[2023] Botlane picks guide for Patch 13.11

I was so sure Nilah Senna was going to be the lane of Worlds last year. It's still cracked right now. Nilah Taric is also incredible.

I see other people talking about Rell. Generally pro players do not have enough time to investigate every possible champion. I think they could probably do better but it's hard to figure out every possibility.

Here's a random one: AP Varus Top just 10x'd its pick rate in Korea last week (It's in like 5% of all games last I checked) and it's starting to spill over into other servers now. His build didn't change. It's all the same items (Nashor's Riftmaker Zhonya's/Banshee's) but just out of nowhere it's a thing now. We may even see it in pro. But it's just been there waiting for a year+

Keep in mind, "enchanter meta" is sort of weird phrasing here. We still see a decent amount of Rakan, Nautilus, and other engage champions. Also, Rell isn't even bad into enchanters. Her engage reliability is a lot better now that it's not tied to Mount Up. At a certain point Milio can't beat Hexflash + E + Q + W without both champions playing entirely off the wave.

Yeah it'll be funny if people pin it as "marksmen OP LUL" because he's building strictly mage items and his kit hasn't been touched in a long time.

Also it's probably OP and AP Varus probably needs his damage profile changed.

Totally agree.

Yeah it’s 100% influencer driven.

Senna is tuned around laning with marksmen, where it’s hard to get full value out of her kit. As soon as you change either the damage type or range she becomes much stronger.

Basically once Nilah goes in, Senna Q and R do double duty. Plus the MS isn’t bad either.