/// LANE.MID
🔮 Mid lane: best heroes right now
The shortest lane to the others, played by burst mages and mobile assassins.
What the lane does
- Clear waves quickly, then use the mid lane's short distance to rotate and help the other lanes.
- Pressure the enemy mid so their rotations are slower, and protect your jungler's path at the start.
- Bring burst or crowd control to team fights, often from the second line.
Usually played by: Mage, Assassin.
Strongest Mid lane heroes
Ranked by win rate. Heroes with a pick rate under 0.5% are left out.
Official rank data, all ranks, past 7 days · fetched 6 Oct, 15:35 UTC · latest patch notes: 2.2.16, 16 Sep 2026.
- 1
Valir1.0% pick · 1.9% ban53.5% winS - 2
Gord0.6% pick · 0.6% ban52.9% winA - 3
Kagura0.7% pick · 1.2% ban52.0% winA - 4
Eudora1.9% pick · 59.1% ban51.3% winA - 5
Cyclops0.6% pick · 0.3% ban51.1% winB - 6
Cecilion0.6% pick · 0.1% ban51.0% winB - 7
Alice0.8% pick · 5.1% ban51.0% winB - 8
Zetian1.6% pick · 3.9% ban50.8% winB - 9
Vale0.5% pick · 0.2% ban50.0% winB - 10
Xavier0.5% pick · 0.1% ban49.8% winB - 11
Novaria1.5% pick · 4.3% ban49.7% winB - 12
Odette0.6% pick · 0.4% ban49.6% winB
Also played here
Heroes whose main lane is elsewhere but who are also run in the mid lane.
What the pros pick here
Heroes played in the mid lane slot across 799 MPL and MSC games from Liquipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Usual setup
Counted across the 33 builds we track for mid lane heroes. That is a small sample, so read it as what is common in our builds, not a rule.
Battle spells
- Flicker28 builds
- Purify4 builds
- Ice Retribution1 build
Emblem sets
- Mage28 builds
- Common4 builds
- Tank1 build
What this does not know
- The official rank data gives one win rate per hero, not one per lane, so a hero's number here is its overall result, even if it is played in several lanes.
- A high win rate often comes from a hero being easy to play or from being picked into good matchups. It does not mean the hero wins every draft.
- Pro picks reflect tournament drafts, with coordinated teams and bans. They do not carry over directly to solo queue.