- Win Rate
- 49.3%
- Pick Rate
- 4.9%
Nimbus Cloak vs Manaflow Band vs Axiom Arcanist
- Patch
- 26.19
- Games with rune
- 22,418
- Lane
- All Lanes
- Tier
- All Tiers
- Last Updated
- Oct 7, 2026 UTC
- Methodology
- Data Methodology
- Author
- Dakota Chinnick
Increase:
- Rune tree
- Sorcery · Row 1
- Win Rate
- 49.3%−0.8 vs row avg
- Pick Rate
- 4.9%
- Best champion
- Pyke · 56.0%
- Most played by
- Vladimir
- Main lane
- Top · 29%
Nimbus Cloak vs alternatives
Patch 26.19 · All ranksYou can take only one rune per row. Here is Nimbus Cloak against its 2 row alternatives, on the same champions and overall.
Nimbus Cloak49.3%4.9% PR · 22,418 games
Manaflow Band50.2%23.3% PR · 105,973 gamesHead to head on shared champions it is close: Nimbus Cloak and Manaflow Band are 0.4 points apart over 46 champion-lanes. Nimbus Cloak and Manaflow Band share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.
Nimbus Cloak vs Manaflow Band on the same champions
| Champion | Nimbus Cloak | Manaflow Band | Δ WR |
|---|---|---|---|
 Galio · Mid | 49.3% 1,811 | 47.9% 1,371 | +1.3 |
 Teemo · Top | 50.6% 496 | 52.8% 1,697 | −2.2 |
 Lulu · Support | 47.9% 349 | 50.6% 6,065 | −2.7 |
 Jhin · ADC | 53.1% 354 | 52.9% 1,029 | +0.2 |
 Smolder · ADC | 50.3% 3,566 | 53.8% 273 | −3.6 |
 Blitzcrank · Support | 49.5% 2,404 | 48.0% 202 | +1.5 |
 Fiora · Top | 52.4% 393 | 50.4% 335 | +2.0 |
 Gangplank · Top | 48.8% 2,853 | 49.2% 181 | −0.4 |
 Zoe · Mid | 48.8% 1,812 | 46.8% 173 | +2.0 |
 Milio · Support | 44.4% 144 | 52.2% 4,418 | −7.7 |
 Karma · Support | 49.3% 142 | 49.4% 3,795 | −0.1 |
 Neeko · Support | 44.6% 139 | 49.7% 1,432 | −5.1 |
By lane
| Lane | Nimbus Cloak | Manaflow Band |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 48.8% 6,571 | 49.8% 11,039 |
| Jungle | 48.4% 4,415 | 44.6% 864 |
| Mid | 50.8% 5,024 | 49.7% 37,712 |
| ADC | 49.5% 2,618 | 50.4% 11,604 |
| Support | 49.2% 3,783 | 50.8% 44,694 |
By game length
Per-minute stats
| Stat | Nimbus Cloak | Manaflow Band |
|---|---|---|
| Damage to champions | 752 | 721 |
| Healing | 356 | 190 |
| Damage mitigated | 827 | 493 |
| Objective damage | 401 | 246 |
| Kills | 0.204 | 0.167 |
| Deaths | 0.214 | 0.208 |
Nimbus Cloak49.3%4.9% PR · 22,418 games
Axiom Arcanist50.5%5.4% PR · 24,536 gamesPlayed by the same champions, Axiom Arcanist comes out 0.9 points ahead of Nimbus Cloak (56 shared champion-lanes). Nimbus Cloak and Axiom Arcanist share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.
Nimbus Cloak vs Axiom Arcanist on the same champions
| Champion | Nimbus Cloak | Axiom Arcanist | Δ WR |
|---|---|---|---|
 Darius · Top | 49.1% 2,718 | 50.2% 2,233 | −1.0 |
| Teemo · Top | 50.6% 496 | 50.9% 428 | −0.3 |
 Garen · Top | 54.3% 199 | 51.6% 5,089 | +2.7 |
| Jhin · ADC | 53.1% 354 | 51.6% 353 | +1.5 |
 Nunu & Willump · Jungle | 47.5% 775 | 52.8% 214 | −5.3 |
| Darius · Jungle | 50.0% 578 | 51.9% 208 | −1.9 |
| Blitzcrank · Support | 49.5% 2,404 | 45.7% 162 | +3.8 |
 Vladimir · Mid | 52.2% 4,061 | 55.0% 140 | −2.8 |
| Lulu · Support | 47.9% 349 | 48.7% 199 | −0.9 |
| Gangplank · Top | 48.8% 2,853 | 49.6% 131 | −0.9 |
| Karma · Support | 49.3% 142 | 49.5% 764 | −0.2 |
| Milio · Support | 44.4% 144 | 51.8% 496 | −7.4 |
By lane
| Lane | Nimbus Cloak | Axiom Arcanist |
|---|---|---|
| Top | 48.8% 6,571 | 51.1% 5,882 |
| Jungle | 48.4% 4,415 | 50.2% 7,363 |
| Mid | 50.8% 5,024 | 50.9% 3,499 |
| ADC | 49.5% 2,618 | 51.0% 3,655 |
| Support | 49.2% 3,783 | 49.4% 4,117 |
By game length
Per-minute stats
| Stat | Nimbus Cloak | Axiom Arcanist |
|---|---|---|
| Damage to champions | 752 | 774 |
| Healing | 356 | 283 |
| Damage mitigated | 827 | 819 |
| Objective damage | 401 | 492 |
| Kills | 0.204 | 0.224 |
| Deaths | 0.214 | 0.213 |
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.
Nimbus Cloak and its alternatives
All candidates at a glance. The same-champion column shows how each alternative does against Nimbus Cloak on the champions that take both.
| Rune | Win Rate | Pick Rate | vs this rune (same champions) | Shared champions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nimbus Cloak This rune | 49.3% | 4.9% | — | — |
| Manaflow Band | 50.2% | 23.3% | −0.4 | 46 |
| Axiom Arcanist | 50.5% | 5.4% | +0.9 | 56 |
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Nimbus Cloak vs other runes – Patch 26.19
Nimbus Cloak vs Manaflow Band: which is better?
On the same champions, Nimbus Cloak and Manaflow Band are within 0.4 points of each other (46 shared champion-lanes), so pick by playstyle. Across all games: Nimbus Cloak 49.3%, Manaflow Band 50.2%. Nimbus Cloak and Manaflow Band share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.
Nimbus Cloak vs Axiom Arcanist: which is better?
On the same champions, Axiom Arcanist wins 0.9 points more often than Nimbus Cloak across 56 champion-lane pairs. Across all games: Nimbus Cloak 49.3%, Axiom Arcanist 50.5%. Nimbus Cloak and Axiom Arcanist share a row, so it is a straight either-or choice.