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With Season 2 closing out July 28, patch 26.13 is the meta you're climbing in right now. Let's skip the theory and go straight to what's actually winning games.
Bot Lane: Play One of These or You're Griefing
Caitlyn is and has been S-tier for three patches straight. Range advantage, trap zone control, and she scales well into every game phase. If you want the lowest-effort path to LP right now, this is it.
Zeri bounced back after last patch's buffs. The trick is building into teamfight comps where you're getting shields — once she starts chaining the W speed boost she becomes genuinely hard to kill. High ceiling, worth learning if you enjoy hypercarry gameplay.
Smolder is a sleeper. Low presence in lower elos but showing 54% win rate in Diamond+ when players hit his Q stacking powerspike. He gets exponentially better the longer the game goes. Long games in solo queue are common right now — this is his moment.
Top Lane: It's the Garen-Darius Show
Both are getting nerfs in 26.14, which tells you everything about where they are right now. Garen is winning games through sheer stat-checking, Darius is bleeding you out in every extended trade. If you don't have a counter-pick or a mobility tool, these lanes are rough.
Kennen is the quiet winner of this patch — 53% win rate across all ranks. His ult in teamfights is still one of the best AoE engages in the game, and he's slippery enough to survive the current top lane assassins.
Jungle: Sivir Is Doing What Now?
Yeah, Sivir jungle. Her passive gives her insane camp clear speed and early gank pressure through movement speed. It's not a meme — she's showing real results in solo queue. Heydmar is still the safe, consistent pick if you want something proven, but if you want to catch people off guard, jungle Sivir is the play.
The Takeaway
Two weeks left in Season 2. If you're pushing for a checkpoint, play what's on this list and don't overthink it. The meta is about to shift hard with patch 26.14 nerfs and Season 3 changes — take advantage of what's broken right now while you still can.