THE META REPORT NAME IS TOO LONG, TOO DAMN LONG (n°58)

Patch 3.7 - Week 1 - A Curious Journey Seasonal Tournament - Playoff - Waiting Room


Author

Affiliation

Valentino (Legna) Vazzoler

 

Published

May 17, 2022

DOI


Data

Number of Master Players: 7065

Number of HighDiamond

HighDiamond are defined as “players who played against Master player in a Ranked games but are not Master themselves”
1 Players: 10173

Number of (Ranked) Master matches analysed 121983 or 243966 games.

Number of (Ranked) ~HighDiamond matches analysed 222385 or 444770 games.

Last Update: 2022-05-19 01:20

Patch 3.7 - Week 1 - by the Numbers1
Characteristic3 Master2 ~HighDiamond2
N = 292,3294 N = 121,9834 N = 371,9364 N = 222,3854
Status
Ranked 121,983 (42%) 222,385 (60%)
Other 92,107 (32%) 62,307 (17%)
PathOfChampion 54,162 (19%) 61,620 (17%)
Friendly 24,077 (8.2%) 25,624 (6.9%)
Server
americas 116,993 (40%) 46,501 (38%) 144,627 (39%) 83,510 (38%)
apac 84,760 (29%) 33,787 (28%) 108,093 (29%) 65,072 (29%)
europe 90,576 (31%) 41,695 (34%) 119,216 (32%) 73,803 (33%)
1 Max datetime recovered: 2022-05-18 17:18:53 UTC from 2022-05-11 18:00:00 to 2022-05-18 18:00:00 UTC
2 EU Master 2320/2330 NA Master 2693/2710 APAC Master 2052/2072
3 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
4 n(%) took from the number of matches. When the data is analysed the size is double since we account each different player
Shard/Server Total
Americas Apac Europe
Player Rank
Master 2,693 (16%) 2,052 (12%) 2,320 (13%) 7,065 (41%)
Diamond 3,832 (22%) 3,025 (18%) 3,316 (19%) 10,173 (59%)
Total 6,525 (38%) 5,077 (29%) 5,636 (33%) 17,238 (100%)

Seasonal Tournament Open Rounds

For the full detailed report go to: A Curious Journey Open Rounds Report

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 Apac Europe
Shurima 14.70% 14.34% 15.35% 14.57%
Piltover 13.60% 13.55% 13.26% 13.95%
ShadowIsles 12.94% 12.36% 13.29% 13.31%
BandleCity 10.99% 11.16% 11.50% 10.38%
Noxus 9.95% 9.72% 8.81% 11.11%
MtTargon 9.14% 9.77% 8.83% 8.69%
Demacia 7.97% 8.33% 7.54% 7.91%
Freljord 7.71% 7.74% 7.68% 7.70%
Bilgewater 7.32% 7.01% 7.59% 7.45%
Ionia 5.69% 6.03% 6.16% 4.92%
Patch 3.7 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2022-05-11 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-05-18 18:00:00 UTC Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-05-18 23:12:25.798693

Play Rate by number of Cards

Region Play Rate
Relative Frequencies by number of times a Card within a Region is included in a Deck
Region Freq Shard
America Apac Europe
Shurima 17.89% 17.30% 18.87% 17.75%
Piltover 14.15% 14.13% 13.00% 15.11%
BandleCity 11.16% 11.29% 11.94% 10.39%
ShadowIsles 11.01% 10.65% 11.43% 11.07%
Noxus 8.89% 8.73% 7.89% 9.87%
Freljord 8.27% 8.44% 8.04% 8.28%
Demacia 8.20% 8.49% 7.97% 8.08%
MtTargon 7.88% 8.54% 7.17% 7.71%
Bilgewater 6.76% 6.41% 7.05% 6.93%
Ionia 5.78% 6.02% 6.64% 4.82%
Patch 3.7 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2022-05-11 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-05-18 18:00:00 UTC Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-05-18 23:12:25.798693

