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Milio
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Milio Guide

The Gentle Flame
Support
Mage
Tier B Support

Milio, The Gentle Flame, is a support and mage champion of medium difficulty. Across our 747 analysed ranked games, Milio is mostly played as Support (100% of its games), with a 50.5% win rate in that role: tier B among Support champions (#24 of 38, ranked by win rate). Milio's damage is mostly magic (78%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. Win rate varies with game length: 61.1% in long games (over 35 min, 95 games) versus 45.6% in short games (under 25 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.21

Average KDA
0.8 / 4.4 / 15.4
ratio 3.7
Damage / min
200
CS / min
1.0
Gold / min
292
Kill participation
58%
Vision / min
2.60

Averages measured over 747 Support games played with Milio, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Milio is a mage-support who enchants his allies: his abilities give the allies they hit bonus damage and a burn on their next attack. Warm Hugs gives a shield and speed (2 charges), Cozy Campfire heals and increases attack range, and his ultimate heals and removes crowd control.

Harassment
Ultra Mega Fire Kick Q Warm Hugs E AA AA

When: An enemy is within range.

The fireball pushes back then lands to damage and slow; Warm Hugs on your carry enchants their next attacks.

Support
Cozy Campfire W Warm Hugs E

When: Your team is fighting around a point.

Cozy Campfire heals the allies who enter it and raises their attack range; the zone follows the ally closest to the starting point.

See all 3 Milio combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Ultra Mega Fire Kick pushes an enemy back then lands in an arc to slow. Warm Hugs has two charges: use one for your carry and keep the other for yourself.

Common mistakes

Riot's official tips for playing Milio

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Ardent Censer, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia (73 games, 58.9% win rate).

73 games · 58.9%
32 games · 68.8%
29 games · 65.5%

Skill order

Max order : E > W > Q66.1% · 59 games
123456789101112131415
QQ●●●
WW●●●●●
EE●●●●●
RR●●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 121 games).

Starting items

Health PotionHealth Potion53.9% · 115 games

First completed items, in order

27 games · 55.6%

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 2737 gold, 14 CS, 2851 XP. At 15 min: 4224 gold, 20 CS, 4451 XP.

Summoner spells

FlashHeal Flash + Heal50.9% · 689 games
ExhaustFlash Exhaust + Flash40.0% · 50 games

Most-played runes

Summon Aery
Summon Aery + Resolve
50.9% · 497 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Manaflow Band81%
Transcendence98%
Scorch78%
Secondary tree · Resolve
Revitalize100%
Bone Plating89%
Shards
Ability haste95%
Adaptive force93%
Health scaling85%
Summon Aery
Summon Aery + Inspiration
50.8% · 195 games
Primary tree · Sorcery
Nimbus Cloak53%
Transcendence93%
Scorch51%
Secondary tree · Inspiration
Cosmic Insight95%
Magical Footwear73%
Shards
Ability haste60%
Adaptive force88%
Health62%
Guardian
Guardian + Inspiration
43.5% · 46 games
Primary tree · Resolve
Font of Life98%
Bone Plating100%
Revitalize96%
Secondary tree · Inspiration
Cosmic Insight100%
Biscuit Delivery85%
Shards
Adaptive force87%
Adaptive force94%
Health scaling87%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Milio's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team55.7% · 203 games
At least 50% of their damage is magic

The item that stands out most is Echoes of Helia: 55.1% win rate, +4 points versus its usual win rate.

Mostly physical-damage enemy team49.8% · 203 games
Less than 35% of their damage is magic

The item that stands out most is Moonstone Renewer: 60.8% win rate, +6 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team47.8% · 341 games
Mixed physical and magic damage

The item that stands out most is Redemption: 60.0% win rate, +5 points versus its usual win rate.

Counters and matchups

Who counters Milio as Support

Blitzcrank Milio: 20.0%15 games

Blitzcrank has the edge in 80% of the 15 Support duels against Milio. See the Blitzcrank guide.

Thresh Milio: 38.2%34 games

Thresh has the edge in 62% of the 34 Support duels against Milio. See the Thresh guide.

Lulu Milio: 41.2%34 games

Lulu has the edge in 59% of the 34 Support duels against Milio. See the Lulu guide.

Soraka Milio: 50.0%18 games

Soraka has the edge in 50% of the 18 Support duels against Milio. See the Soraka guide.

Sona Milio: 52.9%17 games

Sona has the edge in 47% of the 17 Support duels against Milio. See the Sona guide.

Who Milio is strong against

Nami60.0% · 30 games
Karma59.3% · 27 games
Seraphine58.6% · 29 games
Pyke56.2% · 16 games
Leona55.0% · 20 games

How to play against Milio

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed. See all of Milio's matchups.

Milio Support: what our games say

Laning phase against the Support average

MeasureMilioSupport averageGap
Gold at 10 min27372918−181
CS at 10 min1414+0
XP at 10 min28512711+140
Gold at 15 min42244507−284
CS at 15 min2020−0
XP at 15 min44514325+126

Measured over 121 Milio games with a timeline; the average covers 51 champions played Support in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min45.6 %237 games
medium-length 25 to 35 min50.8 %415 games
long over 35 min61.1 %95 games

Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Abilities

Fired Up!
PassiveFired Up!
Milio's abilities enchant allies on touch, making their next damage deal a burst of extra damage and burn the target.
Ultra Mega Fire Kick
QUltra Mega Fire Kick
Kick a ball that knocks back an enemy. The ball launches upward on hit and falls toward the enemy, damaging and slowing enemies in the area upon impact.
Cozy Campfire
WCozy Campfire
Create an empowering zone that heals allies and increases attack range to those inside. The zone follows the ally nearest to the cast point.
Warm Hugs
EWarm Hugs
Milio tosses a shield to an ally, temporarily increasing their movement speed. This ability has 2 charges.
Breath of Life
RBreath of Life
Milio unleashes a wave of soothing flames that heal and remove crowd control effects from allies in range.

Other Support champions to know

Most played

Nautilus49.9 %Lulu51.2 %Thresh50.1 %Nami49.0 %Bard50.9 %Alistar52.8 %Karma45.9 %Leona51.7 %

Strongest (at least 100 games)

Poppy56.9 %Zilean55.0 %Neeko54.9 %Galio54.2 %Brand54.2 %Lux53.6 %Maokai52.7 %LeBlanc52.3 %

Frequently asked questions

What is the best build for Milio?

The most-played core build is Ardent Censer, Moonstone Renewer, and Echoes of Helia (73 games, 58.9% win rate).

Who counters Milio?

Milio's toughest matchups as Support are Blitzcrank (20.0% win rate over 15 games), Thresh (38.2% win rate over 34 games), and Lulu (41.2% win rate over 34 games).

What are Milio's best matchups?

Milio posts its best win rates against Nami (60.0%), Karma (59.3%), and Seraphine (58.6%).

What game length suits Milio best?

Win rate varies with game length: 61.1% in long games (over 35 min, 95 games) versus 45.6% in short games (under 25 min).

Which runes should I play on Milio?

The most-played rune page uses Summon Aery with the Resolve secondary tree (497 games, 50.9% win rate).

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