The thing that took me longest to figure out on this champ is that there isn't one correct build, there's one correct build *per game*. Sera can be a poke APC, a lockdown support, or a pure enchanter, and picking the wrong one is most of why she feels weak in the games where she feels weak.

So here's all three, with reasoning for every item.

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IMAGE 1: SERANAP

Dream Maker into Helia into Diadem into Moonstone. Run this when your team has 2+ bruisers or tanks.

The entire build is built around double W. You want to proc it twice early, and multiple times once Diadem is online. Helia is easy to stack because your autos are long ranged. Moonstone buffs healing from all three sources at once. Dawncore if fights are going long, Redemption if you want a faster last-item spike.

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IMAGE 2: SERAPHREEZE

Bloodsong into Imperial Mandate into Rylai's, Shurelya's fourth, Morello last.

Bloodsong procs off her passive almost for free. Imperial is bought primarily for the E cooldown. Rylai's plus Imperial means anything you touch is frozen and marked, and it lets you spam double E late. Shurelya's is what turns this from a peel build into an engage build. Morello last because almost every game needs heal cut eventually.

Into assassins or a mobile ADC: Rylai's second with Lucidity boots.

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IMAGE 3: THE SERAS TOUR

Seraph's into Imperial into Rylai's, then Bloodletter's, then Zhonya's or Banshee's, Mejai's whenever.

E-spam build. Dark Seal + Tear on first back, always. Same freeze identity as Seraphreeze but you're a real damage threat instead of a support. Mejai's the moment you hit 10 stacks, doesn't have to be last.

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**Quick decision rule**

- 2+ Front line on your team → Seranap

- Divers or mobile carries on enemy team, or you're the one making picks → Seraphreeze

- ALL APC GAMES → Seras Tour

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IMAGE 4 & 5 - WINRATES AND MATCHUPS

The 69% isn't spread evenly. Three champions account for a quarter of all my losses this season.

**Tristana — 2W 5L (29%).** Hard counter, full stop. She gap closes and there isn't much you can do about it. Your E does not stop her, the jump goes through it anyway.

**Jhin — 3W 5L (38%) and Ashe — 2W 3L (40%).** Both have insane range on you. These are the two where you have to play according to your support instead of trying to make plays yourself.

That's 13 losses out of 51 total from three champions.

On the other side:

**Kai'Sa — 8W 0L.** Easiest matchup in the game because of her short range. Always aim your E *in front* of her, never behind, on the assumption she's walking up to you. Worst case you miss and still create enough space that she can't touch you.

**Mel — 9W 2L (82%).** Never use E or R into her. Spam Q on her and put your E on her support instead. If she's the support, flip it and E the ADC.

**Draven — 4W 1L (80%).** One of the easiest matchups because you always know where the axes are landing. Quick Rylai's second with Lucidity boots and you wreck him.

Also: Ezreal 5W 1L, Jinx 4W 0L, Nautilus 4W 1L, Caitlyn 3W 0L.

The honest takeaway is that if you're stuck on Seraphine, look at what you're losing to before you look at what you're building. Most of my improvement this season came from changing how I play three matchups, not from changing items. You should not be dying more than 5 times in a game, or at least try to bring your average deaths to about 3-5 a game.

My account if you want to dig through the games: https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/Sharpe-NA1

Happy to answer anything in the comments.

Y'all remember I came back after a 2 year break. Started E4 in [month], 3-4 games a day, just hit Chall. 59% overall, 68% on Sera.

She did all of it. I also burned an embarrassing number of games forcing Hwei as a secondary, and my WR on him was bad enough that Sera was carrying even harder than the raw numbers show.

The two things I'd tell anyone climbing on her:

1. Die less. That's it. That's the tip.

As an APC you especially cannot die. 4-5 deaths is the ceiling, aim for under 3. THIS IS ESPECIALLY FOR LANING PHASE. TRY NOT TO DIE MID TO LATE GAME.

Nothing else I changed moved winrate like this did.

You are not the frontline, so use flash conservatively, you don't have a dash, and every death is 45+ seconds of your team playing 4v5 without the only real teamfight lever they have.

Seraphine's ult is her best ability, it CHANGES games tremendously. You can turn around games so easily on her, and people don't know it fully. So if you're dead = you're risking a losing teamfight.

 

2. MS shard + Dark Seal into Swifties, most games.

This meta demands you move around fast, and these compound.

Dark Seal only pays off if you're stacking it, which loops right back to tip 1. Die and you're getting behind. Play for stacks (assists should be easy to get) and the movement speed, and the two tips reinforce each other instead of sitting as separate advice.

This holds on support too, not just APC. If you're ahead and going Mandate into Imperial, the shard and Seal are still correct. The shield build is situational, save it for games where your team has tanks and bruisers and you can restore % health to those who lose it slower.

 

Should I write a guide? Drop what you want in it and I'll make sure it's there.

op.gg: https://op.gg/lol/summoners/na/Sharpe-NA1