Defender

Best measured rung averages 4.14. Counted over 1,371,524 sampled games.

Updated 14 Sep 2026, 14:24 UTC · 4,604,243 games · Set 18

Your team gains ? Armor and Magic Resist. Defenders gain more. (2) ? (4) ? (6) ?

By breakpoint

What each rung was worth, pooled across every game. Holding six rather than four is the decision, not the trait.

Breakpoint	Play Rate	Avg Place	Top 4 %	Win %	Games
2	22.0%	4.59	48.7%	11.7%	184,656
4	0.6%	4.86	42.4%	9.6%	5,441
6	2.1%	4.32	53.5%	10.1%	17,253

Champions with Defender

Comps that run Defender

Every published comp with this trait active in its definition.

Tier	Comp	Avg Place	Games
S	Sprykin Sivir & Ashe	3.03	2,120
S	Sprykin Veigar Brawler	3.39	683
S	Inferno Aphelios & Kennen	3.51	437
S	Fae Maokai	3.55	456
S	Sprykin Ashe	3.68	1,179
S	Elderwood Ezreal & Lux	3.78	569
S	Sprykin Veigar	3.79	6,267
S	Elderwood Alune	3.81	402
S	Sprykin Veigar & Teemo	3.81	585
S	Invoker Teemo & Morgana	3.96	978
S	Solar Kayle Inferno	3.98	3,323
S	Defender Aphelios	4.01	504
S	Solar Kayle & Aphelios Rapidfire	4.02	613
S	Blackthorn Veigar & Lux	4.04	528
A	Lunar Alune Invoker	4.17	1,314
A	Invoker Morgana	4.19	654
A	Invoker Morgana & Ahri	4.23	414
A	Executioner Alune	4.30	2,700
B	Vanguard Ashe	4.32	637
A	Sprykin Rammus	4.32	1,180
A	Blackthorn Malphite	4.33	1,263
A	Elderwood Ezreal	4.35	26,090
B	Fae Aphelios & Kha'Zix	4.36	916
A	Executioner Malphite & Soraka	4.37	278,098
B	Sprykin Malphite & Veigar	4.37	445
B	Inferno Draven	4.41	406
A	Elderwood Ezreal & Hecarim	4.41	18,450
A	Blossom Ahri & Alune	4.41	10,535
A	Primal Sivir & Ashe	4.42	57,957
B	Elderwood Aphelios Fae	4.42	579
A	Defender Cassiopeia & Fiddlesticks	4.46	98,717
B	Rapidfire Aphelios	4.46	1,092
B	Solar Kayle & Aphelios	4.48	26,307
B	Executioner Kha'Zix	4.49	1,066
B	Sprykin Veigar & Rek'Sai	4.50	135,762
B	Solar Kayle & Aphelios Juggernaut	4.51	743
B	Sprykin Tristana & Rammus	4.64	58,369
B	Solar Akali & Camille	4.65	128,708
C	Solar Kayle & Akali	4.67	987
C	Defender Rengar	4.67	727
C	Spellweaver Ahri	4.68	2,210
B	Elderwood Aphelios	4.74	105,810
C	Solar Yunara & Sejuani	4.74	8,217
C	Lunar Aphelios & Alune	4.78	1,527
C	Sprykin Ashe & Sett	4.80	35,305
C	Solar Kayle	4.82	131,545
C	Inferno Kennen	4.83	6,571
C	Elderwood Ahri	4.85	862
C	Inferno Juggernaut	4.90	9,161
C	Summoner Soraka & Malphite	4.91	2,483
D	Defender Soraka & Ezreal	4.91	1,549
D	Spellweaver Ahri Defender	4.93	715
D	Solar Kayle Defender	4.95	872
D	Fae Sivir & Tristana	5.06	2,133
D	Elderwood Draven & Ezreal	5.07	791
D	Elderwood Veigar & Ornn	5.11	25,346
D	Blossom Ahri & Lillia	5.18	1,524
D	Inferno Malphite & Kennen	5.19	1,083
D	Inferno Fae	5.20	1,828
D	Sprykin Teemo	5.24	840
D	Elderwood Aphelios & Kha'Zix	5.38	5,939
D	Summoner Soraka & Zyra	5.42	448
D	Sprykin Tristana & Rammus Primal	5.46	960
D	Sprykin Kha'Zix	5.63	1,805
D	Summoner Zyra	5.68	470
D	Elderwood Sivir Primal	5.69	414
D	Coven Morgana & Cassiopeia Invoker	5.70	470
D	Coven Morgana & Cassiopeia	5.74	895
