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
66% of Conqueror games run this page. No other page wins clearly more.
Every rune for each keystone
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Spells: Flash + Ignite · 91% of gamesPickedHow often players take this option for this choice.Rare options often read “Not enough games” until more of their games come in.
The main number is how much more an option wins than the most picked one in similar games. Those are games with the same draft odds (for items, the same game state and minute), 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.
Lane 0–14 min · Mid 14–25 · Late 25 to the end.Item numbers start at the purchase and cover the first 10 min and the rest of the game.The full guide
It does clearly better than Doran's Shield in lane. It loses that edge later in the game.
It’s no better than Conqueror early on. It pulls clearly ahead in the late game.
Most Conqueror games buy Stridebreaker into Phantom Dancer or a similar mixed pair first (75%). Stormraider's Surge games most often start the same way (81%).
With mixed pairs like Stridebreaker into Phantom Dancer, the data can’t tell Stormraider's Surge and Conqueror games apart (+0.2% ±2.2). This describes games. It doesn’t prove a cause.
Where each rune leadsConqueror is the most picked. The others are compared with it. Stormraider's Surge is the next most picked. The Baseline row compares the two.
ConquerorOur pickOur pickThe option shown in What wins most often: the most picked one, unless another clearly wins more.68% of gamesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.−1.0% ±2.0vs Stormraider's SurgeLane +0.4%Mid 0.0%Late −1.4%vs expected −0.7%±2.2
Stormraider's Surge30% of gamesUnclear+1.0% ±2.0same players onlySame playersThe same comparison among players who used both options. Each player is compared with themselves. +1.7% ±14.5Lane −0.4%Mid 0.0%Late +1.4%vs expected +2.1%±3.3
Grasp of the Undying1% 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.vs SorceryWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
SorceryBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.vs Resolve+0.4% ±1.8
ResolveUnclear−0.4% ±1.8
PrecisionNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
InspirationNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.vs Doran's ShieldWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
Doran's ShieldBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.vs Doran's Blade−0.2% ±2.1
Doran's BladeUnclear+0.2% ±2.1
Doran's HelmUnclear+0.3% ±2.1
Doran's BowToo 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.1 more option · All starters
vs Berserker's GreavesWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
Berserker's GreavesBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.vs Boots of Swiftness+0.8% ±2.1
Boots of SwiftnessUnclear−0.8% ±2.1
Plated SteelcapsUnclear+0.9% ±2.1
Mercury's TreadsToo 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 StridebreakerWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
StridebreakerBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.
Trinity ForceNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Black CleaverNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.vs Phantom DancerWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
Phantom DancerBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.vs Youmuu's Ghostblade+0.1% ±2.2
Youmuu's GhostbladeUnclear−0.1% ±2.2
Mortal ReminderUnclear−0.6% ±2.3Black CleaverUnclear0.0% ±2.45 more options · All 2nd items
vs Mortal ReminderWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
Mortal ReminderBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.vs Phantom Dancer+0.2% ±2.3Phantom DancerUnclear−0.2% ±2.3
Dead Man's PlateUnclear+0.2% ±2.3
Infinity EdgeUnclear−1.2% ±2.49 more options · All 3rd items
vs Dead Man's PlateWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
Dead Man's PlateBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.Infinity EdgeToo 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.
Force of NatureToo 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.Mortal ReminderToo 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.8 more options · All 4th items
vs Flash + IgniteWin chanceHow much more this option wins than the most picked one, in games alike in draft, patch and players. +1% is about one more win per 100 games. (most picked)
Flash + IgniteBaselineBaselineThe most picked option. The others are compared with it. Its own number compares it with the next most picked.
Flash + TeleportToo 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.
Flash + GhostNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Flash + ExhaustNot enough gamesNot enough gamesToo few games to say anything yet. The number shows once more games come in.
Top91%−0.3%
Midoff-role8%−0.8%
vs Sett84 games+0.3% counterCounterHow the lane goes once both champions’ strength, the players and the rest of the draft are accounted for. A strong champion beating a weak one isn’t a counter.±2.5
vs Jax138 games+0.3% counterCounterHow the lane goes once both champions’ strength, the players and the rest of the draft are accounted for. A strong champion beating a weak one isn’t a counter.±2.5
vs Yone100 games+0.3% counterCounterHow the lane goes once both champions’ strength, the players and the rest of the draft are accounted for. A strong champion beating a weak one isn’t a counter.±2.5
vs Fiora61 games−0.4% counterCounterHow the lane goes once both champions’ strength, the players and the rest of the draft are accounted for. A strong champion beating a weak one isn’t a counter.±2.6
vs Aatrox87 games−0.3% counterCounterHow the lane goes once both champions’ strength, the players and the rest of the draft are accounted for. A strong champion beating a weak one isn’t a counter.±2.5
vs Nasus103 games−0.2% counterCounterHow the lane goes once both champions’ strength, the players and the rest of the draft are accounted for. A strong champion beating a weak one isn’t a counter.±2.5
Best ban: GangplankFaced in 3% of games when not banned+0.5 wins per 1,000Wins savedWins a ban saves per 1,000 games: how often the enemy laner picks the champion when it’s available, times how much better they do with it.±0.8
Pool partner: VarusBetter in 29% of its lanes+0.4 wins per 1,000Wins addedWins per 1,000 games where you pick after your lane opponent, playing this champion whenever it does better against them than your main.±8.1— Not enough games to call this lane yet: its margin is wider than ±5%.
Over 2,861 ranked games on patches 16.19–16.20, Garen top won 49.6% and was picked in 6% of games. Most players run Conqueror, build Stridebreaker first, Phantom Dancer second and Mortal Reminder third, and buy Berserker's Greaves. Win rates come from picks and results only. Most of the games are Emerald to Master.
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.
How the tiers are made
This mark means strength. It’s the win chance a champion adds over its role’s average once we take out who plays it.
Champions are ranked on the win chance they add over their role’s average champion once we take out who plays them. A model on every game with all ten players known accounts for each player’s mastery, rank and games on the champion, and for the rest of the draft. So a champion doesn’t look stronger because one-tricks play it, or weaker because first-timers do. Tiers: S from +2%, A from +0.75%, B from −0.75%, C from −2%, D below. The “% likely” next to a tier is how likely the champion belongs in it. Under 50% means it sits near a tier border.
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.
Our pick
We pick an option over the most picked one only if it’s in 5% or more of games and reads Better. It must also stay ahead when checked on a separate half of the games. Otherwise we pick the most picked option. When a second option reads Even with it (within a point), we show both.
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.
Where each rune leads
A build here is the kind of pair your first two legendary items make, read from the items’ stats. Bruiser means both give health, armor or magic resist and at least one gives damage. Burst means both give ability power and nothing that keeps you alive. Mixed is one of each. Tank, crit, lethality, damage and support pairs follow the same rule. Each build is named by its most common pair. The shares are plain counts of games. Items are bought after the rune is chosen. Two keystones compared inside one build describe those games. They don’t prove the rune caused the result.
Counter
A counter is how this lane goes after the model accounts for both champions’ overall strength, who played them (mastery, rank, games on the champion) and the rest of the draft. Lanes with few games are pulled toward zero. A strong champion beating a weak one doesn’t count as a counter. The counter uses only games where all ten players are known. It rests on fewer games than the win rate next to it.
Against the usual win rate
This is the champion’s win rate against this opponent minus its win rate over all its games in the role. It uses picks and results only. Splitting lane from late game needs games with full timelines.
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%.
