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the Unbreakable Spear

Pantheon Top build & stats

FighterAssassin C 2,446 games · patch 16.17
Win rate
49.6%
Pick rate
2.6%
Ban rate
2.3%
Division
Master
Build, runes, spells and skill order are from Master games only.

Recommended build

Chosen by win rate among builds with enough games, from ranked matches of high-elo players on patch 16.17

Solid sample

Start with

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
450 gold
Health Potion
Health Potion
50 gold
50.7% 73 games

Build in this order

Black Cleaver 1
Black Cleaver
3,000 gold
Death's Dance 2
Death's Dance
3,300 gold
Spear of Shojin 3
Spear of Shojin
3,100 gold
9,400 gold
66.7% WR 12 games

Boots

Boots of Swiftness
Boots of Swiftness
1,000 gold
56.7% 30 games

Runes

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
66.7% WR
18 games · 1% pick
Press the Attack
Press the Attack

Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling

Summoner spells

Flash Teleport
55.2% 29 games

Max order

Comet Spear Q Aegis Assault E Shield Vault W
51.5% 33 games

Each line is the variant with the best win rate among those played enough times, not simply the most popular one. Win rates are smoothed so a lucky three-game build can't top the list. Sample sizes are shown next to every choice.

Tips for Pantheon

Generated from this patch's numbers

  • Pantheon wins 49.6% of games as Top on patch 16.17 (2,446 games).
  • Most common core: Eclipse → Black Cleaver → Death's Dance — 50% win rate over 6 games.
  • Take Conqueror as keystone: picked in 49% of games with a 50% win rate.
  • Best matchup: Vladimir (90% over 10 games). Hardest: Vayne (20% over 10 games) — consider a ban or a different pick when you see it.

Items

Core build in purchase order (from match timelines)

Core build

Black Cleaver 1
Black Cleaver
Death's Dance 2
Death's Dance
Sterak's Gage 3
Sterak's Gage
66.7% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Doran's Blade
Health Potion
Health Potion
50.7% WR
73 games · 3% pick
Long Sword
Long Sword
Refillable Potion
Refillable Potion
41.7% WR
12 games · 0% pick
Doran's Shield
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
Health Potion
33.3% WR
3 games · 0% pick

Boots

Plated Steelcaps
Plated Steelcaps
51.3% WR
314 games · 13% pick
Mercury's Treads
Mercury's Treads
55.0% WR
180 games · 7% pick
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
48.5% WR
66 games · 3% pick

Legendary items by win rate

ItemWin ratePick
59.0% 3% (83)
59.0% 2% (39)
54.2% 8% (190)
53.8% 2% (39)
51.6% 16% (403)
51.4% 4% (109)
51.0% 4% (104)
49.2% 13% (309)
47.8% 6% (157)
46.7% 1% (30)
44.1% 3% (68)
43.9% 2% (41)

Runes

Most played full pages and keystone win rates

Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
58.7% WR
63 games · 3% pick
Conqueror
Conqueror

Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.

Precision Precision
Press the Attack Lethal Tempo Conqueror Fleet Footwork
Presence of Mind Absorb Life Triumph
Legend: Bloodline Legend: Alacrity Legend: Haste
Coup de Grace Cut Down Last Stand
Sorcery Sorcery
Axiom Arcanist Manaflow Band Nimbus Cloak
Transcendence Absolute Focus Celerity
Waterwalking Gathering Storm Scorch
Shards
Adaptive Force Attack Speed Ability Haste
Adaptive Force Move Speed Health Scaling
Health Tenacity and Slow Resist Health Scaling
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
53.8% WR
39 games · 2% pick
Press the Attack Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Last Stand Scorch Transcendence
Precision Precision + Sorcery Sorcery
43.2% WR
37 games · 2% pick
Conqueror Presence of Mind Legend: Haste Last Stand Transcendence Scorch

Keystones

  • Conqueror Conqueror Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions. 47.8%15% pick
  • Press the Attack Press the Attack Hitting an enemy champion 3 consecutive times deals bonus damage and amplifies your damage until you leave combat with champions. 51.6%8% pick
  • Stormraider's Surge Stormraider's Surge Dealing 25% of a champion's maximum health grants a burst of MS and Slow Resist. 49.0%2% pick
  • Electrocute Electrocute Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage. 40.7%1% pick

Summoner spells

  • Flash Ignite Flash + Ignite 48.7%25% pick
  • Flash Teleport Flash + Teleport 55.2%1% pick
  • Exhaust Flash Exhaust + Flash 53.8%1% pick

Abilities & skill order

Which ability to max first, from match timelines

Comet Spear Q Shield Vault W Aegis Assault E 51.1%45 games
Comet Spear Q Aegis Assault E Shield Vault W 51.5%33 games

Most common first three levels: Q → W → E (49%), Q → W → Q (38%), Q → E → W (75%).

  • PMortal Will

    Every few spells or attacks, Pantheon's next spell is empowered.

  • QComet Spear

    Pantheon either thrusts his spear or throws his spear in the chosen direction.

  • WShield Vault

    Pantheon dashes to a target, damaging and stunning them.

  • EAegis Assault

    Pantheon sets his shield, becoming invulnerable to damage from the front and striking repeatedly with his spear.

  • RGrand Starfall

    Pantheon composes himself and then leaps into the air, landing at a chosen location as a comet.