THE META REPORT NAME IS TOO LONG, TOO DAMN LONG (n°78)

Patch 3.16 - Week 1 - The Darkin Saga Awakening Seasonal Tournament - Waiting Room


Author

Affiliation

Valentino (Legna) Vazzoler

 

Published

Oct. 4, 2022

DOI


Data

Number of Master Players: 10829

Number of HighDiamond

HighDiamond are defined as “players who played against Master player in a Ranked games but are not Master themselves”
1 Players: 11083

Number of (Ranked) Master matches analysed 288423 or 576846 games.

Number of (Ranked) ~HighDiamond matches analysed 386940 or 773880 games.

Last Update: 2022-10-06 07:39

Patch 3.16 - Week 1 - by the Numbers1
Characteristic Master2 ~HighDiamond2
N = 560,2023 N = 288,4233 N = 596,1033 N = 386,9403
Status
Ranked 288,423 (51%) 386,940 (65%)
ThePathOfChampions 134,715 (24%) 117,382 (20%)
Other 127,305 (23%) 86,092 (14%)
Friendly Bo3 5,296 (0.9%) 1,613 (0.3%)
Labs 4,463 (0.8%) 4,076 (0.7%)
Server
Americas 213,200 (38%) 110,677 (38%) 227,649 (38%) 150,848 (39%)
Apac 170,080 (30%) 78,741 (27%) 179,364 (30%) 108,084 (28%)
Europe 176,922 (32%) 99,005 (34%) 189,090 (32%) 128,008 (33%)
1 Max datetime recovered: 2022-10-05 17:59:59.662627 UTC from 2022-09-28 18:00:00 to 2022-10-05 18:00:00 UTC
2 EU Master 3632/3636 NA Master 4176/0 APAC Master 3021/3023
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 4,176 (19%) 3,021 (14%) 3,632 (17%) 10,829 (49%)
Diamond 4,206 (19%) 3,217 (15%) 3,660 (17%) 11,083 (51%)
Total 8,382 (38%) 6,238 (28%) 7,292 (33%) 21,912 (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
Noxus 14.56% 14.34% 14.08% 15.19%
Bilgewater 14.20% 13.69% 14.05% 14.89%
Ionia 12.11% 12.23% 12.18% 11.91%
MtTargon 11.95% 12.42% 11.40% 11.87%
ShadowIsles 11.44% 11.53% 11.89% 11.00%
Demacia 10.27% 10.63% 9.59% 10.40%
Shurima 6.81% 6.58% 7.59% 6.43%
BandleCity 6.19% 6.06% 6.36% 6.21%
Freljord 5.09% 4.94% 5.75% 4.73%
Piltover 5.01% 5.09% 5.01% 4.92%
Runeterra
Jhin 0.87% 0.80% 0.81% 0.99%
Bard 0.49% 0.54% 0.44% 0.47%
Kayn 0.44% 0.51% 0.29% 0.49%
Jax 0.31% 0.36% 0.23% 0.32%
Evelynn 0.26% 0.29% 0.32% 0.18%
total 2.37% 2.49% 2.10% 2.45%
Patch 3.16 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2022-09-28 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-05 18:00:00 UTC Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-10-06 05:35:44.66366

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
Bilgewater 14.73% 14.12% 14.71% 15.44%
MtTargon 14.52% 15.51% 13.51% 14.21%
Ionia 13.75% 13.82% 13.92% 13.53%
Noxus 12.08% 11.81% 11.79% 12.60%
ShadowIsles 11.88% 12.07% 12.48% 11.21%
Demacia 7.61% 7.61% 7.17% 7.94%
Shurima 6.66% 6.37% 7.25% 6.51%
BandleCity 6.53% 6.42% 6.74% 6.50%
Piltover 5.18% 5.31% 5.07% 5.13%
Freljord 4.86% 4.72% 5.39% 4.61%
Runeterra 2.20% 2.25% 1.96% 2.33%
Patch 3.16 - Week 1 Ranked games from 2022-09-28 18:00:00 UTC to 2022-10-05 18:00:00 UTC Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API Last Update: 2022-10-06 05:35:44.66366

