Ambessa·Top Build
Win rate | 48.5% |
Pick rate | 6.2% |
Ban rate | 45.6% |
Matches | 86 648- |
Ambessa Build
Most Popular
Win Rate 51.2% based on 13 026 matches
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Most Popular
51.2%2nd Most Popular
52.9%Alternative
53.0%Off-Meta
54.6%Top Players ALL
Dan Dan Pro
100%Armut Pro
100%Faisal OTP
63.2%Matchup Specific
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55.5%K'Sante
58.2%runes
spells
D
F
items
Starter Items
Time Target@ 14 sec
Early Items
@ 3 min
Core Items
@ 21 min
Full Build
ability order
Q
E
W
Skills
situational items
Ambessa Matchups Overview
Ambessa General information
Ambessa tips and tricks
Try to keep the minion wave even or closer to your tower. Freezing allows you to abuse your insane mobility to take down champions who are positioned too far forward.
When committing to an all-in, check your energy bar first. Commit to all-ins when you have a lot of energy, as your full combo may be interrupted if you lack energy.
Ambessa benefits from extended trades. Instead of short ones, go for long trades where you can get multiple attacks off.
Ambessa combos
Every combo you need to master the champion!
The Best Ambessa Builds, Runes and Items for Top in Emerald +
Most Popular
If you want to use the most popular Ambessa Top build, you should take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Conqueror as your keystone, followed by Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, as well as Overgrowth and Second Wind in the secondary tree. For rune shards, you want Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense, though it depends on the matchup. Finally, for your items, you should build Eclipse as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Black Cleaver. For your last 3 items, you should build Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance and finish with Sterak's Gage. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.2% winrate over 13 026 matches played.
Optional
Your second option for Ambessa Top build would be to take Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, and Sudden Impact with Ultimate Hunter in the secondary tree. The shards used in this build are Adaptive Force in offense, Adaptive Force in flex and Health in defense. The items for the build are Eclipse, which you should build first, followed by Plated Steelcaps as your second item and Spear of Shojin as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage and Black Cleaver. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 52.9% win rate over 8 733 matches.
Alternative
If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Overgrowth with Second Wind in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Voltaic Cyclosword as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Eclipse as a third item. You want to finish the build with Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance and Sterak's Gage. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.0% win rate across 1 966 matches played.
Off-Meta
If you want to try an Off-Meta Ambessa Top build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter as your primary rune tree, and Shield Bash with Second Wind as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Eclipse as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Voltaic Cyclosword as third item. The last 3 options are Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 54.6% win rate over 612 matches played.
Situational Ambessa Runes and Items
Depending on the context of your game, your matchup, and enemy champions, you might want to consider building some situational items or take specific runes. Carefully examine your team, enemy team, game state , and your matchup to plan your Ambessa build accordingly! For example, when it comes to rune shards, you might want to take either Armor or Magic Resist, depending on which champion you are about to lane against.
Furthermore, if you want a more detailed breakdown, you should also check out Ambessa runes page.
Probuilds
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In-depth Build Stats
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Ambessa Counters - Best and Worst Matchups for Top in Emerald +
Best Matchups
In Patch 14.24 the best possible matchups for Ambessa Top are:
- vs. Yasuo - 56.0% win rate over 670 games.
- vs. Yone - 53.1% win rate over 2 318 games.
- vs. K'Sante - 53.1% win rate over 3 541 games.
- vs. Rumble - 52.3% win rate over 836 games.
- vs. Gnar - 52.2% win rate over 1 809 games.
Consider picking Ambessa into these matches to increase your chance to win a game. These are the most popular Top matchups that currently are in favor of Ambessa.
Worst Matchups
We highly recommend avoiding picking Ambessa in the current patch into the following Top matchups:
- vs. Warwick - 42.2% win rate over 2 161 games.
- vs. Camille - 42.8% win rate over 2 593 games.
- vs. Wukong - 43.6% win rate over 679 games.
- vs. Zac - 43.8% win rate over 500 games.
- vs. Poppy - 45.1% win rate over 1 134 games.
These champions are considered as Ambessa counters in the current patch, and playing such a matchup will decrease your chances of winning a game.
Additional Notes
If you want to find out more about best and worst matchups, as well as specific matchup statistics, we highly encourage you to check our Ambessa counters page. Keep in mind that while the champion may counter or be countered, it also comes down to your individual skill, the skill of your opponent, your team, and enemy team compositions.