EUW female player Season 13 stats ft. comments from players
As we enter the first full month of Season 14, let’s have a look at the women that distinguished themselves in their roles throughout and at the end of Season 13.
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DISCLAIMER: As this article is about solo queue stats specifically, the roles shown are those on which the players achieved their listed ranks during Season 13 Split 2. Therefore, for some players the role shown is different from their competitive role. Statistics used in this article are exclusively from Season 13 Split 2.
The 2 Challengers: Superelchi & Nenris
2 women made it to Challenger in EUW solo queue during Season 13 Split 2: German botlaner Nenris and German support Superelchi. I reached out to both of them for comments on their solo queue experience throughout the split:
Nenris: “I am happy and proud of my achievement. Even if I didn't reach my goal of getting 1000 LP, getting Challenger still feels like a success. Solo queue is not my priority, but it is important for practice. There's much to improve next year for me and my priority will always be to perform in competitive play over solo queue.”
Superelchi: “It was nice to hit Challenger again, but next season I want to keep it. Solo queue was full of scripters and lobbycrashers, not enjoyable. There were like 5 scripters who had 300+ games as Challengers and only got banned near the end of the season. Solo queue in Season 13 felt worthless. But I believe that Season 14 will be better, or at least I hope so!”
Peak LP rankings:
Top:
The two toplaners that played for Galaxy Racer, FengDere (now with MAD Lions KOI Femenino) and Telch, take the first 2 spots. FengDere rose from #2 last season to #1, while last season’s #1 Sanah got 8th place. Sea rounds out the Top 3.
Telch: “Last season was overall the best for me, I enjoyed playing solo queue. I was expecting that I’d reach a new peak as I felt really confident in my splitpush knowledge, and won most of my games by playing splitpush. I don't like Season 14 because after the map changes + the removal of Divine Sunderer Camille feels unplayable.”
Jungle:
G2 Hel jungler Shiina takes the #1 spot, trading positions with last year’s #1 Karina ( who has now joined the Team Vitality Rising Bees). Sana, who roleswapped from support to jungle this year, got #3.
Sana: “I roleswapped to jungle to play NNOwO and reached Master within 7 days while streaming my games. With this new perspective I learned a lot about the game itself and I am very proud to have peaked 500+ LP on 2 accounts. I feel I need to improve my macro in order to become better, as I struggled a lot at the end of the season.”
Mid:
Greek midlaner Apollonia retains her #1 spot from 2022, staying on top of her role. France is the most-represented country, with 4 players in the Top 10; most notably current G2 Hel and former Team BDS Valkyries midlaner Sha.
Apollonia: “Ι grinded this account all the way from 48% winrate in low Master, getting +21/-25 LP on the way. Every time my solo queue games are not going well I think about this and conclude that things are fine; I'll be able to turn things around again.”
Bot:
Caltys also retains her #1 spot from 2022. Right below is Miella, a newcomer to the scene; she has now joined DKB Diamonds RAW. Germany has 4 spots in the Top 10, included the aforementioned Challenger-peaker Nenris.
Miella: “While I think this season overall was pretty solid for me, I couldn't really show how much I improved. I was GM for a long time but didn't reach my goal of Challenger. However, I am certain that I will come back waay stronger in the next season and will show everyone what I am capable of.”
Support:
Kyanna has risen from being #2 in 2022 to take the #1 spot amongst supports, and also #1 across all roles. She dethroned Superelchi, who finished at #5. Between them there are 3 supports that only played solo queue, not competitively: Kittxnly, Amanda, and Black Orchid. In the Top 10 is also Indifferent, that transferred from one LEC org (KOI) to another (Team Vitality).
Indifferent: “My overall solo queue experience this split was pretty good, it has been one of the reasons that I enjoyed playing more solo queue than usual. Maybe one of the reasons was that I started playing with no chat, so it was easier for me to focus on just the gameplay. Sadly though, the end of the season was pretty messy. The changes on the LP gains people not caring about the games made things really tough.”
End of season LP rankings:
Top:
FengDere is #1 in the season end rankings as well. Late-season peaker CrowMac, who has now joined the Team Vitality Rising Bees, finished #2.
CrowMac: ”Throughout most of the split I had a full-time job and couldn’t achieve what I wanted. At the start of 2024 my full-time contract with Team Vitality started and I grinded way faster for the last 9 days of the ranked split, as I was now able to full focus on the game.”
Jungle:
Trez, who has now joined Team GO Aurora, rose from #3 at the end of last season to take #1. The Top 5 players are the same as in the peak LP rankings, just in a different order.
Trez: “It was a split of highs and lows, but ultimately I'm now more confident in playing different styles at a higher level. Going into next season I'm aiming to play 3-5 games per session, as it limits tilt and makes focusing on reviewing easier.”
Mid:
Apollonia takes #1 in season end rank as well, and this time with a massive gap between her and #2. Dragon also features in the Top 5 for a second season.
TwoStone: “For me, solo queue was a place of relaxation and LP was not my main focus. Near the end of the season some personal circumstances changed and I was able to focus properly. I started playing for LP and improvement again, and returned to top performance.”
Bot:
The Top 4 is exactly the same as in the peak LP rankings, while newcomer Xayla gets the #5 spot.
Xayla: “Adding Emerald to the game made things very awkward. I had a really hard time playing in that rank and I’ve heard the same thing from many players I know. Once I made it to Diamond things were a lot smoother; I’ve never had as a big problem getting out of a rank as I did with Emerald. I am happy with the 200 LP peak I reached, as it shows I’m improving.”
Support:
Kittxnly finishes #1 amongst supports for another year, while also getting the #1 season end LP in all roles. Just like in the peak LP rankings, it is Amanda, Black Orchid, Superelchi, and Amylein that follow her.
Amylein: “I hit Grandmaster for the first time in my life this split. How did I get there? Coaching and focusing on doing the right things consistently. Since support is generally not a mechanically difficult role, you need to have knowledge about roam timers, warding, wave states, and so on. This makes the actual difference between good and bad supports and will lead to climbing.”
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This article was based on my own research. It is of course impossible to know every single woman on EUW, so if you are or you know someone who should have been here, feel free to contact me and I’ll keep you/them in mind for the future.