11.12 has arrived and we're ready to set you guys up with the 3 best solo carry champions
for every role.
Our analysts have picked these champions based on there strength in the current meta and
ability to 1v9 games if played to there potential.
For our question of the day, would you rather wait 10 minutes to find a lobby but never
get an autofill teammate or have instant queue pops with an autofill every few games.
Autofill has always been such a hot topic in the community and for me personally I would
wait 10 minutes each time I queued up if it meant no autofill teammates.
Its crazy how many times I get a 1 minute queue pop and either myself or a few teammates
are offrole.
You could argue though that the 10 minute queue time would be a waste if people were
to dodge lobbies so both choices have there downsides.
Anyways, let us know which you guys would choose down in the comments below.
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content and with that said, lets get it.
Kicking it off in the top lane we have shen whos become even more ridiculous with a new
build.
Shen ult buff which gave the shield a bonus health ratio combined with the warmogs buffs
have worked out way too perfectly.
Players who rush warmogs on shen are winning at absurd rates right now so if you haven't
jumped on the train don't wait any longer.
With warmogs and frostfire the shield on shen ult in mid game is completely broken.
Shen doesn't have any terrible matchups in the meta right now and by running ignite it
allows you to pressure a little more even in those more difficult lanes.
Mordekaiser is one matchup that can give shen some issues so banning him out is a solid
idea.
The sample hard carry build is warmogs rush into frostfire gauntlet second and titanic
hydra third.
Take grasp as the keystone with shield bash, second wind and overgrowth.
Secondaries are cheap shot and ultimate hunter.
Despite the wukong nerfs we still have him rated extremely high for 11.12.
Nerfs are more of a slap on the wrist than anything else.
With how broken wukong was last patch due to the divine sunderer and black cleaver buffs
it would have been more of a surprise if he wasn't nerfed a little.
The nerfs don't hide the fact his meta matchups are still insanely good which makes wukong
a really reliable blind pick.
Ban out malphite or gwen and it'll be a walk in the park against all the most played AD
top laners.
Continue to abuse the core build of divine into black cleaver before riot decides to
nerf it.
Pickup sterak's third and your durability goes through the roof while your DPS threat
is just as strong.
Conqueror is wukongs best keystone with triumph, alacrity and last stand.
Grab resolve for secondaries running bone plating and unflinching.
Sett has really flourished as a highly contested carry top laner as of recent and for good
reason.
This may be the last patch you'll be able to spam sett though as riot intends to implement
changes to stridebreaker in 11.13.
Sett was directly buffed a few patches back which was the main ignition to his rocket
in strength.
Wukong is one of the few matchups sett tends to struggle against so make sure to ban him
out.
Many high elo sett players have been gravitating away from the blade of the ruined king rush
towards a more durable health stack setup.
stridebreaker rush into sterak's second and titanic hydra third is the build.
Both titanic passives scale off of health so picking it up third once you've got a mass
amount of HP from your other 2 core items is really valuable.
Pickup conqueror for the keystone with triumph, alacrity and last stand.
second wind and revitalize work great for secondaries.
Riot tried to bring down shaco with the hail of blades nerfs last patch but they failed
to do so and hes yet again a top 3 solo carry jungler.
Shaco was buffed so many times over the past few months which led to his rise and locked
him in as a very consistent pickup.
Shaco thrives in solo queue due to his strong early gank threat and stealth factor.
Being able to avoid wards by jumping over walls and popping up in behind the enemy provides
so much constant pressure.
Just by picking shaco the enemy is obliged to play safer or you'll pickup free kills
all over the map.
AP and AD are equally as viable right now which adds to shaco's blind pickability.
The AD setup consists of a duskblade rush into the collector second and essence reaver
third.
Runes are hail of blades with sudden impact, eyeball collector and relentless hunter.
Grab triumph and alacrity for secondaries.
Liandry's into cosmic drive and zhonyas is the best AP build.
You'll wana run dark harvest with cheap shot, eyeball collector and ultimate hunter for
primaries.
transcendence and gathering storm are the best secondaries.
Xin Zhao is on a whole nother level right now which is why we're super surprised he
wasn't nerfed in 11.12.
Xin will surely be hit with some sort of nerf in the next few patches so look to abuse him
while you can.
The early gank power and simplicity of xin's kit are what puts him above the rest.
Jungle respawn timers being increased and catchup XP reintroduced were the tipping factors
to xin zhao's domination.
