Best League of Legends assassins

Akali leads the League of Legends assassin ranking with 1295 ELO points over 64 duels, ahead of Talon and Zed.

Akali holds a 27-point ELO advantage over Talon at rank 2, the largest gap in the top tier of this ranking. Zed matches Talon's 1268 ELO but claims rank 3, with both champions trailing the rogue assassin. LeBlanc sits at rank 4 with 1259 points, just 1 point ahead of Rengar at rank 5. The top contenders cluster tightly after Akali's decisive lead, suggesting fierce competition among the player base. At the bottom, Master Yi languishes at rank 18 with 1007 ELO and a 27% win rate across 56 duels, a sharp contrast to the elite assassins above. Kassadin and Shaco occupy ranks 17 and 16 respectively, marking a clear divide between favored picks and those the community deems less effective in the assassin role.

This ranking draws from 3807 duels judged by 72 players across 18 contenders, last updated on 11 October 2026. The sample captures a substantial cross-section of opinions on assassin strength in League of Legends, where mechanical skill and burst damage define success. Whether you favor Akali's dominance or believe another champion deserves the top spot, head to VAINKEURZ to cast your vote and shape the ranking.

Updated on October 11, 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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