Solomon vs Drifter
Updated · Patch Nov 4, 2026
How Solomon beats Drifter
Mystic vs Assassin
Keep your CC for their dive. One stun on an assassin is usually a kill for your team.
Your game plan as Solomon
A strategist who builds the board before the fight starts.
How to beat Drifter
A stalker who marks a target and then makes sure no one can save them.
- 01Stay with your team; Eternal Night isolates people who are already alone.
- 02Cleanse or out-heal Stalker’s Mark bleed rather than running.
- 03Peel for whoever he marks.
Head-to-head
Win the lane: Solomon into Drifter
- 01Solomon out-farms Drifter by ~26.8 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit.
- 02Drifter looks for burst windows. Don’t sit in lane at low health, and ping the moment they disappear — they’re hunting.
Skill order for this matchup
52% win rate over 38,080 matches
Early pointPut an early point into Kingside Knight: Drifter dives on you, and an escape ready beats a lost trade.
Max firstYou out-farm Drifter: keep the standard order and push your lead with Rook Battery.
Threats
Drifter has no hard crowd control — take the trades.
Your tools
Winning the fights after lane
- Solomon averages 0.72 kills per death against Drifter.
- Solomon finishes 3.9k souls behind Drifter on average — play for teamfights and scaling rather than lane kills.
- Solomon deals 886 less objective damage per match than Drifter — let teammates take structures while you hold.
- Track Eternal Night (145.0s cooldown). The window right after Drifter uses it is your best time to fight.
Who else beats Drifter
Matchup questions
Who wins Solomon vs Drifter?
Solomon wins 45.8% of 79,810 recent matches against Drifter — unfavoured.
How do I beat Drifter as Solomon?
Solomon out-farms Drifter by ~26.8 last hits per match. Contest every orb and punish them for walking up to last-hit. Track Eternal Night (145.0s cooldown). The window right after Drifter uses it is your best time to fight.