The endless amount of build variations allows xin to adjust to every game which helps him
succeed into all types of team comps.
For a tankier build rush eclispe into sterak's and guardian angel.
The burstier crit setup consists of shieldbow into essence reaver and the collector.
HOB is still xin's best keystone even after the nerfs followed by sudden impact, eyeball
collector and relentless hunter.
Triumph and alacrity are secondaries.
Kha'zix has seen a steady rise in strength and popularity over the past patch and will
be our third solo carry jungler of 11.12.
Indirect nerfs to junglers like elise, lee sin and udyr have led to kha'zix leaping back
up in priority.
It seems like this is a common theme to all the top junglers right now but khazix also
has many adaptable build paths depending on each game.
Over in EU many high elo khazix players are popping off with a goredrinker into serpents
fang and black cleaver setup.
In games where the enemy comp has more bruisers or tanks and you wont be able to one shot
with lethality, this bruiser kha build can work wonders.
Conqueror will be the keystone with triumph, tenacity and last stand.
Grab sudden impact and ravenous hunter for secondaries.
Lethality is still the way to go in most games especially if the whole enemy comp are squishies.
Prowlers claw into serpents fang and edge of knight can work great as the core setup.
Dark harvest with sudden impact, eyeball collector and ravenous hunter are primary runes.
Absolute focus and waterwalking are for secondaries.
If you enjoy smashing lane and making yasuo players miserable then there's no better option
than rumble mid.
The amount of easy hard winning matchups rumble has in the solo queue meta is pretty crazy
right now.
Rumble dumps on zed, yasuo, yone, sylas and you're almost guaranteed to see one of those
picks every second game.
Win lane, perma shove waves, roam around the map and rumble can be the most impactful mid
laner in the game.
Kassadin is one of the few matchups rumble struggles with so using your ban on him is
a good idea.
The standard build is night harvester into zhonyas and void staff.
We covered more of a bruiser setup in our korean builds video this patch of riftmaker
into demonic embrace and zhonyas.
Conqueror is run as the keystone with this setup and gives rumble more strength against
other bruisers or tankier comps.
When you're against those squishy melee mids running electrocute with the night harvester
build is the optimal play.
Another patch without any significant mid lane changes means another patch with sylas
in the top 3.
A consistent meta isn't necessarily a bad thing though as you have more time to really
hone in on a couple OP picks and abuse them for freelo.
Sylas has been on top of the mid meta for quite some time ever since everfrost and cosmic
drive saw massive overhauls a few months back.
Sylas's meta matchups are really solid into picks like zed and akali while katarina and
galio are two annoying picks you should consider banning out.
Complete build is everfrost into cosmic drive and zhonyas.
On that 2 item completion you can really run away with games as the ability haste stack
is perfect for Sylas's kit.
You'll grab conqueror as the keystone with presence of mind, tenacity and last stand.
biscuits and cosmic insight are standard secondaries.
To round out our top 3 for mid lane in 11.12 will be katarina.
Thanks to the divine sunderer buffs last patch katarina's builds can be so adaptable and
for that reason she moves up in priority.
The snowball potential, roam power and ability to flip a game with one good opening in a
teamfight make kat such a scary pick.
If you're team is lacking AD damage then be sure to try out blade of the ruined king rush
into divine sunderer second and titanic hydra third.
All 3 items synergize amazing with katarina's kit and the setup is super sleeper OP.
When building AD take conqueror as the keystone with triumph, tenacity and last stand.
After the ravenous hunter nerfs more and more kat players have been going resolve secondary
with bone plating and unflinching.
Standard AP build is nashors rush into riftmaker and zhonyas.
You can take conqueror as well if you prefer but electro tends to work better when building
AP.
Ezreal is suddenly the #1 ADC in the game and its for a few different indirect reasons.
Divine Sunderer and Frozen Heart were just buffed in the previous 2 patches which is
massive for Ez.
Max health damage from divines spellblade proc was increased from 10 to 12 percent and
because ezreal Q can proc spellblade so consistently that change is crazy value.
On top of this, the heal from spellblade was increased from 3 to 4.8 percent giving ezreal
even more survivability.
Third item frozen heart is what really seals the deal as you turn into a literal tank ADC.
Frozen heart has been buffed in 3 different ways over the last couple patches and is a
great cheap defensive pickup for Ez.