Champions Combinations

Play Rates

Champions
Play Rate
America
Apac
Europe
Swain/Twisted Fate (BW/NX)
10.7%
10.0%
10.8%
11.6%
Fiora/Pantheon (DE/MT)
7.3%
7.1%
6.7%
7.9%
Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
7.1%
7.4%
6.5%
7.2%
Karma/Master Yi (IO/SI)
3.4%
3.8%
3.1%
3.2%
Mistwraith Allegiance
3.1%
3.3%
3.1%
2.8%
Aurelion Sol/Leona (DE/MT)
2.7%
3.7%
1.8%
2.2%
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
2.7%
2.5%
1.8%
3.5%
Norra/Swain (BC/NX)
2.6%
2.5%
2.2%
3.0%
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
2.5%
2.4%
3.1%
2.0%
Heimerdinger/Norra (BC/SI)
1.8%
1.4%
2.6%
1.7%
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
1.7%
1.8%
1.3%
1.9%
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ)
1.6%
2.1%
1.3%
1.4%
Norra/Veigar (BC/SI)
1.5%
1.6%
1.2%
1.6%
Gangplank/Sejuani (BW/FR)
1.4%
1.3%
1.7%
1.3%
Akshan/Pantheon (MT/SH)
1.3%
0.9%
1.4%
1.6%
Pyke/Rek'Sai (BW/SH)
1.2%
1.3%
1.3%
1.0%
Annie/Jhin (NX/RU)
1.2%
1.0%
1.1%
1.5%
Galio/Leona (DE/MT)
1.1%
1.2%
0.9%
1.1%
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO)
1.0%
0.6%
1.0%
1.5%
Karma/Viktor (IO/PZ)
1.0%
0.8%
0.9%
1.3%
1–20 of 3553 rows
...

Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API. Last Update: 2022-10-06 05:42:34.984791 FALSE

Champions
Play Rate
America
Apac
Europe
Swain/Twisted Fate (BW/NX)
10.8%
9.5%
11.2%
11.9%
Fiora/Pantheon (DE/MT)
5.0%
4.8%
4.5%
5.6%
Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
4.9%
5.4%
4.6%
4.5%
Mistwraith Allegiance
2.9%
2.8%
3.1%
2.9%
Karma/Master Yi (IO/SI)
2.4%
2.6%
2.1%
2.3%
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
2.4%
2.2%
1.7%
3.1%
Aurelion Sol/Leona (DE/MT)
2.2%
2.7%
1.8%
2.0%
Gangplank/Sejuani (BW/FR)
2.0%
1.6%
2.5%
1.9%
Heimerdinger/Norra (BC/SI)
1.9%
1.6%
2.2%
1.9%
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
1.7%
1.7%
1.4%
2.1%
Kindred/Nasus (SI/SH)
1.6%
1.7%
1.6%
1.4%
Pyke/Rek'Sai (BW/SH)
1.5%
1.7%
1.6%
1.2%
Norra/Swain (BC/NX)
1.5%
1.3%
1.2%
1.9%
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ)
1.4%
1.6%
1.2%
1.5%
Norra/Veigar (BC/SI)
1.3%
1.5%
0.9%
1.3%
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
1.3%
1.0%
1.9%
1.0%
Trundle Timelines (FR/PZ)
1.2%
0.9%
1.3%
1.5%
Galio/Leona (DE/MT)
1.2%
1.2%
0.8%
1.3%
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
1.1%
1.1%
1.2%
1.1%
Leona/Yasuo (IO/MT)
1.1%
1.0%
1.3%
1.0%
1–20 of 5468 rows
...

Source: Metadata of games collected with RiotGames API. Last Update: 2022-10-06 05:42:36.383102 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
Swain/Twisted Fate (BW/NX)
53.8%
33345
61979
10.7%
(53.4% - 54.2%)
Fiora/Pantheon (DE/MT)
56.4%
23609
41889
7.3%
(55.9% - 56.8%)
Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
57.8%
23572
40758
7.1%
(57.4% - 58.3%)
Karma/Master Yi (IO/SI)
47.4%
9382
19813
3.4%
(46.7% - 48.1%)
Mistwraith Allegiance
51.1%
9023
17654
3.1%
(50.4% - 51.9%)
Aurelion Sol/Leona (DE/MT)
49.5%
7592
15337
2.7%
(48.7% - 50.3%)
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
52.5%
8020
15289
2.7%
(51.7% - 53.3%)
Norra/Swain (BC/NX)
52.3%
7929
15160
2.6%
(51.5% - 53.1%)
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
54.9%
7850
14289
2.5%
(54.1% - 55.8%)
Heimerdinger/Norra (BC/SI)
50.9%
5366
10549
1.8%
(49.9% - 51.8%)
Gwen/Katarina (NX/SI)
54.1%
5195
9605
1.7%
(53.1% - 55.1%)
Tri-Beam (NX/PZ)
50.8%
4803
9448
1.6%
(49.8% - 51.8%)
Norra/Veigar (BC/SI)
51.0%
4345
8526
1.5%
(49.9% - 52.0%)
Gangplank/Sejuani (BW/FR)
48.3%
3888
8048
1.4%
(47.2% - 49.4%)
Akshan/Pantheon (MT/SH)
55.5%
4026
7255
1.3%
(54.3% - 56.6%)
Pyke/Rek'Sai (BW/SH)
50.8%
3580
7047
1.2%
(49.6% - 52.0%)
Annie/Jhin (NX/RU)
54.2%
3800
7010
1.2%
(53.0% - 55.4%)
Galio/Leona (DE/MT)
50.4%
3080
6115
1.1%
(49.1% - 51.6%)
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/IO)
55.0%
3259
5924
1.0%
(53.7% - 56.3%)
Karma/Viktor (IO/PZ)
49.8%
2941
5911
1.0%
(48.5% - 51.0%)

