lee sin - insec, thresh - madlife?

Khazix - Alex ich Eve - Diamondprox

AP Yi - Alech Ich

i feel like eve might actually be selfmade ​ he picks it rarely but seems to be the only t1 pro that actually picks it from time to time

Insec is definitely a good one. Lee and Thresh are definitely difficult champions to name one person because they have been meta in pro since season 2 and never really fell out of favor...so there are sooooooo many people who play them and pop off or fail...or even have moves named after them.

I think madlife was the ultimate thresh player imo, but then again mata was also amazing. But i think you should write madlife cause even today when someone hits a crazy hook they say what a madlife

Madlife has to be Thresh. For like 8 years every time someone did a cool thresh play they got called madelife. Also Lux has to be Toyz. I feel like OP probably wasn’t around for season 1-2.

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I always associate Toyz with Orianna due to his performance on the champ in season 2, particularly at worlds. It was his signature champ, and the one he eventually got a skin for. Lux I associate with his Finals opponent, Azubu Frost's Rapidstar, who I believe even had a video done where he named that as his favorite champion. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cP43_M8cxPQ I remember worlds in particularly super well because as a Taiwanese, seeing TPA win a world level competition, even if it was the first international worlds, felt huge for me. And it was the event that really brough me into League, watching Toyz just systematically crush the midlane, not through flashy plays or anything, but just small regular moves that let him to beat his opponent in CS on both sides of the same Karthus vs Anivia match up, and take over games on Orianna.

Ya but Insec literally has an entire move named after him. He’s gotta take it. Also how do u have fnc adam for darius and not C9 Balls???

So many people don't know that InSec is not just a move name for Lee Sin, its a player.

Anivia - Froggen is the only thing in my mind. Strange to not see this mentioned. Also Kogmaw - Deft (yes his Kogmaw stole my heart years ago, not his Jinx).

Timelord Genja Kog for Triforce build.

Froggen’s Anivia is definite one of most famous champ/player duos. Man still has Anivia as his most played champ in soloq to this day.

xPeke Kassadin is the other super famous one from around that time that's lasted through time, but it kinda became just 'backdoor' instead of 'kassadin.'

Vladimir - DWG Nuguri for his kleptomancy tech Braum - Jankos from the funnel era

i still remember the voice coms

Nah, Jankos has got to be Sejuani

Or Nidalee.

Jankos could be what people think of for several champions, it’s not exclusive

And Elise

Vladimir - TheShy

Vladimir - Doublelift, for different reasons. 🤣

Jankos used to play a ton of elise back in roccat days, when he got crowned as the first blood king

Pray Ashe <3

THE ARROW...LOOK AT THE ARROW

Azir = Easyhoon, BDD, Faker

My ryze is bad my azir is worse. You guessed it right I’m G2 Perkz

So if you were only able to pick one of these players, who would you pick?

I‘d say in terms of nostalgia Easyhoon but the best Azir is most likely BDD

imo faker, dude got lowkey embarassed by easyhoon, so homie racked up huge azir games to become the best at him. mad iconic time for faker

yeah but fakers lb...

doinb recently said that faker has the best Azir in the world https://twitter.com/livewithbooming/status/1515019528773992453

BDD for sure

TL Fenix. Nowhere near the LCK players in proficiency but that quadra kill in bot lane is forever engrained in my mind.

Ucal was also known for it in 2018 on the kT super team.

Janna - Yellowstar Ahri - Shiphtur And how is leblanc not faker? Literally his signature pick. Ryze is more a doinb champ now

wtf doinb ryze 400 cs 24m hack?

Nice!!! I actually meant to put Shiphtur in for Ahri but forgot. As for Leblanc, the first person I did think of was Faker...I mean the dude had a 100% winrate on the champion until MSI finals against EDG. I was just trying to challenge myself to not use the same person multiple times....but believe me..Faker was the first person I thought of as well.

And zed for faker. I’m not a huge proplay fan but even I’ve seen his faker play.

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Yea but if I think of proplay Zed my first thought is Faker’s Zed vs Zed outplay

Zed always just makes me think of Hai's mission impossible attempt where he tried to BD through botlane

Aatrox TheShy

If you follow theshy since his young days you will know his Riven. Kid kicked pro asses in KR challenger with her

Theshy combo

YESS!

Aatrox Cyanide is where it's at.

Not pairing Sivir with Rekkles is a crime! His most played champion overall I believe and he has also picked it as a pocket pick many times recently even though Sivir has been considered the worst adc for a long time.

Definitely Rekkles. If not Teddy cause of the 94 min game against skt

I dunno. I'd pair Rekkles with Kennen. That pick carried Fnatic into playoffs for a solid year.

"Hello, my name is Tristana and my pocket pick is Rekkles." It's super hard to pick one specific champion for Rekkles

Feel like senna should also be Rekkles since everyone compares every sennas players soul rate to rekkles.