Champions Combinations

Play Rates

Champions
Play Rate
America
Apac
Europe
Viego (SI/SH)
7.1%
6.2%
7.2%
7.9%
Aphelios/Fizz (BC/MT)
4.9%
4.8%
5.5%
4.6%
Pirates (BW,NX)
4.7%
4.6%
4.5%
5.1%
Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT)
4.7%
5.1%
3.7%
5.0%
Taliyah/Ziggs
4.2%
4.1%
4.6%
4.0%
SunDisc
4.0%
3.3%
4.7%
4.1%
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI)
3.6%
3.4%
3.5%
3.9%
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ)
3.5%
2.8%
2.9%
5.0%
Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI)
2.3%
1.9%
2.4%
2.8%
Miss Fortune/Quinn
2.2%
2.1%
2.2%
2.4%
Pyke/Rek'Sai
1.7%
1.7%
1.7%
1.6%
Azir/Irelia
1.6%
1.7%
1.7%
1.3%
Ekko/Zilean
1.6%
2.4%
1.0%
1.0%
Draven/Sion (NX/PZ)
1.5%
1.1%
1.5%
2.1%
Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
1.3%
1.0%
2.6%
0.6%
Caitlyn/Teemo (BC/PZ)
1.3%
0.9%
1.3%
1.7%
Senna/Veigar
1.2%
1.3%
1.4%
1.1%
Viktor - Shellfolk
1.2%
1.7%
1.2%
0.6%
Jayce/Lux
1.1%
1.1%
1.3%
1.0%
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
1.1%
1.3%
0.7%
1.2%
1–20 of 2900 rows
...

Data from Master Only. Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API. Last Update: 2022-05-18 23:21:56.083655 FALSE

Champions
Play Rate
America
Apac
Europe
Viego (SI/SH)
6.9%
6.4%
7.3%
6.9%
Pirates (BW,NX)
5.7%
5.7%
5.2%
6.0%
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI)
4.9%
4.4%
4.7%
5.7%
SunDisc
4.4%
4.2%
5.2%
3.8%
Taliyah/Ziggs
3.8%
3.8%
4.0%
3.8%
Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT)
3.7%
3.7%
3.2%
4.0%
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ)
3.4%
3.2%
2.3%
4.4%
Aphelios/Fizz (BC/MT)
2.9%
2.8%
3.5%
2.4%
Miss Fortune/Quinn
2.2%
2.6%
1.7%
2.1%
Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI)
2.1%
1.5%
2.5%
2.3%
Pyke/Rek'Sai
1.9%
1.8%
1.8%
2.2%
Azir/Irelia
1.7%
1.7%
1.8%
1.6%
Caitlyn/Teemo (BC/PZ)
1.4%
1.3%
1.8%
1.2%
Senna/Veigar
1.3%
1.1%
1.4%
1.4%
Jayce/Lux
1.3%
1.3%
1.5%
1.0%
Maokai/Nautilus
1.2%
1.2%
1.3%
1.3%
Sentinel Control
1.2%
1.3%
0.8%
1.5%
Akshan/Udyr
1.1%
1.1%
1.3%
1.0%
Ekko/Zilean
1.1%
1.4%
0.7%
1.1%
Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
1.1%
0.7%
2.3%
0.5%
1–20 of 4427 rows
...

Data from ~HighDiamond Only. Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-05-18 23:21:56.710858. FALSE

Day by Day

Highlighting the play-rates of most played [^at the moment of the last game] decks over time.

Win Rates

Win rates of the most played combination of champions. Play Rate \(\geq 1\%\) in at least one of the servers.

Champions
WinRate
#Win
#Games
Play Rate
Server
Viego (SI/SH) (3)
52.5%
9044
17218
7.1%
americas, apac, europe
Aphelios/Fizz (BC/MT) (3)
52.1%
6260
12022
4.9%
americas, apac, europe
Pirates (BW,NX) (3)
54.6%
6291
11516
4.7%
americas, apac, europe
Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT) (3)
56.3%
6431
11414
4.7%
americas, apac, europe
Taliyah/Ziggs (3)
53.1%
5454
10271
4.2%
americas, apac, europe
SunDisc (3)
50.8%
4912
9675
4.0%
americas, apac, europe
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI) (3)
51.1%
4468
8752
3.6%
americas, apac, europe
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ) (3)
52.4%
4537
8658
3.5%
americas, apac, europe
Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI) (3)
53.3%
3044
5712
2.3%
americas, apac, europe
Miss Fortune/Quinn (3)
55.6%
3033
5459
2.2%
americas, apac, europe
1–10 of 21 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]

