Blackthorn Malphite

Blackthorn Malphite takes the flexible route — a handful of two- and three-piece traits assembled around Veigar rather than one deep trait line. The Enchanted Wilds sample says Tier S: 4.09 average placement from 1,853 recorded lobbies.

Meta position: 2nd of 54 tracked comps; within its grade it is 2nd inside its 5-comp tier, 0.02 clear of the 4.11 that marks the middle of Tier S. It flies under the radar at a 0.18% pick rate versus a median of 0.87 percent, so its units usually come uncontested.

Veigar holds item priority, and sampled lobbies most commonly built Blue Buff, Hextech Gunblade, and Jeweled Gauntlet, averaging 3.66 when completed. Teemo comes second in the item queue.

Teemo marks this comp out — only one other tracked comp fields it. 7 traits run live on the completed board, Blackthorn at 4 the deepest, backed by Sprykin at 4 units. There is latent Executioner on this board — 1 unit, not yet active, and a single Executioner Emblem is all it takes to bring the bonus online.

Should an emblem land in your lap, Executioner Emblem does the most for this board; Invoker Emblem is the next-best hold. Flip the question around and the model agrees: among all 22 comps ranked for Executioner Emblem holders, this one lands at #2.

This is not the only home for Veigar; Spellweaver Veigar LeBlanc and Blackthorn Veigar run it too, so the lines contest each other's shops; when Veigar copies dry up, that overlap is your pivot map.

Recent daily results have slipped relative to the earlier window, so its true strength may be a touch below the headline average. Sample-size note: 1,853 games is on the low side, so day-to-day swings move this comp's averages more than most.