- Win Rate
- 50.5%
- Pick Rate
- 15.6%
Gathering Storm vs Scorch vs Waterwalking
- Patch
- 26.19
- Games with rune
- 71,026
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 5, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
10 min: + 8 AP or 5 AD
20 min: + 24 AP or 14 AD
30 min: + 48 AP or 29 AD
40 min: + 80 AP or 48 AD
50 min: + 120 AP or 72 AD
60 min: + 168 AP or 101 AD
etc...
- Rune tree
- Sorcery · Row 3
- Win Rate
- 50.5%+0.3 vs row avg
- Pick Rate
- 15.6%
- Best champion
- Heimerdinger · 61.3%
- Most played by
- Caitlyn
- Main lane
- ADC · 40%
Gathering Storm vs alternatives
Patch 26.19 · All ranksYou can take only one rune per row. Here is Gathering Storm against its 2 row alternatives, on the same champions and overall.
Gathering Storm50.5%15.6% PR · 71,026 games
Scorch49.9%18.2% PR · 82,618 gamesOn the same champions, Gathering Storm wins 1.1 points more often than Scorch across 180 champion-lane pairs. Gathering Storm and Scorch share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.
Gathering Storm vs Scorch on the same champions
| Champion | Gathering Storm | Scorch | Δ WR |
|---|---|---|---|
 Seraphine · Support | 52.1% 5,186 | 51.4% 5,470 | +0.7 |
 Malzahar · Mid | 54.6% 2,052 | 49.6% 5,286 | +4.9 |
 Janna · Support | 53.1% 3,835 | 50.4% 2,225 | +2.7 |
 Karma · Support | 49.7% 2,499 | 48.8% 2,121 | +0.8 |
 Nami · Support | 51.9% 966 | 52.5% 6,789 | −0.7 |
 Lux · Support | 53.9% 863 | 49.7% 7,996 | +4.2 |
 Ekko · Mid | 50.1% 1,384 | 48.5% 1,459 | +1.6 |
 Vladimir · Mid | 52.2% 3,427 | 52.1% 775 | ±0.0 |
| Lux · Mid | 54.7% 751 | 53.5% 3,838 | +1.2 |
 Milio · Support | 51.5% 697 | 52.1% 4,251 | −0.6 |
 LeBlanc · Mid | 50.1% 2,267 | 50.9% 799 | −0.8 |
 Soraka · Support | 55.4% 690 | 52.1% 3,206 | +3.3 |
By lane
| Lane | Gathering Storm | Scorch |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 50.8% 10,081 | 48.9% 11,798 |
| Jungle | 49.4% 6,409 | 44.1% 1,181 |
| Mid | 51.1% 12,787 | 49.6% 30,169 |
| ADC | 50.3% 28,077 | 50.7% 5,832 |
| Support | 50.6% 13,634 | 50.6% 33,590 |
By game length
Per-minute stats
| Stat | Gathering Storm | Scorch |
|---|---|---|
| Damage to champions | 793 | 734 |
| Healing | 247 | 191 |
| Damage mitigated | 510 | 519 |
| Objective damage | 398 | 244 |
| Kills | 0.221 | 0.172 |
| Deaths | 0.216 | 0.209 |
Gathering Storm50.5%15.6% PR · 71,026 games
Waterwalking50.0%2.5% PR · 11,531 gamesHead to head on shared champions it is close: Gathering Storm and Waterwalking are 0.2 points apart over 37 champion-lanes. Gathering Storm and Waterwalking share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.
Gathering Storm vs Waterwalking on the same champions
| Champion | Gathering Storm | Waterwalking | Δ WR |
|---|---|---|---|
 Kha'Zix · Jungle | 48.6% 1,222 | 49.1% 399 | −0.5 |
 Ryze · Mid | 43.9% 1,030 | 43.3% 240 | +0.6 |
| Janna · Support | 53.1% 3,835 | 54.9% 182 | −1.8 |
 Zilean · Support | 47.4% 173 | 51.3% 1,075 | −3.9 |
 Ivern · Jungle | 47.6% 145 | 45.3% 713 | +2.3 |
 Volibear · Top | 50.0% 150 | 48.3% 604 | +1.7 |
 Gragas · Jungle | 47.0% 183 | 54.3% 313 | −7.3 |
 Lillia · Jungle | 55.8% 113 | 48.8% 1,485 | +6.9 |
 Darius · Jungle | 50.4% 484 | 55.8% 129 | −5.4 |
 Udyr · Jungle | 44.7% 103 | 48.7% 532 | −4.0 |
| Milio · Support | 51.5% 697 | 45.3% 86 | +6.2 |
 Jhin · ADC | 50.3% 8,253 | 40.8% 76 | +9.5 |
By lane
| Lane | Gathering Storm | Waterwalking |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 50.8% 10,081 | 47.5% 499 |
| Jungle | 49.4% 6,409 | 50.3% 8,954 |
| Mid | 51.1% 12,787 | 49.0% 365 |
| ADC | 50.3% 28,077 | — 95 |
| Support | 50.6% 13,634 | 50.2% 1,611 |
By game length
Per-minute stats
| Stat | Gathering Storm | Waterwalking |
|---|---|---|
| Damage to champions | 793 | 624 |
| Healing | 247 | 491 |
| Damage mitigated | 510 | 1,051 |
| Objective damage | 398 | 775 |
| Kills | 0.221 | 0.208 |
| Deaths | 0.216 | 0.212 |
Same-champion difference: for every champion and lane with 30+ games on both runes, the win-rate gap, weighted by the smaller sample. This removes the bias of each rune's champion mix.
Gathering Storm and its alternatives
All candidates at a glance. The same-champion column shows how each alternative does against Gathering Storm on the champions that take both.
| Rune | Win Rate | Pick Rate | vs this rune (same champions) | Shared champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gathering Storm This rune | 50.5% | 15.6% | — | — |
| Scorch | 49.9% | 18.2% | −1.1 | 180 |
| Waterwalking | 50.0% | 2.5% | +0.2 | 37 |
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Gathering Storm vs other runes – Patch 26.19
Gathering Storm vs Scorch: which is better?
On the same champions, Gathering Storm wins 1.1 points more often than Scorch across 180 champion-lane pairs. Across all games: Gathering Storm 50.5%, Scorch 49.9%. Gathering Storm and Scorch share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.
Gathering Storm vs Waterwalking: which is better?
On the same champions, Gathering Storm and Waterwalking are within 0.2 points of each other (37 shared champion-lanes), so pick by playstyle. Across all games: Gathering Storm 50.5%, Waterwalking 50.0%. Gathering Storm and Waterwalking share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.