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Zaahen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

10.6%#77 of 173 champions

Pick: 6.4%picked in 1,732 of 27,195 games
Ban: 4.2%935 bans over 22,320 games, against 0.8% in soloQ

Win rate as Top52.3% between 50.1% and 54.5% over 1,372 gamesSoloQ 50.3%: no clear gap

Median length29 minsoloQ 27.3 min

Amateur: 27,223 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 66% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 856,529 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 tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itConqueror, then Trinity Force, Stridebreaker, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 82% of top laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Gnar in amateur play: +19.5 pts over 45 games, range above zero.+19.5 pt45 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.4%
SoloQ
1.7%
2.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.4%
SoloQ
0.8%
4.4% ban rate in amateur play over 13,367 games, against 0.8% in soloQ over 323,918 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29 min
SoloQ
27.3 min
Median of 29 min in amateur play, against 27.3 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
70%
SoloQ
54%
Played in 70% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (54%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Trinity Force, Stridebreaker, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror45% · 14,913

Amateur: Grasp of the Undying (45%), gap not settled

SpellsFlash + Ignite54% · 17,843

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 70% · 1,425 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 112 games

Core (3 legendaries)34% · 3,208

34%of soloQ games

Trinity Force
Stridebreaker
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 82% of top laners.

Plays teamfightstop18%56% · top laners: 53%
Team damagetop19%24% · top laners: 20%

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
Damage
Poke

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 50 in lane, 73 in mid game and 76 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

5990 vs 599

929+61 vs 868

1,160+80 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Zaahentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 66% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 50 of 100 among top laners599 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 73 of 100 among top laners929 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 76 of 100 among top laners1,160 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 48 of 100 among top laners+97 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 66 of 100 among top laners+245 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 77 of 100 among top laners1,214 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 82 of 100 among top laners56% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 32 of 100 among top laners26% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 54 of 100 among top lanersrank 54 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 70 of 100 among top laners1 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 81 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Gnar in amateur play: +19.5 pts over 45 games, range above zero.

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

Topgap to expected

Gnar73.3% · expected 53.9% · 45 g+19.5 ptSoloQ -2.0

K'Sante66.2% · expected 54.5% · 71 g+11.7 ptSoloQ -0.2

Ambessa55.6% · expected 51.6% · 90 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -0.4

Sion54.5% · expected 52.7% · 110 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.8

Mordekaiser56.4% · expected 51.6% · 39 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -0.1

Junglegap to expected

Wukong56.3% · expected 50.2% · 151 g+6.1 ptSoloQ +1.7

Xin Zhao61.5% · expected 53.3% · 52 g+8.2 ptSoloQ +2.6

Lee Sin56.4% · expected 52.7% · 101 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +0.3

Nocturne60.4% · expected 55.0% · 53 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -3.2

Sylas54.8% · expected 51.1% · 73 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -0.1

Midgap to expected

Syndra59.6% · expected 51.7% · 99 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -0.2

Orianna61.7% · expected 54.7% · 60 g+7.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

Aurora60.0% · expected 53.4% · 45 g+6.6 ptSoloQ +2.1

Sylas55.7% · expected 52.4% · 79 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +2.1

Lissandra59.5% · expected 53.6% · 37 g+5.9 ptSoloQ -0.8

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn58.2% · expected 50.8% · 91 g+7.4 ptSoloQ +1.3

Yunara54.7% · expected 50.0% · 161 g+4.6 ptSoloQ +0.7

Jhin60.2% · expected 54.6% · 93 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -0.5

Kai'Sa53.6% · expected 52.9% · 125 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -0.5

Lucian54.8% · expected 52.7% · 84 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +2.0

Supportgap to expected

Rell61.9% · expected 48.8% · 63 g+13.1 ptSoloQ +1.0

Nautilus55.9% · expected 52.2% · 152 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +0.2

Leona58.1% · expected 53.3% · 93 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -1.9

Rakan56.5% · expected 51.5% · 62 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +1.7

Seraphine52.9% · expected 51.0% · 87 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +1.6

With

Junglegap to expected

Cho'Gath69.8% · expected 54.0% · 43 g+15.8 ptSoloQ -0.7

Jarvan IV57.8% · expected 50.8% · 109 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +0.4

Vi59.2% · expected 53.0% · 98 g+6.2 ptSoloQ +2.8

Xin Zhao53.6% · expected 51.4% · 56 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.0

Sejuani51.1% · expected 49.9% · 45 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -0.8

Midgap to expected

Viktor61.3% · expected 52.8% · 93 g+8.5 ptSoloQ +0.7

Ahri58.7% · expected 54.0% · 109 g+4.7 ptSoloQ -0.4

Locke61.1% · expected 51.4% · 36 g+9.7 ptSoloQ +0.9

Hwei59.6% · expected 54.0% · 57 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -0.7

Syndra54.5% · expected 53.0% · 99 g+1.6 ptSoloQ -1.3

ADCgap to expected

Varus69.7% · expected 52.9% · 33 g+16.8 ptSoloQ -1.0

Caitlyn58.9% · expected 53.8% · 107 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.2

Tristana60.4% · expected 52.1% · 53 g+8.3 ptSoloQ -1.0

Ezreal53.9% · expected 49.1% · 89 g+4.8 ptSoloQ +0.1

Jhin53.5% · expected 50.0% · 101 g+3.4 ptSoloQ +0.9

Supportgap to expected

Thresh60.0% · expected 53.7% · 85 g+6.3 ptSoloQ -1.0

Nautilus53.8% · expected 52.4% · 145 g+1.4 ptSoloQ -0.1

Lulu50.0% · expected 49.7% · 132 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +1.0

Rakan55.4% · expected 53.2% · 74 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -0.1

Rell58.1% · expected 55.8% · 62 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.1

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.

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