THE META REPORT NAME IS TOO LONG, TOO DAMN LONG (n°74)

Patch 3.14 - Week 1 - Wait it’s all midrange? Always has been!


Author

Affiliation

Valentino (Legna) Vazzoler

 

Published

Sept. 6, 2022

DOI


Data

Number of Seasonal Players: 1992

Number of Master Players: 531

Number of (Ranked) Seasonal matches analysed 157489 or 314978 games.

Number of (Ranked) Master matches analysed 22086 or 44172 games.

Last Update: 2022-09-07 18:48

Patch 3.14 - Week 1 - by the Numbers1
Characteristic Seasonal2 Master2
N = 228,9323 N = 157,4893 N = 27,6283 N = 22,0863
Status
Ranked 157,489 (69%) 22,086 (80%)
ThePathOfChampions 42,801 (19%) 2,451 (8.9%)
Other 26,259 (11%) 2,802 (10%)
Friendly Bo3 1,809 (0.8%) 227 (0.8%)
Labs 574 (0.3%) 62 (0.2%)
Server
Americas 89,825 (39%) 61,242 (39%) 9,473 (34%) 7,776 (35%)
Apac 53,073 (23%) 36,286 (23%) 8,346 (30%) 6,249 (28%)
Europe 86,034 (38%) 59,961 (38%) 9,809 (36%) 8,061 (36%)
1 Max datetime recovered: 2022-09-07 15:58:24.21623 UTC from 2022-08-31 18:00:00 to 2022-09-07 18:00:00 UTC
2 EU Master 176/176 NA Master 194/194 APAC Master 161/162
3 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 194 (7.6%) 161 (6.3%) 176 (6.9%) 531 (21%)
Diamond 765 (30%) 597 (24%) 645 (25%) 2,007 (79%)
Total 959 (38%) 758 (30%) 821 (32%) 2,538 (100%)

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) [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
Freq Shard
America Apac Europe
Regions
ShadowIsles 13.80% 13.37% 14.30% 13.94%
Shurima 12.00% 11.74% 11.82% 12.37%
Piltover 11.64% 11.58% 13.16% 10.80%
Noxus 11.03% 10.26% 10.87% 11.90%
Bilgewater 10.29% 10.77% 9.22% 10.44%
Ionia 8.83% 8.53% 8.54% 9.30%
Freljord 7.99% 7.53% 7.72% 8.62%
BandleCity 5.65% 5.99% 5.88% 5.15%
MtTargon 4.49% 4.87% 3.55% 4.68%
Demacia 3.53% 3.93% 3.27% 3.28%
Runeterra
Jax 4.34% 4.99% 5.43% 3.01%
Kayn 3.84% 4.12% 3.31% 3.87%
Evelynn 1.69% 1.46% 2.04% 1.70%
Jhin 0.45% 0.44% 0.50% 0.43%
Bard 0.44% 0.42% 0.39% 0.50%
total 10.76% 11.43% 11.67% 9.52%
Patch 3.14 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2022-08-31 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-07 18:00:00 UTC Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-09-07 16:47:02.690058

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
Freq Shard
America Apac Europe
Regions
ShadowIsles 16.30% 15.62% 17.38% 16.35%
Ionia 11.16% 10.80% 11.19% 11.51%
Bilgewater 10.98% 11.47% 10.04% 11.06%
Piltover 10.31% 10.11% 11.50% 9.80%
Runeterra 10.26% 11.01% 11.05% 9.01%
Shurima 9.84% 9.88% 9.25% 10.15%
Noxus 9.63% 8.82% 9.49% 10.55%
Freljord 7.90% 7.46% 7.55% 8.56%
BandleCity 6.03% 6.37% 6.34% 5.50%
MtTargon 4.31% 4.77% 3.20% 4.49%
Demacia 3.27% 3.69% 3.00% 3.02%
Patch 3.14 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2022-08-31 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-09-07 18:00:00 UTC Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-09-07 16:47:02.690058

