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Pantheon in draft

Played at Top in 28% of its games. A role under 30 games still opens, with counts only.

Ban, presence, fearless and patch by patch: Pantheon, all builds combined. In a comp, with / against and build: the chosen build.

Presence (pick + ban)

13 %

picked or banned · 57th of 173 championshalf of the champions are under 9.4%

Picked 7% · 1,372 of 18,478 gamesBanned 5% · 918 of 17,469 drafts with bans

Win rate at Top

Everything below reads on 381 games at Top. · 492 drafts without entered bans excluded from the ban denominator (17,469 games with bans) · Index built on Oct 28, 2026, 1:42 AM

In short

Four answers. Each card opens its chapter.

01 · In draftOpening ban: removed in phase 1.Banned, it makes room for

Diana

Taliyah

02 · In a compWhat sets it apart from other top lanersFew teamfightsNo pokeNo split-push

03 · With / againstNo pair reaches 30 games: counts only, no win rate.

04 · BuildOne path: Bastionbreaker.

Stormraider's Surge

Ban it or pick it?

Its place in the scene's drafts, and what happens when it is not there.

Read on Pantheon, all builds combined.

Where it is played

Share of Top picks taken by Pantheon, and its ban share, in each source

SoloQ

Master+ · ranked games of tracked players

2.6%15,300 picks out of 597,133banned in 5.3% of games · 5,625 of 106,200patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Tournaments

tournament code games

1.3%286 picks out of 21,472banned in 5.6% of games · 569 of 10,152patches 16.21 → 16.19filtered by region

Pro

all leagues · lolesports

0.1%3 picks out of 2,194lolesports does not provide banspatches 16.20 → 16.17region filter not applicable

Frequency only: share of the role's picks in each source, over ITS last 3 patches with games — the page's period does not apply · under 30 games in the role, not measured · the three sources are never added up · ban share over games whose bans are read only (soloQ: games collected since 10/17)

Presence by patch

Between 11% and 17% since 16.12 · 15.1% on 16.21 · 13.0% on 16.20

show the detail of the 10 patches

Patch	Presence	Games	Majority keystone
16.21	15.1%	2,671	Stormraider's Surge65% · 44
16.20	13.0%	7,858	Stormraider's Surge46% · 83
16.19	12.3%	6,733	Conqueror68% · 84
16.18	11.2%	5,762	Conqueror78% · 55
16.17	12.3%	5,728	Conqueror81% · 60
16.16	14.9%	5,992	Conqueror77% · 63
16.15	17.1%	5,530	Conqueror83% · 73
16.14	17.0%	5,702	Conqueror83% · 67
16.13	14.2%	7,391	Conqueror78% · 87
16.12	14.7%	5,118	Conqueror87% · 55

Presence = picks + bans over the patch's games, all regions · the axis follows the calendar: a patch without games leaves a void · hollow point under 30 games, nothing compared

When it gets banned

Opening ban: removed in phase 1.

918 bans of 17,469 drafts with bans · the phase in strong ink grounds the reading line

Fearless

Fearless: priority pick — taken in G1, burnt afterwards.

G12.1%
G22.2%
G3+1.6%

Once burnt, the series moves to

Malphite6

Jax5

Aatrox4

series, of 89 where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role

Share of each series game where it is picked · replacements: series where it is played in G1 then replaced at the same role (89), published from 30 series

If it is banned, they pick

What is played more often at Jungle when Pantheon is banned than when it is free, on both sides.

Read at Jungle, its main role: a ban has no role, it takes this one away first.

Diana
1.8% → 2.8%
Taliyah
1.6% → 2.4%

918 games where it is banned · 15,251 where it is free and not picked · share of the role's picks: ○ free → ● banned · what the ban brings out, never why

When it is picked, the scene protects itself from

No feared counter: comps with Pantheon ban nothing in phase 2 more than usual.

× = phase 2 bans in its comps relative to other comps, kept from ×1.25 · 44,638 tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12, the draft review window

What does it bring to a comp?

What its kit brings to its team, phase by phase, then in fights.

Read on Pantheon, lethality build.

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

Phase by phase

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

Damage / mintick = the top laners

Lane · 5–14 min

Below the floor: no measure published. · 150 needed, 0 observed

Mid game · 15–22

Below the floor: no measure published. · 150 needed, 0 observed

Late · 23–30

Below the floor: no measure published. · 150 needed, 0 observed

Gold vs. direct opponent

Lane · 5–14 min

Mid game · 15–22

Late · 23–30

Not measured after 20 min: gold then follows the game's result.

Map pressuretakedowns outside its lane

Lane · 5–14 min

Not applicable to this position.

After 15 min

Measured before 15 min only.