D	Coven Cassiopeia & Morgana	6.16	1,254
D	Elderwood Inferno	6.55	3,925
D	Elderwood Draven Vanguard	6.67	663
—	Lunar Veigar	2.21	68
—	Solar Kayle & Xayah	2.71	107
—	Fae Aphelios & Alune	2.90	283
—	Sprykin Teemo & Morgana	2.91	303
—	Solar Kayle Fae	3.19	108
—	Solar Aphelios	3.20	154
—	Sprykin Gnar	3.24	140
—	Brawler Gnar	3.24	98
—	Sprykin Rengar & Tristana	3.29	63
—	Lunar Rengar	3.35	79
—	Sprykin Rengar	3.38	64
—	Sprykin Teemo Fae	3.39	110
—	Elderwood Aphelios Executioner	3.41	288
—	Hunter Draven & Ashe	3.42	104
—	Executioner Rengar & Kha'Zix	3.49	92
—	Sprykin Tristana Primal	3.49	79
—	Invoker Teemo	3.54	173
—	Executioner Draven Brawler	3.55	87
—	Defender Rengar Flora Fatalis	3.55	146
—	Solar Kayle Elderwood	3.62	236
—	Executioner Kha'Zix Inferno	3.65	245
—	Sprykin Teemo Emerald Aspect	3.65	104
—	Sprykin Veigar Invoker	3.74	62
—	Sprykin Ashe & Tristana	3.79	82
—	Elderwood Sivir & Lillia	3.79	68
—	Sprykin Teemo Brawler	3.89	131
—	Sprykin Veigar & Soraka	3.89	62
—	Spellweaver Fiddlesticks & Kha'Zix	3.90	63
—	Spellweaver Alune & Ahri	3.91	181
—	Lunar Alune Blossom	3.94	145
—	Elderwood Aphelios Defender	3.95	94
—	Invoker Teemo Caustic	3.95	130
—	Sprykin Veigar & Teemo Blackthorn	3.96	172
—	Juggernaut Maokai	3.97	149
—	Solar Aphelios & Kayle Defender	3.97	166
—	Blossom Ahri & Ashe Spellweaver	3.99	147
—	Sprykin Veigar Fae	4.00	254
—	Inferno Ashe	4.02	204
—	Spellweaver Kha'Zix & Fiddlesticks	4.03	76
—	Lunar Aphelios & Alune Defender	4.07	70
—	Fae Kha'Zix & Aphelios	4.08	118
—	Lunar Alune & Aphelios	4.10	279
—	Sprykin Tristana Fae	4.18	165
—	Elderwood Aphelios & Lillia	4.18	76
—	Fae Tristana Vanguard	4.24	114
—	Sprykin Rammus & Teemo	4.25	68
—	Fae Sivir & Nidalee Hunter	4.26	136
—	Spellweaver Morgana	4.28	107
—	Solar Rengar & Kha'Zix	4.29	303
—	Elderwood Ezreal Spellweaver	4.33	183
—	Fae Draven & Ashe	4.33	180
—	Executioner Kha'Zix Spellweaver	4.34	147
—	Sprykin Tristana & Rammus Fae	4.34	79
—	Elderwood Ezreal Blackthorn	4.34	67
—	Sprykin Aphelios	4.36	66
—	Defender Lillia & Kennen	4.40	106
—	Elderwood Alune & Ahri Spellweaver	4.40	62
—	Brawler Sett	4.43	202
—	Spellweaver Kha'Zix	4.43	101
—	Blossom Ahri & Zyra	4.43	153
—	Ravager Kha'Zix Defender	4.44	82
—	Hunter Tristana & Rammus	4.45	270
—	Adaptor Nidalee & Master Yi	4.45	189
—	Elderwood Ezreal Inferno	4.45	122
—	Inferno Kennen & Varus	4.47	150
—	Blossom Ahri & Sett Adaptor	4.48	101
—	Blossom Ahri & Malphite	4.48	185
—	Defender Draven	4.49	175
—	Solar Aphelios Lunar	4.49	81
—	Defender Draven & Alune	4.52	66
—	Sprykin Morgana & Lillia	4.52	61
—	Elderwood Lux Defender	4.53	76
—	Sprykin Ashe Defender	4.53	172
—	Spellweaver Veigar & Ornn	4.53	98
—	Blackthorn Malphite & Soraka	4.53	225
—	Invoker Kha'Zix	4.54	67
—	Inferno Ashe Emerald Aspect	4.54	59
—	Sprykin Teemo Defender	4.55	238
—	Fae Lillia	4.56	70
—	Lunar Aphelios Inferno	4.56	141
—	Spellweaver Ahri & Veigar	4.57	56
—	Defender Ashe & Lillia	4.58	62
—	Spellweaver Ahri & Malphite	4.59	61
