Katarina. Doesnt win lane against equally skilled enemies withour roaming, as her laning phase is the weakest of all champs in game

Agree with Galio, I'll add Taliyah. Can shove then roam and look for ult plays in the sidelanes.

Galio. My first main, once you know what the other champions do laning is very easy aside from some (but pretty brutal) hard counters. Amazing teamfighting, insane early waveclear. The difference ist mainly that tf afaik prefers to be the setup for a pick by ulting behind laner etc, galio relies on setup to ult in. This results in twisted fate being better to get picks on isolated enemies while Galio is 10x better in full teamfights, there are few champs that are comparable.

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Galio and Lissandra are the first that come to mind if you want to stick to the more utility mages.

You can also take Qiyana/Talon/Kata/Zed who naturally want to roam and snowball.

If you dont mind more cheese picks, you have Pyke, Singed and Nunu who exclusively roam.

Qiyana can solo win a game by just roaming and murdering bot lane, and she is a champ that mains don’t seem to get bored of.

Taliyah also has tools to roam and gank quickly and successfully.

ahri everfrost is pretty fun but don’t expect much damage

Galio, Pantheon and Taliyah are all champions with roaming ultimates and at least one CC tool, and they are all more than viable mid lane.

I still play him mid. Poke with W. You clear wave fast so do so and roam. You’ll want to play with your jung for skirmishes and look for roams bot to help them get ahead. Play to your strengths of quick wave clear and fast getting around the map.

Not something u can blind pick. You can only pick him on meele match ups, i think he is pretty good. He beats most of them, but there is not much u can do against mages who just poke u to death.

Bro I’ve played him adc😭

not really but he is good toplane

Tbh it's good if you're prepared to play really strangely. It's one of the few picks that will let you clear fast early and then you can either team up with your jng to invade or you can go straight to roaming. Kayn mid has really good poke with W and is a big threat if you can force the enemy mid to roam as well then you can ambush them. I couldn't say I recommend this if you aren't used to mid roamers though.

Like ziggs? Squishy far ranged AP who roams with ult range after clearing lane? Probably Xerath? Lux wants to fit here but doesn’t as well.

There are other champions who can fill helping side lanes (if that’s your priority, not sure) in different styles like TF or Galio. Hope this helps!

Seraphine really busted wave clear, she can also be used as an APC in bot, but dunno how viable that is in current season

Kayn top proxy, after 2nd wave put a level into E and start proxying, apply lots of pressure during the first 2 waves as well.

Or you know.. just jungle. That's not a lane

Most mages with AoE in their kit can do this. You just need to understand mages waveclear breakpoints. There are 3 main lvl breakpoints to know for fast waveclear that most mage midlaners follow:

• Lvl 5: Casting ur main ability (eg. Lux E, Ahri Q, Syndra Q etc) on the backline twice will clear the casters
• Lvl 7: Casting ur main ability on the backline once will leave the casters on low enough hp for ur autos to finish them off. Or, u can use another spell to finish them off instantly
• Lvl 9: Most mages can instantly oneshot the backline with one spell by this stage

Side note: at lvl 6 your main ability will leave the backline on more hp than ur one autoattack can finish off, so u may need to invest in an additional ability for fast waveclear

Understanding these waveclear breakpoints can help u determine how quickly u can shove the incoming wave, in order to prepare ur roam or reset beforehand. The faster u clear out the wave, the longer ur roam timer. Obv an artillery mage (eg. Xerath, Ziggs, Lux, Seraphine) can waveclear from a much safer distance than some of the shorter-ranged mages. Also, most AP champs can start oneshotting the backline as early as obtaining Doran's Ring + 40AP. The cheapest way to obtain this would be double Amp Tomes (800g). Otherwise, your other options to reach 40AP would be Blasting Wand (850g) or the standard Lost Chapter (1200g). Lost Chapter's item components only give u 20AP, it won't be until u complete Lost Chapter that u obtain the 40AP. Knowing this is helpful for when u are in an unfavourable matchup, where ur goal is just trying to play waves and not interact. Say ur champ doesn't have severe mana issues early, and u only managed to base with 800-850g. Instead of buying Amp + Sapphire Crystal, u may want to invest in double Amp Tomes or Blasting Wand instead (depending on what ur building). Obv if ur champ has severe mana issues early then u'd have to go for a mana option

