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I'd say Nocturne's ult counts because of psychological warfare... hearing "DARKNESS" and running back to my tower only to remember Nocturne was on my own team is something I may or may not have done before.

“It’s hard to contest dragon when the enemy kennen is waiting for you to walk into him” My teammates would very much disagree. Anytime we’re around objectives and I type “Wait out corkI package or care fiddle” and ping, my team decides that’s the perfect time to run in balls deep

"Super Ultimates: The Most Powerful Abilties in The Game" *Yone E enters the chat*

"Champions with super ultimates see lower play rates" When was the last time your teamates waited for your ult to be up to fight again?

9:57 truly the hardest skillshot to land, Zoe and Velkoz Q are global point and click in comparison

I would argue Nocturne's ult is a super ultimate because the vision-denial is a very strong and unmissable yet underrated crowd control.

Yone: “Look what they need to mimic a fraction of my power”

Having an underwhelming set of basic abilities alongside a game changing ultimate was kind of the standard for a lot of classic DotA characters, so it makes sense that most of these are only found on old champions The main diference is that in DotA you can compensate for your underwhelming basic abilities with items that give you new abilities, as to not make your character nothing but a walking ultimate

I feel like you have to mention Neeko's Ult here, 650 base and a 130% AP ratio AND a 1.25s is insane if you can hit 3 or more people with it

I still remember when I started playing rumble and thought that his ult was only used as a slow to setup for the main damage with q and e And then I used it and melted 70%of miss fortune's hp bar, forcing her to flash away and winning the teamfight. That's when I knew rumble would end up as one of my most played champs

12:05 And then theres Yone and his biggest friend, the E button

It's a shame that these ultimates eat up so much of the champions power budget that they feel like half a champion without it. But when they pop off, it really feels like they put the "ultimate" in "ultimates"

I really think neeko’s últ really should’ve been on the list considering you never know if that’s a alistar just running towards you or a neeko disguised channeling her ult ready with flash to stun the entire team in a huge aoe

I was so ready to watch this before I saw when it actually drops. The information from you content is dope.

Seraphine ult is legit one of the most influential ultimates you can play against. They can singlehandedly turn a game around if used correctly.

Super ultimates or as I like to call them “the worst thing to have with a good Sylas in the opposing team”

Their ultimates may be very impactful in a fight it forces their other abilities to be tuned down or give their ultimates a very high cooldown

7:59 "but at least now you know I'm Asian." Bro, I've heard you speak, I already knew.

You forgot to add Veigar E on the thumbnail, best ult in the game.

Sylas Ultimate is the best ultimate ability

Kayle ult: grants invincibility Yuumi W:

I'd say Poppy's Ult fits all the checkboxes. Can have extremly strong impact in a teamfight, since a 3vs5 is easier to win or as a very strong disengage. Does it's job just as well when behind. Doesn't really have much to do with the rest of the kit. And the threat of being launched back to the Nexus is almost as effective as the ult itself. The only weird thing compared to all the other superults is that in this case it's the enemys that don't get hit that are now in more danger than the ones that did.

pre-reworked fiora has an underrated super ult. Her ult was like yi's Q on steroids that can't give easy penta.

I think neeko's pop blossom would fit your description of an super ultimate as well

this video made me realise why i love playing volibear so much. you can still offer so much in fights without your ultimate - using it is just the icing on the cake.

I loved watching your smash fight! Watched the original video and made me get into cloud! Keep up the work Vars, love your content :D

I may be a tad biased, but I do believe that after nunu, fiddlesticks I probably the most balanced as far as basic abilities compared to his ult. While it is true that his ult does do a lot of damage, it also provides one thing for him that it can’t for sylas. The 2 second fear from his q passive is what gives it strength comparable to amumu or kennen ult.