Champions Combinations

Play Rates

Champions
Play Rate
America
Apac
Europe
Pirates (BW/NX)
9.8%
9.6%
9.1%
10.5%
Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ)
7.9%
6.6%
7.8%
9.2%
Kindred/Nasus (SI/SH)
6.1%
5.6%
7.3%
5.8%
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
6.0%
4.8%
7.3%
6.6%
Jax/Vi (PZ/RU)
4.7%
5.6%
7.0%
2.5%
Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
3.0%
2.9%
3.5%
2.9%
Akshan/Kayn (RU/SH)
2.9%
3.0%
2.6%
3.0%
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
2.7%
2.0%
2.7%
3.4%
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO)
2.6%
2.4%
2.2%
3.0%
Evelynn/Viego (RU/SI)
2.6%
2.3%
3.0%
2.6%
Kayn/Zoe (MT/RU)
2.1%
2.1%
1.5%
2.4%
Pyke/Rek'Sai (BW/SH)
1.3%
1.6%
1.4%
1.0%
Kai'Sa (DE/SH)
1.2%
1.5%
0.7%
1.1%
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
1.1%
1.3%
1.1%
1.0%
Jax/Ornn (FR/RU)
1.1%
1.2%
0.8%
1.2%
Viego (SI/SH)
1.1%
1.2%
0.4%
1.4%
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/SI)
1.1%
1.2%
0.6%
1.2%
Lulu/Norra (BC/PZ)
1.0%
1.0%
1.3%
0.8%
Nami/Norra (BC/BW)
0.9%
1.2%
0.5%
0.8%
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
0.8%
0.8%
0.7%
1.0%
1–20 of 2976 rows
...

Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API. Last Update: 2022-09-07 16:49:40.54964 FALSE

Champions
Play Rate
America
Apac
Europe
Pirates (BW/NX)
14.1%
13.6%
13.4%
15.1%
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
8.8%
8.1%
11.5%
7.4%
Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
6.2%
6.2%
6.9%
5.7%
Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ)
5.8%
4.7%
5.2%
7.3%
Kindred/Nasus (SI/SH)
5.5%
4.5%
7.0%
5.2%
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
4.4%
3.9%
2.7%
6.3%
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO)
4.3%
2.4%
5.1%
5.4%
Jax/Vi (PZ/RU)
4.1%
7.0%
4.7%
0.8%
Evelynn/Viego (RU/SI)
3.4%
2.9%
4.4%
2.9%
Pyke/Rek'Sai (BW/SH)
1.7%
1.8%
1.5%
1.7%
Nami/Norra (BC/BW)
1.5%
2.1%
0.5%
1.6%
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/SI)
1.4%
1.5%
0.9%
1.7%
Miss Fortune/Quinn (BW/DE)
1.4%
1.6%
1.3%
1.3%
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
1.3%
1.9%
0.5%
1.4%
Akshan (PZ/SH)
1.3%
0.6%
2.8%
0.8%
Akshan/Kayn (RU/SH)
1.2%
1.0%
1.5%
1.1%
Karma/Viktor (IO/PZ)
1.0%
1.3%
0.5%
1.1%
Viego (SI/SH)
1.0%
1.2%
0.1%
1.5%
Kai'Sa (DE/SH)
1.0%
1.5%
0.5%
0.8%
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
1.0%
1.1%
0.4%
1.2%
1–20 of 821 rows
...

Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API. Last Update: 2022-09-07 16:49:41.008907 FALSE

Day by day

Each playrate is stacked upon the other with the decks with the highest overall play-rate (the written value) being at the bottom.

Win Rates

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

Format changed to replicate the one used in the Meta - page

Archetype
WinRate
#Win
#Games
PlayRate
Conf.Interval
Pirates (BW/NX)
56.3%
17376
30863
9.8%
(55.7% - 56.9%)
Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ)
52.2%
12943
24809
7.9%
(51.5% - 52.8%)
Kindred/Nasus (SI/SH)
52.8%
10125
19167
6.1%
(52.1% - 53.5%)
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
55.1%
10496
19032
6.0%
(54.4% - 55.9%)
Jax/Vi (PZ/RU)
50.6%
7535
14905
4.7%
(49.7% - 51.4%)
Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
58.0%
5510
9504
3.0%
(57.0% - 59.0%)
Akshan/Kayn (RU/SH)
46.2%
4273
9243
2.9%
(45.2% - 47.3%)
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
51.7%
4346
8401
2.7%
(50.7% - 52.8%)
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO)
54.5%
4434
8140
2.6%
(53.4% - 55.6%)
Evelynn/Viego (RU/SI)
55.7%
4498
8070
2.6%
(54.6% - 56.8%)
Kayn/Zoe (MT/RU)
48.9%
3228
6607
2.1%
(47.6% - 50.1%)
Pyke/Rek'Sai (BW/SH)
50.4%
2110
4186
1.3%
(48.9% - 51.9%)
Kai'Sa (DE/SH)
51.3%
1868
3641
1.2%
(49.7% - 52.9%)
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
50.1%
1776
3545
1.1%
(48.4% - 51.8%)
Jax/Ornn (FR/RU)
41.2%
1438
3489
1.1%
(39.6% - 42.9%)
Viego (SI/SH)
50.4%
1706
3383
1.1%
(48.7% - 52.1%)
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/SI)
55.0%
1825
3318
1.1%
(53.3% - 56.7%)

Top Win rates of the top10 best performing least played combination of champions. Play rate [0.11

