THE META REPORT NAME IS TOO LONG, TOO DAMN LONG (n°27)

Patch 2.17 - Week 1 - Patch next week. So that Sion won’t dominate anymore… So that Sion won’t dominate anymore, right?


Author

Affiliation

Valentino (Legna) Vazzoler

 

Published

Oct. 12, 2021

DOI


Data

Number of (Ranked) matches analyzed 56800 or 113600 games.

Last Update: 2021-10-14 18:00

Note : following my recent analysis the following decks:

Have been aggregated into a single archetype: “ASZ - Sivir Ionia”

In addition a quick fix to account for the Rubin-baits (burn decks that pretend to be other archetypes) decks have been applied and they are called:

Patch 2.17 - Week 1 - by the Numbers
Characteristic All Games Ranked
N = 143,1041 N = 56,8002
Status
Other 81,756 (57%)
Ranked 56,799 (40%)
Friendly 4,549 (3.2%)
Server
americas 63,412 (44%) 24,075 (42%)
asia 24,783 (17%) 10,746 (19%)
europe 54,909 (38%) 21,979 (39%)

1 Metadata from Friendly Matches (that aren't Bo3) is not recoverable, the value may not be perfect since I lack the starting time of the game. The amount of Games to still scrap is also an estimation based on the 'position' of the game

2 n (%)

Regions

Play Rate

The Gini Index is a measure of heterogeneity so, in this case and in simpler terms, how much the play rates are similar. The Index goes (when normalized like here) \(in\) [0,1] and it’s equal to 1 when there’s a single value with 100% play rate or 0 when all play rates are equal. Of course a Gini Index of 1 needs to be avoided but it’s not like the aim should be 0. As said, it’s just to add some additional tools.

Region Play Rate
Relative Frequencies by Inclusion Rate of a Region
Region Freq Shard
America Asia Europe
BandleCity 20.94% 20.74% 23.25% 20.03%
Noxus 14.93% 15.35% 13.92% 14.96%
Piltover 13.35% 13.60% 13.36% 13.08%
Bilgewater 9.94% 10.48% 9.72% 9.44%
ShadowIsles 8.69% 8.14% 9.46% 8.91%
Shurima 7.41% 7.58% 5.64% 8.08%
MtTargon 6.86% 6.86% 6.54% 7.02%
Demacia 6.71% 6.22% 6.93% 7.14%
Ionia 5.61% 5.91% 5.62% 5.27%
Freljord 5.56% 5.10% 5.57% 6.06%
Patch 2.17 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2021-10-06 21:00:00 UTC to 2021-10-13 21:00:00 UTC. Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API

Play Rate by number of Cards

Note: currently all dual region cards have only their main region as possible value assigned. The same problem also apply to the card’s inclusion rates, with Lulu being the most notable case affected by this.

Region Play Rate
Relative Frequencies by number of times a Card within a Region is included in a Deck
Region Freq Shard
America Asia Europe
BandleCity 25.39% 25.24% 27.96% 24.30%
PnZ 12.66% 12.79% 12.91% 12.39%
Noxus 11.80% 11.96% 11.22% 11.90%
Bilgewater 10.97% 11.26% 10.94% 10.66%
Shurima 8.18% 8.45% 6.14% 8.89%
ShadowIsles 7.95% 7.73% 7.98% 8.16%
MtTargon 7.23% 7.23% 6.83% 7.42%
Demacia 6.02% 5.60% 6.15% 6.41%
Ionia 5.74% 5.99% 5.50% 5.59%
Freljord 4.07% 3.76% 4.38% 4.27%
Patch 2.17 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2021-10-06 21:00:00 UTC to 2021-10-13 21:00:00 UTC. Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API

Champions Combinations

Play Rates

Champions
Play Rate
America
Asia
Europe
Draven/Sion (NX/PZ)
11.1%
11.9%
10.1%
10.8%
Poppy/Ziggs (BC/NX)
7.7%
7.8%
6.3%
8.2%
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
7.5%
6.1%
9.6%
8.0%
Nami/Zoe
4.9%
4.8%
5.1%
4.8%
Fizz/Poppy (BC/NX)
4.3%
4.8%
3.0%
4.4%
Gangplank/Sejuani
3.7%
3.4%
3.7%
3.9%
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
3.2%
2.9%
1.8%
4.1%
Pyke/Rek'Sai
3.1%
3.5%
1.9%
3.2%
Gangplank/Twisted Fate (BC/BW)
3.0%
3.1%
3.8%
2.7%
Lee Sin/Zoe
2.8%
3.3%
1.4%
2.9%
Ezreal/Vi (BC/PZ)
2.5%
2.7%
2.7%
2.2%
Lulu/Poppy (BC/DE)
2.0%
1.5%
2.1%
2.5%
Caitlyn/Teemo (BC/PZ)
1.9%
1.6%
2.0%
2.2%
Poppy/Zed (DE/IO)
1.6%
1.0%
4.0%
1.1%
Elise/Vi
1.3%
1.2%
0.2%
1.8%
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI)
1.2%
1.0%
1.3%
1.4%
Lissandra/Taliyah
1.1%
1.3%
0.5%
1.1%
Taliyah/Ziggs (BC/SH)
0.8%
0.7%
1.1%
0.9%
Xerath/Zilean (BC/SH)
0.8%
1.1%
0.2%
0.8%
Caitlyn/Draven
0.7%
0.6%
0.8%
0.9%
1–20 of 1703 rows
...

