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2025-10-06 - MOBA META Update

New Champion Release: Emberlord

Section titled “New Champion Release: Emberlord”
  • Emberlord joins us as a formidable Botlaner (S-Tier). He faces challenging matchups against Poisoner (49%), Wrecker (47%), and Dawnbringer (48%).

Champion Adjustments

Section titled “Champion Adjustments”

Abonimation

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B- to A-.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces more challenging matchups against Volt (40% to 34%), Hell Blade (new at 39%), and Strider (47% to 43%). Storm Bear (49%) is no longer listed.

Anchorer

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From D to A-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Automata

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to S+.
    • Matchup Change: Unmaker (38%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.

Blade Dancer

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From S+ to B.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.
  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Bombardier

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to B.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Breaker

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to C.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Lupine (new at 41%). Engineer (45%) is no longer listed as a challenging matchup.

Cannoneer

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From C to B.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Cardmancer

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to B-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Cavalier

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From B to B+.
    • Matchup Change: Storm Caller (44%) is no longer listed as a challenging matchup.

Charmer

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to S+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Chronokeeper

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From A to C-.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a significantly more challenging matchup against Charmer (47% to 35%).

Daggerer

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to S.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a significantly more challenging matchup against Volt (45% to 35%).

Dawnbringer

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B to S.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.
  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From A to A-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Dragger

  • Jungle: New Role - A-Tier.
    • Challenging Matchups: Spirit Hunter (40%), Lupine (41%), Arachne (44%).
  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From B to B+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Drinker

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to A+.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces more challenging matchups against Night Huntress (45% to 37%), Breaker (47% to 40%), and Hell Blade (49% to 44%).
  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From C to S.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Predator (40%), Arachne (42%), Spirit Hunter (45%) to Mad Doctor (40%), Arachne (42%), Spirit Hunter (45%).

Engineer

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to B.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces more challenging matchups against Nightblade (40% to 32%), Thunderforge (43% to 41%), and Drinker (47% to 43%).

Enigma

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From S+ to C+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Enlightener

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From A- to B-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Evader

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From S to C.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Executioner

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to B.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Fencer (43% to 30%).

Explorer

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From D to A.
    • Matchup Change: Added Emberlord (44%) as a new challenging matchup.

Fencer

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to S.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Lupine (34%), Volt (38%), Monolith (40%), Drinker (46%), Storm Bear (45%) to Volt (38%), Abonimation (35%), Drinker (42%).

Flamer

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B to B+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Geomancer

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B to A-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.
  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From A to B.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Grabber

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to S.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Shielder (47% to 38%).

Gunner

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From A- to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Harbinger

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From S to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Hell Blade

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From D to A+.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Engineer (42% to 31%). Volt (38%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.

Jester

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From S+ to B+.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Drinker (43% to 34%).
  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From D to A-.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Anchorer (40% to 37%).

Kicker

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From C to S+.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Reaper (45%), Spirit Hunter (48%), Weapons Master (47%) to Maelstrom (44%), Dragger (41%), Jester (47%).

Mad Doctor

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to A+.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces more challenging matchups against Blade Dancer (44% to 33%) and Executioner (47% to 38%).
  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From B- to A.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Maelstrom (42%), Jester (45%), Kicker (49%) to Storm Bear (48%), Kicker (49%), Dragger (42%).

Maelstrom

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to B-.
    • Matchup Change: Storm Bear (48%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.

Naiad

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From B- to C-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Night Huntress

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to C.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Blade Dancer (40%), Nightblade (43%), Weapons Master (47%) to Nightblade (35%), Monolith (33%).
  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From B to A+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Nightblade

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From D to C+.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces more challenging matchups against Renegade (45% to 37%) and Abonimation (new at 34%).
  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A- to B+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Phaser

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From S+ to C.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Poisoner

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to B.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Predator

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From S to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Reaper

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From B to A-.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Drinker (40%), Predator (45%), Jester (49%) to Spirit Hunter (42%), Weapons Master (45%), Lupine (48%).

Renegade

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to B+.
    • Matchup Change: Hell Blade (43%) is no longer listed. Thunderforge (41%) and Storm Bear (42%) are now listed as challenging matchups.
  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Riptide

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to S.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Automata (45% to 38%).

Scorpio

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: No change.
    • Matchup Change: Updated challenging matchups from Jester (40%), Mad Doctor (45%), Reaper (48%) to Gauntlet (42%), Drinker (34%), Reaper (48%).

Shielder

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From B to A.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Jester (48% to 33%).

Shocker

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From A to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Sniper

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From S to C.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Spirit Hunter

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From S to D.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Spitter

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From B to A.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Stellar

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B to A+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Storm Bear

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to B+.
    • Matchup Change: Nightblade (30%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.
  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From A to S+.
    • Matchup Change: Drinker (38%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.

Storm Caller

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to C+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Strider

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to S.
    • Matchup Change: Lupine (35%) and Hell Blader (47%) are no longer listed. Fencer (35%) is now listed as a challenging matchup. Mad Doctor (45% to 41%).

Terraformer

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From A- to A+.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Gauntlet (41% to 40%). Predator (40%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.
  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to S.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Umbra (40% to 32%).

Tormentor

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to C+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Treant

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From C to A.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Umbra

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to A.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Virtuoso

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From C to A-.
    • Matchup Change: Added Emberlord (43%) as a new challenging matchup.

Vixen

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From D to B-.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Void Arrow

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From B- to A+.
    • Matchup Change: Added Emberlord (45%) as a new challenging matchup.

Weapons Master

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A+ to B-.
    • Matchup Change: Thunderforge (44%) and Fencer (46%) are no longer listed. Lupine (44%), Executioner (45%), and Mad Doctor (45%) are now listed as challenging matchups.
  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to C.
    • Matchup Change: Gauntlet (42%) and Arachne (45%) are now listed as challenging matchups.

Wrecker

  • Botlaner:
    • Ranking Change: From C to C+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Lupine

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From S to S+.
    • Matchup Change: Abonimation (47%) and Blade Dancer (49%) are no longer listed. Night Huntress (40%) and Fencer (48%) are now listed as challenging matchups.
  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to B.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Mad Doctor (47% to 43%).

Pixie

  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From D to C.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Thunderforge

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to C.
    • Matchup Change: Volt (39%) and Lupine (46%) are no longer listed. Breaker (39%) and Blade Dancer (44%) are now listed as challenging matchups.
  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to C.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Gauntlet

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: No change.
    • Matchup Change: Lupine (40%) and Kicker (46%) are no longer listed. Jester (40%) and Reaper (46%) are now listed as challenging matchups.

Unmaker

  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From C to A.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.
  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From D to B+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Volt

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to B+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.
  • Mid Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A to B+.
    • Matchup Change: No change in listed challenging matchups.

Monolith

  • Top Lane:
    • Ranking Change: From A- to B-.
    • Matchup Change: Lupine (42%) is now listed as a challenging matchup.

Arachne

  • Jungle:
    • Ranking Change: From B+ to A+.
    • Matchup Change: Storm Bear (45%) is no longer listed. Predator (43%) and Jester (39%) are now listed as challenging matchups.
  • Support:
    • Ranking Change: From S to B-.
    • Matchup Change: Now faces a more challenging matchup against Charmer (47% to 39%).