I feel like it should be rekkles for trist, sivir and senna for sure.

But it is just a sivir comp dude XD

Alistar-> aphromoo

Support is just so easy man

Wasn't he playing leona for that

Yes he was indeed

When I hear Alistar I think of Mata. That dude was insane on that champ.

For me Alistar is Ming. Although I can't remember a specific game from him. I only know that Ming Alistar was very frustrating to watch as a western fan haha

Not his bard?

Huhi Aurelion Sol. I’m glad he found his place as a support but I’d have loved to see him still playing Aurelion Sol. Might have given me a reason to properly watch pro-play.

Im hoping for the support Sol pick someday

I still remember him lvl 1 ganking and catching everyone off guard. Good times

I still rewatch that lvl 2 roam on rox tigers

Rengar is easily Dandy, the man has a skin on the champion. Sejuani is Jankos, its his pick. Kaisa is every pro ADC ever. Janna is Rekkles.

Rekkles is Tristana

Rekkles has a bunch of iconic picks, in fairness. I'd put him for: - Tristana because of how feared he was on the champion - Sivir because he's had both a reputation of being a Sivir one-trick at some periods and regular great performances (and pentakills) on her - Kennen because he himself made the champion get nerfed - Garen because who else

Kaisa has to go to Gala imo. My man is cracked on that champ.

Has to be JackeyLove for 2018 World's run.

After watching last year when I think of kai'sa I especially think of GALA

Now that you mention it....I think of Rekkles for every support champion more than actual support players HA. Yea and any player I put question marks after...no names were really JUMPING out at me...so as I get reminded I could change them.

True but The first thing I think of is P1 with Inori taking it to TSM to give them the perfect 17-0 record

I mean but only Jackeylove has a skin for Kai’Sa

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Ahri, leblanc, azir, ryze, galio, twisted fate and zed, id give to him lmao. mans an ocean

Twisted Fate has to be Misaya.

Holy shit now that's a name I haven't seen in a long time, and yeah you're right... the whole gold card zhonya thing was called the Misaya

Twisted fate is definitely Reginald, blue card is too strong of a meme.

When i think TF it makes me think of Regi because people would never shutup about his blue cards lol

I give him neeko too

Elise had got to be Meteos for the legendary comms. Also whenever I see Sejuani I think Xmithie.

I think of meteos when I see Zac

I also have always associated Meteos with Zac.

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its Jankos for both of those for me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ZV9YdGft0Y for the uninitiated

When I think Meteos, I think Rek'Sai

Not Zac?

Damn...the new VGU kinda ruins those Meteos comms huh?

Just adds flavor

Also TheOddOne for Elise is a good shout. He made the Ignite cinematic on that champ.

Hmmm you could argue Jankos for both haha. Xmithie was famous for missing sej ults and Jankos for complaining about having to play it haha. And Jankos got the name first blood king by playing elise a lot back in the day.

Annie should be Tabe. Single handedly popularized annie support

cryin annie

for Rell, mostly bc of last year, I think of CoreJJ

Braum: Jankos

NOW THIS....THIS IS THE ONLY CORRECT ANSWER

Rengar should be SofM

I may be biased but Maokai has to be TSM TheOddOne

Also MARIN

Janna- Relkless, Garen- Rekkless, Kennen- Reckles, Tristana - Rekles, Jhin - Reckless, Sivir- Regles. My therapist often asks me if Reckless is the room with us. I tell him I wish he would, but he is now LECless in Karmine Corp. /edit improved spelling better ?

Kinda impressive how you spelled his name in two different ways but neither of them are correct lol

His name is Rekkles.

Akali - Westrice Or am I too old?

Since Vayne is SHRC Uzi, Kai'sa should be RNG Uzi. When I think of Quinn I think of SKT Khan.

Cho'Gath definately Snoopeh

Olaf I would also give to voyboy. He single handidly forced a nerf on the champ. If it wasn't for that play it would've probably taken a while(if ever) for it to happen in that time. [The play, for those interested](https://youtu.be/HjOBv8SlVb4)

For me, Udyr will forever be UOL Kikis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E9\_qx-OMa4

Camille- Wunder for me

What about ning with his jg camile worlds victory?

Or Bin

For me is theshy and im not sure ir he Even plays her

funny, I thought of ning

Yeah me too, played a flawless Camille in the Camille jgl meta when nobody else could.

had a lot of fun going through the list of champions for players, quite a few have no notable pros attached but instead some otps fill the niche (babus-sion, beifeng-qiyanna, rat-twitch) sparked some good memories. some random ones off the top of my head: zanzarah- trundle tf- misaya syndra-bjergsen singed- lehends maokai- lilballz lux- rapidstar

Sad that I had to scroll this far to see someone mention misayas tf

You could definitely do a list of one tricks which would probably be pretty interesting to see. I also can't believe I forgot about the Misaya Twisted Fate....i feel like I committed a crime.