Damage to champions per minute, at equal gold · gold against the direct opponent on a fixed ± 1,000 scale · map pressure before 15 min

In fights

ittop laners
Damage absorbed per minute.
Share of its takedowns taken with several allies.
Share of its takedowns taken in a duel.
Damage from its four allies per kill when it takes part: a high rank means it lets its allies carry the damage, a low rank that it carries it itself.
Riot CC score per minute.
Share of its team's damage.

Bar centred on top laners: to the right, more than them; to the left, less · fixed order, never sorted by value

What it is, what it is not

What marks it

Nothing above top laners.

What it is notFew teamfightsNo pokeNo split-push

Labels set by the server: the fact's criterion when it has one, otherwise the role rank (from 75 or at 25 and below)

Its tempo

level 6 at 5:24 (5:18), 1st item at 11:24 (13:06), 2nd at 19:24 (21:00), 3rd at 25:36 (26:48).

171 games · median minute of each milestone, top laners in brackets

With whom, against whom?

The win rate is a range: only a range entirely on one side of 50% says something.

Read on Pantheon, lethality build.

Allies and opponents

Its opponents, most frequent first.

Facing	Games	Reading
YunaraADC	23	Too few for a rate (23 of 30)
LuluSUP	21	Too few for a rate (21 of 30)
Lee SinJGL	19	Too few for a rate (19 of 30)
YoneTOP	17	Too few for a rate (17 of 30)
ViJGL	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
JhinADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
JinxADC	16	Too few for a rate (16 of 30)
AmbessaTOP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
AhriMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
SyndraMID	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)

show 51 other pairs

CaitlynADC	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
BraumSUP	15	Too few for a rate (15 of 30)
NautilusSUP	14	Too few for a rate (14 of 30)
WukongJGL	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ViktorMID	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
RellSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
SeraphineSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
ThreshSUP	12	Too few for a rate (12 of 30)
JayceJGL	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
EzrealADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
Kai'SaADC	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
BlitzcrankSUP	11	Too few for a rate (11 of 30)
RenektonTOP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
QiyanaJGL	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
OriannaMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
SylasMID	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
AsheADC	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
LeonaSUP	9	Too few for a rate (9 of 30)
Dr. MundoTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
GragasTOP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
SylasJGL	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
ApheliosADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
Miss FortuneADC	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
RakanSUP	8	Too few for a rate (8 of 30)
AkaliTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
MordekaiserTOP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
Jarvan IVJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
NocturneJGL	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AkaliMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AuroraMID	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
SivirADC	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
KarmaSUP	7	Too few for a rate (7 of 30)
AatroxTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
RumbleTOP	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
GravesJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LilliaJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
SejuaniJGL	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
LockeMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
VexMID	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
XayahADC	6	Too few for a rate (6 of 30)
JayceTOP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ViegoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
Xin ZhaoJGL	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LeBlancMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LissandraMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
XerathMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
YoneMID	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
LucianADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
ZeriADC	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
AlistarSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)
MilioSUP	5	Too few for a rate (5 of 30)

Sorted by number of games · 61 pairs in this view.

Allies and opponents over 171 games, listed from 5 games per pair; under 30 games, only W/L counts are written.

How is it built?

Keystone, spells, first skill maxed and item paths, on the fallback level that has enough games.

Read on Pantheon, lethality build.

The usual build

Read on patch 16.21, filtered regions.

Patch + region16.21 · 36 games
Patch16.21 · 43 games
2 patches124 games
Window171 games

Keystone + secondary tree

Stormraider's Surge+

Precision

92% · 33 games

Summoner spells

Flash + Ignite

94% · 34 games

First maxed skill

100% · 36 games

show 4 other choices of runes, spells or skill maxed

Other runes

orPress the Attack+Sorcery6% · 2 games
orStormraider's Surge+Domination8% · 3 games

Other spells

orExhaust + Flash3% · 1 game
orFlash + Teleport3% · 1 game

36 games at the level read · a level is read from 30 games

Item paths

One item path, from the most played 1st item to the least.

Bastionbreaker83% · 11:42
Voltaic Cyclosword93% · 20:12
Edge of Night46% · 23:42

Each % reads along the path: at the 1st item, over the games that completed a 1st item; then, over those that made the previous steps AND completed one more item. A path stops under 10 games · median minute the item is completed, from 3 games.

show how we count

Draft, with / against and build: the filters at the top of the page (window, regions, level). What follows the meta moves fast.
In a comp and “the scene protects itself from”: 180 days of tournaments (from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12), the draft review window. A champion's kit changes little, it needs volume.
All games come from Master+ amateur tournaments. No soloQ.
A win rate is written from 30 games, always with its range. Under that threshold, wins and losses are written.
What the data does not say: the pick order (missing from the Riot API), engage (no reliable measure).