Free Agent - NA
It is funny because every character in Paladins can hold it's own. There isn't a champion that is BAD per say so it makes it difficult to make a tier list of best to worst champions but this is my tierlist based off CONSOLE playing. I have based my tierlist off my opinion, whether they are always banned, talked about in a certain way, never used, or always bad on my team. This isn't just my opinion but I would love to hear everyone elses opinions as well. Also I put in order on every tier Damage, Flank, Frontline, Support.
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These champions on console are almost always banned for the simple fact that they can take out a whole team
~~~Vivian, Viktor, and Tyra: Are all super easy on console because all you need to do is position yourself and hold down the Right trigger. These champions are not banned as much as the flanks here but you will still see them banned alot
~~~Skye, Koga, and Talus: On console these champions are super easy and super beneficial on a team which is why they are almost always banned.
The supports and frontlines added here are banned or always do many heals and always talked about being the best
~~~On console or even pc torvald can give a shield to anyone he wants. Even with the enemy team stacking on wrecker it still 90% of the time will get someone out of combat enough to heal up and stay alive.
~~~Grohk: Now alot of people may try and argue this but Grohk can be a secondary healer or a primary healer depending on if he is solo or with someone else. Grohk has a talent where he can spam shock pulse which does 150 every time it lands on someone 8 times. That is 1,200 by itself plus the damage from his staff. If he is a primary healer he still gets half that damage less frequently but also gets his totem with the right build really quickly and it can heal up to 5% of anyone's maximum health plus 30% more. If someone tried arguing this I would be surprised.
~~~100,000+ healing easily each match. She is another who can do main support or secondary support and can actually do plenty of damage and I have seen some damage ying's do major heals even going damage. Her ultimate is also one of the best in the game in my opinion healing EVERYONE for 600 health per second no matter where they are at and you can teleport to any ally to do even more healing for them. Ying is definitely probably my favorite in the game especially out of supports.
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These champions usually escape a ban but are still EXTREMELY good.
~~~Imani: Imani actually sometimes is banned. She does crazy damage and also does a similar thing to Grohk's shock pulse and does AOE damage every shot hit when there are enemies grouped up. Not to mention she has one of the best stuns in the game that stun for up to 2.5 seconds. She also can shred a whole team with her dragon ultimate BUT many people don't know that bulldozer affects the dragon.
~~~Lian: Lian is a beast on console and pc. She is a bit easier than Strix and Kinessa to play but is basically a fully automatic sniper. she can do damage with every single talent she has and a lot of it. She can be a really good ally to have in a team fight and can also stand back not to get killed to put annoying damage on people from in the back.
~~~Lex: Lex used to be harder to play but with all the crazy buffs he has been given he is almost one of the noobiest flanks to play. He can spam bullets that do crazy damage to players above 65% and can also see 1 target almost the whole round if close enough. He has a dash every 3 seconds and can get away in a lot of fights. He is definitely one you probably do not want to go against on console.
YES I KNOW A LOT OF FRONTLINES BUT WITH GOOD HEALS FRONTLINES ARE OVERPOWERED!
~~~Ash- This girl is crazy with 400 per shot that explodes to enemies near by and can have 90% damage reduction in her dash. She also has one of the most healths in the game. Her ult stuns people and makes her invulnerable to any damage for a couple seconds, although she can be thrown out.
~~~Atlas- We won't talk about him he is overpowered in a way that is good and still balanced. He relies more on timing people out by reversing enemies or himself. He can also stop people from being healed or damaged which can be good or bad. And his wall is wonderful with no wrecker needed.
~~~Barik- Oh boy, this is risky putting him here because a lot of people cannot play Barik but I love Barik because his shield is huge, he gets turrets that can heal you and be healed if stood around and can do 560 damage per shot with his gun. What else do you need? Damage, Frontline, and self healer? You've got almost all you need here with him.
~~~Inara- Inara has 2 great talents, Mother's Grace which gives her a lot of damage reduction and CC immune, so it makes it extremely hard to kill her. If you have annoying flanks like Talus or Evie, you can cripple them with Warder's Field with her talent treacherous ground. Either way Inara is hard to kill and can be good in team fights as she can block people off with her stone wall which a lot of people do not know can be targeted with bulldozer.
~~~Kahn- Kahn is literally everything. A tank, healer, flank, and damage. Enough said.
~~~Makoa- Oh boy this dude is a tank for sure. He can pull people in so the whole team can target them. he can place a dome shield on the ground so he can still damage people and everyone can stand under it and be protected. An ult with 10,000 health which acts like a Terminus with his axe.... buttttttt maybe better. Again you've got it all with this guy.
Jenos- Okay, Jenos. Yeah alright. So without cauterize or rejuvenate Jenos gives 15% damage buff to everyone he puts his mark on, and his heals do 300+ 120 per second for up to 12.5 seconds. Let alone jenos himself can pick people up, do damage, and can take out 5 people in his ult if lucky.
