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Upgrade Ravenous Hydra

Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold.

Tier: B
Rank: #96
Rarity: Gold
Offered in: Pick 1, Pick 2
Patch: 26.21

How Upgrade Ravenous Hydra plays

Upgrade Ravenous Hydra is B tier over all champions on patch 26.21: #96 of 226 augments and #33 of the 90 gold cards. That is the average over every champion; on the right one it is worth more, on the wrong one much less.

It gives sustain, so it pays off on champions that already use that. On a champion that doesn't, it is a wasted pick, whatever its tier.

It does best on Naafiri, Renekton and Rengar. 11 of its 15 best champions are fighters.

Its tier holds in every pick it can show up in (B tier), so there is no bad moment to take it.

The card it pairs with best is Take'em Down Down Down: if you already have one of the two, the other jumps up your list.

Upgrade Ravenous Hydra tier by pick

ARAMKit ranks every card for each of the four picks of a game separately. The rank is its place among the cards offered in that pick.

Pick	Tier	Rank in that pick
First pick	Tier B	#93
Second pick	Tier B	#92
Third pick	Not offered	–
Fourth pick	Not offered	–

Best champions for Upgrade Ravenous Hydra

The champions Upgrade Ravenous Hydra does best on, best first, with its tier on each and the champion's own Mayhem tier. Tiers only: no win rates for augments, as Riot's policy asks.

#	Champion	Role	Upgrade Ravenous Hydra on it	Champion tier
1	Naafiri	Assassin	Tier S	Tier C
2	Renekton	Fighter	Tier S	Tier C
3	Rengar	Assassin	Tier S	Tier B
4	Nocturne	Fighter	Tier A	Tier B
5	Zed	Assassin	Tier A	Tier B
6	Ambessa	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
7	Tryndamere	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
8	Nasus	Fighter	Tier A	Tier B
9	Olaf	Fighter	Tier A	Tier B
10	Riven	Fighter	Tier A	Tier B
11	Trundle	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
12	Wukong	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
13	Zaahen	Fighter	Tier A	Tier S
14	Hecarim	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
15	Talon	Assassin	Tier A	Tier B
16	Irelia	Fighter	Tier A	Tier A
17	Kha'Zix	Assassin	Tier A	Tier B
18	Bel'Veth	Fighter	Tier A	Tier S
19	Pantheon	Fighter	Tier A	Tier B
20	Fiora	Fighter	Tier A	Tier S

Also good on Jarvan IV, Nilah, Vi, Lee Sin, Garen, Master Yi, Aatrox, Camille, Gangplank, Jayce, Qiyana, Jax, Urgot, Yorick, Warwick, Illaoi, Kayn, Sett, Gnar, Briar, Shyvana, Yone, Pyke, Darius, Viego, Xin Zhao, Shaco, Kled, Rek'Sai, Yasuo, Udyr, Sion, Volibear, Skarner, Dr. Mundo, Leona, K'Sante, Poppy and Akali.

Cards that pair with Upgrade Ravenous Hydra

The cards that do best next to it in the same game, best first.

Items to buy with Upgrade Ravenous Hydra

The items that do best in games with this card, best first, over all champions. Check your champion's build page for its own items.

1. Kraken Slayer
2. Yun Tal Wildarrows
3. Berserker's Greaves
4. Manamune
5. Navori Flickerblade
6. Terminus

Questions and answers

What does Upgrade Ravenous Hydra do in ARAM Mayhem?

Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold.

Is Upgrade Ravenous Hydra good in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 Upgrade Ravenous Hydra is B tier over all champions (#96). It is at its best on Naafiri, Renekton and Rengar.

Which champions is Upgrade Ravenous Hydra best on?

Best first: Naafiri, Renekton, Rengar, Nocturne, Zed, Ambessa, Tryndamere and Nasus. The full list with each champion's tier is on this page.

What pairs well with Upgrade Ravenous Hydra?

Take'em Down Down Down, Typhoon and Double Tap, best first.

Pick your cards with the tiers next to you

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The champion Upgrade Ravenous Hydra does best on.
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Source: ARAMKit, used with permission. Patch 26.21, 23,177,263 ARAM Mayhem games, data of October 28, 2026. Riot keeps Mayhem games out of its public match API, so these aggregates come from ARAMKit. Card tiers are shown without win rates, as Riot's developer policy asks.