bot, Maokai is the perfect example of a champion that can do it all with relatively little gold required. His Twisted Advance also allows him to drop turret aggro at well, which makes him extremely valuable in an organized setup.
• Olaf [Tier 1 Top] - Olaf is generally played as a pocket pick to counter AD carry compositions. Similarly, if a team is planning on running an AD carry comp they generally ban him.
• Poppy [God Tier Jungle] - Similar to Graves, as a champion that relies on walls to double her damage or higher, Poppy's an absolute natural on the Twisted Treeline. This coupled with her nearly undodgeable ultimate in these small corridors allows her to quickly create optimal fighting situations. She also counters a large number of popular TT champions such as Jarvan, Diana, Xin Zhao, Fiora, etc. 
• Quinn [Tier 3 ADC] - Despite her dominance on Summoner's Rift, Quinn sees relatively little success on Twisted Treeline. The main reason for this is that there are simply so many bushes to hide in that she gets relatively little kiting done against all the high damage, gap closing bruisers. Additionally, her powerful roaming ultimate is much less effective when enemy laners are aware of the locations of all three members at all times and/or move as a group.
• Riven [Tier 2 Top] - Riven is one of those champions that is currently at a somewhat lower point on Twisted Treeline at the moment. However, in the hands of a skilled player she could easily be a much more powerful champion.
• Trundle [Tier 1 Jungle] - Trundle as a jungler and as a selection in general works quite well on this map. The small corridors act as an additional choke point, and he can easily wall off enemy champions at a variety of points by himself. Additionally, the multitude of tanky champions on this map allows him to make great use of his ultimate from any role.

Disclaimer:

• The purpose of this list is for discussion and to provide a starting point for hero selection.
• While I'm by no means a guru on the Twisted Treeline I do enjoy playing the game mode quite a bit and hope that they'll introduce the solo queue 3v3 some day.
• That being said, take this tier list with a grain of salt and feel free to engage in open debate in the comment section with your own thoughts and comments. As the game mode isn't all that popular right now, hopefully this list will help spur some of you to try it out!

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