- Win Rate
- 0%
- Pick Rate
- 0%
- Ban Rate
- 15.4%
Seraphine How to Play: Tips & Power Spikes
- Patch
- 26.20
- Matches
- 893,080
- Lane
- Bot
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 16, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
How to play Seraphine in Patch 26.20, built from ranked games: power spikes, the lane plan, how leads convert, and the habits that separate Seraphine wins from losses.
- Max order
- Q > E > W
- First item
- Blackfire Torch11.7 min
- Gold vs lane at 15
- −152
- Win rate 1k gold ahead
- 64.9%
- Win rate 1k gold behind
- 32.7%
Seraphine Power Spikes (Patch 26.20)
BotWhen Seraphine Bot gets stronger, in the order it happens in a typical ranked game: ability unlocks from the most common skill order, item spikes at the median minute players finish them, and the game length Seraphine wins most.
- Lv 3All three basic abilities at level 3Seraphine's full combo is online — the first point where trading all-in is realistic.
- Lv 6Ultimate rank 1 at level 6The biggest early spike: look for a kill or a roam as soon as Seraphine hits it.
- Lv 11Ultimate rank 2 at level 11Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Seraphine can start or win.
- Lv 16Ultimate rank 3 at level 16Lower ultimate cooldown means more fights Seraphine can start or win.
- 11.7 minFirst item at 11.7 min
Blackfire Torch is done — Seraphine's first real damage or durability spike. - 19.2 minTwo items at 19.2 min
Blackfire Torch + Archangel's Staff: the window to group and take objectives. - 25.5 minThree-item core at 25.5 min
Blackfire Torch + Archangel's Staff + Rylai's Crystal Scepter completes Seraphine's core build. - 30 minStrongest in games of about 30 minutesSeraphine wins 54.9% of games that end around this point.
Item timings are medians: half of players finish later. Fall behind in farm and every item spike moves back with it.
Seraphine Bot Laning Plan
Seraphine plays an even lane: no extreme in gold, leads or scaling, so the matchup decides how hard to push. On average Seraphine Bot is 152 gold behind the lane opponent at 15 minutes and ahead in only 45% of games. A 1,000-gold lead at 15 turns into a 65% win rate; a 1,000-gold deficit leaves 33%. Seraphine averages 0.16 solo kills by 15 minutes.
Seraphine win rate by gold at 15
Seraphine Mid and Late Game
What Seraphine does better or worse than other champions after laning, from this patch's ranked games — percentiles where 100 is the highest of every champion.
Play to these strengths
- Seraphine out-wards most champions (percentile 90): keep owning vision around the next objective.
- Seraphine brings crowd control (percentile 73): start the fight or follow up on a teammate's engage.
- Seraphine wins 9.3 points more in short games than long ones: group, take objectives and end before the enemy scales.
Mistakes to avoid
- Seraphine mitigates little damage (8/100): one bad position ends the fight, so stay behind your frontline.
- Seraphine is not a damage carry (13/100): don't take fights expecting Seraphine to win them alone.
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How to Play Seraphine FAQ - Patch 26.20
When does Seraphine power spike?
Seraphine's spikes in a typical ranked game: All three basic abilities at level 3; Ultimate rank 1 at level 6; Ultimate rank 2 at level 11; Ultimate rank 3 at level 16; First item at 11.7 min.
Can Seraphine come back from behind?
Seraphine wins 40% of games when behind in gold at 15 minutes (over 316 games), against 63% when ahead — so a lost lane costs Seraphine games, but it is not decisive.
What is Seraphine's first item?
Most Seraphine players finish Blackfire Torch first, at a median of 11.7 minutes.
How do you play Seraphine Bot?
From this patch's ranked data, Seraphine wins by playing to these strengths: control vision; start fights with crowd control; end the game early.