Remember: this tier list isn't that serious - it's mostly just a fun exercise that attempts to forge a meta out of an unruly mess! Also, there might be some inaccuracies with the rankings because, to be honest, I might be a little out of touch with the average Paladins experience! I mostly play in parties/in ranked, and I haven't been gold in... 4 years? So hey, let me know what you disagree with! Champion timestamps: 4:34 - Rei 5:22 - Corvus 5:35 - Moji and Grohk 6:13 - Betty and Dredge 6:40 - Drogoz 7:22 - Raum, Torvald, Ruckus, and Yagorath 9:15 - Lillith 9:45 - Furia 10:18 - Pip 11:10 - Mal'Damba 11:28 - Sha Lin and Imani 11:44 - Caspian 11:59 - Atlas 12:44 - Seris and Jenos 13:19 - Grover 13:45 - Tiberius, Kinessa, and Strix 14:04 - Lex 14:29 - Kasumi 14:56 - Most of the Tank Class!? 16:21 - Ash 16:55 - Nyx 17:32 - Terminus 17:58 - Makoa 18:50 - Barik and Inara 20:00 - Io 20:38 - Ying 20:59 - Oops! All Damage Champions! 21:14 - Vivian and Viktor 21:33 - Omen 21:55 - Willo 22:33 - Lian 23:04 - Saati 23:16 - Octavia 23:34 - Cassie 23:46 - Tyra 24:15 - Zhin 34:59 - Skye and Talus 25:12 - Androxus 25:52 - Fernando 26:21 - Khan 27:38 - Bomb King 28:22 - VII, Maeve, Buck, Evie, and Vatu 29:37 - Azaan 31:02 - Vora 31:55 - Koga
I feel like Skye is deserving of a B tier rank. She’s very squishy and can be countered easily. Her movement cards and smoke and dagger are what make her good in this current meta but outside of that, shes good for stomping casuals who don’t know about the game but for ranked shes quite balanced
@@ysgramorssoupspoon2261I agree, Skye should’ve been P tier she absolutely shreds if you know how to use her. I have her lvl 140, I play her mostly casuals and can definitely say it’s easy if you know when to strike and attack and you can mostly pick your fights due to the movement speed cards
Yes! It's actually useful knowledge and can help you decide who you want to play based off of what your team has picked. If you see someone pick Ghrok, you can go tank to help maximize them. It'll be a thankless help to the team, but that is often the best help.
Hey Andrew! I have been wondering if you could do a video of different team comps, how to identify which characters belong to which comps etc. Keep up the grind!
As a casual returning to the game, this was GREAT! For example, I knew really nothing about Yag, but now I know if I see someone pick her on my team I can run a tank as well to help the team.
pretty good tier list tbf. because the number of casuals is much bigger than ranked players. I would add though that there is also a significant difference in viability between game modes. so a dedicated tdm or onslaught tier list could be worth looking into.
Dredge the only champ u need lacking dmg? can deal alot air champs? harpoon no heals? warp self healing or/and harpoon heals can practically deal with any champ if u outplay them
Well this is a timely upload lol I had just given myself the challenge of going through the entire champ roster in casual to try and get back into the swing of the game (and getting used to all my least played champs) I wonder whether this tier list of champs will fit to my own experience so far!
I think if corvus got a soft rework to his teleport he could go up into A tier as he provides some insane healing numbers but it takes too long and is too unreliable to TP out. I wish it was just a bit faster so that you can actually escape before you get bursted down and not need LOS to teleport to the knife, not really sure why they made LOS cancel his TP but it feels really unfair when it happens
Idk, being a limited-range healer in a solo support comp doesn't make you bad. I mean, focusing on point heals when you're solo healer is the rule, not the exception. Not everyone can be Ying or Mal'damba. Betty doesn't have the same issues with high mobility flanks Dredge has, it's an important milestone between them. Also, finally a tierlist that puts Skye below Evie, Vatu and Maeve because putting her any higher is gaslighting us into thinking she's stronger than she actually is. We need more sustain cards, especially max HP!
As a casual solo player i must to say it very accurate, exept for 2 healer that are Pip and Furia, they must be on A tier no C+, becouse they are realy easy to use too, for almost every one, and Pip it a spam on casual, 7 of 10 matchs are there, so..., its the only corretion i do, the rest is perfect!