The mana and haste from the item are stats ezreal really likes while the 80 armor completely
shuts down AD assassins.
Full build is divine into manamune and frozen heart.
If the enemy comp is lacking any sort of AD threats then building serylda's third is the
better option.
Conqueror with presence of mind, bloodline and coup de grace are primary runes.
Pickup biscuits and cosmic insight for secondaries.
It took half a season but kog'maw has finally found himself in a really great spot due to
a couple buffs and some new builds.
The item combination of wits end and immortal shieldbow gives kog'maw so much more strength
as you can survive for way longer and still pump out great DPS.
Even throwing a randuin's omen in there as a third or fourth item has proven to be a
really great strategy.
If the enemy comp is full on assassin you can even take exhaust as your secondary summoner
to cut down on there burst even more.
Kogs weakness has always been the fact he's too vulnerable and can get blown up so easily
in fights so these new found defensive setups help to shore up that weakness.
A wits end rush into shieldbow second and hurricane third can work wonders when you're
against a heavy burst comp.
Skipping shieldbow and going into an earlier hurricane is also a viable strat if you feel
safe enough to do so.
Lethal tempo is kogs best keystone with presence of mind, alacrity and coup de grace.
taste of blood and ravenous hunter are best secondaries.
Many of these top solo queue AD carries see a little more separation from the rest as
a result of the varus and kai'sa nerfs.
Vayne is no expectation as she'll continue to dominate and lock down a top 3 solo carry
position for 11.12 Kog and vayne are two picks our analysts really
like right now because you have really viable defensive and offensive setups.
In games where the enemy has an AP assassin jungle and mid you can build shieldbow and
wits end on vayne to completely nullify there threat.
When you're popping off or the enemy comp lacks those heavy dive champions then a kraken
slayer into phantom dancer and infinity can work great as a hard carry build.
Lulu, yuumi, and karma all having over 10 percent play rates is perfect for vayne and
adds to her hyper carry ability.
Run press the attack as your keystone with triumph, alacrity and coup de grace.
Secondary page is taste of blood and ravenous hunter.
Moving onto support to round out our solo carry picks first up we have senna.
We were the first to tell you guys about the divine into black cleaver build a couple patches
back and now its really starting to take off in 11.12.
Riot wanted these tankier setups to be phased out on senna which is why they nerfed frostfire
but thats back fired pretty hard.
Divine and cleaver is slightly less durable but still keeps you really safe while also
proving way more damage than frostfire.
Sunderer works way too well with senna's Q since she can proc the spellblade passive
so frequently.
You can transition into a rapid fire cannon to round out the core build.
The health stack, haste, damage and added range from fire cannon all come together to
make this core build super broken.
Pickup glacial augment with free boots, biscuits and approach velocity for primaries.
Secondary runes are presence of mind and alacrity.
Zyra has made really great leaps in strength thanks to the direct buffs which has propelled
her into an amazing state for solo queue.
The raw damage and carry power zyra possesses gives you the ability to impact games on your
own which is huge as a solo queue support.
The less you have to lean on your carries to make plays the better and zyra can find
great picks with the root from E and annihilate any squishy with a full combo at level 6.
The only major downside to picking zyra is that she's very squishy so you need to be
wary of that early on.
Banning out Leona or thresh will suit you well since they are highly contested engage
supports.
As long as you're playing behind waves and poking the enemy adc when they go for last
hits you'll have great success with zyra in 11.12.
Full build is liandry's into zhonyas and demonic embrace.
Comet synergizes very well with zyra's kit followed up with manaflow, transcendence and
scorch.
secondary runes are taste of blood and relentless hunter.
No lulu nerfs for yet another patch means she'll be back once again as a high priority
pickup.
Lulu is without a doubt the best enchanter support for 11.12 as her ability to enable
her carries is so insane.
The speed boost from w and shurelya's active buffs up your teammates mobility extremely
high and makes it almost impossible for them to get caught out.
We really don't know how shurelya's hasn't received a nerf yet as the item's been so
powerful ever since the buffs.
The top lane meta right now is dominated by these less mobile bruisers like sett and mordekaiser
so being able to shore up there main weakness by purchasing 1 item helps those picks out
tremendously.
Full build is shurelya's into ardent censer and staff of flowing water.
Pickup guardian as the keystone when playing against hard engage melee supports and aery
if you're laning versus other ranged supports.
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