Top Lane Tier List - Gold and Below

The current best performers in the Top lane for Gold- include S-tier champions such as Garen, Mordekaiser, Sett, and Malphite. Sett leads the group with a 51.6% win rate, while Garen and Mordekaiser remain highly popular with pick rates above 9%. Darius is also a strong A-tier option, though his 47.9% win rate is slightly lower than the S-tier picks.

Among the top-tier champions, Sett has the highest win rate at 51.6% across over 88,000 matches. Garen follows closely with a 51.2% win rate, and Mordekaiser maintains a solid 51.0% win rate. Malphite also stays above the 50% mark with a 50.4% win rate in this patch.

Garen and Sett are the safest blind picks due to their S-tier status and high pick rates of 9.5% and 9.0% respectively. Mordekaiser is another reliable choice, though he faces a higher ban rate of 15.8%. These champions are consistently effective despite the average listed win rate for this category being only 46.80%.

The top champions like Garen, Mordekaiser, and Sett are strong because they maintain win rates significantly higher than the 46.80% average for the tier list. Their kits are likely well-suited for the Gold- environment, leading to high pick rates and significant ban rates, especially for Malphite at 28.5%. These picks offer a combination of reliability and power across the 177,792 total games analyzed.

You should review your champion pool with every major patch update to see if the S-tier champions have shifted. Since this list covers 172 champions over nearly 89,000 matches, it provides a very stable look at the meta. If champions like Sett or Garen drop significantly below their 51% win rates, it may be time to look for new high-performing alternatives.

While the S-tier picks have high pick rates near 9%, the data includes 172 champions, many of which likely have much lower visibility. Low pick-rate champions can be effective if they counter common picks like Malphite or Darius, who have high ban rates of 28.5% and 19.7% respectively. However, the S-tier champions are generally more reliable for ranking up due to their proven performance over a large sample size.

Tier placements are heavily influenced by a champion's ability to maintain a high win rate despite being picked or banned frequently. For example, Malphite is S-tier with a 50.4% win rate even though he is banned in 28.5% of games. High ban rates like Darius's 19.7% indicate that players find them difficult to deal with, which often keeps them in high tiers even if their win rate is slightly lower.