There's defo more that a solo queue pip has to deal with. Like comps, map dependency, vulnerability to dive, weakness to hitscan champs (due to his large head hitbox), lack of safety in his mobility, etc. There's alot you're leaving out on the solo queue pip experience (or just pip experience in general)
I'm happy to see Vora so strong right now. she'll probably get a small nerf next patch to her DR. taking off a 1% per card for her siphon would be a good start. she hasn't been meta since her release like 4 years ago. I'm okay with this. especially since Koga has been meta pretty much all year.
I feel like Andro doesn’t belong to A tier. When he levitates it’s actually really difficult to hit your shots so if you are not skilled at him you’re going to do very poorly. I do think he takes skill to make him work which the average player doesn’t necessarily have.
This tier list will look different for every player, general rule: your fav champ is S tier, meme builds are A tier (seriously, try spin to win selfheal koa), meta slaves are D Tier. I'd also say Drogoz is more C+, if you know what you're doing, you can very well fight Androxus and Octavia but you need a lot of experience on him, he also has enough build variety to adapt (I don't even have enough build slots after the addition of 3 more😂)
"You don't know if you're going to have a second tank, good healers, or good players at all on your team in casuals" Ah, yes. Because you definitely know you're going to get good teammates in ranked.
Video Idea, play with casual and competitive subscribers. That's fun usually. I've played against you before as a casual, we lost that match, but only because people gave up immediately because they saw you were on the other team.
from B to S tier, I’ve always played vora because she had always been competent and wasn’t too op for a nerf. Unfortunately she might be getting one soon, I’m a little bummed hopefully she doesn’t get dogged on by the devs 🤞🤞
I just started playing again after 2-3 years and i've been running Torvald with Direct Current as a solo tank 😂 and I havent lost yet, so he must be S tier for me 🤣
Just some thoughts as I watch. Thanks btw. It's called "casual" yet it's still pretty toxic. Drogoz and Willow are both easy mode in most casuals since at least 50% of players don't look up. I agree with the C+ list. Really disappointed in the changes to Kinessa, killed my will to play. Yes, playing tank is risky in casual. Barik is weak imo. I used to love him but not so much recently. For supports in general being able to keep yourself alive is probably the most important aspect in casual. Nobody will peel for you. Nobody will use their shield to protect you etc. I'd rank Saati higher. She can carry easier than Sky, Talus, or Andro imo. I've liked Vora ever since they changed her ultimate's PoV.
As an aggressive tank and Drogoz player, I gotta say I keep my support alive whenever I can, it's especially easy on Koa and Azaan, my strongest tanks (I don't wanna play azaan rn though because of his unnecessary buffs he feels even more overpowered now)
as casual support main with a semi bias I feel like Ying is a p tier considering your standards (yes I am a Ying main I always have been since the start of my playing career) but even back then she was easy to play and nice at giving heals consistently mainly because I am a support, not damage support but I love ying shes amazingly easy (without the illusion switch that took me a while to get a hang of but even then we're talking about casual ofc it won't matter much.
Evi ist best flank this game it was buffered 5 times, 0 times nerfed, second place Vora, third Zhin. Second place would be vatu if it was 900 damage 1 shot.
What's funny is if you turn off Crossplay... Okay thank and pick your actual TANK BUILD... You'll win 80% of your matches just by camping point. The opposing team probably doesn't have a tank or has a tank with no tank build.
As a filthy casual rei main you can absolutely steamroll casual lobbies with any champ on any comp Ill play rei with shit like drogoz and willo on timbermill and i still maintain a 70%+ wr and 3 kd on her wish i was able to see average healing as well but oh well
agreed with raum, but i honestly feel like hes pretty much washed whatever, chances of raum being good in a match are really slim and usually needs another tank to compensate if you dont want to get absolutely rolled by half competent players
@@BenovskyGM yeah. I Solo q in Paladins. Overwatch 2. Predator Hunting Grounds. Gears 5. Killing floor 2. Outlast trials. Dead by daylight. Texas chainsaw massacre. White noise 2. Killer Klowns from outer space
Me persoanlly iiiiiiiiii disagree with Rei can’t solo sup me fren is a Rei player and she can do double tank and still be a goated sup soooooo all im saying
Вообще не согласен. Основная проблема при игре соло это то что тебя никогда не хилят, на Лиан или Саати ты ничего не сделаешь. А вот на Дредже ты умеешь хилится или на Дженосе в урон или Пипе, Вивиан это вообще смешно. Тебя в соло будут просто унижать
Brother... this soloing iluminated human beings from casual are invading rank ... will never be possible for a common mortal like me reach Grandmaster when majority of time my team have a troll or a bot. The bots should be more smart..after so many years the bot AI is still a joke 😂 saddly
Remember: this tier list isn't that serious - it's mostly just a fun exercise that attempts to forge a meta out of an unruly mess! Also, there might be some inaccuracies with the rankings because, to be honest, I might be a little out of touch with the average Paladins experience! I mostly play in parties/in ranked, and I haven't been gold in... 4 years? So hey, let me know what you disagree with!