Champions
WinRate
#Win
#Games
Play Rate
LCI
UCI
CI
Vi/Viktor (PZ/SI)
59.4%
174
293
0.1%
0.535201613668922
0.650593624874534
(53.5% - 65.1%)
Teemo/Yuumi/Zed (BC/IO)
58.8%
345
587
0.2%
0.546702989877769
0.627878245186795
(54.7% - 62.8%)
Teemo/Tristana/Yuumi (BC/IO)
58.6%
146
249
0.1%
0.522440880449816
0.648169022030848
(52.2% - 64.8%)
Darius/Miss Fortune/Twisted Fate
56.3%
210
373
0.2%
0.510993122607127
0.614004403662441
(51.1% - 61.4%)
Pantheon/Taric/Yuumi (DE/MT)
55.6%
571
1027
0.4%
0.524990132118429
0.586664727395885
(52.5% - 58.7%)
Draven/Sion/Vi
55.5%
372
670
0.3%
0.516675659618356
0.593283621494814
(51.7% - 59.3%)
Fizz/Riven (BC/NX)
55.3%
750
1357
0.6%
0.525776474751377
0.579374398604122
(52.6% - 57.9%)
Garen/Miss Fortune/Quinn
55.2%
330
598
0.2%
0.51097182621073
0.592192742939816
(51.1% - 59.2%)
Jinx/Lulu (BC/PZ)
55.0%
144
262
0.1%
0.487194669222365
0.610906800686239
(48.7% - 61.1%)
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/IO)
54.8%
211
385
0.2%
0.496832668543639
0.59852689017254
(49.7% - 59.9%)

Match Ups

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, please refer to the MU - page for a better “meta-investigation”.

Match-up Grid

The win rates on the grid are among the 10 most played champion combination.

The upper value is from all the Masters players, the bottom one only from HighDiamond.

MU with less than 30 games are not included.

Viego (SI/SH) Aphelios/Fizz (BC/MT) Pirates (BW,NX) Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT) Taliyah/Ziggs SunDisc Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI) Tri-Beam (NX/PZ) Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI) Miss Fortune/Quinn
Viego (SI/SH)
NA
46.4%
47.1%
52.1%
49.6%
47.6%
49.5%
50.0%
48.8%
48.5%
45.9%
78.3%
71.5%
37.3%
42.2%
49.3%
46.6%
53.7%
51.7%
Aphelios/Fizz (BC/MT)
53.6%
52.9%
NA
58.3%
53.5%
41.4%
42.2%
54.8%
55.2%
56.1%
53.7%
49.4%
40.9%
50.2%
51.2%
56.0%
44.7%
37.2%
36.4%
Pirates (BW,NX)
47.9%
50.4%
41.7%
46.5%
NA
60.1%
59.6%
68.0%
62.6%
73.7%
71.8%
43.2%
45.4%
43.3%
45.3%
42.5%
46.5%
34.6%
38.7%
Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT)
52.4%
50.5%
58.6%
57.8%
39.9%
40.4%
NA
58.2%
59.4%
61.3%
62.0%
50.3%
47.7%
46.5%
46.8%
49.4%
49.5%
68.4%
68.9%
Taliyah/Ziggs
50.0%
51.2%
45.2%
44.8%
32.0%
37.4%
41.8%
40.6%
NA
58.3%
59.3%
63.5%
58.4%
64.7%
69.3%
64.4%
59.7%
49.0%
48.3%
SunDisc
51.5%
54.1%
43.9%
46.3%
26.3%
28.2%
38.7%
38.0%
41.7%
40.7%
NA
55.0%
50.5%
62.8%
64.5%
71.2%
66.4%
37.2%
37.8%
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI)
21.7%
28.5%
50.6%
59.1%
56.8%
54.6%
49.7%
52.3%
36.5%
41.6%
45.0%
49.5%
NA
78.6%
79.5%
61.4%
57.5%
42.3%
44.0%
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ)
62.7%
57.8%
49.8%
48.8%
56.7%
54.7%
53.5%
53.2%
35.3%
30.7%
37.2%
35.5%
21.4%
20.5%
NA
30.3%
30.4%
58.4%
58.2%
Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI)
50.7%
53.4%
44.0%
55.3%
57.5%
53.5%
50.6%
50.5%
35.6%
40.3%
28.8%
33.6%
38.6%
42.5%
69.7%
69.6%
NA
56.1%
54.8%
Miss Fortune/Quinn
46.3%
48.3%
62.8%
63.6%
65.4%
61.3%
31.6%
31.1%
51.0%
51.7%
62.8%
62.2%
57.7%
56.0%
41.6%
41.8%
43.9%
45.2%
NA
MatchUp values from Ranked games with Master (upper) and ~HighDiamond (bottom) Ranked players. Decks and order of the Archetypes based on the playrate over the last 7 days. Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API

