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Zaahen

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

12.8%#60 of 173 champions

Pick: 7.1%picked in 535 of 7,565 games
Ban: 5.7%204 bans over 3,601 games, against 1.0% in soloQ

Win rate as Top53.5% between 49.3% and 57.6% over 391 gamesSoloQ 50.2%: no clear gap

Median length28.7 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 7,565 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 385,041 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthSpells
How to play itConqueror, then Trinity Force, Stridebreaker, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compPlays teamfights first: more teamfights than 82% of top laners.TeamfightDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Viktor in amateur play: +15.8 pts over 45 games, range above zero.+15.8 pt45 games
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
2.6%
SoloQ
1.7%
2.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 1.7% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.8%
SoloQ
1.0%
5.8% ban rate in amateur play over 2,305 games, against 1.0% in soloQ over 183,139 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.7 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 28.7 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
65%
SoloQ
60%
Played in 65% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (60%).

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Trinity Force, Stridebreaker, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror46% · 6,035

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite60% · 7,948

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 65% · 406 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 105 games

Core (3 legendaries)31% · 1,476

31%of soloQ games

Trinity Force
Stridebreaker
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Plays teamfights first: more teamfights than 82% of top laners.

Plays teamfightstop18%56% · top laners: 53%
Team damagetop19%24% · top laners: 20%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage
Poke

Like other top laners

Damage in lane
Damage in mid game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills
Crowd control (CC)

What it is not

No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 50 in lane, 73 in mid game and 76 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

5990 vs 599

929+61 vs 868

1,160+80 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Zaahentop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 66% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 50 of 100 among top laners599 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 73 of 100 among top laners929 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 76 of 100 among top laners1,160 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 48 of 100 among top laners+97 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 66 of 100 among top laners+245 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 77 of 100 among top laners1,214 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 82 of 100 among top laners56% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 32 of 100 among top laners26% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 54 of 100 among top lanersrank 54 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 70 of 100 among top laners1 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 81 of 100 among top laners24% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Viktor in amateur play: +15.8 pts over 45 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Sion58.1% · expected 52.5% · 31 g+5.6 ptSoloQ +4.0

Ornn55.8% · expected 54.7% · 52 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -0.4

Junglegap to expected

Wukong54.4% · expected 53.5% · 57 g+0.9 ptSoloQ +1.7

Midgap to expected

Viktor68.9% · expected 53.1% · 45 g+15.8 ptSoloQ -2.4

Syndra64.5% · expected 52.3% · 31 g+12.2 ptSoloQ -0.3

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

Nautilus57.9% · expected 50.2% · 38 g+7.7 ptSoloQ +0.6

Braum56.3% · expected 55.2% · 32 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +3.9

With

Junglegap to expected

Wukong56.3% · expected 53.5% · 48 g+2.8 ptSoloQ +1.0

Midgap to expected

Viktor66.7% · expected 53.8% · 30 g+12.9 ptSoloQ +0.6

Syndra55.4% · expected 54.6% · 56 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -1.0

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn61.3% · expected 55.5% · 31 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +2.7

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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