Pick rate
Most picked, Season 38
- Stark35.3%
- Tetsuya / Megumi28.8%
- Haegang25.2%
- Shi Hou22.9%
- Vanessa20.0%
- Seara16.8%
- Oliver16.7%
- Angela / P. Vanilla16.1%
- Layla14.7%
- Josephine14.6%
Ban rate
Most banned, Season 38
Rates and counts as SWLens reports them for Season 38, all ranks. Names without an element cover every element of that monster; “A / B” = an original monster and its collab version counted together.
Table view
The same numbers
| # | Most picked | Picks | Rate | Most banned | Bans | Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stark | 310,014 | 35.3% | Beelzebub | 23,056 | 41.2% |
| 2 | Tetsuya / Megumi | 252,522 | 28.8% | Douman | 7,143 | 41.1% |
| 3 | Haegang | 220,854 | 25.2% | Tarnisha / Yennefer | 15,051 | 40.2% |
| 4 | Shi Hou | 200,943 | 22.9% | Sonia | 64,012 | 38.8% |
| 5 | Vanessa | 175,321 | 20.0% | Douglas / RYU | 16,517 | 38.7% |
| 6 | Seara | 147,717 | 16.8% | Leo | 44,581 | 38.4% |
| 7 | Oliver | 146,702 | 16.7% | Seimei | 15,725 | 34.7% |
| 8 | Angela / P. Vanilla | 141,289 | 16.1% | Fern | 13,057 | 34.2% |
| 9 | Layla | 129,336 | 14.7% | Daphnis | 13,358 | 33.3% |
| 10 | Josephine | 127,810 | 14.6% | Bolverk | 32,874 | 33.2% |
Ban magnets
The banned LD5s, and the accounts that have them
3 of the ten most banned monsters are Light & Dark nat 5s — the same monsters that set an account’s LD5 count.
Season 39 and after
What Com2uS changed for the new season
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A skill balance patch, with an in-game pop-up listing every adjusted monster (Sky Island > Monster).
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World Arena Season 39 runs 5 October – 19 December 2026; new season-exclusive shop items stay on sale for Seasons 39 and 40.
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World Arena Challenge Battle: each player now gets 12 individual and 6 shared monsters (was 14 each); new season 1 September – 31 October.
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The individual monsters adjusted in the 30 September balance patch are listed in-game (Sky Island > Monster) and in Com2uS’s linked notice; balance changes can move these rates during Season 39.
v9.3.4 Update Notice (30 Sep 2026) · v9.3.0 Update Notice (28 Aug 2026)
Scope
What this page is not
We do not publish our own tier list: rates from real matches say more than an opinion. For a longer read on which monsters to build, see our monster tier guide.
Answers
RTA meta FAQ
What are the most banned monsters in Summoners War RTA?
In World Arena Season 38 (all ranks, SWLens): Beelzebub 41.2%, Douman 41.1%, Tarnisha / Yennefer 40.2%, Sonia 38.8%, Douglas / RYU 38.7%.
What are the most picked monsters in Summoners War RTA?
In Season 38 (all ranks, SWLens): Stark 35.3%, Tetsuya / Megumi 28.8%, Haegang 25.2%, Shi Hou 22.9%, Vanessa 20%.
When does World Arena Season 39 start?
Season 39 runs from 5 October 2026, 12:00 AM PDT, to 19 December 2026, 12:00 AM PST (Com2uS v9.3.4 notice).
What does “Tetsuya / Megumi” mean in RTA statistics?
Collab monsters and their original Summoners War versions have the same skills and stats, so stat sites count them together: Tetsuya is the original version of Megumi Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen), Douglas of RYU (Street Fighter), Tarnisha of Yennefer (The Witcher).
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