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~~~Dredge- With Dredge you have 2 choices, the ult spam exploding loadout, or a self healing loadout where he can heal 400 health everytime he hits someone with hurl AND hurl has no cooldown and does 800 damage. Beyond that he can choose to shoot one bomb that explodes after hitting the ground or he can throw 3 bombs out that take a couple seconds but do 3 times the damage. Also his ultimate can do 4000 damage if played right and Dredge can teleport away.
~~~Grover- Before people get mad because he isn't in the top tier, Grover is so dependent on a team to group up together to do healing. If people are all around the place he can get scrambled trying to heal everyone individually and can be vulnerable to enemy damages and flanks. If the team stays grouped up he is by far top tier, but a lot of people don't know the concept of group up.
~~~Seris is really good and can heal people for over 2000 healing plus 30% to everyone else but sadly when cauterize reaches Seris it gets very hard to do very sufficient healing to everyone to keep your team up in team fights. But if shields and people play right you can do major heals with her and even some damage in team fights,
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~~~Cassie: Now remember PC players this is a console list so it will look different. Cassie is a lot harder to play on console making it hard for people to aim and shoot consistently. For sure there are still people who can shoot with her but it is significantly harder on console which is why she didn't deserve higher than others on a console list.
~~~ Kinessa and Strix: Strix is one of my personal favorite damages but with Nessa and Strix a lot of the time they have to stay way back (Which is why they are made) but can sometimes be hard to have on a team in team fights while everyone is fighting in the middle or sides, these 2 cannot do too much, but to push payloads and help attack they can be very good.
~~~Willo: Willo is a bomb, well almost literally. She has one which explodes once and explodes 4 times! Giving her 400 damage and then 4 bombs with 400 damage stacking up to 2,000 damage without the bomb talent. On top of that Willo has a dead zone which when enemies are inside it can literally get 0 healing.
~~~Evie: Again another PC favorite but on console she can be difficult to land shots against a fellow pc skye who can just hold that right trigger. It makes it a bit more difficult for her to be sufficient in team fights or to solo fight someone like the 3 fully automatic flanks. She is definitely one of the most fun to play!
~~~Terminus: Terminus can be a pain for one reason and almost one reason only. His cone that blocks ALL damage in front. So if the team is grouping up and attacking one way Terminus can eat all that damage. Sometime he can crush you and get you stuck so he can swing on you if you are a character without a dash.
~~~Ruckus: Ruckus is the definition of a damage tank. He basically is a damage with health. He has miniguns that shoot 200 bullets doing 40 damage each and can stack up to 3 missiles dealing 250 to enemies around it.
~~~Mal'Damba: The pc healer. Again it is a little harder to use Mal'Damba on console and doesn't compare to using someone like Seris or Grover on console. Although damage Mal'Damba can be a REAL pain to go against. And his ultimate is one of the best in the game.
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~~~Bomb King: Yes you can get against a lot of destroying bomb kings but that is usually found on PC. Bomb King is a champion that requires a lot of aim to use and without it you can be screwed. He can do A LOT of damage when you stack up bombs and stun people many times.
~~~Androxus and Buck: These guys are super good when behind someone but in team fights or solo fights head to head just don't totally match up. Especially Buck against cauterize.
~~~Moji: Moji can do a lot of damage now but usually ends up running away because she can not really wait for each magic mark to build up in one on ones. I did hear a rumor about her turning to a support which would be very interesting to see.
~~~Zhin: Zhin after the nerf just seems sad. Before he was OP with the ability spam over and over but after Billow is nothing now I seem like he will just have to be low on lists for a little bit, which I AM TOTALLY fine with.
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Pip: As of right now the only positive I can say about pip is two words: Combat. Medic. Besides that I don't think he can solo heal with potions that well and even his damage can be very hard to make work off pc. I do like combat medic though and when you get someone who can aim right he can keep a whole team up. If they turned him to damage or flank I feel like potentially he could be a little better.
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Drogoz and Sha Lin: Again mainly PC played champs but Drogoz it is rare to find someone who can stay in the air the whole game with Drogoz. But both champions can be very well used and dominate as like every other champion in the game.
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~~~Maeve: I have heard Maeve has suffered way too many nerfs in her lifetime so she plays very under average. The only time she is really good is PC or Magistrate's Archive.
~~~Fernando: He is good for his unlimited shield but after wrecker comes in, well he better get healed because he doesn't put out near as much damage as the other front lines which makes him perform WAY under average. His ultimate can save a team in almost any team fight though with a good healer.
~~~Furia: No matter how hard I try to like this dang character, I can't. Once her Kindle Sould gets max cauterized against it is almost worthless only doing 100, plus like 35 after. The beam is good but I have only managed to do 100,000 healing twice with her and I have hit 200k 4 times with other champs and can get 100k easily with almost any other support. The other thing I will say is bomb about Furia is her ultimate.