Sett
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 3.6%picked in 642 of 18,051 games
- Ban
- 3.5%604 bans over 17,105 games, against 0.4% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.
At a glance
Four answers, each one opens its chapter.- What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itConqueror, then Stridebreaker, Overlord's Bloodmail, and Warmog's Armor: the most played build in soloQ.



- In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 90% of mid laners.Frontline
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.2%
- SoloQ
- 0.1%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 3.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.4%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 28 min
- SoloQ
- 26.1 min
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Conqueror, then Stridebreaker, Overlord's Bloodmail, and Warmog's Armor: the most played build in soloQ.
Stridebreaker
Overlord's Bloodmail
Warmog's Armor
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 90% of mid laners.
- Absorbs damagetop10%1,022 · mid laners: 489
Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other mid laners
What marks it
- Frontline
Like other mid laners
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Plays teamfights
- Takes its kills in duels
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- Little map pressure
- Little damage
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Not measured: the fact is not validated by the draft review.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 57% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Gold at 15 min · rank 50 of 100 among mid laners+7 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 43 of 100 among mid laners-48 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 20 of 100 among mid laners2.9 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 90 of 100 among mid laners1,022 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 55 of 100 among mid laners56% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 57 of 100 among mid laners24% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners0.8 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 25 of 100 among mid laners17% · median 21%
With whom, against whom?
No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
Best results
Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.
Against
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
Matchups and allies
One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.
- Sylas6 games—SoloQ: 54.1% · 37 g
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.1%544 picks of 609,385ban 0.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%41 picks of 21,472ban 3.1% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
7.7% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 0.3%G113 games of 4,078
- 0.3%G213 games of 4,080
- 0.5%G3+9 games of 1,754
Not enough series yet: published from 30.

