Karma
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW- Pick
- 12.5%picked in 869 of 6,953 games
- Ban
- 10.5%362 bans over 3,441 games, against 3.0% in soloQ
Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 357,498 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 tournamentsOne clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.Draft
- How to play itArcane Comet, then Malignance, Horizon Focus, and Cosmic Drive: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 87% of mid laners.Teamfight
- 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?
One clear gap between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 10.5%
- SoloQ
- 3.0%
Not enough games to judge: win rate, length, keystone, spells, and core.
How to play it?
Arcane Comet, then Malignance, Horizon Focus, and Cosmic Drive: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesArcane Comet59% · 577
SpellsFlash + Teleport58% · 575- Malignance
- Horizon Focus
- Cosmic Drive
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 87% of mid laners.
- Plays teamfightstop14%60% · mid laners: 55%
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
Like other mid laners
- Absorbs damage
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- Little map pressure
- Few duels
- 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 92% 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 7 of 100 among mid laners-520 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 8 of 100 among mid laners-730 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 24 of 100 among mid laners2.3 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 31 of 100 among mid laners396 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 87 of 100 among mid laners60% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 12 of 100 among mid laners15% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 53 of 100 among mid laners0.7 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 9 of 100 among mid laners14% · 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.
With
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.
No pair measured in amateur play on this side.
Ban it or pick it?
Not enough series to settle it: raw counts only.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.1%941 picks of 714,990ban 3.0% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.2%16 picks of 10,426ban 10.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,224bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
16.1% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.