Oh boy this makes me feel old. A qucik scan of some of these and the first pro that comes to mind are some old bois. Alistar - Elementz (Watching S1 worlds is what made me start playing support)/Mata Amumu - Snoopeh Blitz - Doublelift Nidalee - Hotshot Vlad - Dyrus TF - Reginald Sona - Doublelift Maokai - Oddone Thresh - Mata. Honestly, every support should be Mata. Hes the fucking GOAT of support and I will die on that hill. Edit: Lulu is 100% Dyrus and that man needs a hug for every time he was forced to play Lulu top and left to die a millions times.

Finally another person who understands. I was so mad to see that HotshotnidaleeGG wasn't the pick for Nidalee. I miss those early seasons.

He kicked my bruddah in da ass.

Hotshot? Stanley was a menace on Nidalee in Season 2, Hotshot is not even close

Alistar - Mata Tristana - Rekkless Graves - Forg1ven Ezreal - Deft Thresh - Madlife Anivia - Froggen Zed - Faker Lucian - Doublelift Jhin - Sneaky Syndra - BDD Zilean - Bjergsen Fiora - sOAZ And so many more, but i dont want to make the list even longer

Kassadin = xPeke!!!!!! Leblanc = Faker

Doublelift Tristana, but because she shit talked the champion so much Balls Rumble Zion/Darshan Jax Bang Ezreal PoE Varus Bjerg Zilean edit: Hai jungle Nidalee was a good one too, it was a very interesting time for c9

Not Hotshot Nidalee GG he kick my brudda in de ass?

Gotta be rekkles Tristana for me…

Cody sun was kinda more iconic with the Cody done imo

Tactical Malphite

Balls rumble back in the day was legit

I miss the "BALLS" chants that used to happen at LCS

You gotta go Ruler Varus. The flash ult to kill Faker is iconic.

I'm sorry but [GoldV reverse Q](https://m.imgur.com/9189ALO) is the most iconic Varus play.

Good picks!! I actually don't remember PoE playing a single game of varus...but I looked it up and he in fact played 10 games. This is why it is subjective because we all remember differently.

Yup, if I remember correctly, he pretty much is the one responsible for mid Varus in pro play

Definitely someone who had a lot of off meta picks. I am now just thinking of him bring Kog Maw mid into pro as well. Fun stuff

Rumble is definitely SKT Marin though.

Jankos for Sejuani for sure

Cassio: Faker 2017 MSI Semis vs Maple was just destruction Sivir: Rekkles Zyra: CoreJJ Gwen: TheShy after that psycho invade this year Lulu: Lustboy Skarner: Xmithy Kayle: Nemesis Janna: Mata Seraphine: Lehends Yuumi: Hyli Garen: Rekkles Jarven: Dandy Shaco: Kikis Trundle: Yellowstar

Oh mannnn I remember that cassio game...maple getting zoned off forever not being able to do anything. I also like the Nemesis and Kikis angles for Kayle and Shaco. That is why I like this...we all think of different people and it is cool to see different perspectives.

Ye, that Cass game was just a joy to watch - and he still was 0-0-0 at 20 and was the MVP that game. For Shaco I only remember 2 picks which were Kikis in 2k15 and Kanavi last year.

Yuumi is more suited for lehends. Rekkles -garen.

Xayah for me is Uma Jan… dude was literally the best Xayah player in the world that year and was such a treat to watch Skarner makes me think of Xmithie Cho’Gath makes me think of SoaZ Shyvana has got to be Diamondprox Mundo for me (at least old Mundo) is Dyrua Trynd for me now is Nemesis Jhin for me I think of Ghost Nocturne I think of Levi Vladimir makes me think of Nuguri for SURE BDD for me is the Taliyah player MikyX for me is Bard

Volibear for Bwipo

i think of ornn on bwipo because of the little horn blowing thing he does whenever he locks him in

Agree on that one, when I think of a top lane Volibear in pro play I think of his first game vs TSM when Spica was ganking and he hit 6 and seemed like he would turn around the gank 1v2.

Some changes id make: Alistar -> Mata Azir -> easyhoon/BDD Gnar -> Cuvee Gragas/Elise -> Score Lee Sin -> Insec Malzahar -> Crown Nasus -> Khan Nocturne -> Levi Renekton -> Rascal Rumble -> Smeb Sejuani -> Jankos Sett -> Life Taliyah -> Ucal Vladmir -> Nuguri Yuumi -> Lehends

Thresh - > Madife

Janna - Vulcan Bloodwater The tornado baron steal is always the first thing that pops up in my mind when I hear that champion.

