Zilean
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions- Pick
- 1.3%picked in 382 of 28,366 games
- Ban
- 2.0%466 bans over 23,109 games, against 2.4% in soloQ
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 itSummon Aery, then Archangel's Staff, Cosmic Drive, and Horizon Focus: 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 draftFallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
What changes in tournaments?
3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Mid.
- DraftPicked less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 0.1%
- SoloQ
- 0.2%
- DraftBanned less often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 2.0%
- SoloQ
- 2.4%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.3 min
- SoloQ
- 27.2 min
Not enough games to judge: core.
How to play it?
Summon Aery, then Archangel's Staff, Cosmic Drive, and Horizon Focus: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesSummon Aery72% · 2,898
SpellsFlash + Teleport82% · 3,326
SkillsQnot collected in soloQ- Archangel's Staff
- Cosmic Drive
- Horizon Focus
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.
No positive gap in amateur play.
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.
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.
Ban it or pick it?
Fallback pick: comes out late in the series, once the pool has emptied.
Pick rate as Mid
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+0.2%3,645 picks of 1,794,592ban 2.4% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments0.1%37 picks of 38,304ban 2.0% · 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 Mid- 0.1%G19 games of 7,176
- 0.2%G215 games of 7,177
- 0.5%G3+14 games of 2,850
Not enough series yet: published from 30.