Bruiser katarina top lane along with darius mid are absolutely popping off over in korea
this patch so we'll be breaking those down along with 8 other new builds you'll want
to abuse for 11.21. Jumping right into the katarina pick, champion
is so strong right now that playing her with ignite teleport and building AD bruiser works
extremely well for top lane. Against champions who have skillshot reliant
crowd control like camille and irelia, katarina is seeing a ton of success.
Blink from E makes it nearly impossible for something like irelia E to land and gives
you very strong outplay potential in alot of matchups.
Katarina is at her best when taking quick bursty trades early in lane which bodes well
against bruisers who want more extended fights. After taking a few trades and chunking the
enemy out, you've got ignite to amplify your lethal range and strike for the solo kill.
In regards to the build a divine sunderer into blade of the ruined king and titanic
hydra is working super well for AD bruiser. Of course you can still opt for the standard
AP setup if your team is in need of magic damage.
You'll grab conqueror as the keystone with triumph, tenacity and last stand.
Bone plating and unflinching are going to work alot better for secondaries after the
ravenous hunter nerf. Graves top lane has seen a massive surge in
popularity especially in the pro scene over the past while but many players are building
him incorrectly. The collector is extremely overvalued as a
second purchase in most regions, besides korea where they build bloodthirster way more often.
LS is a huge advocate to this setup as well and for good reason.
The combination of shieldbow and BT turn you into a pseduo tank with immense damage output.
You have a disgusting amount of lifesteal, coupled with the fact true grit from E gives
you bonus armor makes it so difficult for the enemy to take you down.
Not only this but the copius amount of shields you have from items along with running overheal
in runes adds to your survivability even futher. The stats really help to back up the build
too as bloodthirster users are winning 57 percent of the time as opposed to collector
at 54 percent. The complete build is a shieldbow rush into
bloodthirster second and infinity edge third. Rune page is fleet footwork with overheal,
alacrity and coup de grace. Grab magical footwear and biscuits for secondaries.
A setup that always seems to make its way into meta during worlds is omnistone camille
and many pros have been picking it back up for 11.21.
Showmaker in specific has been running it on his camille in solo queue.
Although on 99 percent of champions, omnistone is pretty subpar, camille has use for it in
specific matchups. The majority of camille players run grasp
every single game but if you're playing against a ranged top laner that wont allow you to
proc grasp its rather worthless. Of course into melee matchups where you'll
be trading a ton in lane, grasp works great but into picks like kennen, GP, or graves
where you want to be taking quick trades around cooldowns, omnistone will be of more use.
For example, if you roll aftershock its going to help you so much more in those short trades
where you stun the enemy with E, proc Q and walk away.
Same thing goes for electrocute as it will help to chunk the squishy ranged champs out
easier and set them up in lethal range. The full rune page is omnistone with magical
footwear, biscuits and approach velocity. Approach velocity helps a ton to stick onto
those ranged top laners after landing E. Secondary runes are shield bash and second
wind. Build is pretty straightforward as a divine
sunderer rush into ravenous hydra second and sterak's third is the way to go.
As a result of the recent predator buffs we're seeing many pro players adapt there rune setups
and that's exactly what canyon is doing on his trundle jungle.
The rune opens things up for a more heavy gank style.
With trundle E and slow from Q your sticking power is very strong once on top of the enemy,
its just getting there that can be difficult sometimes.
By running predator you have the ability to charge right up to the opponent, slow them
with Q and save E for when they try to flash away.
By doing this it empowers your ganks so much more and allows them to have a much higher
hitrate. The full rune page is predator with cheap
shot, zombie ward and ultimate hunter. For secondary runes grab triumph and tenacity.
The build is somewhat unique as well with an anathema's chains slotted in second.
Rushing divine sunderer is very standard but the anathema's synergizes super well with
trundles kit. Trundle ultimate already allows him to steal
resists and become super tanky so if you place the anathema's active on the fed enemy carry
they'll be dealing pitiful amounts of damage to you in teamfights.
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Let us know in the comments below! Although chemtank has been a staple on udyr
for the longest time, korean junglers are transitioning to frostfire and winning more
often. The idea behind the setup is to run ghost
instead of flash, combined with phase rush as the keystone which gives yourself plenty
of movement speed. Chemtank active can be a little overkill when
running ghost therefore you pickup frostfire so that your sticking power once you've reached
the opponent is extremely high. Ghost popped while procing the slow from frostfire
will guaranteed the enemy wont have a chance of escaping you.
You'll transition into a deadmans plate second which provides even more movement speed.
The most optimal third purchase for most games will be force of nature which once again is
bolstered with move speed stats. When playing this tank setup make sure to
prioritize pheonix stance instead of tiger. Phoenix was just buffed in 11.20 which is
a big reason to why we are seeing this build gain more traction.
As for runes, grab phase rush for the keystone with nimbus cloak, celerity and waterwalking.
Triumph and tenacity are the most optimal secondaries.
An azir setup the majority of solo queue players are not using while tons of pro's have hopped
on board as of recent is summon aery for the keystone.
