By GamGem ResearchLast updated 20 Aug 2026 · 00:00
Pantheon
the Unbreakable Spear
FighterAssassin
League of LegendsPatch 26.16TopRanked Solo/DuoEmerald+NA27,154 gamesSample data
Role snapshot (Top)
- 46.5%
- Win Rate
- 5.3%
- Pick Rate
- 0.2%
- Ban Rate
27,154
Games
High
Confidence
Matchup map (Top) — level 1–18
Conditional build matrix
| vs AP Burst | vs AD Assassins | vs Tanks | vs Sustain | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mythic / Core |   |   |   |   |
| Core 2 |   |  |   |   |
| Core 3 |   |  |   |   |
| Boots |  |  |  |  |
| Situational |   |   | |   |
Popular build
12,491 games46.9%Win Rate
Flash
IgniteReliable build
8,961 games45.6%Win Rate
Flash
TeleportHigh observed win rate
3,258 games49.0%Win Rate
Flash
ExhaustRunes
Primary: Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Shield Bash
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Secondary: Precision
Presence of Mind
Legend: Bloodline
Shards
+9 Adaptive Force
+9 Adaptive Force
+10-180 Health (based on level)
Skill order
| Q | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| R | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Ability details
Mortal Will
Every few spells or attacks, Pantheon's next spell is empowered.
Passive — never cast
Comet Spear
Pantheon either thrusts his spear or throws his spear in the chosen direction.
Cost 25 ManaCooldown 11/10.25/9.5/8.75/8sRange 575
Shield Vault
Pantheon dashes to a target, damaging and stunning them.
Cost 55 ManaCooldown 13/12/11/10/9sRange 600
Aegis Assault
Pantheon sets his shield, becoming invulnerable to damage from the front and striking repeatedly with his spear.
Cost 80 ManaCooldown 22/21/20/19/18sRange 400
Grand Starfall
Pantheon composes himself and then leaps into the air, landing at a chosen location as a comet.
Cost 100 ManaCooldown 180/165/150sRange 5500
Scaling — level 1–18
PantheonTop average
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1918
Counter plan — how to beat Pantheon
Avoid extended fights — its sustain grows with every trade it survives
Deny the reset — it wants a kill to come back out; a warded exit removes it
Punish the cooldown — Pantheon is exposed while its rotation is down
Ward the flank — vision is what turns its best opening into a worse one
Respect the spike — Riot rates the kit 4/10, so a practised player gets more out of it than the average
ARAM performance
- 49.6%
- Win Rate ▼ 0.4%
- 6.7%
- Pick Rate ▼ 2.0%
- 5.4%
- Ban Rate ▲ 2.4%
- Damage dealt
- 93.0%
- Damage taken
- 98.7%
- Healing
- 104.1%
- Shielding
- 98.9%
- Ability Haste
- +15
Best ARAM build
Patch timeline
We hold the rates, not the balance log. What actually changed each patch is in Riot’s own notes.
- 26.16Live now-0.3
- 26.14Sample win rate across this patch+0.4
- 26.11Sample win rate across this patch+0.6
- 26.08Sample win rate across this patch-0.7
- 26.05Sample win rate across this patch-0.6
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Methodology
- Data window
- 512,340 games on patch 26.16, Ranked Solo/Duo, NA. Last refreshed 20 Aug 2026.
- Rank aggregation
- Emerald+ and above, pooled. Splitting further leaves samples too small to separate a real effect from noise.
- Role assignment
- A champion is filed under the lanes it actually plays, not the one class it belongs to — which is why several appear in two.
- Counters
- A matchup, not a tier gap: how this champion does into that one specifically, over that pairing’s own games.
- Minimum sample
- The confidence indicator beside every rate is driven by how much of the window this champion appears in. A low reading means read the figure loosely, not that it is wrong.
- Why a build is not a cause
- The best-scoring build is the one the best-placed players happened to take. Correlation is what a rate can show; it is not evidence that buying those items caused the wins.
- Where the numbers come from
- Names, classes, lanes, abilities, items and runes are Riot Data Dragon. Win, pick and ban rates are derived samples — Riot publishes none of them, and nothing on this page presents one as measured.