Champion sheet · Mid

Pantheon

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.6%#64 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.4%picked in 2,105 of 28,365 games
Ban: 5.2%1,205 bans over 23,108 games, against 3.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Mid53.2% between 47.6% and 58.7% over 218 gamesSoloQ 51.4%: no clear gap

Median length28.6 minsoloQ 26.8 min

Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 897,301 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 itElectrocute, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compMap pressure first: more map pressure than 98% of mid laners.Map pressureDuelist
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.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.

DraftPicked less often in amateur play
Amateur
0.4%
SoloQ
0.6%
0.4% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 0.6% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.4%
SoloQ
3.0%
5.4% ban rate in amateur play over 14,779 games, against 3.0% in soloQ over 364,710 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.6 min
SoloQ
26.8 min
Median of 28.6 min in amateur play, against 26.8 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Electrocute, then Youmuu's Ghostblade, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Edge of Night: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesElectrocute33% · 3,540

Amateur: Conqueror (31%), gap not settled

SpellsFlash + Ignite93% · 10,036

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 52 games

Core (3 legendaries)6% · 314

6%of soloQ games

Youmuu's Ghostblade
Voltaic Cyclosword
Edge of Night

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?

Map pressure first: more map pressure than 98% of mid laners.

Map pressuretop2%5.1 · mid laners: 3.2
Takes its kills in duelstop18%27% · mid laners: 23%

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

Map pressure
Duelist

Like other mid laners

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Absorbs damage
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few teamfights
Carries its own kills
No poke
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 99 in lane, 73 in mid game and 33 in late game, out of 100 mid laners.

659+132 vs 528

959+60 vs 899

1,144-35 vs 1,179

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

Pantheonmid laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 51% of mid laners against the direct opponent.

mid laners

5.1takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; mid laners: 3.2.

Where it stands among mid laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 99 of 100 among mid laners659 · median 528
Damage in mid game · rank 73 of 100 among mid laners959 · median 899
Damage in late game · rank 33 of 100 among mid laners1,144 · median 1,179
Gold at 15 min · rank 67 of 100 among mid laners+147 · median +25
Gold at 20 min · rank 51 of 100 among mid laners+79 · median +71
Map pressure · rank 98 of 100 among mid laners5.1 · median 3.2
Absorbs damage · rank 67 of 100 among mid laners635 · median 489
Plays teamfights · rank 6 of 100 among mid laners49% · median 55%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 82 of 100 among mid laners27% · median 23%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 8 of 100 among mid lanersrank 8 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 55 of 100 among mid laners0.7 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 56 of 100 among mid laners22% · median 21%

04 — With / against

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.