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has a glaring drawback that keeps him a few steps
that AoE clear from somewhere else, your team may
under other candidates for bruiser middle. If playing
suffer when defending or attacking lane objectives.
from behind it is really hard for Chaac to not only do
Tyr- The Law Bringer bringing justice to
damage, but also to sustain it. He is very reliant on
the mid lane is something I’ve seriously thought
his self-healing, so without the appropriate levels into
about for a long time. For a while it seemed like
his Rain Dance he is an easy target in every fight.
something of a pipe dream, until I put it to practice.
Osiris- No, you are not dreaming, this is in fact
real life; Osiris is actually a great candidate for a
mid-laner! He has amazing poke/clear between his
low cooldown abilities and built in AoE. hit chain
and brings tons of early pressure, similar to what
he does in solo, but this time it’s directed towards a
Mage more than likely so it’s also more than likely
true that pressure will be felt twice as much. On
top of all of that, Osiris has built in counter healing
to the healers that gain more and more popularity
every day. Only this time, instead of that level five
100% counter healing chilling in solo lane away from
everything, it’s readily available to rotate onto the
duo lane or go aggressive onto the enemy Mid-laner
itself. There are actually very few drawbacks to Osiris
in the mid lane for most of the game. The only time
he has a true drawback is later on when he can’t
instantly clear the lane like a Mage. Unless you have
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