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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 Top.DraftSpells
- How to play itSummon Aery, then Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 98% of top laners.TeamfightLets allies carryCC
- With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
- In draftNot enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.7%
- SoloQ
- 0.3%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 4.7%
- SoloQ
- 1.9%
- SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ghost
- Amateur
- 63%
- SoloQ
- 46%
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Summon Aery, then Rylai's Crystal Scepter, Liandry's Torment, and Zhonya's Hourglass: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesSummon Aery42% · 590
SpellsFlash + Ghost46% · 660
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Rylai's Crystal Scepter
- Liandry's Torment
- Zhonya's Hourglass
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 98% of top laners.
- Plays teamfightstop2%62% · top laners: 53%
- Crowd control (CC)top7%1.6 · top laners: 0.8
- Lets allies carry killstop10%rank 90 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 top laners
What marks it
- Teamfight
- Lets allies carry
- CC
Like other top laners
- Damage in mid game
- Gold at 15 min
- Gold at 20 min
- Absorbs damage
- Team damage
What it is not
- Few duels
- No poke
- No split-push
Damage / min by phase · at equal gold
Rank 79 in lane, 70 in mid game and 89 in late game, out of 100 top laners.
Gold vs. direct opponent
At 20 min, behind 53% of top laners against the direct opponent.
Where it stands among top laners · every measure
0 ← less · median · more → 100- Damage in lane · rank 79 of 100 among top laners661 · median 599
- Damage in mid game · rank 70 of 100 among top laners918 · median 868
- Damage in late game · rank 89 of 100 among top laners1,248 · median 1,079
- Gold at 15 min · rank 63 of 100 among top laners+201 · median +119
- Gold at 20 min · rank 47 of 100 among top laners+58 · median +100
- Absorbs damage · rank 40 of 100 among top laners814 · median 970
- Plays teamfights · rank 98 of 100 among top laners62% · median 53%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 8 of 100 among top laners19% · median 28%
- Lets allies carry kills · rank 90 of 100 among top lanersrank 90 of 100
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 94 of 100 among top laners1.6 · median 0.8
- Team damage · rank 60 of 100 among top laners22% · median 20%
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.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.3%1,199 picks of 431,266ban 1.9% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.7%24 picks of 3,686ban 4.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 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 TopNot enough series yet: published from 30.