Top Win rates of the top10 best performing least played combination of champions. Play rate [0.1

Archetype
WinRate
#Win
#Games
PlayRate
Conf.Interval
Pantheon/Taric (DE/MT)
58.3%
427
733
0.1%
(54.6% - 61.9%)
Akshan/Sivir (DE/SH)
58.2%
674
1158
0.2%
(55.3% - 61.1%)
Akshan/Sivir (NX/SH)
57.6%
383
665
0.1%
(53.7% - 61.4%)
Lee Sin/Viktor (IO/PZ)
55.6%
582
1046
0.2%
(52.6% - 58.7%)
Miss Fortune/Swain (BW/NX)
54.9%
2073
3774
0.7%
(53.3% - 56.5%)
Pantheon/Yuumi (DE/MT)
54.6%
1218
2229
0.4%
(52.5% - 56.7%)
Heimerdinger/Jayce (PZ/SI)
54.2%
2888
5324
0.9%
(52.9% - 55.6%)
Katarina/Yasuo (IO/NX)
53.5%
2131
3983
0.7%
(51.9% - 55.1%)
Nami/Twisted Fate (BW/SI)
53.3%
958
1797
0.3%
(51.0% - 55.6%)
Bard/Gnar (FR/RU)
53.3%
364
683
0.1%
(49.5% - 57.1%)
Gwen/Sejuani (FR/SI)
52.5%
1108
2109
0.4%
(50.4% - 54.7%)
Master Yi/Nami (BW/IO)
52.1%
306
587
0.1%
(48.0% - 56.2%)
Pirates (BW/NX)
52.0%
1990
3829
0.7%
(50.4% - 53.6%)
Annie/Swain (BC/NX)
51.8%
642
1239
0.2%
(49.0% - 54.6%)
Malphite/Taliyah (MT/SH)
51.8%
1860
3590
0.6%
(50.2% - 53.5%)
Taliyah/Ziggs (BC/SH)
51.7%
1496
2896
0.5%
(49.8% - 53.5%)
Fiora/Taric (DE/MT)
51.6%
1034
2005
0.3%
(49.4% - 53.8%)
Miss Fortune/Quinn (BW/DE)
51.4%
1563
3039
0.5%
(49.6% - 53.2%)
Azir/Irelia (IO/SH)
51.3%
1853
3609
0.6%
(49.7% - 53.0%)
Gnar/Sejuani (BC/FR)
51.2%
452
883
0.2%
(47.8% - 54.5%)
Illaoi/Swain (BW/NX)
51.1%
424
830
0.1%
(47.6% - 54.5%)
Senna/Veigar (BC/SI)
51.0%
2765
5425
0.9%
(49.6% - 52.3%)
Gnar/Swain (BC/NX)
50.9%
784
1539
0.3%
(48.4% - 53.5%)
Jarvan IV/Leona (DE/MT)
50.9%
956
1879
0.3%
(48.6% - 53.2%)
Trundle/Tryndamere (FR/SI)
50.7%
1261
2488
0.4%
(48.7% - 52.7%)
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) Swain/Twisted Fate (BW/NX) Fiora/Pantheon (DE/MT) Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO) Karma/Master Yi (IO/SI) Norra/Swain (BC/NX) Mistwraith Allegiance Poppy/Taric (DE/MT) Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH) Aurelion Sol/Leona (DE/MT) Heimerdinger/Norra (BC/SI)
Swain/Twisted Fate (BW/NX)
53.2%
48.6%
NA
NA
42.8%
(41.2% - 44.4%)
42.0%
(40.5% - 43.5%)
50.5%
(48.3% - 52.7%)
40.7%
(38.0% - 43.4%)
49.4%
(47.2% - 51.6%)
58.3%
(55.9% - 60.7%)
42.2%
(39.6% - 44.9%)
60.5%
(58.1% - 62.8%)
46.7%
(43.8% - 49.5%)
Fiora/Pantheon (DE/MT)
56.3%
53.7%
57.2%
(55.6% - 58.8%)
NA
NA
45.3%
(43.6% - 47.0%)
65.0%
(62.6% - 67.3%)
57.6%
(55.2% - 60.0%)
63.1%
(60.2% - 66.0%)
68.8%
(66.0% - 71.4%)
40.9%
(38.2% - 43.7%)
47.4%
(44.2% - 50.7%)
61.0%
(57.4% - 64.5%)
Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
57.7%
55.5%
58.0%
(56.5% - 59.5%)
54.7%
(53.0% - 56.4%)
NA
NA
57.5%
(54.9% - 60.1%)
64.8%
(62.0% - 67.5%)
53.7%
(50.9% - 56.5%)
42.6%
(39.7% - 45.6%)
