Ambessa·Mid Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ambessa Mid build, you should take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. For runes, you should pick Electrocute as your keystone, followed by Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, as well as Shield Bash 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 Mercury's Treads and Spear of Shojin. For your last 3 items, you should build Death's Dance, Maw of Malmortius and finish with Axiom Arc. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 45.6% winrate over 281 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Teleport as your Summoner Spells, with runes being 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, 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 Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Spear of Shojin as a third item. You want to finish the build with Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Maw of Malmortius. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 50.8% win rate across 260 matches played.

Off-Meta

If you want to try an Off-Meta Ambessa Mid build in the current patch, try Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells, Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Haste and Last Stand as your primary rune tree, and Overgrowth 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 Mercury's Treads as your second item, and Spear of Shojin as third item. The last 3 options are Death's Dance, Endless Hunger and Voltaic Cyclosword. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 49.5% win rate over 214 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.