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Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA- Pick
- 4.7%picked in 124 of 2,644 games
- Ban
- 4.8%94 bans over 1,958 games, against 1.9% in soloQ
Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 itSummon Aery, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compCrowd control (CC) first: more CC than 96% of mid laners.TeamfightLets allies carryCC
- 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
- 1.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.6%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 4.7%
- SoloQ
- 1.9%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.5 min
- SoloQ
- 27.8 min
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Summon Aery, then Blackfire Torch, Rylai's Crystal Scepter, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesSummon Aery43% · 1,294
SpellsFlash + Ghost51% · 1,547
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Blackfire Torch
- Rylai's Crystal Scepter
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Crowd control (CC) first: more CC than 96% of mid laners.
- Crowd control (CC)top4%1.5 · mid laners: 0.7
- Plays teamfightstop6%61% · mid laners: 55%
- Lets allies carry killstop18%rank 82 of 100
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
- Teamfight
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other mid laners
- Damage in lane
- Damage in late game
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Map pressure
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 71 in lane, 76 in mid game and 74 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 53% of mid laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among mid laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 71 of 100 among mid laners569 · median 528
- Damage in mid game · rank 76 of 100 among mid laners965 · median 899
- Damage in late game · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners1,326 · median 1,179
- Gold at 15 min · rank 49 of 100 among mid laners+1 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 47 of 100 among mid laners+12 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 62 of 100 among mid laners3.4 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 74 of 100 among mid laners783 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 94 of 100 among mid laners61% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners16% · median 23%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 82 of 100 among mid lanersrank 82 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners1.5 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 59 of 100 among mid laners23% · 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.
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.
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+0.6%2,708 picks of 431,269ban 1.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments1.1%41 picks of 3,686ban 4.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.1%3 picks of 2,204bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
5.1% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as Mid- 1.6%G112 games of 733
- 2.0%G215 games of 733
- 4.4%G3+14 games of 316
Not enough series yet: published from 30.