Ambessa ARAM Mayhem Build
Matriarch of War. A strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #19 of 173 champions.
Tier APatch 26.21FighterAssassinNo runes in Mayhem
- Tier
- A
- Win rate
- 53.3%
- Pick rate
- 4.5%
- Rank
- #19 of 173
- Games
- 1,038,750
- Patch
- 26.21
How to play Ambessa in ARAM Mayhem
Ambessa is a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier A, #19 of 173 champions, with a 53.3% win rate over 1,038,750 games. Riot rates it 10/10 for difficulty, so give it a few games before you judge it.
89% of Ambessa's damage to champions is physical, so enemy armor is what slows it down. It soaks 42,338 damage per game and mitigates another 64,239, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't.
The Bruiser build, bruiser items that mix damage and health, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger, with a 55.0% win rate over 542,827 games. On this build 40% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.
The cards that do best on Ambessa are Back To Basics, Swift and Safe and Take'em Down Down Down. Cards built around movement speed fill most of the top of its list, followed by ability haste. Skip Poltergeist and Snowblast when you can: they do worst on Ambessa. A pair to look for: Back To Basics with Weapon of Destiny.
Take Flash and Mark (97% of players). Max Q (Cunning Sweep / Sundering Slam) first, then E, then W.
Ambessa ARAM Mayhem build
ARAMKit groups every Ambessa game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.
Bruiser build · top ranked
55.0% win rate · 63% of Ambessa games · 542,827 games
Start
Long Sword
Guardian's Blade
Core items, in buying order
Hubris
Death's Dance
Endless Hunger
| Boots, best first | Players |
|---|---|
 Gluttonous Greaves | 28% |
| No boots | 40% |
 Mercury's Treads | 27% |
Situational, after the core
Axiom Arc4% buy it
Voltaic Cyclosword8% buy it
Serylda's Grudge2% buy it
Lord Dominik's Regards13% buy it
Spear of Shojin28% buy it
Maw of Malmortius5% buy it
Other build paths
| Path | Core items | Games | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| LethalityHubris, Voltaic Cyclosword, Death's Dance | | 18.5% | 56.2% |
| CritHubris, The Collector, Lord Dominik's Regards |  | 0.5% | 53.5% |
Games: the share of all Ambessa games that went this way.
Most bought items
- Hubris80% of games
- Death's Dance78% of games
- Endless Hunger60% of games
- Spear of Shojin32% of games
Eclipse31% of games- Mercury's Treads28% of games
- Gluttonous Greaves20% of games
- Voltaic Cyclosword12% of games
- Axiom Arc12% of games
- Lord Dominik's Regards11% of games
Best augments for Ambessa
Every card with enough Ambessa games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Ambessa's own: a card can be S tier here and C tier on another champion. As Riot's policy asks, cards are shown by tier and order only, never with a win rate. Click a card for its own page; the augment tier list ranks them over all champions.
