Ambessa·Support Build

Most Popular

If you want to use the most popular Ambessa Support build, you should take Flash and Ignite 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 Second Wind and Overgrowth 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 Bloodsong as your first item, followed by Plated Steelcaps and Eclipse. For your last 3 items, you should build Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage and finish with Death's Dance. For the skill order, you want to stick with Q - E - W. Right now, this build has 37.8% winrate over 450 matches played.

Optional

Your second option for Ambessa Support build would be to take Flash and Ignite as your Summoner Spells. The runes that this build takes advantage of are Electrocute as your keystone, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection and Ultimate Hunter in the primary tree, and Second Wind with Overgrowth 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 Bloodsong, which you should build first, followed by Ionian Boots of Lucidity as your second item and Eclipse as your third item. The rest of the items in order are Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage and Death's Dance. The skill order for this build is Q - E - W. In the current patch, this build has a 39.4% win rate over 175 matches.

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 Second Wind with Overgrowth in the secondary tree, as well as Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, and Health as your rune shards. The items that this build incorporates are Celestial Opposition as your first item, then Plated Steelcaps as a second item and Eclipse as a third item. You want to finish the build with Black Cleaver, Sterak's Gage and Force of Nature. As far as ability max order goes, you want to keep it Q - E - W. This build is currently sitting at a 40.6% win rate across 96 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.