The mid lane meta in competitive LoL <\/em>is taking a walk on the wild side. In the LCK, we’ve started to see the emergence of Garen and Nasus, two top lane champions, being picked against each other. Now, fans are wondering whether this has promising implications for the low-elo solo queue.<\/p>
In an Aug. 28 Reddit thread<\/a>, League of Legends<\/a> <\/em>players voiced their desires for Riot to put these champions on the chopping block after their emergence in the mid-lane. The sentiment arose after ShowMaker and Chovy, two of LoL’s<\/em> biggest names, locked in Garen and Nasus in their LCK Summer Playoffs match. The matchup between Chovy and ShowMaker was relatively uneventful, but perhaps this is the new answer to mid, now that ADCs are appearing less and less<\/a>.<\/p>
These champions’ emergence doesn’t come as a surprise, as LCK mid laners have been donning these pocket picks in the Korean solo queue<\/a>. It was only a matter of time before Garen and Nasus made their way into pro play.<\/p>
The numbers back this up. At lower ranks, Nasus and Garen are the two most-played champions in the top lane, according to the Mobalytics stats site<\/a>. The pair have a combined 47,924 games played on LoL Patch 14.17. We’ll have to wait and see whether Riot nerfs the champions, but if not, we should expect to see more bruisers in the mid lane going forward.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
