After we examined the metagame over at China a few days back, we now take a look at the other favorited region - South Korea. 80 games from OGN The Champion Summer were scanned to bring you this "Stats Corner".
With the strength of Blade of the Ruined King for the grand majority of OGN, it's no surprise that Vayne is so high on the "most picked" list. Her 'E' buff, BotrK, and the mechanical prowess of Korean players makes her a no-brainer. Those directly under her have incredible kits with high utility, granting them access to the top of the charts as well.
Similar to China, we have Elise on the top of "most first picked." For similar reasons and a recap as to why, Elise is strong in just about every lane matchup, is a safe jungler, has a ton of utility and base damage, and has mobility to top it all off. Under her are the versatile Thresh, Lee Sin, and Shen.
Twisted Fate finally exits the spot for "most banned" for a second time in a row in favor of Lee Sin. While Twisted Fate has suffered some nerfs, the strongest of Lee Sin players cannot be trifled with. When his kit is used to the utmost capacity, he definitely ranks as an overpowered champion. Twisted Fate only falls slightly behind, however, followed by Elise, Jayce, and Thresh.
Similar heroes share the same fate in the most contested (pick/banned combined.) All of these characters fall under the category of champions that are very strong in the Korean meta.
Even though two champions benefited extremely well from the early status of Blade of the Ruined King, Vayne is the only one we can see at the top of the winrate charts. Nunu, Ryze, and Zed also enjoyed absurd winrates during OGN.
For how strong Koreans are at picking people off, Evelynn has the absolute lowest win rate in the OGN Summer. In fact, a wide variety of powerful champions share this fate with Twisted Fate, Fiddlesticks, Kog'Maw, and Kennen following directly behind.
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