Ambessa·Jungle Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ambessa Jungle build, you should take Flash and Smite 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 Cosmic Insight and Magical Footwear 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 Profane Hydra as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Axiom Arc. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 51.2% winrate over 23 092 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Ambessa Jungle build would be to take Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Conqueror as your keystone, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand in the primary tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear 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, Maw of Malmortius and Guardian Angel. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 43.6% win rate over 7 682 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, with runes being First Strike as your keystone, Cash Back, Triple Tonic and Cosmic Insight in the primary tree, and Legend: Haste with Triumph in the secondary tree, as well as Ability Haste, Adaptive Force, and Health Scaling as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Profane Hydra as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Axiom Arc as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Guardian Angel. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 52.3% win rate across 7 499 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Ambessa Jungle build in the current patch, try Flash and Smite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Cosmic Insight with Magical Footwear as your secondary tree. Use Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force and Health as your shards. For items in this build, you want to complete Hubris as your first item, then finish Plated Steelcaps as your second item, and Axiom Arc as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Guardian Angel. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 52.5% win rate over 5 265 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.