Finally, I explain examples below on how to waveclear effectively on Lux and Seraphine specifically, my 2 most-played champs mid (if u are interested):

#Lux

If u fell behind in lane, Lux is able to play safe and not interact with her laner. To do this, use E just in front of the enemy wave before ur own wave dies. Since E can last up to 5s before it pops, u want to time it so that once ur own wave dies, the enemy wave will be slowed by the E u placed. Use Q on the first 2 melee minions to further stall the wave. This will clump all 6 minions into ur E circle, while ur E cd starts counting down from when u first placed it. After 5s, ur E detonates and dmgs all 6 minions in the process. You can then E again to kill all the minions, and use ur passive auto on the melee minion that wasn't hit by ur Q to kill it. Opponents cannot punish u for waveclearing in this manner, especially if ur sitting close to tower while doing this

For cannon waves, u can save E + R combo to instaclear those. Just make sure that ur E hits all 3 melee minions and the cannon. Lux ult cd is short enough that u can do this to every cannon wave

#Seraphine

The first thing u need to know is that Sera can instaclear non-cannon waves with Doran's Ring, two Amp Tomes, and 1 Adaptive Force minor rune shard using EQQ (we usually go haste for the other minor rune shard). Learn her spell timings and ranges. Try to use ur E so that it hits all 6 minions as they are walking into lane, as they will be in a straight line allowing for an easy E lineup. Followup with QQ when the minions group up so that ur Qs hit every minion. Second thing, since we max Q first early game if u ever find urself under tower, ur early game E only does around the same dmg as ur autos. So, if u need to prep full hp caster minions under tower, simply E all of them one. Then the tower hit will leave them all on enough hp for ur one autoattack to finish them off

Hope this helps!

^(Disclaimer: In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts and misunderstandings, please note that the above information serves as a recommendation and general guideline intended to explain the phenomena. It is based off of my own personal experience, as well as research of other players. Thus, said information is by no means perfect, nor is it a law that you must follow. You are entitled to your own preferences, playstyles, and opinions, which may differ from mine ®)

I'm a jungler and whenever I'm autofill mid I play malzahar.

I never win lane but I also never lose lane. Just AFK farm, the enemy mid will get bored, roam, and you just take plates.

Play Fizz. Safe, easy, nightmare when he snowballs.

Sexy Maid Nidalee mid or no mid at all

Katarina and Akali are very hard snowballers who can carry hard.

Play Aatrox, Irelia and Akali. They win lane and snowball out of control.

I played Galio mid and my friend Yas top (I had against an Akali so i decided to pick Galio) and i would permaroam top. He got fed and snowballed hard, whenever he got in trouble i ulted him, and Akali could do nothing against me. This works pretty well and we will try to abuse it this season :D

Talon

Nunu

Nocturne

Aurelion Sol I'm never in lane

taliyah

High damage mid i think it will be mai, ganmo, nuwa Tanky supports zhangfei, lian po, zhuangzhi is less tanky but good for situational pick into heavy crowd cc enemies

A few mid lane suggestions for beginners (I'm not expert at the lane, just top 20% mid)

High Dmg Mages: Mai Shiranui, Gan & Mo, Daji, Kongming

Utility Mages: Princess Frost (Wang Zhaojun), Yixing, Lady Zhen

Poke Mages: Flowborn Mage, Angela, Nuwa (Can also be built for dmg, but finisher build is my preference)

Ideally you'd want to learn from atleast one of these stereotypes and hopefully 5 in total. Any experienced players, do correct me if I'm wrong Enjoy the game!

Good mids Angela, Mai ,Gan and mo ,Daji , Nuwa roamers maybe sakeer da qiao cai yan maybe donghuang.

Mage supports are good because you can actually defend the highground if your team dies. And you can get a good score just by poking without the risk of initiating and dying.

For tanks, i'll only go with lian-po. Zhangfei is another popular pick but he's too team-reliant for me.

