Each option against the most picked one in these games, with the same draft odds (or game state and minute, for items), patch and player experience, shrunk as everywhere on the site. With few games, most say “Not enough games”. More filters in Explore
Force of NatureBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.50% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.+6.0%±4.3vs Thornmail+0.5%±2.4First 10 minAfter buyingThe item counts from the minute it’s finished. The first number covers the next 10 minutes. +0.4%Rest of gameAfter buyingThe item counts from the minute it’s finished. The first number covers the next 10 minutes. 0.0%
ThornmailUnclear15% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.vs Force of Nature−0.5%±2.4First 10 minAfter buyingThe item counts from the minute it’s finished. The first number covers the next 10 minutes. −0.4%Rest of gameAfter buyingThe item counts from the minute it’s finished. The first number covers the next 10 minutes. 0.0%
Unending DespairUnclear14% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.vs Force of Nature−0.6%±2.4First 10 minAfter buyingThe item counts from the minute it’s finished. The first number covers the next 10 minutes. −0.2%Rest of gameAfter buyingThe item counts from the minute it’s finished. The first number covers the next 10 minutes. −0.3%
Randuin's OmenNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.8% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Kaenic RookernNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.3% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
RiftmakerNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.2% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Jak'Sho, The ProteanNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.2% of gamesPicked hereHow often players buy this after the items to its left.vs expectedvs expectedHow games with this option ended against their win chance when it was chosen. It’s a hint. The verdict reads the win chance number.Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Not enough games after this pair yet. Pick a more common second item, or see every option below.
It goes from starter to 4th item. Our pick comes first, followed by the options the data can’t separate from it.
The main number is how much more an option wins than the most picked one in similar games. Those are games with the same game state and minute of purchase, played on the same patch by players with as much experience. A +2.0% means about two more wins per 100 games. Numbers from few games are pulled toward what the option does on other champions.
± is the marginMargin (±)The real number is very likely inside this range. More games make it narrower.. The real difference is very likely inside it. On the bar, the dot is the number and the band is the margin. The black line means no difference.
Better or Worse means the whole margin is on one side of zero and the difference is at least half a point. Even means we know the two are within a point of each other. Unclear means it could go either way. With Not enough games, there are too few games to say anything yet.
vs expected (WPA) asks whether games with the option ended better than their win chance when it was chosen. It doesn’t compare options with each other. Next to it is the win chance it’s usually taken at.
Item numbers start at the purchase and cover the first 10 min and the rest of the game.The full guide
It’s no better than Gustwalker Hatchling early on. It pulls clearly ahead in the late game.
Items when behind or ahead
Each item is compared with the slot’s most bought one over the 10 minutes after it’s bought. Games are split by whether Cho'Gath was behind (40% win chance or less when bought), even, or ahead (60% or more). Where Cho'Gath’s own purchases are few, the number leans on every jungle that buys the item.
No item does clearly better or worse than the most bought one in any game state yet. Stick with the usual build.
Gustwalker Hatchling is the most picked. The others are compared with it. Scorchclaw Pup is the next most picked. The Baseline row compares the two.
Gustwalker HatchlingOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.64% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.−0.6% ±1.8vs Scorchclaw PupLane +0.3%Mid +0.1%Late −1.0%vs expected −0.6%±2.2
Scorchclaw Pup27% of gamesUnclear+0.6% ±1.8same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. −1.5% ±42.4Lane −0.3%Mid −0.1%Late +1.0%vs expected +1.0%±3.3
Mosstomper Seedling10% of gamesUnclear+1.7% ±2.0Lane +0.1%Mid +0.8%Late +0.7%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Boots of Swiftness is the most picked. The others are compared with it. Mercury's Treads is the next most picked. The Baseline row compares the two.
Boots of SwiftnessOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.62% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.+1.1% ±2.0vs Mercury's TreadsFirst 10 min +0.4%Rest of game +0.7%vs expected +2.0%±2.2
Mercury's Treads20% of gamesUnclear−1.1% ±2.0same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. −8.5% ±13.7First 10 min −0.4%Rest of game −0.7%vs expected 0.0%±3.9
Plated Steelcaps17% of gamesUnclear+0.5% ±1.9same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. +1.5% ±13.1First 10 min +0.6%Rest of game 0.0%vs expected +5.2%±4.2Heartsteel is the most picked. The others are compared with it. Hextech Rocketbelt is the next most picked. The Baseline row compares the two.
HeartsteelOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.72% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.+0.9% ±2.1vs Hextech RocketbeltFirst 10 min −0.1%Rest of game +0.9%vs expected +2.3%±2.0
Hextech Rocketbelt25% of gamesUnclear−0.9% ±2.1same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. +15.0% ±25.3First 10 min +0.1%Rest of game −0.9%vs expected +0.7%±3.4
Dead Man's Plate1% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Dead Man's Plate is the most picked. The others are compared with it. Force of Nature is the next most picked. The Baseline row compares the two.
