Statistical analysis isn’t pretty, but Mobalytics would like it to be.

Anyone can head over to op.gg, poke around the numbers, rub their chin, and say, “Hm, interesting.” But it’s much harder to figure out what those statistics actually mean.

That’s where the team behind Mobalytics comes in. The phrase “personal performance analytics platform” may make most League of Legends players zone out entirely, but if you’re hoping to improve your game, it can be a powerful ally.

Basically, Mobalytics collects information from players’ games, crunches some numbers based on a variety of statistics, and spits out a graph. The result looks like this:

View photos A certain famous AD carry streamer’s graph (Mobalytics) More

Taken together, these eight categories define you as a player (or so Mobalytics hopes). From there, the tool will link players to streamers, articles, and a variety of other tips that will help them fix categories that they’re lacking in. For lower elo players, it’s a literal game-changer.

We chatted with Mobalytics co-founder Amine Issa about the platform’s goals, how it helps up-and-comers, and what Mobalytics can do to make League of Legends pros the best they can be.

“We’re a bunch of old guys who used to play competitively and decided to create this tool to make our lives easier,” Issa said. “And make everyone else’s life easier.”

“Our main objective is to get data to all players to help them improve,” he continued. “The biggest problem is that most people will go to these stats sites and look at their data and they’ll be like, ‘Oh, that’s kind of cool. I get more kills than deaths, but what does that mean?’ What we do is tell them what it means. We put it all into context.”

After messing with the tool a bit myself, I’ve found that it’s incredibly useful, even in its current pre-release form. It’s by no means perfect or complete, but the folks at Mobalytics are constantly working to make it better.

“Our consistency and versatility [ratings] are okay, but they’re a mess,” said Issa. “In my mind, they’re a mess. But I agreed to release them for our user base because they’re good enough. We want to do a lot of work on them.”

Their constant iteration is necessary, considering the Mobalytics platform is still in private beta. But as they improve, they’re hoping to make it accessible and useful for the average player and pro teams alike.

For the latter, an initial glance at the simplified Mobalytics landing page belies a powerful stats behemoth that is more than capable of helping even pro players understand where their strengths and weaknesses lie. It’s just a matter of presentation.

“We have two parts of our platform,” said Issa. “One is consumer-facing, and the other is designed specifically for analytics for professional teams. Basically, we help them answer all the questions that they want to have answered regarding different conditional situations in the match, we help them scout players in solo queue that might make good fits onto their team. We look for habits inside their team and match that to what they’re looking for.”

View photos Piglet’s move to mid lane made Team Liquid scramble to find a new AD carry, and Mobalytics helped (Lolesports/Riot Games) More

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