Chovy and BDD have both pulled out the rune page at worlds.
Aery is going to amplify your consistent poke power in lane and give you more early presence.
Lethal tempo or conqueror which are more common for solo queue will scale better and provide
you with more DPS in teamfights. In those short trade scenarios where you are
looking to W Q the opponent aery is going to be of more value than tempo or conqueror.
Keeping this in mind, aery will work much better for you in ranged matchups or against
heavy mobility where you wont be able to weave in consistent W autos.
Both times the setup was run at worlds the matchup was against leblanc and due to how
mobile the champ is aery will offer more power than other rune choices.
Complete rune page is aery followed by manaflow, absolute focus and scorch.
By running absolute focus and scorch it puts heavy emphasis on more laning power.
For secondary runes grab biscuits and timewarp tonic.
Build wise, a ludens rush into zhonyas second and void staff third works well.
Our next feature is more of an underrated champion than a build, picking up a ton of
traction in korean solo queue being darius mid.
Darius W cooldown saw a massive 2 second reduction in 11.20 which has seen him rocket back up
into an S tier position. Mid lane is actually where he's perfoming
the best right now holding over a 53 percent win rate at the time of making this video.
If we dive into darius mids most common matchups he is being picked into yasuo, sylas, yone
and irelia the most. If you thought the 53 percent win rate was
nuts that's nothing as darius holds over a 57 percent win rate into all 4 of those picks.
Reason for this is because you start W level 1 and completely zone those melee's off the
wave. If they walk up for farm you smack em with
W and since its only on a 5 second cooldown you rinse and repeat once its back up.
Running ghost as your secondary summoner gives you a potent early skirmish and the ability
for quick rotations to help jungler with crab. There should be no reason your jungler doesnt
secure double crab when you pick darius mid into a melee matchup.
Core build is trinity force rush into sterak's second and deadmans plate third.
Pickup conqueror for the keystone with triumph, alacrity and last stand.
Best secondaries are bone plating and unflinching. Over the past couple patches a new trend has
emerged for most ADC's where you start longsword with 3 potions instead of dorans blade.
Major upside to going this route is that it enables you to reach your core item spike
faster. For someone like miss fortune who can spike
with just a serrated dirk, starting longsword allows her to purchase dirk super early on.
Lethality items in general are way more effective against champions without armor so accelerating
your item purchases before the enemy has time to pickup armor is great.
For crit marksmen, Noonquiver which is the component of galeforce, kraken and shieldbow
feels really good to pickup early in lane. Item is 110 percent gold efficient from base
stats and then you also have the 20 bonus damage to minion passive which makes farming
super easy. Longsword provides you with an extra 2 AD
so in matchups where you smash the 2v2 early there's no reason you shouldnt pick it up.
3 potions instead of 1 provides you with 300 more health to work with which allows you
to out sustain your opponent after early trades. The only major benefit to dorans blade is
that you have the flat 80 health which makes you more durable when hard engaged on.
For this reason when playing against a strong opposing duo staring doran's over longsword
is fine. It all comes down to the matchup and preference
so look to experiment and see which you prefer. Another champ you should be abusing the recently
buffed predator on is blitzcrank. 11.21 features a nerf to guardian so that
will open up more incentive to run predator too.
In matchups where your kill threat in lane is rather minimal, running predator can amplify
your carry potential. For example, laning into something like ezreal
yuumi is a nightmare to land hooks against so predator will be of more value than aftershock
or guardian. Grab boots on your first base and look to
make an impact mid lane. Another factor that can sway your decision
to run predator or not is based on which champ your mid laner is playing.
If you have a mid like akshan or leblanc who have great mobility and strong follow up then
playing around them will be very profitable. On the other hand if you have a vladimir or
kassadin who dont offer a whole lot early, playing for lane and taking guardian or aftershock
would be more ideal. There's many different angles to consider
in regards to rune choice on blitz which is actually really great as it means players
who are able to adapt will see the most success. Sample rune page is predator with cheap shot,
zombie ward and relentless hunter. grab hexflash and cosmic insight for secondaries.
For the build rush shurelya's followed by zekes second and knights vow third.
And the final setup we have for you guys today is a hyper agro one for nami which involves
running electrocute as the keystone. We are seeing this being played by many pro
nami players in solo queue to enhance early kill threat.
When paired with an ADC who has strong lane power like lucian, draven or miss fortune
this is where electro slots in best. Your follow up burst on any bubble hit is
massive and ability to capitalize on early picks helps to snowball really hard.
On the flipside, In matchups where your early kill potential is sub par then opting for
the standard aery remains a good choice. The complete rune page is electrocute with
cheap shot, zombie ward and relentless hunter. Secondaries are manaflow band and scorch.
As for the build rush an imperial mandate into chemtech putrifier second and staff of
flowing water third.
So there you have it guys, those are 10 new korean builds to
abuse for patch 11.21. We appreciate you watching, good luck in solo
queue and we'll catch you in the next one!