The finals at MSI 2022 are coming up. In one of the most important LoL tournaments of the whole year, the biggest names of League eSports are involved. For followers, in addition to the spectacular play of their idols, one thing is also of enormous importance: Which champions are played most often by the pros?

MSI 2022: The most frequent champion picks

Let’s start with the top lane. For the eSports players at MSI, Gwen is the clear favorite here. She has played 34 games so far. It’s no wonder that she’s also among the champions who are banned most often and thus may not be selected. She has already been denied selection 20 times. If she is selected, however, she has a win rate of 63 percent, the highest at this year’s MSI.

In the Jungle, Viego is the most popular champion (35 picks). What is surprising is his very weak statistics in terms of wins: he only managed to win just under 29 percent of his outings. Still, if you want to see Viego play at a world-class level, you should watch highlights of RNG’s Yan ‘Wei’ Yang-Wei. In his five matches with the champion, he comes in with a win rate of 80 percent. The 19-year-old Chinese is in top form at MSI and has the highest KD of all players.

Fakers favorite is banned frequently

On the mid-lane superstar Lee ‘Faker’ Sang-hyeok is at home. His favorite choice Ahri is picked there most often (25 games). But with 44 bans, she is also among the characters who have been banned the most. Only ADC champion Lucian (66 bans) has been denied more often. Ahri comes in at a 60 percent win rate. ‘Fakers’ second favorite pick is Twisted Fate. He is a solid pick for all LoL pros when Ahri has been banned. With 19 games played, he ranks second among mid lane favorites.

The bot lane at MSI is dominated by one player in particular: Chen ‘GALA’ Wei is the only player to manage a penta-kill (eliminating the entire opposing team) so far in this year’s tournament. His favorite is Kai’Sa, and with a total of 24 picks, she is also the top ADC choice. Hardly any other player dominates her like ‘GALA’: he was able to win all four games with her. It’s better not to let the 21-year-old compete with her

When it comes to support, i.e. the team’s supporting unit, Nautilus (30 matches) makes the race just ahead of Leona (27 matches). Nautilus was even used as ADC in one match. Again, a representative from RNG does the best job with this champion. Shi ‘Ming’ Sen-Ming could choose Nautilus six times and won all matches with him.

Which champions the LoL elite will choose in the final, can be followed on Sunday at 10:00 German time on the YouTube channel of LoL Esports