Illaoi's ult is an introduction pick. It is very powerful indeed and makes the fights pretty one sided while active but for that it needs ialloi's kit. I don't really think that her ult can work on it's own. (You said at the beginning how you decide if an ult is a super ult)

Thank you for making a video on my boy Sylas's ults

Interesting that you put Nunu in there. I would have rather placed MF there. Except for AP Nunu Aram memes, I am never scared of Nunus Ult. Maybe its because I dont see Nunu... like... ever? But the newer champions are usually mobile enough to escape or block his ult easily, which negates a bit of the strength. MF ult on the other hand deals damage instantly, standing in it for a mere second can be lethal and it also has good area.

the other day i was watching to see if you had a video for super ultimates, and lucky me here it is :D

Me: Hmh, so far weirdly little mentions of Pyke Vars: and if you do that, you get Pyke

Fiddlesticks IMO has the strongest super ultimate just because of the way it interacts with the rest of his kit. On top of big dick damage it also has the potential to be a 5 man fear that leads into a silence and more multiple target damage with his drain

I think Nunu, Heimerdinger and Gragas can have powerfull ultimates with out being weak, because they have a lot of delayed/preparation habilities. They are like slow caracters on figthing games.

**Fiddlesticks casting R** - **Kassadin using R + Q to stop him** - Rammus : "Ok."

As a fellow Cloud main in Smash Ultimate, I can indeed confirm that people play much more scared when you have limit, and I think that was a great comparison. If an enemy plays Malphite, you just can’t stand near each other

When you upload a new video, I always make time for them, love them.

I honestly enjoy the super wombo combo comps most with full premade even if its not the best available. Very satisfying.

Vars full face is a super ultimate, the very existence of not seeing his full face makes me await when he becomes a vlogger.

Lol I didn’t know you were THAT Vars. I went to collision. I watched you play my friend, the Robin main, after that set with yonni.

Not sure how to word this but I feel appreciation for you referring to an Ult as a "big gun" in the opening lol

Renata's ult is hilarious. I managed to completely turn around a one-sided game where the enemy had both of our nexus towers down and was trolling. Two or three well placed ults later, and we specifically didn't troll after taking down their nexus towers

I also think this is a conversation about how champs with super ults are usually late game scalers and one with basically no ults are early game focused. I think this is a good thing for variety because sure you can win early but if the games goes on too long you have fumbled on ur advantage. Although if riot does more super ults champs they should have a smooth base kit, it doesn’t have to be powerful but it should help them get to the point where they are strong. Enchanters I think are a good example of this bc seraphine has a good base kit, and good ult. But her base kit is weaker in numbers which means she has to play good to get to late game.

11:46 i like how the foootage show amumu when he saying imagine fiddlestick can teleport in without having to wait 1.5second. there we have it, amumu w with fiddle grade damage despite going full tank.

Music in the background is Apocalypsis Aquarius from final fantasy 15

I swear vars if corki package isn’t in here…

I will admit, kind of expected Qiyana's R on the list. The damage component helps, but even if she's behind the stun across a wide range means fighting a behind Qiyana in a jungle or river is risky. It doesn't rely on her passive or having any element on her Q, just the map. Is that enough to disqualify hers? Doesn't Gnar's stun ultimate work the same way though?

I'm surprised Morgana's ult is not here, literally a nightmare in teamfights as it scatters every one and forces to use their mobility or flash. 600 (+ 140% AP) on cast and after 3 secs inflicts additional 600 (+ 140% AP). Enemies receive true sight, slow, and stun. It also reveals stealthed champs since it becomes available when they're near you.

great vid! What are your opinions on conditional ult? yas ult, lilia ult etc

"At least now you know that I'm Asian" *has a very noticable Asian accent*

I think Azir's ult, Emperor's Divide, is a huge oversight in this video. Huge AoE knockup/knockback followed by a wall that allies can pass through but not enemies. Can be used for disengage and picks. But it's a seriously great engage. You can cc everyone and split the enemy team in two. Even more power comes when used in tight spaces like the jungle, making the fight very one-sided. It fits all the criteria too. It functions outside of Azir's kit, so Sylas still loves it. Not only does it have good damage, but it still poses a threat without that damage if Azir is behind. Definitely belongs on the list and in the discussion in my oppinion.

Crowstorm is awesome by itself, but the fear from his q definitely adds a lot of value! If crowstrom is considered, then so should ori ult!

