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 Grasp of the Undying as your keystone, followed by Shield Bash, Second Wind and Overgrowth in the primary tree, as well as Sudden Impact and Ultimate Hunter 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, Endless Hunger and finish with Guardian Angel. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 48.2% winrate over 807 matches played.

Alternative

If you're looking for alternatives, you can use Flash and Ignite 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 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 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 48.1% win rate across 580 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, Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Sixth Sense 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 Profane Hydra as your first item, then finish Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item, and Opportunity as third item. The last 3 options are Edge of Night, Serylda's Grudge and Endless Hunger. The ability order for this build is Q - E - W. As of the current patch, this build has a 57.4% win rate over 258 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.