PrismaticBest prismatic cards
- 1
Back To BasicsTier S - 2
Hand of BaronTier S - 3
Mad ScientistTier S
GoldBest gold cards
- 1
Take'em Down Down DownTier S - 2
Weapon of DestinyTier S - 3
The Boom and the BassTier S
SilverBest silver cards
- 1
Swift and SafeTier S - 2
Blunt ForceTier S - 3
Escape PlanTier S
S- and A-tier cards for Ambessa
14 S tier and 25 A tier, best first.
| Augment | Rarity | Tier | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|
| Back To Basics | Prismatic | Tier S | Your Ultimate Ability is sealed. Gain 35% Ability Damage, Healing, Shielding, and 70 Ability Haste. |
| Swift and Safe | Silver | Tier S | Gain a (65–290 (by level) +26% Ability Power +65% Bonus Attack Damage) Shield for 2 seconds after a Dash or Blink (5 seconds Cooldown). |
| Take'em Down Down Down | Gold | Tier S | Attacks and Abilities apply a stack to enemy champions for 5 seconds and deal Melee (5–30 (by level) +35% Bonus Attack Damage+15% Ability… |
| Weapon of Destiny | Gold | Tier S | Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of… |
| Hand of Baron | Prismatic | Tier S | Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered. |
| Mad Scientist | Prismatic | Tier S | On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed). |
| Blunt Force | Silver | Tier S | – |
 Earthwake | Prismatic | Tier S | Your dash, leap, blink, or teleport Abilities leave behind a trail that detonates after 1 second, dealing (90–250 (by level) +60% Ability… |
| The Boom and the Bass | Gold | Tier S | After casting an Ability, your next Attack within 6 seconds is faster, deals Melee (50–200 (by level) +50% Bonus Attack Damage+30% Ability… |
 Tooth Fairy | Gold | Tier S | When you deal more than 25% of an enemy champion's Health in less than 2.5 seconds, they drop a Tooth. 4 seconds cooldown per target |
 Ultra Hydra | Prismatic | Tier S | Gain a Tiamat when completing a Hydra Item. QUEST: Possess Titanic Hydra, Ravenous Hydra and Profane Hydra. REWARD: Get Ultra Hydra. |
 Giant Slayer | Prismatic | Tier S | Become tiny, gain 20% Movement Speed, and deal between 10% and 30% bonus damage to champions based on how much larger they are than you. |
| Escape Plan | Silver | Tier S | Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75… |
 Shadow Runner | Silver | Tier S | After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability or exiting Stealth, gain 300 Movement Speed for 2 seconds. |
 Heavy Is The Crown | Gold | Tier A | Gain 10 Attack Damage, 25 Ability Power, and increase your Bonus Attack Damage, Bonus Ability Power, and Total Attack Speed by 10%. Decrease… |
 Clown College | Prismatic | Tier A | Backstab: You deal (20–35 (by level) +35% Ability Power +50% Bonus Attack Damage) bonus physical damage when striking from behind. Deceive… |
 From Beginning To End | Gold | Tier A | Gain the First Strike and Dark Harvest Keystone Runes. First Strike: When you initiate champion combat, deal 10% extra damage for 3 seconds… |
 Outlaw's Grit | Gold | Tier A | After using a Dash, Blink, or Teleport Ability you gain 12 Armor and Magic Resist up to 60 at 5 stacks. Resets every 15 seconds. |
 Donation | Gold | Tier A | Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:) |
 Stats on Stats! | Gold | Tier A | Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! |
 Omni Soul | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 3 random Dragon Souls. |
 Stats! | Silver | Tier A | Gain 2 Stat Anvils! |
 Triggered Inferno | Prismatic | Tier A | Damaging enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities different from the previous one grants Style (from F to S). Gain 4.25–5 (by level) %… |
 Hellbent | Prismatic | Tier A | Striking enemy champions with Attacks or Abilities grants you a stack of Revivemaxxing for 6 seconds (max: 10). At max stacks become… |
 Forged By The Master | Silver | Tier A | Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%. |
 Kill Secured | Silver | Tier A | Gain 60% Movement Speed towards enemies below 40% health. |
 With Haste | Gold | Tier A | Gain (70% Ability Haste) Move Speed. |
 Goredrink | Silver | Tier A | Gain 15% Omnivamp. |
 Upgrade Ravenous Hydra | Gold | Tier A | Your spell hits trigger Cleave against enemies. Increase Ravenous Hydra's Life Steal to 20% Gain 500 Gold. |
 Goliath | Prismatic | Tier A | Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force. |
 Transmute: Chaos | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 2 random Augment Tier Augments. |
 Transmute: Prismatic | Gold | Tier A | Gain a random Augment Tier Prismatic Augment. |
 Stats on Stats on Stats! | Prismatic | Tier A | Gain 4 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils! On your next Augment selection, gain one additional reroll per slot. |
 Sap Magic | Gold | Tier A | Every 20 seconds, your next Attack deals (80–300 (by level) +5% Bonus Health) bonus physical damage and restores (50–250 (by level) +8% Max… |
 Get Jinxed | Gold | Tier A | Replace a Summoner Spell with Get Jinxed! Get Jinxed!: Ride a rocket that explodes upon hitting an enemy champion, structure, or terrain… |
 Final Form | Prismatic | Tier A | After casting your Ultimate, gain a 50% max Health Shield, 20% Omnivamp and 30% bonus Movement Speed for 10 seconds. (20 seconds Cooldown). |
 Upgrade Death's Dance | Silver | Tier A | Gain 250. Death's Dance's Ignore Pain is increased to Melee 40% / Ranged 15% of damage received, and heals for (125% Bonus Attack Damage)… |
 Shrink Engine | Gold | Tier A | Takedowns grant a stack that makes you 4% smaller, grants 8 Ability Haste, and 1% Movement Speed. Lose 65% stacks on death… |
 Leg Day | Silver | Tier A | Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist. |
Tier B
Average on Ambessa
51 cards, best first
Transmute: Gold
Twin Fire
Mighty Shield
Biggest Snowball Ever
Gift of the Drowned
Totentanz
Get Excited!