—	Defender Kayle	4.61	160
—	Sprykin Rammus Lunar	4.61	115
—	Sprykin Tristana & Sivir	4.61	70
—	Solar Kayle Rapidfire	4.62	248
—	Executioner Blossom	4.62	66
—	Elderwood Aphelios & Hecarim	4.63	71
—	Blossom Ahri & Lux	4.64	97
—	Fae Sivir	4.65	367
—	Solar Aphelios & Kayle	4.66	192
—	Defender Ashe & Sett	4.66	92
—	Blossom Sett & Ahri Spellweaver	4.68	82
—	Elderwood Ahri & Sett	4.68	180
—	Executioner Alune Spellweaver	4.68	206
—	Sprykin Veigar Spellweaver	4.70	109
—	Elderwood Morgana & Ezreal	4.70	133
—	Blackthorn Malphite & Soraka Executioner	4.72	164
—	Executioner Draven	4.72	200
—	Inferno Kennen Executioner	4.72	186
—	Elderwood Lillia & Sivir	4.72	58
—	Solar Kayle Lunar	4.74	158
—	Elderwood Fae Fae	4.81	59
—	Fae Sivir & Lillia	4.82	104
—	Inferno Ravager	4.82	128
—	Sprykin Tristana & Teemo	4.83	176
—	Lunar Alune & Malphite	4.83	71
—	Primal Draven & Sivir	4.83	131
—	Sprykin Teemo Invoker	4.85	337
—	Elderwood Ezreal Defender	4.85	139
—	Rival Kha'Zix & Rengar Executioner	4.89	81
—	Elderwood Summoner	4.90	68
—	Sprykin Teemo Spellweaver	4.91	127
—	Primal Nidalee & Sivir Defender	4.94	65
—	Summoner Malphite	4.94	117
—	Solar Kayle Old Growth	4.94	69
—	Solar Kayle Primal	4.94	289
—	Elderwood Malphite & Zyra	4.95	74
—	Executioner Malphite & Soraka Spellweaver	4.95	106
—	Primal Alune	4.95	196
—	Executioner Malphite Spellweaver	4.95	175
—	Summoner Morgana & Sentinel	4.97	64
—	Fae Tristana	4.97	245
—	Riftbeast Cinderling & Yorick	4.98	123
—	Sprykin Teemo & LeBlanc	4.98	255
—	Sprykin Rek'Sai & Veigar	4.99	71
—	Inferno Aphelios Defender	5.00	160
—	Fae Sivir & Ashe	5.00	164
—	Elderwood Ezreal Fae	5.01	177
—	Defender LeBlanc & Lillia	5.02	241
—	Rapidfire Aphelios Inferno	5.02	333
—	Blossom Ahri Fae	5.03	96
—	Sprykin Veigar Defender	5.03	88
—	Elderwood Ezreal Old Growth	5.04	119
—	Hunter Sivir & Tristana	5.06	67
—	Executioner Ezreal	5.08	271
—	Blossom Ahri & Morgana Juggernaut	5.08	72
—	Primal Nidalee Juggernaut	5.11	191
—	Inferno Aphelios Rapidfire	5.14	124
—	Spellweaver Fiddlesticks	5.14	77
—	Solar Kayle & Aphelios (Yorick)	5.15	87
—	Elderwood Ahri & Morgana	5.15	85
—	Coven Morgana & Cassiopeia Vanguard	5.16	346
—	Juggernaut Soraka & Amumu	5.17	90
—	Defender Aphelios Fae	5.19	64
—	Fae Sivir & Nidalee Defender	5.22	103
—	Inferno Ashe Vanguard	5.23	151
—	Elderwood Malphite & Ezreal	5.24	94
—	Rival Rengar & Kha'Zix Ravager	5.25	127
—	Summoner Zyra Defender	5.28	72
—	Spellweaver Aphelios	5.29	70
—	Defender Sivir & Nidalee	5.30	61
—	Rapidfire Aphelios Elderwood	5.31	65
—	Adaptor Master Yi & Kog'Maw Defender	5.31	68
—	Fae Spellweaver	5.31	203
—	Solar Kha'Zix & Kayle	5.32	314
—	Spellweaver Ahri & Cassiopeia	5.33	112
—	Elderwood Alune Vanguard	5.36	74
—	Fae Soraka	5.37	145
—	Defender Akali & Camille	5.39	54
—	Flora Fatalis Draven	5.39	66
—	Primal Sivir & Nidalee Fae	5.41	101
—	Inferno Kha'Zix	5.41	164
—	Blossom Tristana	5.43	126
—	Solar Kayle (nd6riv)	5.43	109
—	Executioner Morgana	5.43	60
—	Defender Aphelios Rapidfire	5.43	99