Archetype
WinRate
#Win
#Games
PlayRate
Conf.Interval
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
56.4%
1484
2630
0.8%
(54.5% - 58.3%)
Gwen/Sejuani (FR/SI)
54.8%
552
1007
0.3%
(51.7% - 57.9%)
Miss Fortune/Quinn (BW/DE)
54.5%
1141
2093
0.7%
(52.4% - 56.7%)
Annie/Jhin (NX/RU)
53.1%
1317
2480
0.8%
(51.1% - 55.1%)
Kindred/Viego (IO/SI)
52.7%
402
763
0.2%
(49.1% - 56.3%)
Elise/Gwen (NX/SI)
52.5%
372
708
0.2%
(48.8% - 56.3%)
Kai'Sa/Sivir (DE/SH)
52.5%
192
366
0.1%
(47.2% - 57.7%)
Jax/Viktor (PZ/RU)
52.4%
172
328
0.1%
(46.9% - 58.0%)
Kindred/Viego (SI/SH)
52.4%
554
1058
0.3%
(49.3% - 55.4%)
Darius/Miss Fortune (BW/NX)
52.1%
562
1078
0.3%
(49.1% - 55.2%)
Akshan/Kai'Sa (DE/SH)
52.0%
814
1565
0.5%
(49.5% - 54.5%)
Zed/Zoe (IO/MT)
52.0%
226
435
0.1%
(47.1% - 56.7%)
Nasus/Thresh (SI/SH)
51.9%
1261
2429
0.8%
(49.9% - 53.9%)
Nasus/Viego (SI/SH)
51.9%
277
534
0.2%
(47.5% - 56.2%)
Nami/Norra (BC/BW)
51.8%
1448
2798
0.9%
(49.9% - 53.6%)
Maokai/Nautilus (BW/SI)
51.7%
923
1785
0.6%
(49.4% - 54.1%)
Gangplank/Sejuani (BW/FR)
51.3%
231
450
0.1%
(46.6% - 56.0%)
Akshan/Sivir (NX/SH)
51.3%
809
1577
0.5%
(48.8% - 53.8%)
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI)
51.2%
860
1680
0.5%
(48.8% - 53.6%)
Akshan/Pantheon (MT/SH)
50.6%
255
504
0.2%
(46.1% - 55.0%)
Azir/Irelia (IO/SH)
50.5%
794
1573
0.5%
(48.0% - 53.0%)
Karma/Lux (DE/IO)
50.4%
170
337
0.1%
(45.0% - 55.9%)
Taliyah/Ziggs (BC/SH)
50.4%
181
359
0.1%
(45.1% - 55.7%)
Ahri/Kennen (IO/SH)
50.3%
365
725
0.2%
(46.6% - 54.0%)
Annie/Twisted Fate (BW/NX)
50.3%
251
499
0.2%
(45.8% - 54.8%)
1–25 of 27 rows

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.