Champion timestamps:
4:34 - Rei
5:22 - Corvus
5:35 - Moji and Grohk
6:13 - Betty and Dredge
6:40 - Drogoz
7:22 - Raum, Torvald, Ruckus, and Yagorath
9:15 - Lillith
9:45 - Furia
10:18 - Pip
11:10 - Mal'Damba
11:28 - Sha Lin and Imani
11:44 - Caspian
11:59 - Atlas
12:44 - Seris and Jenos
13:19 - Grover
13:45 - Tiberius, Kinessa, and Strix
14:04 - Lex
14:29 - Kasumi
14:56 - Most of the Tank Class!?
16:21 - Ash
16:55 - Nyx
17:32 - Terminus
17:58 - Makoa
18:50 - Barik and Inara
20:00 - Io
20:38 - Ying
20:59 - Oops! All Damage Champions!
21:14 - Vivian and Viktor
21:33 - Omen
21:55 - Willo
22:33 - Lian
23:04 - Saati
23:16 - Octavia
23:34 - Cassie
23:46 - Tyra
24:15 - Zhin
34:59 - Skye and Talus
25:12 - Androxus
25:52 - Fernando
26:21 - Khan
27:38 - Bomb King
28:22 - VII, Maeve, Buck, Evie, and Vatu
29:37 - Azaan
31:02 - Vora
31:55 - Koga
You're amazing Andrew. I love you
Skye is a pubstomper in casual, most people lack object permanence here.
You always say that to dodge criticism. You have no backbone
I feel like Skye is deserving of a B tier rank. She’s very squishy and can be countered easily. Her movement cards and smoke and dagger are what make her good in this current meta but outside of that, shes good for stomping casuals who don’t know about the game but for ranked shes quite balanced
@@ysgramorssoupspoon2261I agree, Skye should’ve been P tier she absolutely shreds if you know how to use her. I have her lvl 140, I play her mostly casuals and can definitely say it’s easy if you know when to strike and attack and you can mostly pick your fights due to the movement speed cards
Finally a tierlist for the common man
Yes! It's actually useful knowledge and can help you decide who you want to play based off of what your team has picked. If you see someone pick Ghrok, you can go tank to help maximize them. It'll be a thankless help to the team, but that is often the best help.
Koga is trash, just tried
@@user-xt6bf2dq8tur just ass with him
this tier list is much more important then ranked tier lists.
Hey Andrew! I have been wondering if you could do a video of different team comps, how to identify which characters belong to which comps etc. Keep up the grind!
Yes I agree with this one!
As a casual returning to the game, this was GREAT! For example, I knew really nothing about Yag, but now I know if I see someone pick her on my team I can run a tank as well to help the team.
pretty good tier list tbf. because the number of casuals is much bigger than ranked players.
I would add though that there is also a significant difference in viability between game modes. so a dedicated tdm or onslaught tier list could be worth looking into.
The problem with character tier lists in Paladins is that no one takes talents or character cards into account.
Dude Vora is overpowered rn, it's not even fair man
I love 40% DR without haven being bought 🥰
@@animationtv426 30%
She still requires skill
It pisses me off, I liked my Vora going unpicked by other people 😭
@@chocho6940 but now vora is a pug stomper. Enjoy it while it lasts its so fun
Hitscans are so important for casuals
Awesome list Andy & I really like the way you speak. Thank you!
R.I.P all the solo queuers (I’m dead)
@@paranoia666... I'm sure they'll add a Mercy rez just for you👋🥰
@@ReiyaPamilia I hope 🙏🏽
Dredge is easily P tier
Finally a tier list for me after so long🙏🙏 100% agree with meave
31:26 damn that looked savage
8:45 lmao thats me spinning around
Dredge is honestly rlly good with hurl for me at least
You're amazing Andrew. I love you
As a Paladins solo casual player there is finally a casual tier list.
