Zilean
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR- Pick
- 1.1%picked in 211 of 18,492 games
- Ban
- 1.6%277 bans over 17,540 games, against 0.5% in soloQ
Amateur: 18,736 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 316,098 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.DraftLength
- How to play itArcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Cosmic Drive, and Morellonomicon: the most played build in soloQ.
- In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 96% 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?
2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 1.5%
- SoloQ
- 0.5%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.6 min
- SoloQ
- 25.9 min
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Arcane Comet, then Luden's Echo, Cosmic Drive, and Morellonomicon: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesArcane Comet47% · 444
SpellsFlash + Teleport86% · 820
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Luden's Echo
- Cosmic Drive
- Morellonomicon
Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.
What does it bring to a comp?
Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 96% of mid laners.
- Plays teamfightstop4%62% · 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
- Map pressure
- Crowd control (CC)
What it is not
- 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 94% 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 10 of 100 among mid laners-458 · median +25
- Gold at 20 min · rank 6 of 100 among mid laners-771 · median +71
- Map pressure · rank 58 of 100 among mid laners2.6 · median 3.2
- Absorbs damage · rank 14 of 100 among mid laners316 · median 489
- Plays teamfights · rank 96 of 100 among mid laners62% · median 55%
- Takes its kills in duels · rank 2 of 100 among mid laners11% · median 23%
- Crowd control (CC) · rank 56 of 100 among mid laners0.8 · median 0.7
- Team damage · rank 3 of 100 among mid laners13% · 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.
No positive gap in amateur play.
With
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
No positive gap in amateur play.
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%892 picks of 632,195ban 0.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.1%15 picks of 23,550ban 1.5% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro0.0%0 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
3.5% on 16.21Within the series
Fearless series only · as MidNot enough series yet: published from 30.