LoR-Meta Index (LMI)

Note: Games from Master Rank only

Tier0 with LMI \(\geq\) 97.5 Tier1 with LMI \(\in [85,97.5)\) Tier2 with LMI \(\in [60,85)\) Tier3- with LMI \(<\) 60

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.

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.

Top3 Biggest Win Streak by Server
Cumulative wins with the same Archetype
Player Result Archetype Deck Code
Americas
Davebo 15 Gangplank/Gnar/Twisted Fate
junga10w 15 Viego (SI/SH)
faintHD 14 Vi/Viktor (PZ/SI)
Apac
meantest 14 Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI)
LoveSinged 13 Taliyah/Xerath/Ziggs
Mildzsantos11 13 Aphelios/Fizz (BC/MT)
pisukaru 13 Teemo/Yuumi/Zed (BC/IO)
炼金有毒 13 Viego (SI/SH)
Europe
JelliBelli 17 Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT)
Matelas de Volta 14 Kindred Sentinel
Cris98 13 Pirates (BW,NX)
henzhenz 13 Udyr/Viktor
TeenageWasteland 13 Viego (SI/SH)
Xenonbender 13 Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
Games from all Master are collected each hour adding up to the last 20 matches. Unlikely but possible to miss games in case of high frequency games. Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API

Cards Presence

 

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

PZ
IO
DE
MT
Academy Prodigy
Nimble Poro
Plucky Poro
Porofly
Intrepid Mariner

Not-Standard Archetype Names

Names and rules for the “non standard archetypes” which are not defined by Champion+Regions

Archetype ~Fix
Deck Source
ASZ - Sivir Ionia Akshan/Sivir (IO/SH) or Sivir/Zed or Akshan/Sivir/Zed
BandleTree 3 copies of BandleTree
Dragons (DE/MT) (DE/MT) Decks with *at least* Shyvana and ASol
Marauder (NX/FR) Two to Three copies of Both Legion Marauder and Strength in Numbers
Mistwraith Allegiance Three copies of both Mistwraith and Wraithcaller
Pirates (BW/NX) BW/NX deck with Miss Fortune and any of Twisted Fate, Gangplank
RubinBait - <Champ> Burn Deck using <Champ> to bait mulligan
Sentinel Control PnZ/SI deck any combination of Elise/Jayce/Vi
Kindred Control PnZ/SI deck any combination of Elise/Jayce/Vi AND Kindred
SunDisc Mono Shurima with 1+ Sun Disc - without Rek'Sai
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ) (NX/PZ) deck with at least 2 copies of Tri-Beam
Viktor - Shellfolk Viktor + at least one of Curious Shellfolk/Mirror Mage + at least 2 Trinket Trade

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Footnotes

  1. HighDiamond are defined as “players who played against Master player in a Ranked games but are not Master themselves”[↩]
  2. LMI - Early Theory[↩]
  3. LMI - Adding a Ban Index[↩]