League of Legends’ <\/em>new Arena mode has been out for just about 24 hours, but a meta is already beginning to develop. One champion, however, is standing out of the field as a living, breathing outlier.\u00a0<\/p>
Shaco might be one of the most popular champions in Arena, but his win rate does not reflect his popularity at all. Shaco holds a pick rate of 11.2 percent, which is the third-highest on the roster, as well as a ban rate of 24.0 percent, which is the highest among all champions. Still, even with those astronomical numbers in mind, Shaco is monstrously underperforming; his win rate through the first day of Arena\u2019s lifespan is 23 percent\u2014the 72nd highest out of all champions, according to League <\/em>stats site Blitz.gg<\/a>. <\/p>
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The most reasonable explanation as to why Shaco\u2019s ban rate is so high but his win rate just doesn\u2019t compliment it is because of the notion that the champion is good<\/em>, but doesn\u2019t have as much power as the community thinks he does. Alternatively, there could be some players in the Arena player base<\/a> who might believe that Shaco is a \u201cmust-pick\u201d champion, and whenever he does <\/em>get through the ban phase, you must select him if you want to have a chance at winning. Evidently, that\u2019s not true.\u00a0<\/p>
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If there\u2019s a champion with a ridiculously high pick\/ban ratio that\u2019s actually deserving of it, it\u2019s Heimerdinger. The wrench-thrower has been banned in 21 percent of games, which is second just behind Shaco, and picked in 8.3 percent of them, which is seventh-most overall, according to Blitz.gg<\/a>. Beyond his popularity, though, Heimerdinger has finished in first place in 38 percent of Arena games, which is the third-best overall mark in the game. He\u2019s also finished at least <\/em>in the top two in two-thirds of his games (66 percent), which is the best of that mark.\u00a0<\/p>
Riot will likely be hotfixing and making changes<\/a> to Arena mode continuously throughout the near future, as well as throughout the game mode\u2019s existence. Until some heavier buffs or nerfs are made, though, we\u2019d recommend maybe straying away from Shaco until the meta has settled down a bit more. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
