Should You One Trick to Climb? | League of Legends

Today's champion group discussion entails One Tricks! The Rivens, Yasuos, Lee Sins, Vaynes, Rengars, those types of champions. We're gonna be figuring out whether or not they're actually good for climbing!

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[vex]

One trick players enjoying their fav character >> meta slaves

[cohoslash]

As long as im not facing a 10 million mastery point grandmaster vayne toplane I feel no animosity towards onetricks

[nosterf]

Vars :"One tricks tends to lack knowledge of other champions/roles due to their slim champions roster"
Viegos OTP :"No, I don't think I will"

[PedroAce]

Shout out to Vars using the old Aatrox picture for talking about his old main! I felt that as an old Aatrox main myself :'(

[spaceweirdo]

Take it from a sol main, we are chill because riot has bullied us more then anyone ever could in game

[MAMAJUGO]

As certain Karen once said:

"Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites."

[alanyang]

One tricks are key to any learning curve at any level IMO. When you’re great and have that feel for a champ, it really helps you get a grasp of macro and the flow of a game. Wave control, team fights, and such are much easier to learn and improve on when playing a champ who’s power is very natural for any individual. My main was Shyv and Nauty boi jungle in late season 3 and I learned the importance of every role through OTP with those two. Tank, bruiser, what horrid things adc’s can do to you lol. Then I learn jungle timers and importance of objectives and overall flow of a game. OTP are healthy except for those ranged anti top laners lol. Those got a special place

[real_shadow_slayer]

Having a one trick champion with a small group of champions that you are good at (even if you are not the best at them) is the most ideal.

This ensures that you are not doomed in case your one trick gets banned or counter picked.

[bypen]

Me: you meet Asol one tricks? Where?

Riot: People are playing Asol? Better nerf him

[theabnormalpenguin]

One tricks on really niche champs are always great to see on your team and scary on the opponents.

[alicereid]

I feel like one tricking Fiddlesticks for 9 months straight taught me more macro than anything I've ever done in League. Because Fiddles has a pretty basic kit, your number one priority is getting good ults, and you need to have good vision denial and map awareness to know where to be and when.

[darknessdash]

being a 1-3 trick helped me pin down more detailed things about the game, like wave management, decision making, rotations, invading, map awareness, etc. having the champions mechanics down to muscle memory pretty much halves the amount of brain power required to lane with a champion.

[denisbreus]

One tricking can be fun unless your champion is endlessly needed, reworked, and stomped to the ground.

Source - Ryze one trick

[theimmortaleye]

One tricking can often be very useful. Personally i prefer having a larger pool of simpler champs as a support but i did one trick thresh for all of season 8 and it really showed how much growth there is by focusing. I think a pool of 2 champs should be there though since otherwise a target ban will occur .

[elitefourfay]

Overall... I think it's good. Shows that someone truly loves their champ rather than following a meta. Like I only Ivern

[itsmeandrewe]

Vars: "OTPs are coinflips"
Me: "I've beaten diamond+ players and now I will proceed to run it down against Silvers"

[khuongang]

I'm a D4 one-trick Anivia. Then I created a smurf account to practice top lane. And bois, I get wrecked the few first games on Silver :D
To be fair I can perform fairly on other mid-lane champs, but not other roles.
I think onetrick is good, especially when you know how to learn macro and stuff. But after that, you should learn other roles as well if you wanna climb higher than D4.
In the contrast, one tricking can't take you to where ever you wanted if you are always on auto pilot. Learn macro, theory, ... I see plenty of silver, gold one-trick Yasou with millions of mastery points. They stomp the lane really fast then manage to throw the game just as fast as they come in.

[ronthehuman]

I noticed that I like the _idea_ of one tricking; mastering a champ, learning the game in depth, pushing mechanics to their limits.. but so far every time I tried to one trick I just got burnt out and didn't want to play the game anymore. Fizz, Anivia, TF, one tricking them was some of the more dull experiences I had in league. Maybe I just didn't find the champ for me yet but...

So far I am sticking with a pool of three champs + nami in case I get support, and its a good balance of variety and mastery.

[peepoclown]

Im master tier from one tricking heimerdinger. It really helps being otp for climbing but once you are In the top and your otp is not an op champion, be ready to climb very slowly

[definitelynotnapoleon]

My advice is to play the game the way you enjoy it the most. I ve became a defacto one trick not to climb but because I found a champ I enjoy more that everyone else. If that isn't you play whatever. Your enjoyment is more important than internet points.