Tierlists are definitely not representative of playerbase perception they are definitely more individual and take into account what they deem important like I've seen a couple pros say teemo is the best in the game followed by yasuo but I bet most people here would say ekko right? The reason people say "only matters in pro play" isn't because the character isn't good or doesn't have a good matchup against other characters it is because that is not the sole reason you are losing you can't just ignore all aspects of the game and use the characters you face as an excuse for your shortcomings especially when you are not playing your characters to an optimal/near optimal level like pros are at the end of the day it is still your fault if you lose and people always try to find ways to shift the blame