Best Charlotte Build, Arcana & Guide for 2026

In the early game, if you’re playing jungle, take the blue buff first since the cooldown reduction makes Charlotte much stronger and clears the jungle faster.

Once you finish your jungle route, you can gank if the enemy pushes too far, or secure Dragon/Caesar early for an advantage.

If you’re top lane against squishy matchups, play proactively — poke continuously with Skill 1 Tri-Slash then close in with Skill 2 Splash Fount to finish them off.

If facing tanky, high-sustain matchups like Veres or Florentino …, play safe, trade skills, and use Skill 2 Splash Fount to heal and hold your lane.

In the mid game, once you have a few items, Charlotte becomes extremely strong with big damage, crowd control, healing, and high mobility thanks to the repeated healing from Skill 2 Splash Fount .

So the playstyle in this phase is to play aggressively, ganking continuously as well as joining small skirmishes or contesting objectives.

Charlotte can also split push a turret to force the enemy team to split up to defend; if only one enemy hero shows up, confidently duel and take them down — sometimes you can even take on two. If the enemy comes as a group, just use Skill 1 Tri-Slash to slow them and Skill 2 Splash Fount to cross a wall and escape.

By the late game, Charlotte ‘s damage isn’t as outstanding anymore, but it’s not weak either, and to make up for it, this hero is fairly tanky with crowd-control and damage immunity.

The playstyle in this phase is to still split push when you get the chance, but don’t forget full team fights.

If your team has no tank, open the fight yourself using Skill 3 Power Gradation and Voidsteel Blade for crowd-control and damage immunity, then stick to the enemy’s core damage dealer to create an opening for your allies to unload their skills and end the fight.