CC Tier List

[Corenat Rovarnus]

Ported from the old forum: http://churchofproz.forumotion.net/t1245-cc-tier-list

Disables (Or CC, Crowd Control) are essential to keeping your enemies locked down and ensuring a battle goes your way. This list's purpose is to aid in picking a team comp that can peel and initiate effectively, and can interrupt channeled abilities like Drain or Death Lotus.

Soft = Blind, Slow, Silence
Roots are kind of in between as you can still attack and use non-movement spells.
Hard = Stun, Taunt, Charm, Fear
Immutable = Knockup, Knockback, Suppression. These types of CC deserve a special mention as they cannot have their duration reduced  by Tenacity or be removed via Cleanse/QSS.
ST = Single Target, as opposed to AoE

I value hard CC more as it can interrupt channeled spells and really lock down your opponents. Cancelling an ultimate can be a huge power play and make the difference between a fight you win and a fight where you get blown up.

|S| God Tier: 4 disabling moves. The most lock-downy chumps in the game.

• Nautilus - Snare(on hit), Pull, AOE slow, AOE knockup. No longer the CC King
  
• Sejuani - Knockup, slow, 2 stuns
  
• Xin Zhao - that's right, he has 4 now: knockup, AOE knockback, and 2 slows.
  

|A| Great Tier: 3 disabling moves, with at least one of them hard like a stun or knockup. If one of these guys gets ahold of you, you probably won't be doing much for a while. Picking one of these guys is always a good idea.

• Zac - Slow, knockback, knockup
  
• Lissandra - Slow, Snare, Stun
  
• Jarvan IV - AOE Knockup, AOE slow, Wall
  
• Anivia - AOE slow/stun, Wall, toggled AOE slow
  
• Thresh - Pull, Directional AOE stun and slow, AOE slow
  
• Leona - ST snare, ST stun, AOE stun/slow
  
• Blitzcrank - Pull, ST knockup, AoE silence
  
• Lulu - piercing slow, Polymorph, AOE knockup
  
• Janna - ST slow, AOE knockup, AOE knockback
  
• Nami - ST slow, 2 AOE knockups
  
• Zyra - AOE snare, AOE knockup, plants slow
  
• Braum - Slow, Stun, AOE knockup
  
• Sion - Slow and 2 knockups
  
• Ekko - Slow, 2 AOE slow fields, one of which can be turned into an AOE stun.
  
• Gragas - AOE Slow, ST Stun, AOE knockback.
  
• Galio - AOE taunt, 2 AOE knockups
  
• Maokai - ST root, AOE slow/knockback, AOE root
  
• Ornn - Lots of knockups and slows
  
• Poppy - Slow field, knockback, super AOE knockup ult
  
• Nunu - 1 knockup, 2 slows
  
• Urgot
  
• Alistar
  
• Taliyah - Although in practice, she's not so good as her wall can easily harm your team more than it helps. It's similar to Bard's ultimate in that respect.
  
• Gnar (Mega Form)
  

|B|Good Tier: 2 disabling moves, 1 or more of which is hard

• --Silence and Stun--
  
• Malzahar
  
• Fiddlesticks
  --ST Stun and AoE Slow--
  
• Singed - it's singed, the most troll character in video game history. Now with a snare combo
  
• Volibear - melee range aoe slow
  
• Skarner - low cd slow, but its melee
  
• Ashe - An always on permaslow
  
• Xerath
  
• Jayce
  --AoE Stun and ST Slow--
  
• Shaco - Jack in the Box is very situational but can be devastating in skilled hands.
  
• Sona
  
• Malphite
  --AoE Stun, AoE Slow--
  
• Vel'Koz
  
• Ziggs
  
• Fizz
  
• Cassiopeia
  
• Orianna
  
• Lee Sin - like with Tristana, he can get multiple if he aims right and gets lucky
  
• Aatrox
  
• Kalista - If applied right
  
• Azir - Knockback in his ult.
  
• Syndra
  
• Heimerdinger - Upgraded Grenade or Turret
  
• Shen
  
• Akali
  --2 stuns--
  
• Amumu - His ult doesn't prevent casting but it can still shut down an entire team
  
• Hecarim
  
• Vi
  
• Aurelion Sol
  
• Warwick - point blank AOE fear
  
• Rakan
  

• --Other--
• Darius - His hook doesn't stun but it does interrupt channels.
  
• Morgana - Snare, AOE slow+stun
  
• Rammus - Long taunt and very small AoE knockback on powerball
  
• Yasuo - AoE knockup and knockup extension
  
• Cho'Gath - AOE stun+slow, AOE silence
  
• Soraka - AOE slow, AOE silence+snare
  
• Tahm Kench - yum yum eat em up. One stun and tongue lash can be either a stun or slow.
  
