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Critical Rhythm

Your basic Attack stacks 6% Attack Speed on Critical Strikes up to 10 stacks. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.

Tier: B
Rank: #148
Rarity: Gold
Offered in: All picks
Patch: 26.21

How Critical Rhythm plays

Critical Rhythm is B tier over all champions on patch 26.21: #148 of 226 augments and #58 of the 90 gold cards. That is the average over every champion; on the right one it is worth more, on the wrong one much less.

It gives attack speed and critical strikes, so it pays off on champions that already use those. On a champion that doesn't, it is a wasted pick, whatever its tier.

It does best on Ashe, Twitch and Bel'Veth. 12 of its 15 best champions are marksmen.

Its tier holds in every pick it can show up in (B tier), so there is no bad moment to take it.

The card it pairs with best is Mighty Shield: if you already have one of the two, the other jumps up your list.

Critical Rhythm tier by pick

ARAMKit ranks every card for each of the four picks of a game separately. The rank is its place among the cards offered in that pick.

Pick	Tier	Rank in that pick
First pick	Tier B	#130
Second pick	Tier B	#151
Third pick	Tier B	#124
Fourth pick	Tier B	#130

Best champions for Critical Rhythm

The champions Critical Rhythm does best on, best first, with its tier on each and the champion's own Mayhem tier. Tiers only: no win rates for augments, as Riot's policy asks.

#	Champion	Role	Critical Rhythm on it	Champion tier
1	Ashe	Marksman	Tier S	Tier D
2	Twitch	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
3	Bel'Veth	Fighter	Tier A	Tier S
4	Tristana	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
5	Kindred	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
6	Quinn	Marksman	Tier A	Tier D
7	Sivir	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
8	Nilah	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
9	Akshan	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
10	Vayne	Marksman	Tier A	Tier B
11	Kalista	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
12	Xayah	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
13	Tryndamere	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
14	Yunara	Marksman	Tier A	Tier B
15	Jinx	Marksman	Tier A	Tier B
16	Aphelios	Marksman	Tier A	Tier B
17	Rengar	Assassin	Tier A	Tier B
18	Master Yi	Fighter	Tier A	Tier S
19	Zeri	Marksman	Tier A	Tier C
20	Briar	Fighter	Tier A	Tier B

Also good on Viego, Samira, Caitlyn, Olaf, Garen, Kayle, Vi, Kog'Maw, Nocturne, Yone, Varus, Trundle, Draven, Senna, Yasuo, Jhin, Jarvan IV, Graves, Lucian, Gangplank, Corki, Gnar, Cho'Gath, Kled, Smolder, Xin Zhao, Sett, Udyr, Miss Fortune, Warwick, Shyvana, Urgot, Zaahen, Wukong, Azir, Bard, Ezreal, Jax, Shaco, Kai'Sa, Mordekaiser, Kennen, Volibear, Taric, Irelia, Teemo, Shen, Gwen, Rek'Sai, Fiora, Camille, Nidalee, Lulu, Aurora, Diana, Braum, Yorick, Twisted Fate, Renata Glasc and Ivern.

Cards that pair with Critical Rhythm

The cards that do best next to it in the same game, best first.

Items to buy with Critical Rhythm

The items that do best in games with this card, best first, over all champions. Check your champion's build page for its own items.

1. Kaenic Rookern
2. Death's Dance
3. Rite of Ruin
4. Force of Nature
5. Spirit Visage
6. Experimental Hexplate

Questions and answers

What does Critical Rhythm do in ARAM Mayhem?

Your basic Attack stacks 6% Attack Speed on Critical Strikes up to 10 stacks. Gain Critical Strike Chance 25% Crit chance.

Is Critical Rhythm good in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 Critical Rhythm is B tier over all champions (#148). It is at its best on Ashe, Twitch and Bel'Veth.

Which champions is Critical Rhythm best on?

Best first: Ashe, Twitch, Bel'Veth, Tristana, Kindred, Quinn, Sivir and Nilah. The full list with each champion's tier is on this page.

What pairs well with Critical Rhythm?

Mighty Shield, Adaptive Ward and Slap Around, best first.

Pick your cards with the tiers next to you

LazyElo is a free Windows app that sits next to the League client. In ARAM Mayhem it shows the strongest champion on your bench, and in game you type the three cards you're offered to see their tier for your champion and what each one does.

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Plans and pricing The Mayhem card picker

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Every card from S to D on patch 26.21.
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Another B-tier gold card.
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Heavy Is The Crown
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Ashe Mayhem build
The champion Critical Rhythm does best on.
ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion from S to D.

Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.