Day by Day

Highlisting the top10 most played decks (at the moment of the last game played).

Win Rates

Tie games are excluded

Win rates of the most played combination of champions. Play Rate >= 1% in at least one of the servers.

Champions
WinRate
#Win
#Games
Play Rate
Server
Draven/Sion (NX/PZ) (3)
56.4%
7126
12633
11.1%
americas, asia, europe
Poppy/Ziggs (BC/NX) (3)
53.4%
4640
8696
7.7%
americas, asia, europe
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI) (3)
51.4%
4365
8488
7.5%
americas, asia, europe
Nami/Zoe (3)
54.2%
3006
5542
4.9%
americas, asia, europe
Fizz/Poppy (BC/NX) (3)
54.9%
2699
4914
4.3%
americas, asia, europe
Gangplank/Sejuani (3)
51.9%
2163
4164
3.7%
americas, asia, europe
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH) (3)
51.5%
1849
3591
3.2%
americas, asia, europe
Pyke/Rek'Sai (3)
49.9%
1754
3516
3.1%
americas, asia, europe
Gangplank/Twisted Fate (BC/BW) (3)
51.7%
1791
3464
3.0%
americas, asia, europe
Lee Sin/Zoe (3)
51.8%
1631
3146
2.8%
americas, asia, europe
1–10 of 17 rows

Top Win rates of the top10 best performing least played combination of champions. Play rate \(\in\) [0.1%,1%)

Min number of games 50, during the times a meta/ladder just changed.
1

Champions
WinRate
#Win
#Games
Play Rate
Fizz/Lulu/Poppy (BC/PZ)
59.2%
87
147
0.1%
Lulu/Poppy (DE/IO)
58.7%
309
526
0.5%
Poppy/Teemo (BC/NX)
58.7%
74
126
0.1%
Poppy/Teemo (BC/DE)
58.1%
247
425
0.4%
Nami/Tahm Kench (BW/MT)
57.6%
106
184
0.2%
Ezreal/Poppy/Vi (BC/PZ)
57.5%
103
179
0.2%
Riven/Swain (BC/NX)
56.6%
107
189
0.2%
Fizz/Lulu/Poppy (BC/NX)
55.5%
371
669
0.6%
Fizz/Poppy/Teemo (BC/NX)
55.0%
191
347
0.3%
Elise/Senna (PZ/SI)
54.4%
374
687
0.6%

Match Ups

Note : Regarding MU, this is not the most accurate estimation you can get from my data. If you want a better picture of the current meta it would be better to look at the dedicated MU-page where I use all “Ranked” games with the current sets of buffs and nerfs. While one may object I don’t account for optimizations and differences in skills acquired during the weeks, the overall number of games / sample size makes them a better source of information. So, in case, pls refer to the MU - page for a better “meta-investigation”.

The win rates on the grid are among the 15 most played champion combination.

MatchUps

Draven/Sion (NX/PZ)

Poppy/Ziggs (BC/NX)

Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)

Nami/Zoe

Fizz/Poppy (BC/NX)

Gangplank/Sejuani

Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)

Pyke/Rek'Sai

Gangplank/Twisted Fate (BC/BW)

Lee Sin/Zoe

Ezreal/Vi (BC/PZ)

Lulu/Poppy (BC/DE)

Caitlyn/Teemo (BC/PZ)

Poppy/Zed (DE/IO)

Elise/Vi

Draven/Sion (NX/PZ)

66%

49%

37%

54%

51%

72%

70%

52%

30%

47%

64%

55%

55%

78%

Poppy/Ziggs (BC/NX)

34%

49%

59%

50%

63%

58%

55%

49%

42%

65%

52%

66%

52%

33%

Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)

51%

51%

55%

27%

46%

42%

49%

57%

68%

45%

31%

54%

34%

46%

Nami/Zoe

63%

41%

45%

57%

49%

44%

40%

66%

59%

45%

40%

68%

35%

27%

Fizz/Poppy (BC/NX)

46%

50%

73%

43%

54%

43%

50%

23%

73%

58%

41%

54%

41%

41%

Gangplank/Sejuani

49%

37%

54%

51%

46%

61%

60%

47%

45%

67%

49%

65%

43%

37%

Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)

28%

42%

58%

56%

57%

39%

47%

44%

58%

57%

42%

56%

53%

67%

Pyke/Rek'Sai

30%

45%

51%

60%

50%

40%

53%

43%

59%

58%

44%

58%

39%

60%

Gangplank/Twisted Fate (BC/BW)