WR (WRmeta) Pirates (BW/NX) Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ) Kindred/Nasus (SI/SH) Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI) Jax/Vi (PZ/RU) Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ) Akshan/Kayn (RU/SH) Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH) Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO) Evelynn/Viego (RU/SI)
Pirates (BW/NX)
56.3%
53.4%
NA
NA
58.5%
(56.5% - 60.5%)
62.3%
(60.1% - 64.4%)
48.1%
(45.9% - 50.2%)
51.5%
(48.8% - 54.1%)
57.1%
(54.0% - 60.0%)
51.2%
(47.6% - 54.7%)
58.6%
(55.4% - 61.7%)
44.4%
(40.9% - 47.9%)
46.0%
(42.6% - 49.4%)
Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ)
52.2%
48.5%
41.5%
(39.5% - 43.5%)
NA
NA
46.0%
(43.5% - 48.6%)
47.8%
(45.3% - 50.3%)
53.3%
(50.5% - 56.2%)
35.6%
(32.0% - 39.2%)
65.6%
(62.2% - 68.9%)
36.6%
(33.0% - 40.3%)
41.2%
(37.4% - 45.0%)
56.4%
(52.4% - 60.5%)
Kindred/Nasus (SI/SH)
55.1%
52.5%
37.7%
(35.6% - 39.9%)
54.0%
(51.4% - 56.5%)
NA
NA
44.8%
(42.0% - 47.7%)
53.3%
(50.1% - 56.5%)
35.8%
(32.0% - 39.7%)
67.3%
(63.2% - 71.2%)
47.4%
(43.2% - 51.6%)
53.6%
(49.0% - 58.1%)
40.7%
(36.4% - 45.0%)
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
52.8%
48.9%
51.9%
(49.8% - 54.1%)
52.2%
(49.7% - 54.7%)
55.2%
(52.3% - 58.0%)
NA
NA
52.9%
(49.5% - 56.3%)
46.3%
(42.5% - 50.1%)
57.3%
(52.6% - 61.9%)
57.0%
(53.0% - 61.0%)
44.6%
(40.3% - 48.9%)
40.6%
(36.5% - 44.8%)
Jax/Vi (PZ/RU)
50.6%
47.0%
48.5%
(45.9% - 51.2%)
46.7%
(43.8% - 49.5%)
46.7%
(43.5% - 49.9%)
47.1%
(43.7% - 50.5%)
NA
NA
38.7%
(34.1% - 43.4%)
46.8%
(42.2% - 51.3%)
42.3%
(36.7% - 48.1%)
37.4%
(32.4% - 42.6%)
42.5%
(37.3% - 47.7%)
Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
58.0%
56.8%
42.9%
(40.0% - 46.0%)
64.4%
(60.8% - 68.0%)
64.2%
(60.3% - 68.0%)
53.7%
(49.9% - 57.5%)
61.3%
(56.6% - 65.9%)
NA
NA
70.1%
(63.6% - 76.0%)
73.7%
(68.5% - 78.4%)
52.1%
(46.6% - 57.7%)
55.1%
(49.2% - 60.8%)
Akshan/Kayn (RU/SH)
51.7%
48.9%
48.8%
(45.3% - 52.4%)
34.4%
(31.1% - 37.8%)
32.7%
(28.8% - 36.8%)
42.7%
(38.1% - 47.4%)
53.2%
(48.7% - 57.8%)
29.9%
(24.0% - 36.4%)
NA
NA
34.7%
(28.1% - 41.8%)
52.1%
(44.8% - 59.3%)
39.9%
(33.2% - 46.9%)
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
46.2%
42.8%
41.4%
(38.3% - 44.6%)
63.4%
(59.7% - 67.0%)
52.6%
(48.4% - 56.8%)
43.0%
(39.0% - 47.0%)
57.7%
(51.9% - 63.3%)
26.3%
(21.6% - 31.5%)
65.3%
(58.2% - 71.9%)
NA
NA
43.5%
(37.4% - 49.8%)
47.5%
(41.0% - 54.0%)
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO)
54.5%
53.1%
55.6%
(52.1% - 59.1%)
58.8%
(55.0% - 62.6%)
46.4%
(41.9% - 51.0%)
55.4%
(51.1% - 59.7%)
62.6%
(57.4% - 67.6%)
47.9%
(42.3% - 53.4%)
47.9%
(40.7% - 55.2%)
56.5%
(50.2% - 62.6%)
NA
NA
46.6%
(40.4% - 53.0%)
Evelynn/Viego (RU/SI)
55.7%
53.6%
54.0%
(50.6% - 57.4%)
43.6%
(39.5% - 47.6%)
59.3%
(55.0% - 63.6%)
59.4%
(55.2% - 63.5%)
57.5%
(52.3% - 62.7%)
44.9%
(39.2% - 50.8%)
60.1%
(53.1% - 66.8%)
52.5%
(46.0% - 59.0%)
53.4%
(47.0% - 59.6%)
NA
NA
MatchUp values from Ranked games of the player who attended the last Seasonal Tournament Order of the Archetypes based on the playrate. Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API

LoR-Meta Index (LMI)

Note: Games from Master Rank only

Tier0 with LMI 97.5 Tier1 with LMI [85,97.5) Tier2 with LMI [60,85) Tier3- with LMI < 60

The LMI

1 2 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
Crude Swoleoist 15 Evelynn/Viego (RU/SI)
Metal 15 Pirates (BW/NX)
HDR Lazyguga 14 Jax/Vi (PZ/RU)
Apac
Never Play Fair 15 Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
D 피닉스 가이 14 Ezreal/Kennen (IO/PZ)
ABG Kyzen 13 Jax/Vi (PZ/RU)
NBS Noal 13 Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
Europe
МамаСтифлера 18 Pirates (BW/NX)
ABG MistAssassin 17 Fizz/Lee Sin (BC/IO)
ThunderUncle 17 Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
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 (Seasonal players)

 

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

BW
Wise Fry

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
Camavoran Deserter 2+ Legion Deserter and 2+ Viego
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
Pack Your Catalogue (Regions) Three copies of Go Hard and 2+ of Catalogue of Regrets
Pirates (BW/NX) BW/NX deck with Miss Fortune and any of Twisted Fate, Gangplank
Plunder Pandemonium (Regions) 2+ Powder Pandemonium and at least 32 Bilgewater Cards
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
Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ) Trundle and Concurrent Timelines
Viktor - Shellfolk Viktor + at least one of Curious Shellfolk/Mirror Mage + at least 2 Trinket Trade

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Footnotes

  1. LMI - Early Theory[↩]
  2. LMI - Adding a Ban Index[↩]