Why there are no win rates here

When Classic launched in July 2026, its match data was briefly reachable through the public API. Stats sites started publishing rates within days, and Riot pulled the endpoint. Riot's developer-relations notice says Classic match history stays out of the API, and asks that Classic data “not be aggregated or displayed to users in any form.” The stated reason, discussed at length in the community thread: to keep the mode's experimental spirit alive. AP Sion, AP Master Yi and AP Tristana exist as living picks precisely because no meta site can declare them dead by decimal.

Riftback decided against rates on July 31, 2026, before Riot's notice made it policy. The reasoning was simpler than principle: a number nobody can verify does not belong on a reference site. When the official position arrived, nothing here had to change.

The flip side is worth saying plainly: any site showing you an exact Classic win, pick or ban rate today is showing you a number that cannot be checked against official match data, whatever its methodology page says.

• Tiers as the median of six named boards, read on a stated date, with every board's letter and one game reason on each champion's card. Editorial opinion, labeled as such.
• Game values checked against the client: cooldowns, costs, damage, base stats, item stats and prices, rune and mastery values. A number that stops matching the live client blocks the site from publishing. How that works.
• Hand-written matchup notes that argue from the kits, not from a rate, because the rate does not exist to argue from.