48%

51%

43%

34%

77%

53%

56%

57%

40%

61%

47%

75%

42%

20%

Lee Sin/Zoe

70%

58%

32%

41%

27%

55%

42%

41%

60%

44%

44%

54%

55%

50%

Ezreal/Vi (BC/PZ)

53%

35%

55%

55%

42%

33%

43%

42%

39%

56%

40%

65%

63%

48%

Lulu/Poppy (BC/DE)

36%

48%

69%

60%

59%

51%

58%

56%

53%

56%

60%

64%

61%

48%

Caitlyn/Teemo (BC/PZ)

45%

34%

46%

32%

46%

35%

44%

42%

25%

46%

35%

36%

34%

40%

Poppy/Zed (DE/IO)

45%

48%

66%

65%

59%

57%

47%

61%

58%

45%

37%

39%

66%

13%

Elise/Vi

22%

67%

54%

73%

59%

63%

33%

40%

80%

50%

52%

52%

60%

87%

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Player
Opponent
#Win
#Games
WinRate
CI
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
65
130
50.0%
(41.1% - 58.9%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Draven/Sion (NX/PZ)
119
427
27.9%
(23.7% - 32.4%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Fizz/Poppy (BC/NX)
92
162
56.8%
(48.8% - 64.5%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Gangplank/Sejuani
46
117
39.3%
(30.4% - 48.8%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Gangplank/Twisted Fate (BC/BW)
44
101
43.6%
(33.7% - 53.8%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Lee Sin/Zoe
65
112
58.0%
(48.3% - 67.3%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Nami/Zoe
107
190
56.3%
(48.9% - 63.5%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Poppy/Ziggs (BC/NX)
122
289
42.2%
(36.5% - 48.1%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Pyke/Rek'Sai
50
106
47.2%
(37.4% - 57.1%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
159
275
57.8%
(51.7% - 63.7%)
1–10 of 141 rows
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Decks of the week

Another week another way to abuse Bandle

Elise/Vi
Playrate (N: 1423)
Card
PlayRate
3
2
1
Elise
100.0%
99.4%
0.6%
0.0%
Vi
100.0%
98.9%
0.7%
0.4%
Vile Feast
99.7%
99.6%
0.4%
0.0%
Mystic Shot
99.6%
99.7%
0.3%
0.0%
Burgeoning Sentinel
99.6%
100.0%
0.0%
0.0%
Atrocity
99.3%
0.3%
95.7%
4.0%
Buhru Sentinel
99.2%
99.8%
0.2%
0.0%
Thermogenic Beam
98.7%
94.0%
5.8%
0.2%
Commander Ledros
98.7%
1.2%
97.1%
1.7%
Aloof Travelers
97.5%
97.7%
2.3%
0.0%
Grasp of the Undying
97.3%
0.5%
98.8%
0.6%
Withering Mist
96.9%
0.1%
94.8%
5.1%
Despair
96.6%
0.1%
98.5%
1.4%
The Ruination
95.1%
0.0%
5.5%
94.5%
Dess & Ada
95.0%
0.3%
92.0%
7.7%
Aftershock
93.5%
0.5%
96.2%
3.3%
The Box
55.7%
0.5%
12.1%
87.4%
Withering Wail
50.4%
0.3%
9.9%
89.8%
Time Trick
6.0%
7.0%
70.9%
22.1%
Get Excited!
5.5%
9.0%
34.6%
56.4%
1–20 of 58 rows

LoR-Meta Index (LMI)

Note: Hovering over a circle will display a deck values.

The LMI

2 3 is an Index I developed to measure the performance of decks in the metagame. For those who are familiar with basic statistical concept I wrote a document to explain the theory behind it: , it’s very similar to vicioussyndicate (vS) Meta Score from their data reaper report. The score of each deck is not just their “strength”, it takes in consideration both play rates and win rates that’s why I prefer to say it measure the “performance”. The values range from 0 to 100 and the higher the value, the higher is the performance.

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Tier0Tier1Tier2Tier3 or lowerLoR-Meta Index (LMI)WR IndexFreq IndextierLMI

Win Marathons Leaders

Top3 Players (or more in case of ties) from each server that had the highest amount of consecutive wins with the same archetype. The provided deckcode is the one played in the last win found.

Cards Presence

It seems that not even Twin Disciple can beat Sharsight

 

Cards that couldn’t find place even in a meme deck.

Region BC BW DE IO NX PZ SH SI
1 Heroic Charge Plunder Poro Kadregrin the Infernal Nimble Poro Savage Reckoner Hextech Transmogulator Ricochet Sinister Poro
2 Keeper’s Verdict Wise Fry Sown Seeds Affectionate Poro Eminent Benefactor
3 Shadow Flare Wrathful Rider Unstable Voltician
4 The Empyrean

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Footnotes

  1. Min number of games 50, during the times a meta/ladder just changed.[↩]
  2. LMI - Early Theory[↩]
  3. LMI - Adding a Ban Index[↩]