Imo Zyra, Neeko and Orrn also belong on this list. Maybe even Nocturn. All these abilities pose serious threats to teamfights even without the rest of their champions kits.

Just me vibing with the BGM, it's one of my favorite in the sound track, I believe it was Hellfire from FFXV, but yeah I like it a lot, I also remember the BGM was Magna Insomnia for Jhin video

Hey Vars could u make a vid about the potential storyline of the void event and maybe discussion about the league fighting game?

In dota we have refresher orb which refreshes your cd on all your items and skills. So we can use ulti twice in teamfights :D

Should says that for this category, Diana's Ult fits the criterio fairly well, utility, damage and the pressure it gives is at hand to the likes of yone almost

Also, from what i could gather, its almost impossible for Syndra to reach the maximum damage of her ult. You would need 4 more spheres lying around, which never happens. The first will disappear the second you have summoned the 3rd one. This is just a remnant from back when syndra could pick up 3 spheres with her W.

Hey Vars, that guy from the smash clip, FRYonni, was one of my best friends from high school. I knew him back in middle school and we graduated together. I’m so happy that one of my best friends got to use his god tier smash skills against one of my favorite league of legends content creators. You’re the best Vars -DM from TX

I Like your Vids a lot ^^ What is with a Video about Avatar Ultimates? Like Volibear, Nasus, Renekton

13:50 Nunu is also dependent on building AP for his ultimate to be useful beyond a giant slow zone

Honorable mention to corki package. It isn’t a true ultimate but it behaves like a super ultimate.

I always love daring the enemy team to engage on me when I'm playing illaoi and have my ult ready lol

Speaking of, yones ult cooldown gets reduced next patch :'(

so the thing about ur question Vars, i play alot of fiddle and sometimes i do think his abilities are a bit underwhelming but they need to be because of the imense power of crowstorm. litterally they add any more ability power ration to his basic abilities he would be a top tier always played jg.

i love how sylas is a key factor on is it a super ultimate

FFXV music is such a nice taste, you are a man of culture

imo fiddle is very well designed because of his balancing via his passive. generally speaking his overtuned ult and his undertuned passive (at least regarding fighting impact) also add to his individuality and characteristic flavor. also already changing his passive to his q passive and his q to an active that can place his doublegangers would enable him to trigger another fear/double damage wich basically would make him one of the top 3 junglers just for his clear and even higher damage potential as well as no need to buy trinkets anddepending on doppelganger cooldown no use for warding against him.

Illaois ult in interesting bc I would definitely consider it an extremely powerful ult and would judges engages base on if it’s up or not, but her little is also crucial to the usefulness of it

FFXV music on the background gave me flashbacks of Leviathan fight.

Liking Hellfire in the background 🔥

Would you consider Azir ult to be a super ult since its kinda just another malph ult but the dash is build into his kit instead?

Woah, since when us seismic shard a skill shot. Must be a recent rework. I always remember it as a point and click

This is quite similar to the ultimates of the initiators class in Dota. All of them tend to have huge aoe damage potential, hard to block and may come with AoE CC. The goal of the Abilities are simple, to open the combat. If you land them right, even if you don't have the full kit, it's enough to shift the fight in your team favour. They are so good on their own that most core item for intitators are not for the damage but just to make the setting up easier.

I love how all the clips are of yone 1v2

10:04 Can someone tell me what the icon of malphites q is supposed to be? I just see random blood on a white background lol

How about a champ that has a resource that empowers all abilities, turning their R into a super ultimate, but only if they didn't use their resource on basic abilities. This could be done like Warwick's Q, where the unempowered version happens on ability tap and the empowered one happens on ability hold. This way, players can decide if they want their ultimate to turn the tides of the next team fight, but after that they have only the weak normal abilities, or if they want good basic abilities and sacrifice the high impact ult for that.

9:23 Truer words have never been said, in the case of Kindred it could be a lose button or Taric's who could just be useless if the team is not paying attention

Malphite is my favourite champion to play and I agree with you completely.

2:36 vars: what separates a super ultimate from a normal one? me: PRESENTATION!

