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Sorcery

Botanist

BOTANIST

Gold income

Empower plant effects and gain gold

Effect

When you destroy a plant, gain 10 gold and empowered plant effects. Honeyfruit: Heal is increased by 20% when consumed. Scryer's Bloom: Vision granted lasts 20% longer when destroyed. Blast Cone: Gain 40% Movement Speed for 2.5 seconds after the knockback.

Build Trends

Official Tencent data (China server, Diamond+)As of 2026-09-2709/27 to 2026-11-0611/06

Champions using it26 rows, by pick rateby win rate

By lane

Mid54%
Top28%
Jungle11%
Support7%

SortFaded rows: pick rate under 2%

Only the top rune pages Tencent publishes are counted, so the pick rate reads lower than actual and win rates and shares lean toward the top. Streamer and pro builds are the 409 Chinese builds published by Tencent (excluding those with removed items).

How it is calculated

Pick rate is the sum over champions and lanes, and win rate is the average weighted by it. The lane breakdown and "Runes on the same page" are shares of that sum. Match counts are not published, so every champion is weighted equally.

Analysis

Gold equivalent

Gold equivalent is 134G per match (est.), #3 of 4 in this Sorcery row.

Match average

134G* est.

#3 of 4 in this Sorcery row

Gold per plant 56%Blast Cone speed boost 23%Survival factor 21%

In this row

4 Sorcery row

Hextech Flashtraption594

Axiom arcanist184

Botanist134

Manaflow Band126

By level

Gold eq.
Match average 134

	Lv1	Lv5	Lv10	Lv15
Gold eq.	118	127	139	151

Assumptions Behind This ValueTap for details

Survival factor

Moving faster by some % is counted as that % more effective health, since speed lets you dodge and escape. Value = median max health × the speed gain × the health price.

Move speed % as flat

Move speed % is converted to flat move speed against the median base speed of 350, then priced at the flat rate.

Champion median

Values that depend on the champion, such as health, use the median of all champions at level 1 and level 15.

Full Calculation

Gold per plant: 10G each75G

BasisIn-game text (captured 2026-09-23): 10 gold per plant; assumes one plant every 60s

110G × (900s match ÷ 60s interval)= 150G per match
2Half as the mid-match average= 75G

Blast Cone speed boost (2.5s)43〜76G

BasisIn-game text (captured 2026-09-23): 40% move speed for 2.5s after a Blast Cone; assumes 1 in 3 plants is one, so every 180s; other plant boosts have no base amount to count

140% × 56G (1% of median base move speed 350 × 16G) × 2.5s ÷ 180s interval= 31G
2Survival: +0.56% speed is counted as +0.56% effective health
3Median max health × 0.56% × health price= 12–45G
4Total 43–76G

Total 118–151G (level 1–15)
Match average: mean of levels 1–15 = 134G

Patch Changes

Ver. 7

History7.1Changed7.2Changed7.2bNerf

7.2bNerf2026-07-29

Gold on Plant destruction: 30 → 10

7.2Changed2026-07-08

[Removed] Picking up the Soulflowers grants an additional 100% gold.
Gold gained from breaking fruits: 25 → 30

7.1Changed2026-04-07

When you destroy a plant, gain 25 gold and empowered plant effects. Soulflowers near the turrets also grant additional bonuses.
Cryoblossom: When the stasis ends, the target is slowed for 1s.

Patch notes 7.3d and earlier versions

Botanist

Effect

Build Trends

Champions using it26 rows, by pick rateby win rate

Runes on the same page32 runes, by share

In streamer and pro builds8 of 409 builds (3 pro)

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