Ambessa·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ambessa Mid 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 Spear of Shojin. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage and finish with Black Cleaver. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 52.1% winrate over 1 185 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Ambessa Mid build would be to take Flash and Teleport 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 Overgrowth with Second Wind 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 Voltaic Cyclosword, which you should build first, followed by Mercury's Treads as your second item and Eclipse as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance and Sterak's Gage. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 51.3% win rate over 677 matches.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Shield Bash 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 Eclipse as your first item, then Mercury's Treads as a second item and Spear of Shojin as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Death's Dance and Ravenous Hydra. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 53.6% win rate across 306 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Ambessa Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth as your primary rune tree, and Sudden Impact with Ultimate Hunter 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 Spear of Shojin as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Sterak's Gage and Sundered Sky. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 55.0% win rate over 260 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.