LoL: Which champion has a reputation for being popular, but doesn’t appear much?

Whether on a call with friends or on social media, there is always that one player LoL who says he hates falling against champion X or Y, which if we look at the numbers: these characters aren’t even that popular.

Which champion has a reputation for being popular in League, but doesn’t appear much?

The community asked the question after so many comments complaining about a specific champion, even though he isn’t that popular in LoL. And the person who started the debate was a top-laner:

I think a good example is Gwen, I see people mentioning her directly on social media, but in the game? She has a very low pick rate, even though she has a poor win rate (49% wins on all links and 50.5% on Esmeralda +).

Another user mentioned another top-laner, and I completely agree with this one. See if you agree too:

Irelia. People have this crazy idea that she’s a sustainable competitive pick, but she hasn’t played more than 34 games in a major league for over 2 years. This season she has three games and they are all defeats. And she’s not that popular in Solo Queue, Garen actually has a higher win percentage than her in a high elo.

Another community member quotes support:

Seraphine, she is popular everywhere, but not in the game. You might think her pick percentage rivals Yone, but it’s not even close.

There were also people remembering the champion who was once the “mascot” of LoL, but… he is going through a bad phase in the game.

Teemo — I barely see him in a game and the guy is one of LoL’s reference champions

And to close the list, one more support appears:

Everyone likes the Braum and I’ve seen him in a lot of posts on Reddit, people saying how much they love him and the last genuine time I saw a Braum player was a year ago.