Season 43 Mage meta shifts, Echoing Staff grants "mosquito legs," Chalice of Harmony tank is truly evil: Tier 2 team.

The tier list continues to decline. I wonder how the mages from the next T2 team are faring? Even if they're considered bottom tier, they still have room to perform in specific ranks and team compositions. The environment determines their ceiling. Some mages are destined for high-level play, while those left behind are simply being phased out. It's a transitional period in lower ranks. There was a time when heroes with complex mechanics were always considered the strongest in the Rift—difficult to master, highly playable, and incredibly powerful. But in reality, these three elements aren't related. Does being simple and brute-forced automatically make someone inferior?

Look at Shangguan Wan'er, invincible in flight, a mage assassin harvester. Several versions ago, she was feared by everyone. Her fast pace was good because she lacked gold to deal damage. However, the increasing importance of supports has created problems that even assassins find difficult to deal with, making them feel frustrated. With Doriya's splashing waves, Yao's magic orbs interrupting skills, Shao Siyuan's head-locking kick, and Dayu's teleportation and healing, there are crowd control abilities. Interrupting Wan'er's ink slide is not as difficult as imagined. Tanks can kill her instantly. Do you still think she's strong? Wang Zhaojun's situation is similar to Zhen Ji's; the support role has stagnated.

Don't be too negative. Mid lane will eventually see a diverse range of champions emerge. As long as you don't encounter top-tier players, playing mid lane as a second-tier champion is a decent experience. Take Milady, for example—a tower-pushing powerhouse. Has she been abandoned by the developers? No. She's a 6-yuan epic champion, part of the Dream series, and has an extremely high ban rate in low ranks. If you can't manage minion waves and just blindly engage in fights, you can destroy two towers in one wave. You might say she's useless, but she's a bully in certain ranks.

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