Annie Even Shorter range than you so you can easily harass. Beware the flash ult.

Diana Minor Melee and can do nothing pre-6. Q poke her down and kill her. Stomp. Be aggressive. May need MR post-6 to make her not one shot you.

Aurelion Sol Tiny Your E pretty much counters him. You can E out of his stun, out of his star circle, INTO his star circle to do damage on top of him, etc.

Azir Extreme The soldiers hurt. Even if you get a few kills early, with some items he'll be able to just send soldiers your way and decimate your health. Your only hope is really getting in his face where you can do damage to him also. Keep in mind he can jump to a soldier to avoid your ult, but you can E around his ult. Note: This difficulty is assuming you are going up against a competent Azir

Brand Major If you can dodge his abilities while hitting yours, you win. If the opposite happens, he wins. It's as simple as that. Brand is honestly BS levels of stupid though, so expect him to get fed off bot and kill you in a single rotation. He also pushes you in very quickly, and can hit you with his E pretty easily when you go in to Q/auto farm.

Ekko Even Melee! Launch those Ws. When he's low and running, try to bait him into ulting back. E out of his ult's AoE range, and kill him. If ahead though he'll have a shield the size of your healthbar and can kill you in 3 autos. Just try to not let that happen. Use your E after he's on top of you, not a second sooner.

Fizz Extreme Going invulnerable means he can basically dodge your entire combo, or your ult. He has the mobility to stick with you even if you E, and the burst to kill you if you don't respect him. Overall a very hard matchup. He can also shove you in easy and roam bot for a double kill.

Katarina Major Melee! Spam autos and Qs. Watch out for her burst though, you might need MR post 6.

LeBlanc Extreme Mobile enough to dodge everything you have. Twice. Has the burst to kill you before you can even EQ. If you're play safe, she can still roam and get kills. I suggest spamming a winning lane with ultimates to try and get assists or just pressure down there so they can carry.

Lissandra Minor Aim skillshots where her claw is going, no big deal if she doesn't end up moving there. Dominate her in lane, and make her useless the rest of the game. Pretty easy matchup from the games i've played. Watch out for her ulting you or herself when you all in, however.

Lux Even Poke with Q, stay healthy. She's just as skillshot reliant as you even if hers are easier. Poke her down until you can all in her after she uses Q.

Syndra Minor Long range spells, but shorter autos. Poke with Q and W as much as you can. Watch out for ulti burst, she can kill you if you walk past a bush unsuspecting, BUT IF YOU SEE IT COMING BLOCK IT WITH SERAPH'S MANA SHIELD.

Taliyah Extreme Pushes you in very hard. If you can Q, so can she. Her full combo WILL kill you, and in a matter of seconds.

Talon Major Melee, spam those Qs. Spam ping MIA when he roams or else he'll get fed. Ward around lane. But if you let him get on you, he'll kill you. E-ing away doesn't help if he ulted, so try to stick to tower the best that you can... which won't be a problem if you're getting shoved in.

Twisted Fate Even TF isn't too much of a bother in lane, but he can ult to get to another lane for a gank. Keep track of him all game and use pings. Roam the best you can, mostly bot.

Yasuo Major Beware a good Yasuo player. Their windwall negates your entire kit, from Q to W to E to R to even your autos. What you think was a good ult will be windwalled. He basically makes you useless, even if he's behind. If he's ahead, then GG the enemy team is going to get hypercarried. However.... he has to save his windwall to protect himself from your ult, so in lane post-6 he's susceptible to ult. He still has dashes though. I insist you focus on clearing the best you can, and whenever you're alone in lane roam bot for a kill. You certainly won't be killing Yas unless he all ins you and fails or doesn't play safe. It should be noted his E has a fixed distance so if you ever see him start to E around you can WQ where he'll end up and he can't dodge it.

Zed Extreme The matchup requires outplay, and Zed can do more to you than you can to him. Be scared of him AT ALL TIMES. Play passive, farm better than he is, and poke when you can. If he ever ults onto you, he'll pop up behind you so ult that way correctly timed to land that big damage. You may want to take Perfect Timing for the stopwatch over boots, and end up building a Zhonya's. You demolish late though

Ziggs Even Longer range than you, but once you get MS you can begin dodging his Qs and avoiding his combo. Save E to kill or get out of his ult range. Careful about letting him hit your tower, its easy for him to get first tower blood.

Vel'Koz Even Requires knowledge on how to dodge his Q. Generally, run towards Vel'koz to dodge it. Stay away from waves, or you'll be damaged by his waveclear skillshot that hits twice and has two charges. Save E to get around his ult. It's a pretty even matchup, but he'll seem like he does tons of damage while taking not too much if you don't get ahead.

Kayle Major One of my least favorite matchups. She has strong waveclear, strong dueling, strong scaling, and her ult can deny your entire kit or a long range ult for as long as it lasts. I suggest getting an early Luden's and focusing on waveclearing and then roaming bot.

Viktor Major Skill matchup. Walk towards low health minions to bait his laser, then pump fake in the other direction. Save E to get out of his singularity stuff. Respect his early game to mid game damage and his mid game CC. Try to get ahead with a few ganks.

Ahri Major Skill matchup. She has the mobility to dodge your ultimate with her own, but you can still easily oneshot burst her if she doesn't know the ult is coming because you shot it out of vision.

Morgana Minor Not... too bad. Save E for escaping her ult, but you can use it to dodge her Q if you need to. Lich Bane + boots should be enough MS to simply dodge it though. She's squish, have fun bursting.

Cho'Gath Even You can't fight him, but you can sure as hell poke him for Klepto procs. E out of his knockup, beware the silence. Don't take free damage. Stay out of flash range when low. His waveclear is better than yours without your ult, so you'll have to ult and push him in that way before roaming to get you some kills bot.

Heimerdinger Even Out clears you with turrets. Focus on killing his turrets with Q. Might even be worth it getting an early Hextech Gunblade for the sustain and farming capabilities, but that's a different build.

Anivia Minor Lol just kill her. You can E over her wall or out of her ult. Just play and you should win. Be wary of all-ins though because she has her egg. While she's in egg you should be able to burst it down quickly with your cooldowns coming up. Try to kill her without using your ultimate, as your ultimate is pretty instrumental in killing her egg alongside Q spam.

Jhin Minor Occasionally you'll see him mid. Kind of a strange pocket pick like AP Ezreal though. When Jhin players get their 4 auto up, they are super aggressive about it usually and will just walk up. Stay out of their range, but use this opportunity to Q them. When they inevitably use 4th auto on a minion, EWQ them.

Kog'Maw Tiny You can instantly burst him down but he has strong DPS and will mess you up if you miss your spells. Who brings koggles mid?

Zoe Even Skill matchup. You can stomp a Zoe, or she can stomp you. It seems like as long as you sidestep her bubble you're good for the most part, but if she EVER lands a Q on you, you just have to back and that's that. She's very anti-fun, but you DO have the tools to burst her hard and dodge her damage.

Gragas Minor Assuming it's a bad player. You burst him down very hard, can push him in, and his all-in is very telegraphed and dodgeable

Gragas Major Assuming it's a smurf. They're just better than you. AP Graggy seems to be a pocketpick for smurfs in low elo to shit on lesser players.

Orianna Major Skill matchup. She has decent waveclear, and her damage is really good. She is squishy enough to burst, but she can burst you before you can say Arcane Shift.