Onboarding-plan clarity tiers
How clearly the reviewed guide can express a repeatable onboarding plan; lower branching is placed earlier.
Tier 1 · Clear loop
The reviewed guide presents a compact repeatable plan with relatively few decision branches.
Nasus
The reviewed plan has one repeatable lane loop: protect health, collect Q stacks and choose resistance for the actual lane.
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Leona
The reviewed plan states a direct support decision: preserve health, identify one engage window and coordinate the follow-up.
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Sona
The reviewed plan centres on repeatable spacing, aura value and measured sustain rather than many branching build decisions.
Read the reviewed Sona guide →Tier 2 · Context-led
The plan is clear, but lane state, target choice or team setup changes the next action.
Ahri
The reviewed plan is readable but changes with charm access, wave position and whether mobility is used to enter or leave.
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Lux
The reviewed plan requires choosing between safe wave control, pick setup and protective spell use according to team position.
Read the reviewed Lux guide →
Jax
The reviewed plan has a clear scaling objective, but trade length, Counter Strike timing and side-lane risk add context.
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Jarvan IV
The reviewed jungle plan changes with lane setup, flag-drag availability and whether Cataclysm helps or traps allies.
Read the reviewed Jarvan IV guide →Tier 3 · High branching
The guide exposes more sequencing, spacing or pathing choices before the next action is clear.
Ezreal
The reviewed plan depends on repeated spacing, skill-shot access, item timing and deciding when Arcane Shift is safe to spend.
Read the reviewed Ezreal guide →
Vayne
The reviewed plan places a high share of each fight on range control, tumble direction and target-by-target positioning.
Read the reviewed Vayne guide →
Lee Sin
The reviewed jungle plan exposes many sequencing choices across energy, wards, mobility and early-path adaptation.
Read the reviewed Lee Sin guide →How placement is reviewed
- Only the 10 original full-depth guide pilots are eligible for this edition.
- Editors read the lane plan, practical ability use, build caveat and matchup notes.
- Placement asks how many context branches appear before the guide's next action is clear.
- Each entry links back to its Patch 26.15 community-evidence guide, review date and next-review deadline.
- Corrections can change rationale or placement; no silent statistical inference is added.
- win rate, pick rate or ban rate
- overall champion strength or a tournament meta
- mechanical skill as a universal player trait
- matchmaking or Riot API player data
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