—	Coven Morgana & Amumu	5.44	80
—	Spellweaver Malphite & Soraka	5.44	66
—	Inferno Ezreal & Amumu	5.44	113
—	Blossom Ahri Defender	5.45	69
—	Fae Sivir Hunter	5.46	67
—	Solar Sprykin	5.48	357
—	Executioner Soraka Defender	5.48	131
—	Fae Morgana & Ahri	5.49	105
—	Sprykin Draven	5.49	51
—	Spellweaver Alune & Malphite	5.49	73
—	Solar Kayle Juggernaut	5.50	125
—	Elderwood Draven & Alune	5.52	174
—	Executioner Zyra & Soraka	5.53	58
—	Sprykin Tristana	5.54	226
—	Fae Sivir & Nidalee	5.56	176
—	Primal Sivir & Nidalee Inferno	5.58	65
—	Inferno Rapidfire	5.59	108
—	Summoner Azir	5.59	69
—	Elderwood Draven Old Growth	5.61	104
—	Sprykin Teemo Riftbeast	5.61	216
—	Elderwood Ezreal Avatar	5.62	78
—	Fae Sivir Primal	5.62	102
—	Sprykin Rammus & Kog'Maw	5.63	75
—	Inferno Nidalee	5.63	124
—	Inferno Aphelios Lunar	5.66	86
—	Elderwood Ezreal (4tbwmm)	5.66	86
—	Executioner Ashe & Ezreal	5.67	99
—	Elderwood Draven Brawler	5.68	334
—	Juggernaut Malphite & Soraka	5.69	113
—	Spellweaver Ahri Vanguard	5.71	82
—	Blossom Ahri & Morgana Spellweaver	5.73	180
—	Inferno Draven Brawler	5.74	139
—	Defender Inferno	5.78	105
—	Sprykin Tristana Vanguard	5.78	101
—	Coven Morgana & Cassiopeia Spellweaver	5.78	144
—	Fae Tristana & Lillia	5.79	219
—	Defender Cassiopeia	5.81	203
—	Solar Kayle Flora Fatalis	5.92	399
—	Elderwood Draven Juggernaut	5.92	171
—	Executioner Ezreal Juggernaut	5.93	134
—	Coven Morgana Invoker	5.94	50
—	Elderwood Ezreal Invoker	5.94	71
—	Executioner Soraka	5.97	149
—	Elderwood Aphelios Rapidfire (Brambleback)	5.98	53
—	Executioner Kha'Zix Ravager	5.99	97
—	Adaptor Akali & Shen	6.01	88
—	Executioner Soraka & Malphite	6.03	69
—	Solar Kayle (Mama Beak)	6.03	98
—	Sprykin Tristana Defender	6.08	65
—	Primal Sivir & Nidalee Juggernaut	6.10	61
—	Coven Draven & Lux	6.10	70
—	Invoker Morgana Sprykin	6.22	79
—	Solar Kayle (Vi)	6.23	111
—	Solar Kayle Coven	6.25	139
—	Coven Cassiopeia & Morgana Spellweaver	6.28	83
—	Coven Ahri & Morgana	6.28	71
—	Coven Morgana & Caitlyn	6.29	87
—	Elderwood Draven Inferno	6.30	172
—	Rapidfire Shen	6.30	107
—	Elderwood Fae	6.32	66
—	Coven Draven Spellweaver	6.37	109
—	Elderwood Draven (zu656z)	6.37	87
—	Solar Kayle Blackthorn	6.38	118
—	Fae Primal	6.41	102
—	Elderwood Draven Defender	6.44	116
—	Blossom Fiddlesticks	6.47	64
—	Fae Aphelios & Lillia	6.50	276
—	Ravager Akali & Camille	6.50	80
—	Coven Lux & Cassiopeia	6.51	82
—	Summoner Vi & Azir	6.52	90
—	Blossom Primal	6.53	177
—	Elderwood Draven Fae	6.55	188
—	Elderwood Ezreal Flora Fatalis	6.60	93
—	Inferno Vanguard	6.62	91
—	Elderwood LeBlanc & Alistar	6.63	52
—	Elderwood Draven (cecfxr)	6.68	108
—	Summoner Soraka	6.73	85
—	Adaptor Inferno	6.78	77
—	Elderwood Draven Greenfather	6.83	58
—	Elderwood Inferno Inferno	6.83	99
—	Elderwood Aphelios & Ezreal Juggernaut	6.88	158
—	Coven Spellweaver	7.00	143
—	Elderwood Yunara & Alistar	7.04	74
—	Blossom Ahri (zd4p7h)	7.17	69
—	Coven Inferno Inferno	7.20	66
—	Fae Ahri	7.32	77
—	Inferno Akali	7.65	74