Dead Man's PlateOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.60% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.+0.7% ±2.3vs Force of NatureFirst 10 min +0.1%Rest of game +0.7%vs expected +4.1%±2.3
Force of Nature9% of gamesUnclear−0.7% ±2.3same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. −3.5% ±15.3First 10 min −0.1%Rest of game −0.7%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Riftmaker9% of gamesUnclear+0.1% ±2.3First 10 min +0.2%Rest of game −0.2%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Unending Despair5% of gamesUnclear+0.3% ±2.4First 10 min +0.1%Rest of game +0.2%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Heartsteel4% of gamesUnclear−1.1% ±2.4First 10 min −0.6%Rest of game −0.5%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Thornmail3% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Hextech Rocketbelt3% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Randuin's Omen2% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Kaenic Rookern2% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Force of Nature is the most picked. The others are compared with it. Dead Man's Plate is the next most picked. The Baseline row compares the two.
Force of NatureOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.34% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.+0.7% ±2.2vs Dead Man's PlateFirst 10 min +0.8%Rest of game −0.1%vs expected +4.3%±3.6Dead Man's Plate16% of gamesUnclear−0.7% ±2.2same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. +1.6% ±12.8First 10 min −0.8%Rest of game +0.1%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Thornmail12% of gamesUnclear−0.5% ±2.3same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. −7.0% ±18.6First 10 min −0.6%Rest of game +0.1%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Unending Despair9% of gamesUnclear−0.6% ±2.4same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. −28.1% ±23.3First 10 min −0.4%Rest of game −0.3%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Randuin's Omen7% of gamesUnclear−0.1% ±2.4same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. +10.5% ±21.1First 10 min +0.1%Rest of game −0.2%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Kaenic Rookern7% of gamesUnclear−0.5% ±2.4First 10 min −0.2%Rest of game −0.1%vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Riftmaker5% of gamesToo close to callToo close to callPlenty of games, but too few players tried both, or the gap with the most picked option is too small to call. It could go either way.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Jak'Sho, The Protean3% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Frozen Heart1% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Thornmail is the most picked. The others are compared with it.
ThornmailOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.19% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.The others are compared with it··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Jak'Sho, The Protean16% of gamesToo close to callToo close to callPlenty of games, but too few players tried both, or the gap with the most picked option is too small to call. It could go either way.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Randuin's Omen15% of gamesToo close to callToo close to callPlenty of games, but too few players tried both, or the gap with the most picked option is too small to call. It could go either way.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Force of Nature13% of gamesToo close to callToo close to callPlenty of games, but too few players tried both, or the gap with the most picked option is too small to call. It could go either way.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Unending Despair10% of gamesToo close to callToo close to callPlenty of games, but too few players tried both, or the gap with the most picked option is too small to call. It could go either way.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Kaenic Rookern6% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Dead Man's Plate5% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Riftmaker4% of gamesNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.··vs expected Not enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.Everyone or mains
Mains are players whose #1 mastery champion is this one. We know the mastery of 717,000 ranked players from Platinum to Challenger. That covers about half the players in our games. Below 1,500 games by mains, the mains view shows what they pick next to everyone’s verdicts. From 1,500 games on, every number is the mains’ own.
WPA (win probability added)
On the pages it’s labelled “vs expected”. It compares how games with the option ended with the win chance they had when it was chosen (the draft for runes and spells, the minute of purchase for items). +1.0% is about one more win per 100 games than expected. The comparison is with what players usually do from there. It can’t compare two options with each other. Because popular options make up most of what “usual” is, it understates them. Options that strong players favor also look better here than they are. Use it as a hint and let the main number decide the verdict.
Win chance against the most picked
This is how much more each option wins than the most picked one, in points of win chance. The games compared have the same draft odds or game state, the same patch and the same player experience. Numbers from few games are then pulled toward what the same option does on other champions. A number from 300 games keeps little of its size. With thousands of games, most of it stays.
Better, worse, even, unclear
The verdict reads the number after the pull and its 95% margin (±). Better or Worse needs the whole margin on one side of zero and a difference of at least half a point. Even means we know the two are within a point of each other. When it could go either way, the verdict is Unclear. Not enough games means too few players tried both, or the number is mostly the pull.
Lane, mid and late game
The difference is split by when the win chance moved: lane (0–14 min), mid game (14–25) and late game (25 to the end). The three add up to the whole game. They show when an option pays off or costs you.
After the purchase
An item counts only from the minute it’s finished. Its numbers cover the 10 minutes after the purchase and the rest of the game. What happened before the purchase explains why the item was bought. Those minutes don’t count toward the item.
Not enough games
There are too few games to say anything yet. The margin would be wider than ±5%, or the number would be too noisy to say anything. The number appears once more games narrow the margin.
What the data says
We run seven checks on every champion. Two flag common picks that cost win chance and results carried by one player. The others catch theory that real games don’t back, answers that change with your build, keystone gaps that go with the build, options that pay off in only one phase, and lanes that turn after minute 14.
Pays off in one phase
This option’s whole-game number hides what happens in one phase. For example, it may win lane and lose that edge later, or pay off late. The number for that phase moves at least 1%.