It's really interesting to see how different MOBAs treat ultimate abilities. Having played both SMITE and League (the former more), it's really interesting the way power budgets are distributed between these games for their super ultimates. Smite feels like 1/2 of their characters have Super Ultimates which makes the power budget towards the basic abilities skew differently than League's. It's no DotA (I've only played the original one as a kid and have no experience with the second one) but it's still noticeably different in my experiences. One example is Chaac's ultimate that while channeling gives him ~2s of complete CC immunity and up to 70% damage mitigation (while being allowed to move) before having a knockup into a 3s silence in a huge area around him, with a cooldown that's lower than the average ultimate CD in SMITE. This causes him to have one of the worst base kits in the game yet it's more serviceable in teamfights than whenever I get Malph or Kennen outside of their laning phase. There's also Poseidon who has an average kit for a Mage but his Kraken, when hitting with the center of the ability, has a massive knockup and a 2s stun along with dealing double the damage, but most people still fear the CC more than the damage. It's used almost like Annie's Tibbers stun but without the need to stack and is part of one iconic moment is Smite's pro scene where a (generally considered) weaker team won a 3v5 base defense game due to hitting a 4-man Kraken (with ~100 health left on the base, btw). Then again, SMITE also has a lot more stance swappers, so that's also something.

12:49 why are the tower spots now holes through the map lol

Hype for vids

Knew you were Asian by the way you pronounced Xin Zhao hehe

I think kindreds ult goes hand in hand with bards. Both ults are similar in properties and pressure for both sides

Super ultimates are always on champions that are really fun to use, i love most of them. I think the right way to design such champions would be the way they did with Fiddlesticks. Fiddle's Q and E are mostly circumstantial ; They don't synergize with his ult too much, meanwhile his W is here for jungle clearing. Giving a super ultimate champion tools that can help them cover circumstances over basic but tuned down abilities like Taric feels so much better as it allows them to have more choices as to how they play the game even while their ult is down. Fiddle without R is basically a support: A fear, a silence, AOE damage and survivability. Taric without R is... Taric without R. Not much.

This is why i love Karthus. He has a global super ult but is still a major thread while it's on cooldown, or even when he's dead. Also he's a lich and i'm absolutely not biased.

Really makes you think in which world someone with a really good base kit can steal a super ultimate (something the original holders had to give their whole kit's power budget to be balanced) and still be balanced (sylas is fundamentally busted please nerf this shit into the ground)

I would like to hear your views about Lissandra R. I find it to be extremely versatile

seraphine out here having agruably the best ultimate in the game, an aoe shield, a slow/root esp with that slowing item

Disagree about Orianna. Sure it requires good ball movement but so does every single thing she does. Shockwave is an iconic ult that changes games when landed well.

the best thing about super ultimate is the sheer amount of hype when used correctly. you know you will win a losing fight if one of your allies pop their gigachad super ult

what's the song used in the first part of the video, for the first fiew minutes of the video?

May i ask whats the background music? I would like dnd music to play with friends

I think Miss Fortune's Ult should be on the list too. Seriously her ult can win teamfights by itself

Vars looks exactly how I imagined him.

Poppy Ult, best scaling ultimate. Try winning a teamfight in super late game 4 v 5, or 3 v 5.

Quick disclaimer on my opinion, I do not play league and haven’t in seven years but do enjoy the game design exercise of trying to tackle its issues. The biggest plus of making a champion with ult in my eyes is reliability. Theres a lot of variables that change from match to match, but in theory the super ultimate will always be able to impact is a good feeling. It helps games feel less snow bally. But on the otherside yes the other parts of their kit (more specifically their up time) will be far lower which can make a champion feel like a walking R button. I think one of the characters who has the best balance is Nunu who is a much more macro objective based champion with the chomp acting as a second smite. His super ultimate allows nunu to focus on his while still being able to make big plays come a team fight in a way that allows for healthy counter play. Basically super ultimates I find work best in kits that are focused on a non-combat niches as a way of keeping a character relevant in team fights.

Surprised Qiyanas R wasn't brought up in this video.