THE META REPORT NAME IS TOO LONG, TOO DAMN LONG (n°5)
by Legna
2021/05/04
Data
With the Shuriman desert being so vast and the release of GUARDIANS OF THE ANCIENT so near, this is a good moment to review the metagame behind us. So this week is about the last couple of patches with the same buffs/nerfs (2.5 and 2.6)
- Sample size: 136769 matches 1
- Of all games, about 5% was not available to collect
Regions’ Frequencies
By number of times a region is chosen
| Region | Play Rate | N |
|---|---|---|
| Bilgewater | 6.95% | 37787 |
| Demacia | 9.49% | 51618 |
| Freljord | 12.51% | 68003 |
| Ionia | 6.1% | 33174 |
| MtTargon | 12.11% | 65861 |
| Noxus | 13.29% | 72239 |
| PnZ | 9.78% | 53186 |
| ShadowIsles | 19.07% | 103696 |
| Shurima | 10.69% | 58094 |
By number of times a card within a region is chosen
| Region | Play Rate | America | Asia | Europe |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bilgewater | 6.23% | 6.34% | 6.55% | 5.77% |
| Demacia | 10.79% | 11.05% | 10.72% | 10.63% |
| Freljord | 13.65% | 12.52% | 15.68% | 12.57% |
| Ionia | 4.5% | 4.75% | 4.33% | 4.45% |
| MtTargon | 13.8% | 14.35% | 12.83% | 14.29% |
| Noxus | 12.71% | 12.98% | 11.97% | 13.24% |
| PnZ | 10.46% | 10.44% | 10.18% | 10.77% |
| ShadowIsles | 19.4% | 19.17% | 19.25% | 19.78% |
| Shurima | 8.46% | 8.39% | 8.48% | 8.50% |
Champions’ combinations
In this section I provide the play rate of which combinations of champions (plus the regions) are used in a deck. The champions showed right before a game starts for example. Right now it’s a simple approximation of the archetypes played in the ladder as such information is not restrictive enough.
Win rates
Tie games are excluded
Win rates of the most played combination of champions, against all decks, this week. Cases with less than 1% play rate games are excluded
Underdog(?) win rates
Top Win rates of the least played combination of champions. Min 300 games and a play rate of less than 2% play rate (in this sample)
Most played combination
The win rates on the grid are among the 10 most played champion combination. Match-ups with less than 300 games are not included
Match-up grid
Match-up table
Only match-ups with more than 300 games are included
Cards’ presence
Most played cards
Top 3 most used cards within each Region
Do it for them
Cards that couldn’t find home all those days: “For Demacia!” and “Nimble Poro”. So few that even a table is too much for them… poor guys
Legal bla bla
This Meta Report was created under Riot Games’ “Legal Jibber Jabber” policy using assets owned by Riot Games. Riot Games does not endorse or sponsor this project.
Credits
Thanks to Balco for introducing me to a series of cool R packages
Ranked games / Patch 2.5 and 2.6 / Master players ( matches with at least one of the master players )
Last update: 2021-05-05 16:22 (UTC)
EU Master players in the ladder: 2522 while the number of Master players I recovered from matches is: 2407 so missing: 115
NA Master players in the ladder: 2865 while the number of Master players I recovered from matches is: 2689 so missing: 176
ASIA Master players in the ladder: 795 while the number of Master players I recovered from matches is: 720 so missing: 75