Have you tried da qiao in mid lane with full damage (without any utility build)? I've been using it lately and it's so fun.

My item : red shoe + scepter + savant's wrath + pink robe + void staff + tome of wisdom + (you can buy utility items in late game)

Arcana : 10 nightmare + 10 harmony + 10 mind's eye

Common skill : teleport

With teleport, you can move to any lane and boom with your ultimate

Two things: Back timings and wave control.

What I've noticed is that roaming is a lot easier if you take the free recall opportunities you get. That way you avoid being OOM/low when a roam opportunity arises, and instead of "back, farm or roam?" a lot of the time your choices are just "Farm or roam".

You can reduce the cost of roaming by managing your wave correctly. And especially mages can usually just shove the wave really quickly to move. If the roam opportunity doesn't work out, you can turn around half way and lose nothing. If it works out, getting your team 1-2 kills, a dragon/tower platings, and a pile of assists, losing a wave to tower is fine.

Remember that gold isn't the only resource in league. Momentum is another one. If you are a threat on the map and you keep your enemies reeling, that's worth more than those 6 CS you might miss.

If you see a fight that you think can be won if you're there, then resist your hesitation to go because of the minions and force yourself to go. Unless the minion wave is under your tower, you'll probably only miss a couple minions, and getting to the fight may get you or your team a few kills, which more than makes up for the loss of minions. If you get your jungler ahead, they can get you and the rest of the lanes ahead, and you're more likely to win the game. In terms of actually roaming bot/top, I wouldn't worry too much about it unless it's absolutely free/your laner's roaming/you're behind and can't fight your laner. If you're ahead, you probably want to just control the wave and force the enemy to take your trades/harass and potentially kill them.

If someones over extended gank. Dont ping your teammates until you're right on top because theyll usually give it away. If its in your favor and you believe you can kill go for it. The worse that happens is your enemy laner shoves. Take that time to place down vision for your own jungler and if you dont believe in yourself gank literally with the jungle. Ive been playing alot of leesin and kha mid and ive learned alot about roaming. Its insane how much havoc you can cause when youre basically another jungler. Enemy team fears a gank at any moment and you can get damn near every objective its beautiful. Now with mages its even crazier. Say like Malz who i honestly believe is really underrated he can basically perma push you and fuck top and bot a new asshole or just fuck the midlaner. His roams basically go (do i have ult? Yes? I gank) do i not have ult? Push and see if you can make a play on objective ir just farm. Always help teammates because regardless of who you are 1 man will lose to 5 people, every single time. Team game

You usually hard push the wave when you want to roam so you don't have to worry about it for a while. Helping with skirmishes is the big one, even if you are too anxious about ganking other lanes, you need to keep an eye on the map and see when your jungler is in a risky spot. If they are doing an objective or get invaded, your team will have a much better chance of getting ahead and winning if you notice and get there before the enemy team does.

Maybe err on the risky side, make yourself rush to help in skirmishes even if it's dangerous. Might help you recognize good and bad situations and force you in the habit of leaving lane to help your team. Help with dragons, etc...

Generally speaking, mages aren't great at roaming because of the way they want to play fights. They don't want to scrap and let people slowly stroll into the fight, they want a front-to-back straight up 5v5.

You can roam if you know it's an easy play, but generally you're better off staying mid and controlling that part of the map, farming, pressuring tower, etc.

Assassins are just so much better at dealing with the scrappy nature of roaming than mages.

If you cant find a good roam main, you can start by becoming one.

I can comfortably be placed in any role (given that i can have my pick of heroes)

Stop complalining about roam and do the roam instead.!
If you don't want to, then let people play what they want.!

As a roam main, i loathe selena roam, natalia is somewhat understandable since her kit is built to be a roam assassin but selena is a burst midlaner not an assassin like can't they just go tig or rafaela that way the core doesn't die during contest or the mm during laning phase

Time to become a roam main

Selena was supposed to be a jungler. With her insanely fast jungle clear, her gank potential and her insane early game damage, she was meant for the jungle role. Ppl started playing Selena roam and it got so popular that Jungle Selena completely died out. Some pro selena players still play her as jg

Always (I just hate playing her in gold 🍞)

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