Like a hat-trick in football or a triple-double in basketball, Pentakill is an achievement that every League of Legends player wants to achieve, it is proof that you had a great match. So, what is Pentakill?
What is Pentakill in LoL?
Pentakill is recognized when a player kills all 5 members of the enemy team within a certain period of time. The system only recognizes you as achieving a Pentakill when you kill all 5 opposing players and none of them have been revived. Therefore, if the time to kill the opponent is too long, the Pentakill will not be recognized.
As a 5vs5 game, when you kill all 5 opposing members at the same time, it will bring a huge advantage to your team. However, this is very difficult to do because it requires both high skills and luck. In combat, no one can give up damage, so you can continuously finish off the enemy.
Therefore, like Hattick in football or triple-double in basketball, Pentakill rarely appears in League of Legends matches.
Players with the most pentakills
According to lol.fandom.com, Philippines legendary former marksman – Nguyen “Celebrity” Phuoc Long Hiep is currently the athlete with the most Pentakill in Riot tournaments with 11 times, ranking above legendary marksmen like Doublelift, Gmbet, Rekkles or Uzi.
Professional athletes with the most skills
| Real name | Ingame name | Location | Pentakill Number |
| Nguyen Phuoc Long Hiep | Celebrity | Gunner | 11 |
| Yiliang Peng | Doublelift | Gunner | 10 |
| Anil Isik | HolyPhoenix | Gunner | 10 |
| Martin Larsson | Rekkles | Gunner | 10 |
| Park Jae-hyuk | Ruler | Gunner | 9 |
| Markos Stamkopoulos | Comp | Gunner | 8 |
| Chen Wei | GALA | Gunner | 7 |
| Jian Zi-Hao | Uzi | Gunner | 7 |
| Jesper Svenningsen | Zven | Gunner | 7 |
| Na Woo-Hyung | Pilot | Gunner | 7 |
The easiest champions to Pentakill in League of Legends
Since its launch in 2018, Kai’sa has always been a champion chosen by many gamers and professional athletes. The daughter of the void possesses a powerful skill set, causing a lot of damage with a wide range of action. The ultimate has the ability to dive straight into the enemy team, helping Kai’sa easily finish off low-health enemies. According to statistics, Kai’sa is the champion with the most Pentakill in the professional tournament, having won it 178 times.
Jinx
Similar to Kai’sa, Jinx is also a marksman who is a huge source of damage. Thanks to her passive Excitement, when an enemy champion is destroyed, Jinx will gain a large increase in attack speed and movement speed, thereby continuing to deal damage and pursue. Combined with her long range and ability to deal damage based on % of health, Jinx is one of the champions who has the easiest time achieving Pentakill. She is the champion with the 2nd most Pentakill in professional tournaments with 114 times.
Master Yi
Master Yi is one of the most popular champions in League of Legends because of his easy-to-play but effective skill set. Yi players just need to activate E (Wuju Style) and R (Highlander), then rush straight into the enemy team to attack. With Q, he can dodge all skills, and the passive R reduces cooldown when he has a kill, helping Yi use skills continuously in combat if he kills an enemy.
Pyke
Pyke is a support champion and does not have much damage. However, his ultimate – Death from Below, will kill all enemies when reaching a certain health threshold. If he kills an enemy, this skill will be used again. Therefore, just by waiting for the enemy to have low health and using his ultimate, Pyke can easily achieve Pentakill.
Viego
Similar to Pyke, Viego also has a similar ultimate that allows the player to activate it again if they kill an enemy. The player’s job is to try to deal damage and then use the ultimate to finish off the opponent, then repeat with the next target.
Karthus
Karthus was once introduced by Riot as the champion with the easiest Pentakill thanks to his ultimate “Requiem”. This ultimate has a huge amount of damage, and the opponent will suffer damage no matter where they are on the map. Therefore, in the best-case scenario, Karthus only needs to press one button to achieve a Pentakill.