Dive Bomber
En Passant
Jeweled Gauntlet
FireFox
Infernal Soul
Flashy
Lonely Warrior
Still Here
Siphon
Erosion
CRIMSON COBALT
Recursion
Ocean Soul
Archmage
Blade Waltz
Thread the Needle
Infinite Recursion
Goldrend
Urf's Champion
Spin To Win
Dawnbringer's Resolve
Bolstered
Shark Tempest
BEES!!!
Endless Decimation
Veil of Warding
Upgrade Collector
Titan's Resolve
Scopiest Weapons
Snowday
Rite of Ascension
Pursuit of Power
Growth Spurt
Pinball
Bread And Butter
Squishy Slappy Grab
Ultimate Unstoppable
Nightstalking
Holy Snowball
Scopier Weapons
Scoped Weapons
Trusty Weapon
Ultimate Awakening
Bread And Jam
Tier C
Below average on Ambessa
25 cards, best first
Mystic Punch
Pandora's Box
Prom Queen
Mountain Soul
Can't Touch This
Adaptive Ward
Arcane Axiom
Pat On The Back
Heavy Hitter
Shark Bait
It's Killing Time
Celestial Body
Tank Engine
Nature is Healing
Divine Intervention
Bread and Cheese
Ultimate Recursion
Overloaded
Apex Inventor
Pursuit of Haste
Flash 2
Ultimate Revolution
Spin Me Right Round
Upgrade Sundered Sky
Surge Field
Tier D
Weakest on Ambessa
10 cards, best first
Poltergeist
Snowblast
Upgrade Sheen
Dashing
Flashbang
Purist - Caster
Brass Blast
Steel Your Heart
Pressure Cooker
King MeBest first augment for Ambessa
Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Ambessa's cards for each pick on its own; these are the top five per pick, with their tier in that pick. For the first pick, Back To Basics, Swift and Safe and Take'em Down Down Down come out on top.
| # | First pick | Second pick | Third pick | Fourth pick |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Back To BasicsTier S | Back To BasicsTier S | Back To BasicsTier S | Swift and SafeTier S |
| 2 | Swift and SafeTier S | Swift and SafeTier S | Take'em Down Down DownTier S | Hand of BaronTier S |
| 3 | Take'em Down Down DownTier S | Take'em Down Down DownTier S | Swift and SafeTier S | Back To BasicsTier S |
| 4 | Weapon of DestinyTier S | EarthwakeTier S | Blunt ForceTier S | The Boom and the BassTier S |
| 5 | EarthwakeTier S | Weapon of DestinyTier S | Mad ScientistTier S | Mad ScientistTier S |
Strong card pairs
Two cards that do especially well together on Ambessa, best pair first.
Summoner spells and skill order
Summoner spells
Flash + Mark97% of players · 53.4% win rate
Flash + Ghost3% of players · 49.2% win rate
Skill order
QCunning Sweep / Sundering Slam
ELacerate
WRepudiation
Max Q first. 84% of players use this order (55.2% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.
Ambessa in an average Mayhem game
Averages per game over every game on this patch.
- K / D / A
- 13.4 / 12.4 / 20.6
- KDA
- 2.94
- Damage to champions
- 44,130
- Damage taken
- 42,338
- Self-mitigated
- 64,239
- Healing on allies
- 0
- Shielding on allies
- 0
- Crowd control
- 12 s
- Kill participation
- 63%
- Game length
- 16:07
Damage type
Physical 89%Magic 5%True 5%
Questions and answers
What is the best Ambessa build in ARAM Mayhem?
On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Bruiser build first for Ambessa: Hubris, Death's Dance and Endless Hunger. It is also the most played build.
What are the best augments for Ambessa in ARAM Mayhem?
The S-tier cards for Ambessa, best first: Back To Basics, Swift and Safe, Take'em Down Down Down, Weapon of Destiny and Hand of Baron. The full list by tier is on this page.
Is Ambessa good in ARAM Mayhem?
Ambessa is tier A on patch 26.21, #19 of 173 champions, with a 53.3% win rate over 1 million games. That makes it a strong pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.
What is the best first augment for Ambessa in ARAM Mayhem?
For Ambessa's first pick on patch 26.21: Back To Basics, Swift and Safe, Take'em Down Down Down, Weapon of Destiny and Earthwake, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.
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Related
- ARAM Mayhem tier list
Every champion by tier on patch 26.21.
- ARAM Mayhem augment tier list
Every card from S to D over all champions.
- All Mayhem builds
Pick a champion from the full list.
- ARAM Mayhem rules
Augment levels, rerolls and why there are no runes.
- ARAM Mayhem guide
How the mode, the cards and the picks work.
- Ambessa counters
Its lane matchups on Summoner's Rift.
- ARAM Mayhem overlay
The card picker and build in the app.
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.