Saddest Arcane characters

Jinx leads the Arcane ranking with 1316 ELO points over 104 duels, ahead of Isha and Vander.

Isha at rank 2 separates cleanly from the rest with a 193 ELO point gap over Vander in third position, creating a two-tier ranking. Jinx holds the top spot with 1316 points despite facing fewer duels than her closest rival, while Isha has logged 155 confrontations and maintains a 71% win rate. The podium ends with Vander at 1104 points, followed by Vi at 1082 points. Vi's 27% win rate across 166 duels places her at the bottom, suggesting that while her story arc generates reactions, it does not provoke tears as intensely as the top contenders. The ranking reflects how different types of emotional devastation resonate with viewers: from Jinx's volatile tragedy to Isha's poignant narrative.

The ranking draws on 282 duels contributed by 47 players comparing 4 contenders, last updated on 12 October 2026. With such a focused selection of characters, every vote weighs heavily in determining which moments from the series cut deepest. Head to VAINKEURZ to cast your own vote and shape this ranking by choosing between pairs of characters in direct duels.

Updated on October 12, 2026

How this ranking is computed

Every duel won lifts a contender and every loss drops them, by an amount that depends on the opponent's strength: beating the leader is worth more than beating the last. It is an ELO, the same principle as in chess. Duels are not drawn at random — an adaptive entropy sort puts the least predictable match-ups first, which settles the ranking far faster than a full round robin. A worldwide ranking is only published past 30 completed plays. Known limit: a contender who has faced few opponents keeps an approximate score, and the bottom of the table moves more than the podium.

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