Dredge the only champ u need
lacking dmg? can deal alot
air champs? harpoon
no heals? warp self healing or/and harpoon heals
can practically deal with any champ if u outplay them
Jenos is one hell of a pub stomper with binary star, absolute monster in casuals but mid in ranked above gold
And Paladins must be in the C++ tier. (For everyone who likes programming under us 😅)
"Anything can work in casual"
Support Skye:
All things considered, this tierlist is a pretty good representation of the average Paladins player skill level.
31:47 - The absolute LUCK, jeez!
that "P" list is on point
Well this is a timely upload lol
I had just given myself the challenge of going through the entire champ roster in casual to try and get back into the swing of the game (and getting used to all my least played champs)
I wonder whether this tier list of champs will fit to my own experience so far!
I think if corvus got a soft rework to his teleport he could go up into A tier as he provides some insane healing numbers but it takes too long and is too unreliable to TP out. I wish it was just a bit faster so that you can actually escape before you get bursted down and not need LOS to teleport to the knife, not really sure why they made LOS cancel his TP but it feels really unfair when it happens
i just reached 2k hours and still have 40 champs under lvl 10 the rest are all like 100 and i am a pub stomp andy lo
Idk, being a limited-range healer in a solo support comp doesn't make you bad. I mean, focusing on point heals when you're solo healer is the rule, not the exception. Not everyone can be Ying or Mal'damba.
Betty doesn't have the same issues with high mobility flanks Dredge has, it's an important milestone between them.
Also, finally a tierlist that puts Skye below Evie, Vatu and Maeve because putting her any higher is gaslighting us into thinking she's stronger than she actually is. We need more sustain cards, especially max HP!
As a casual solo player i must to say it very accurate, exept for 2 healer that are Pip and Furia, they must be on A tier no C+, becouse they are realy easy to use too, for almost every one, and Pip it a spam on casual, 7 of 10 matchs are there, so..., its the only corretion i do, the rest is perfect!
u can't imagine what have u done to the caaual looby with that video
There's defo more that a solo queue pip has to deal with.
Like comps, map dependency, vulnerability to dive, weakness to hitscan champs (due to his large head hitbox), lack of safety in his mobility, etc.
There's alot you're leaving out on the solo queue pip experience (or just pip experience in general)
True, but I didn't have time to talk about all of it. Doesn't change my ranking!
Whenever I see the enemy team of PP players with a healer. I know I'm in for a long one
31:23 vora ult vs dredge exiting... what happened here?! lol
Andrew chicken is the Sam Sulek of gaming ❤
Tried playing Buck in casuals again. Vora winning 1v1s against Buck is a crime.
Even with Bounce House, if u don't hit all ur pellets, you lose the 1v1 😢
@@kingping3555 actually criminal. And she had a Torvald pocket to save her when I landed headshots. I wanted to seethe.
@@taurvanath dang I feel your pain... Can't wait for her to be nerfed
I'm happy to see Vora so strong right now. she'll probably get a small nerf next patch to her DR. taking off a 1% per card for her siphon would be a good start. she hasn't been meta since her release like 4 years ago. I'm okay with this. especially since Koga has been meta pretty much all year.
Hope we get rid of that braindead machine gun monkey soon, I hope we will get back to an evie/maeve/vatu flank meta
@polarblade1159 vatu was meta for months non stop... Evie is middle of the road and Evie metas are not fun either. But meave I wouldn't mind at all.
I feel like Andro doesn’t belong to A tier. When he levitates it’s actually really difficult to hit your shots so if you are not skilled at him you’re going to do very poorly. I do think he takes skill to make him work which the average player doesn’t necessarily have.
This tier list will look different for every player, general rule: your fav champ is S tier, meme builds are A tier (seriously, try spin to win selfheal koa), meta slaves are D Tier.
I'd also say Drogoz is more C+, if you know what you're doing, you can very well fight Androxus and Octavia but you need a lot of experience on him, he also has enough build variety to adapt (I don't even have enough build slots after the addition of 3 more😂)
"You don't know if you're going to have a second tank, good healers, or good players at all on your team in casuals"
Ah, yes. Because you definitely know you're going to get good teammates in ranked.
Video Idea, play with casual and competitive subscribers. That's fun usually. I've played against you before as a casual, we lost that match, but only because people gave up immediately because they saw you were on the other team.
from B to S tier, I’ve always played vora because she had always been competent and wasn’t too op for a nerf. Unfortunately she might be getting one soon, I’m a little bummed hopefully she doesn’t get dogged on by the devs 🤞🤞
I feel like Vora is genuinely a good champion on controller and pc because I feel like I’ve been stomping lobbies easily and I play on Xbox.
