Champion sheet · Support

Rell

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

13.8%#51 of 173 champions

Pick: 9.8%picked in 285 of 2,915 games
Ban: 4.0%86 bans over 2,127 games, against 1.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Support48.4% between 43.6% and 53.3% over 285 gamesSoloQ 52.6%: no clear gap

Median length29.9 minsoloQ 27.7 min

Amateur: 2,915 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 233,241 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 Support.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itAftershock, then Kaenic Rookern, Warmog's Armor, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compAbsorbs damage first: absorbs more than 93% of supports.Map pressureFrontlineTeamfight
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?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Support.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.9%
SoloQ
2.4%
4.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
3.7%
SoloQ
1.1%
3.7% ban rate in amateur play over 1,538 games, against 1.1% in soloQ over 99,904 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.9 min
SoloQ
27.7 min
Median of 29.9 min in amateur play, against 27.7 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
57%
SoloQ
47%
Played in 57% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (47%).

Not enough games to judge: core.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Aftershock, then Kaenic Rookern, Warmog's Armor, and Protoplasm Harness: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesAftershock87% · 11,015

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite47% · 5,886

≠ Amateur: Flash + Heal instead of Flash + Ignite. 57% · 303 games

SkillsWnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 46 games

Core (3 legendaries)— · 1

Kaenic Rookern
Warmog's Armor
Protoplasm Harness

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

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Absorbs damage first: absorbs more than 93% of supports.

Absorbs damagetop7%1,033 · supports: 393
Plays teamfightstop10%58% · supports: 54%
Map pressuretop21%5.2 · supports: 4.5

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other supports

What marks it

Map pressure
Frontline
Teamfight

Like other supports

Damage in mid game
Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)
Team damage

What it is not

Few duels
No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 13 in lane, 35 in mid game and 35 in late game, out of 100 supports.

209-79 vs 288

290-52 vs 342

350-37 vs 388

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

Rellsupports

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, behind 64% of supports against the direct opponent.

supports

5.2takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; supports: 4.5.

Where it stands among supports · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 13 of 100 among supports209 · median 288
Damage in mid game · rank 35 of 100 among supports290 · median 342
Damage in late game · rank 35 of 100 among supports350 · median 388
Gold at 15 min · rank 36 of 100 among supports-21 · median +105
Gold at 20 min · rank 36 of 100 among supports-8 · median +193
Map pressure · rank 79 of 100 among supports5.2 · median 4.5
Absorbs damage · rank 93 of 100 among supports1,033 · median 393
Plays teamfights · rank 90 of 100 among supports58% · median 54%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 12 of 100 among supports13% · median 17%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 57 of 100 among supportsrank 57 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 75 of 100 among supports1.3 · median 1
Team damage · rank 27 of 100 among supports8% · median 9%

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.