5 Best Mid Laners in League of Legends Patch 9.23

League of Legends Patch 9.23 is the preseason patch and with it, has plenty of changes to the map, meta, and our of course, champion selection. Here are the five best mid laners in the preseason patch.

5 Best Mid Laners in League of Legends Patch 9.23

5. Kassadin

Right now, a lot of AP burst mid laners are popular. Naturally, Kassadin loves this, being that he is the anti-magic bruiser. Though he lacks the lane priority and pressure of other mid laners, he does scale the hardest out of the most popular mid laners right now.

4. Katarina

Though not popular amongst pro players, Katarina is still alive and well in solo queue. Games snowball very hard so far this preseason, and Katarina is the snowballing queen. Once she gets ahead, she'll take the lead and run away with it, turning the map into her playground.

3. Fizz

Assassins seem to be the common trend this patch. Fizz is a lot like Katarina in the sense that he can snowball extremely hard. The only difference is that he is much better at killing single targets than she is.

2. Ekko

Ekko is not only one of the best junglers, but also a great mid laner. He makes the list for the same reason as Katarina and Fizz; He too can snowball extremely hard and is a bit more versatile than the other two.

1. Malzahar

The only mage to make the list, Malzahar. Malz does the same as he always does, he pushes lanes. This grants him easy lane priority for dragons, and his build path makes him good at taking objectives like Baron. Malz is the only mage that can truly go toe-to-toe with the assassins on this list thanks to his spell shield and his lane pushing capabilities.

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