I just started playing again after 2-3 years and i've been running Torvald with Direct Current as a solo tank 😂 and I havent lost yet, so he must be S tier for me 🤣
Idk i nearly always pick ruckus as solo tank in casuals and it kinda works
I hope
Nessa should be P imo
I like Grohk damage as solo... as an off healer...
Just some thoughts as I watch. Thanks btw. It's called "casual" yet it's still pretty toxic. Drogoz and Willow are both easy mode in most casuals since at least 50% of players don't look up. I agree with the C+ list. Really disappointed in the changes to Kinessa, killed my will to play. Yes, playing tank is risky in casual. Barik is weak imo. I used to love him but not so much recently. For supports in general being able to keep yourself alive is probably the most important aspect in casual. Nobody will peel for you. Nobody will use their shield to protect you etc. I'd rank Saati higher. She can carry easier than Sky, Talus, or Andro imo. I've liked Vora ever since they changed her ultimate's PoV.
As an aggressive tank and Drogoz player, I gotta say I keep my support alive whenever I can, it's especially easy on Koa and Azaan, my strongest tanks (I don't wanna play azaan rn though because of his unnecessary buffs he feels even more overpowered now)
as casual support main with a semi bias I feel like Ying is a p tier considering your standards (yes I am a Ying main I always have been since the start of my playing career) but even back then she was easy to play and nice at giving heals consistently mainly because I am a support, not damage support but I love ying shes amazingly easy (without the illusion switch that took me a while to get a hang of but even then we're talking about casual ofc it won't matter much.
Why is buck not in c tier there are games where he can't do anything because of the enemy comp?
Evi ist best flank this game it was buffered 5 times, 0 times nerfed, second place Vora, third Zhin. Second place would be vatu if it was 900 damage 1 shot.
What's funny is if you turn off Crossplay... Okay thank and pick your actual TANK BUILD... You'll win 80% of your matches just by camping point.
The opposing team probably doesn't have a tank or has a tank with no tank build.
As a filthy casual rei main you can absolutely steamroll casual lobbies with any champ on any comp
Ill play rei with shit like drogoz and willo on timbermill and i still maintain a 70%+ wr and 3 kd on her wish i was able to see average healing as well but oh well
Imani and Shalin have similar weapons? being very litteral here
14:58
OwO
What's this?
agreed with raum, but i honestly feel like hes pretty much washed whatever, chances of raum being good in a match are really slim and usually needs another tank to compensate if you dont want to get absolutely rolled by half competent players
Idk about solo que raum being so low. Ive gotten quite good at him solo its fun. 😂
Andrew in mt opinion I think you overrate Barik in your tierlists. He doesnt feel good to play at all right now from what i have seen
Casual Solo Queue is playable??
@@BenovskyGM yeah. I Solo q in Paladins. Overwatch 2. Predator Hunting Grounds. Gears 5. Killing floor 2. Outlast trials. Dead by daylight. Texas chainsaw massacre. White noise 2. Killer Klowns from outer space
Me persoanlly iiiiiiiiii disagree with Rei can’t solo sup me fren is a Rei player and she can do double tank and still be a goated sup soooooo all im saying
so your tanks know patience
Вообще не согласен. Основная проблема при игре соло это то что тебя никогда не хилят, на Лиан или Саати ты ничего не сделаешь. А вот на Дредже ты умеешь хилится или на Дженосе в урон или Пипе, Вивиан это вообще смешно. Тебя в соло будут просто унижать
uh oh
Why is casuals called solo-queue?
Do you not solo-queue ranked?
There is more communication and sensible team compositions in solo ranked than solo casual
Solo Queing in this game is awful...unplayable when not in a party
koga adamdır
PLEASE HI REZ, REMOVE ARCADE MODE OR ATLEAST REMOVE SURVIVAL FROM IT, OR GIVE US THE OPTION TO QUEUE JUST FOR ONSLAUGHT
Brother... this soloing iluminated human beings from casual are invading rank ... will never be possible for a common mortal like me reach Grandmaster when majority of time my team have a troll or a bot. The bots should be more smart..after so many years the bot AI is still a joke 😂 saddly
What the fuck are you saying 😂
Dredge's weakness to flying champs is completely nullified if you pick the harpoon talent
This the game is trash.