- Win Rate
- 49.8%
- Pick Rate
- 10.1%
Cheap Shot Rune Effect & Numbers
- Patch
- 26.20
- Games with rune
- 101,435
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 19, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Cooldown: 4s
- Rune tree
- Domination · Row 1
- Cooldown
- 4s
- Win Rate
- 49.8%+0.6 vs row avg
- Pick Rate
- 10.1%
- Best champion
- Lux · 56.9%
- Most played by
- Lux
How Cheap Shot works
Domination · Row 1Cheap Shot deals 10–45 bonus true damage (by level) when you damage a champion whose movement or actions are impaired; 4s cooldown.
- It triggers on damage dealt after the impairment lands, so the crowd control itself does not proc it; the next hit does.
- Slows count as impaired movement, which makes it easy to trigger on kits that slow on hit or chain several disables.
- The short 4s cooldown suits extended trades; pick Sudden Impact instead if your damage comes right after a dash.
Same row in Domination:
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
More Domination runes:
Cheap Shot numbers by level
Patch 26.20Base values of Cheap Shot at champion levels 1, 5, 9, 13 and 18. AP, AD and health scaling is listed in the last column.
| Value | Lv 1 | Lv 5 | Lv 9 | Lv 13 | Lv 18 | Scaling |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| True damage | 10 | 18.2 | 26.5 | 34.7 | 45 | — |
| Cooldown | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | 4s | — |
Values between level 1 and level 18 are interpolated linearly from the tooltip's range.
Cheap Shot calculator
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| True damage | 26.5 |
| Cooldown | 4s |
Level-scaled values are interpolated linearly between the level 1 and level 18 values.
Is Cheap Shot good in Patch 26.20?
Patch 26.20Cheap Shot is a solid pick this patch with a 49.8% win rate over 101,435 games. That is 0.6 points above the average of its row (49.2%).
- Tier
- C
- Win Rate
- 49.8%vs row +0.6
- Pick Rate
- 10.1%
- Games with rune
- 101,435Large sample
Best lanes for Cheap Shot
All ranksCheap Shot is played mostly in Support (42% of games). It wins most in Jungle at 51.0%.
| Lane | Win Rate | Pick Rate | Share | Games |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Support | 49.3% | 21.5% | 42% | 42,875 |
| Mid | 50.2% | 10.9% | 22% | 21,876 |
| Jungle | 51.0% | 10.8% | 21% | 21,529 |
| Top | 49.7% | 4.7% | 9% | 9,436 |
| ADC | 48.3% | 2.8% | 6% | 5,669 |
Best champions for Cheap Shot
All ranksLux leads with a 56.9% win rate with Cheap Shot; 93 champions take it this patch.
Cheap Shot win rate by game length
Cheap Shot is strongest early: 49.9% in games of 25 minutes or less vs 49.6% after 35.
Runes paired with Cheap Shot
On the best rune pages that include Cheap Shot, Ultimate Hunter shows up most (64% of pages).
Who takes Cheap Shot
Mage champions account for 48% of Cheap Shot games.
- Mage · 48%
- Tank · 22%
- Support · 14%
- Fighter · 7%
- Marksman · 7%
- Assassin · 3%
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Cheap Shot FAQ – Patch 26.20
What does Cheap Shot do in League of Legends?
Cheap Shot deals 10–45 bonus true damage (by level) when you damage a champion whose movement or actions are impaired; 4s cooldown. It is in the Domination tree (Row 1).
What are Cheap Shot's numbers and cooldown?
Cheap Shot: 10–45 true damage. Cooldown: 4s.
Is Cheap Shot good in Patch 26.20?
Yes, it is a solid choice: a 49.80% win rate over 101,435 games in Patch 26.20. It is C tier on the rune tier list. That is 0.6 points above its row's average of 49.2%.
Which champions should take Cheap Shot?
By win rate with the rune: Lux (ADC), Cho'Gath (Jungle), Amumu (Support). Lux leads at 56.9% over 480 games. Most played with it: Lux (Support), Cho'Gath (Jungle), Lux (Mid). Mage champions make up 48% of its games.
Cheap Shot vs Sudden Impact: which is better?
On the same champions, Cheap Shot wins 0.4 points more often than Sudden Impact (across 56 champion-lane pairs). Across all games: Cheap Shot 49.8%, Sudden Impact 48.9%.
Is Cheap Shot better early or late?
Early: Cheap Shot wins 49.9% of games that end by 25 minutes but 49.6% of games past 35.