• Ivern - ST Snare, AOE slow
  
• Kled - ST pull, ST knockback
  
• Yorick - Circle wall, AOE slow
  
• Mordekaiser
  
• Irelia
  
• Qiyana
  
• Bard - depending on the situation stasis can be better or worse than a stun.
  

|C| Okay Tier: 1 hard disable or 2 soft. With this much you can hold your own in the team comp and are more likely to win duels.

• --2 Slows-- 1 single target, 1 AoE
• Rumble
  
• Trundle
  
• Gnar (Mini Form)
  --2 AoE Slows--
  
• Gangplank
  
• Vladimir
  --Blind and Slow--
  
• Teemo
  --Snare and Slow-- may be split based on which abilities are AoE
  
• Rengar - situational combo by timing ferocity meter
  
• Caitlyn - traps are situational but good for map control
  
• Lux
  
• Swain
  
• Varus
  
• Jinx
  
• Jhin
  
• Karma - as per the rework
  --Melee stun--
  
• Renekton
  
• Udyr
  --Range stun-- It can be used from a range, Pantheon's is a gap closer but still
  
• Ahri
  
• Brand
  
• Elise
  
• Nocturne - Very low range, potentially moved due to fear rework(nerf)
  
• Pantheon
  
• Twisted Fate
  
• Evelynn
  
• Quinn - although it's mostly a slow, her E does stun for a very brief moment.
  --ST Snare--
  
• Xayah
  
• Ryze
  --AOE stun--
  Annie and Kennen - They may have both a single target and an AOE stun, but they can effectively only use one of the two at any given time.
  
• Draven - pretty much
  
• Jax
  
• Riven
  
• Taric
  
• Tristana - It can hit multiple units if they are clumped
  
• Veigar - it's on a delay and only stuns if they pass through
  
• Viktor - kind of weird but if used right works like this.
  
• Wukong - Uncleansable
  
• Rek'Sai - Uncleansable but in a rather small area
  
• Kayn (Rhaast)
  

• --Other--
  
• Shyvana - A giant push
  
• Diana - Vacuum Stomp
  
• Leblanc - 2Chainz (Slow into Snare)
  
• Kassadin - rework removed silence on his Q, but it can still interrupt channeled abilities
  
• Zoe - SLEEPY TROUBLE BUBBLE!!!
  
• Fiora - some slows
  
• Vayne - knockback/stun
  

|D| Meh Tier: Has one soft CC ability.

• --Silence--
• Garen
  --ST Slow--
  
• Mundo - spammable
  
• Kayle
  
• Nasus - Although it's very nearly a root
  
• Talon - can hit more than one
  
• Illaoi
  
• Kindred
  --AoE Slow--
  
• Graves - field, reduces vision
  
• Karthus - wall, shreds magic resistance
  
• Kha'Zix - most people take the spike rack evolution
  
• Kog'Maw
  
• Miss Fortune
  
• Olaf - Since it can hit multiple enemies, but its not likely.
  
• Tryndamere
  
• Twitch
  
• Zed - Same as Olaf
  
• Kayn (Shadow Assassin)
  

|E| Trouble tier: These champions have no disables whatsoever. Most of them have some sort of niche/gimmick like extreme damage or mobility. I strongly advise against picking them if your team is lacking in hard disables. Essentially if you pick one of these champions and fail to carry/do damage, you are completely useless. I speak from personal experience so feel free to mock me. I'll list what their gimmick is.

• Corki - (magic) damage
  
• Ezreal - damage
  
• Katarina - damage, shunpo reset dashing
  
• Lucian - damage
  
• Master Yi - extreme splitpushing, is also the original dunkmaster
  
• Nidalee - choice to build ap or ad with alternate form, including traps and the OP as hell javelin toss. She has lots of utility, it took me a while to realize none of her moves have crowd control.
  
• Sivir - extreme waveclearing
  
• Kai'Sa
  

--Related Notes--

Champions with high impact channeled spells:
[Fiddlesticks(drain + ult), Master Yi(meditate), Nunu(snowball + ult), Katarina, Malzahar, Miss Fortune] - If you see one of these guys on the other team you definitely want at least one champion who is C Tier or greater(or has a silence) on your team.

[Twisted Fate, Shen, Galio, Karthus, Caitlyn, Xerath, Jhin] - Interrupting one of these guys' ults will also have a huge impact but usually they will be channeling outside of your reach. If you get a chance though, take it.

Champions with some form of CC immunity: Olaf, Master Yi, Fiora, Morgana, Sivir, Nocturne

Yi has slow immunity which means anyone D tier and below cannot deal with him alone unless they can somehow out-damage him.
Sivir, Noc and anyone who buys Banshee's Veil will have a spell shield to negate a single disable, hence the value in having multiple disabling moves.