League of Legends Patch 9.8 tier list: top lane

New Additions

Nautilus

Riot promised in the patch notes that this would be the last set of buffs for Nautilus, and this round does seem to have put the Titan of the Depths into the limelight. While some are saying that Nautilus is going to become a power pick in pro play, the data available to us just doesn’t bear that out. He’s only rated in our tier list in the top lane, four of the nine tier lists we evaluated didn’t rank him at all, and he’s a D tier pick at that.

Maokai

Another tank who fell off our tier list in the last patch, Maokai has crept his way back onto our tier list. Like with Nautilus, though, his return has been with a whimper rather than a roar. He was only rated by five of the nine tier lists we audited and was ranked a B pick at the highest.

New Subtractions:

Mordekaiser

Unfortunately for the Master of Metal, he was not rated by the minimum number of tier lists (at least 50%) to make our list. He was rated by four out of the nine so he might jump back in next patch. I wouldn’t anticipate him entering much higher than C tier, though.