Every League Of Legends Champion Has Seen Competitive Play This Year

Every single one of League of Legends' champions have seen the light of competitive play during [...]

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Every single one of League of Legends' champions have seen the light of competitive play during the 2017 season, according to data compiled by an eSports wiki along with some helpful corrections from players.

While certain League champions remain consistently viable in different positions such as Orianna, Gragas, and Jhin, others fluctuate in and out of popularity, some never seeing any time in professional games. But with how many champions there are to choose from now in League, having all of them picked at least once this year makes the feat even more impressive.

Players over in the massive League community on Reddit have been keeping track of which champions were picked in pro games, often referencing a wiki that tracks champions' pro appearances according to who picked them and how the game turned out. A post made just today informed readers that only one champion had yet to be picked by the pros, that champion being the thundering, champion-flipping Volibear.

But after a correction from some readers who kept up with the Rift Rivals tournaments, it was confirmed that Volibear did indeed get picked during a match between Russia and Turkey. The team that chose Volibear did end up losing as the bear fell off late game like he tends to do, but the takeaway here is that he did get picked.

Just a month ago, a similar post was made where players were keeping track of who was needed to complete the pro champion lineup with only six champions left: Amumu, Veigar, Master Yi, Volibear, Garen, and in a hilariously unexpected turn of events, Cho'Gath.

To show just how much a champion can change with an update to abilities that's so relatively small it doesn't even make it onto the Champion Update Schedule, take a look here at some of the scathing comments the Terror of the Void was subjected to just a month ago. Players bemoaned the changes that made Cho's Feral Scream not an insta-cast ability, saying that he'd never see professional play this year unless he received some big changes and using phrases like "garbage can" to describe him. He sure did get those changes though, finding himself among the pick/ban champions for plenty of games, something that would be hard to fathom just a month ago.

Comparisons inevitably came up between Dota 2 and League, the former of which has plenty of heroes receiving time in pro games, but the two games are only comparable to an extent. Regardless, the milestone is certainly a big one for League to cross, even if the champion picks didn't always end well.

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