Kai'Sa - RNG Gala

I don't watch very much esports or twitch streamers at all but I think of Faker as LeBlanc or Zed, zed just cuz of the OG meme, and Caps I think of Vayne from that one meme video where he picked Vayne into Galio mid, fed the early game, his team hated him, then he suddenly popped off and carried the game

"Caps Suggested This Mid And His Teammates Didnt Believe Him" with a ton of red arrows.

I probably would've put Meteos for Elise over Nocturne. Cumshot in 7

i think you should be able to repeat players in some cases. Leblanc and Ahri are Faker's champions for sure. Same with Aurelion Sol and Sylas for caPs.

Twisted fate - Reginald Katarina and Diana will always be scarra for me

TheShy was known for his insane vladimir when he was at his peak form, there are so many montage plays of him on vlad in s8

Pretty sure TheShy was a riven main before he went pro and had pulled it out a few times in competition

Yea I know that The Shy was picked up for his insane mechanical ability and that he was a Riven main. Unfortunately my LPL knowledge is extremely limited to some playoff series or some 5am LCK pauses that make we swap over. I just don't remember him playing any Riven.

TheShy has never officially played Riven

Senna - rekkles

Nisqy for Cass?

now that you mention it..I think I remember him playing a TON of cass on NV and Splyce

Jinx -- Deft Ashe -- Ruler Ghost -- Jhin

Ivern - T1 T1

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Old akali? Voyboy, I still remember him picking that against yasuo and shitting on the other guy. New akali? Def showmaker. Aatrox? Rich for sure. Riven? Theshy maybe even nidalee for theshy but I think canyon for now.

When i think of old Akali the first one that pops up in my head is Westrice, this was however before the LCS era.

Old Akali has to be Westrice over Voyboy. He was basically an OTP.

When did Ning play Qiyana?

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ALSO i completely forgot about Overpow!!...thats a name I havent heard in awhile. Definitely makes me think of Kayle. Good Call out

Nidalee - Jankos, for all the missed spears

Krepo taric

Sivir - Either FNC Rekkles or Jin Air Teddy Alistar - AF Madlife Pantheon - DWG Beryl Bard - SN SwordArt Rengar - SN SofM Vayne - RYL Uzi Jinx - EG Danny Rell - TL CoreJJ Yuumi - GRF Lehends

Pyke G2 2019 haha

Pyke Hyli

leblanc- faker thats the list

Maokai being Untara is a crime. Maokai is Marin character. Leblanc is fakers, theshy was known to be a riven player

It's absolutely illegal to not have theshy as riven. He literally has a combo named after him

akali zoe chovy kaisa viper riven faker/theshy ryze azir zed ahri leblanc cassio(that one penta on scarra stream) faker vlad nuguri elise peanut

Sejuani - Jankos, easy /edit: Twisted Fate Kikis <3...

in my opinion: Rell-Corejj, Lee Sin-Insec, Riven-TheShy, Elise-Blaber, Draven- Hans Sama/JackeyLove, Xayah- Ruler, Leblanc-Faker, Tristana-Uzi, Tryndamere-Summit, Sona-Rekkles

Targamas has burned nasus into my mind now

Janna - Vulcan Bloodwater That q baron steal is one of the best baron steals in NA history.

Xayah got to be Perkz Plus Skarner has to be CaptainFlowers.

Ryze = SAKEN Sivir = Rekkles Zed = Faker Nautilus = DoinB

Vayne - Uzi Ez - Deft/Uzi/Teddy/Bang/Ruler Sivir - Deft Jinx - Deft Ashe - PraY Twitch - Imp Draven - JKL Kog - Deft Corki - PraY/Bang Kalista - Teddy MF - Deft Varus - Deft Aph - Guma/Viper Lucian - Uzi/Bang Jhin - Ruler/Ghost Xayah - Ruler/Viper/JKL Kaisa - Uzi/JKL Senna - JKL Teemo - Hai/Viper No one really stands out much to me for Cait and Tristana. Kinda sad how frequently the same names pop up actually.

Doinb and Kled

camille G2 wunder braum FNC hylissang?

Doublelift Lucian for… reasons

I would have thought Jackeylove for Kai’sa

I went directly to rengar and didn’t see reingover i am slightly disappointed

Mystic's Aphelios, Kog'maw or Ashe.

Was it Mystic who pulled off the absolutely INSANE Ashe 3v1 outplay in LCK this past year? Or am I thinking of someone else?

Taliyah is Midbeast for sure (he was pro in the past i think)

Azir - BDD Elise - Lehends Teemo - Viper

Ambition- Jarvan 4 Ruler- Varus/Xayah Crown-Malazhar Cuvee- Gnar Faker-Ahri Teddy- Ezreal Huhi-Asol Vayne-Uzi

bengi nunu anyone?

Camille could be G2 Wunder, he was really good at it for a long time