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Recoil

selected ability deals 25% increased damage and knocks you backward.
Tier
B
Rank
#136
Rarity
Gold
Offered in
All picks
Patch
26.21

How Recoil plays

Recoil is B tier over all champions on patch 26.21: #136 of 226 augments and #52 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 does best on Twisted Fate, Vex and Akali. 9 of its 15 best champions are mages.

It is stronger early: B tier as a first pick and C tier by the fourth pick. Take it when it shows up early.

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

Recoil 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.
PickTierRank in that pick
First pickTier B#97
Second pickTier B#113
Third pickTier B#121
Fourth pickTier C#154

Best champions for Recoil

The champions Recoil 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.
#ChampionRoleRecoil on itChampion tier
1Twisted Fate iconTwisted FateMageTier STier S
2Vex iconVexMageTier STier B
3Akali iconAkaliAssassinTier ATier D
4Veigar iconVeigarMageTier ATier B
5Xerath iconXerathMageTier ATier B
6Lissandra iconLissandraMageTier ATier B
7Teemo iconTeemoMarksmanTier ATier S
8Ziggs iconZiggsMageTier ATier B
9Sett iconSettFighterTier ATier A
10Neeko iconNeekoMageTier ATier C
11Senna iconSennaSupportTier BTier C
12Ashe iconAsheMarksmanTier BTier D
13Heimerdinger iconHeimerdingerMageTier BTier B
14Karma iconKarmaMageTier BTier B
15Shyvana iconShyvanaFighterTier BTier A
16Annie iconAnnieMageTier BTier B
17Kai'Sa iconKai'SaMarksmanTier BTier B
18Quinn iconQuinnMarksmanTier BTier D
19Caitlyn iconCaitlynMarksmanTier BTier B
20Sivir iconSivirMarksmanTier BTier C

Also good on Bard, Seraphine, Rumble, Smolder, Jinx, Graves and Corki.

Cards that pair with Recoil

The cards that do best next to it in the same game, best first.
  1. 1Echo CastTier A
  2. 2Trusty WeaponTier C
  3. 3Steel Your HeartTier A
  4. 4Celestial BodyTier B
  5. 5Slap AroundTier B
  6. 6GoliathTier A
  7. 7Flash 2Tier C
  8. 8BEES!!!Tier A

Items to buy with Recoil

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. Lich Bane1. Lich Bane
  2. Sterak's Gage2. Sterak's Gage
  3. Luden's Echo3. Luden's Echo
  4. Stormsurge4. Stormsurge
  5. Sorcerer's Shoes5. Sorcerer's Shoes
  6. Shadowflame6. Shadowflame

Questions and answers

What does Recoil do in ARAM Mayhem?

selected ability deals 25% increased damage and knocks you backward.

Is Recoil good in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 Recoil is B tier over all champions (#136). It is at its best on Twisted Fate, Vex and Akali.

Which champions is Recoil best on?

Best first: Twisted Fate, Vex, Akali, Veigar, Xerath, Lissandra, Teemo and Ziggs. The full list with each champion's tier is on this page.

What pairs well with Recoil?

Echo Cast, Trusty Weapon and Steel Your Heart, 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.

Related

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.