55.0%
(52.1% - 57.8%)
65.9%
(62.9% - 68.8%)
61.7%
(58.0% - 65.2%)
Karma/Master Yi (IO/SI)
47.3%
44.1%
49.5%
(47.3% - 51.7%)
35.0%
(32.7% - 37.4%)
42.5%
(39.9% - 45.1%)
NA
NA
39.2%
(35.2% - 43.2%)
46.8%
(42.8% - 51.0%)
31.5%
(27.6% - 35.6%)
55.4%
(51.0% - 59.7%)
57.5%
(53.3% - 61.7%)
34.4%
(29.3% - 39.8%)
Norra/Swain (BC/NX)
52.2%
48.4%
59.3%
(56.6% - 62.0%)
42.4%
(40.0% - 44.8%)
35.2%
(32.5% - 38.0%)
60.8%
(56.8% - 64.8%)
NA
NA
33.8%
(28.9% - 38.9%)
47.1%
(42.0% - 52.3%)
50.1%
(45.5% - 54.7%)
65.1%
(59.5% - 70.3%)
46.9%
(40.8% - 53.0%)
Mistwraith Allegiance
51.1%
48.5%
50.6%
(48.4% - 52.8%)
36.9%
(34.0% - 39.8%)
46.3%
(43.5% - 49.1%)
53.2%
(49.0% - 57.2%)
66.2%
(61.1% - 71.1%)
NA
NA
47.6%
(43.1% - 52.2%)
51.3%
(46.2% - 56.3%)
43.5%
(39.2% - 47.9%)
65.9%
(60.6% - 70.9%)
Poppy/Taric (DE/MT)
54.8%
53.0%
41.7%
(39.3% - 44.1%)
31.2%
(28.6% - 34.0%)
57.4%
(54.4% - 60.3%)
68.5%
(64.4% - 72.4%)
52.9%
(47.7% - 58.0%)
52.4%
(47.8% - 56.9%)
NA
NA
45.8%
(40.5% - 51.2%)
37.8%
(33.2% - 42.5%)
62.3%
(56.0% - 68.3%)
Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
52.8%
47.7%
57.8%
(55.1% - 60.4%)
59.1%
(56.3% - 61.8%)
45.0%
(42.2% - 47.9%)
44.6%
(40.3% - 49.0%)
49.9%
(45.3% - 54.5%)
48.7%
(43.7% - 53.8%)
54.2%
(48.8% - 59.5%)
NA
NA
65.9%
(60.5% - 70.9%)
49.5%
(43.5% - 55.5%)
Aurelion Sol/Leona (DE/MT)
48.9%
45.0%
39.5%
(37.2% - 41.9%)
52.6%
(49.3% - 55.8%)
34.1%
(31.2% - 37.1%)
42.5%
(38.3% - 46.7%)
34.9%
(29.7% - 40.5%)
56.5%
(52.1% - 60.8%)
62.2%
(57.5% - 66.8%)
34.1%
(29.1% - 39.5%)
NA
NA
49.2%
(43.1% - 55.4%)
Heimerdinger/Norra (BC/SI)
51.2%
47.3%
53.3%
(50.5% - 56.2%)
39.0%
(35.5% - 42.6%)
38.3%
(34.8% - 42.0%)
65.6%
(60.2% - 70.7%)
53.1%
(47.0% - 59.2%)
34.1%
(29.1% - 39.4%)
37.7%
(31.7% - 44.0%)
50.5%
(44.5% - 56.5%)
50.8%
(44.6% - 56.9%)
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

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
AJäy 18 Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
Da Tank Buster 17 Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
thundertizer 16 Gwen/Sejuani (FR/SI)
Trivo 16 Akshan/Lee Sin (IO/SH)
Apac
kuro 18 Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
NBS Kane 18 Fiora/Pantheon (DE/MT)
I am the storm 17 Swain/Twisted Fate (BW/NX)
Lenxisyourdaddy 17 Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
Europe
Bratchedkata 21 Lee Sin/Nami (BW/IO)
Xoodoo 19 Akshan/Pantheon (MT/SH)
Nersus 17 Akshan/Pantheon (MT/SH)
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 (at Master)

 

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

BC
Yordle Newbie

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. 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[↩]