Rammus ARAM Mayhem Build

The Armordillo. A below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: #144 of 173 champions.

CPatch 26.21TankNo runes in Mayhem

Tier: C
Win rate: 46.6%
Pick rate: 4.0%
Rank: #144 of 173
Games: 918,510
Patch: 26.21

How to play Rammus in ARAM Mayhem

Rammus is a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem on patch 26.21: tier C, #144 of 173 champions, with a 46.6% win rate over 918,510 games.

Rammus's damage is mixed (48% physical, 42% magic), which makes it awkward for the enemy team to itemize against. It soaks 66,712 damage per game and mitigates another 119,557, so it belongs at the front: start fights and absorb the poke your carries can't. With 51 seconds of crowd control per game it is one of the team's main sources of lockdown.

The Tank build, tank items, is both the most played and the top-ranked path: Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis and Thornmail, with a 47.5% win rate over 687,053 games. On this build 57% of players skip boots and spend the slot on another item.

The cards that do best on Rammus are Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Forged By The Master. Cards built around health and resistances fill most of the top of its list, followed by movement speed. Skip Third Times the Harm and Heavy Is The Crown when you can: they do worst on Rammus. A pair to look for: FireFox with Forged By The Master.

Take Flash and Mark (94% of players). Max W (Defensive Ball Curl) first, then E, then Q.

Rammus ARAM Mayhem build

ARAMKit groups every Rammus game by build path. The top-ranked path comes first, with the items most players start with, buy first and add later.

Tank build · top ranked

47.5% win rate · 89% of Rammus games · 687,053 games

Start

Ruby Crystal
Bami's Cinder

Core items, in buying order

Heartsteel
Sunfire Aegis
Thornmail

Boots on the Tank build for Rammus, top ranked first, with the share of players who buy them
Boots, best first	Players
No boots	57%
Plated Steelcaps	21%
Mercury's Treads	20%

Situational, after the core

Warmog's Armor36% buy it
Unending Despair37% buy it
Jak'Sho, The Protean46% buy it
Randuin's Omen22% buy it
Frozen Heart8% buy it
Force of Nature3% buy it

Most bought items

Thornmail84% of games
Heartsteel76% of games
Jak'Sho, The Protean53% of games
Warmog's Armor45% of games
Unending Despair43% of games
Randuin's Omen27% of games
Mercury's Treads23% of games
Plated Steelcaps18% of games
Sunfire Aegis15% of games
Kaenic Rookern14% of games

Best augments for Rammus

Every card with enough Rammus games, by tier and best first within each tier. Tiers are Rammus'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

1Giant SlayerTier A
2Omni SoulTier A
3Clown CollegeTier A

GoldBest gold cards

SilverBest silver cards

S- and A-tier cards for Rammus

3 S tier and 32 A tier, best first.

The S- and A-tier augments for Rammus in ARAM Mayhem, best first, with their rarity and what they do
Augment	Rarity	Tier	What it does
Armored Impact	Gold	Tier S	After casting an Ability, your next Attack deals (50–125 (by level) +250% Bonus Armor) bonus physical damage to nearby enemies.
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…
Forged By The Master	Silver	Tier S	Your Item and Augment damage are increased by 45%.
Giant Slayer	Prismatic	Tier A	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.
Porcupine	Gold	Tier A	Taking damage from champions builds up a burst of needles. At critical mass, the needles burst, dealing (75–200 (by level) +125% Bonus…
Omni Soul	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 3 random Dragon Souls.
Escape Plan	Silver	Tier A	Gain a massive (65% Max Health) decaying Shield, decaying 150% Movement Speed, and a decaying shrink effect upon reaching 35% Health (75…
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…
Stats on Stats!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 3 Stat Anvils, with a higher chance of Gold and Prismatic Anvils!
Impassable	Gold	Tier A	Gain the Aftershock and Glacial Augment Keystone Runes. Aftershock: After Immobilizing an enemy champion, gain defenses and later deal a…
Don't Change the Channel	Silver	Tier A	While Channeling gain (50–200 (by level) +50% Attack Damage +25% Ability Power +10% Bonus Health) Shield every second. It decays when you…
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…
Mad Scientist	Prismatic	Tier A	On each Revive, you grow large (gaining 30% Adaptive Force and 20% Health) or tiny (gaining 70 Ability Haste and 40% Movement Speed).
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.
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).
Donation	Gold	Tier A	Receive 1750 Gold. Thanks chat!:)
Leg Day	Silver	Tier A	Gain 50 Movement Speed and 50% Slow Resist.
Fruitify	Silver	Tier A	Scoring a Takedown causes the slain champion to explode into 3–6 (by level) Fruit. Fruit restores 6% of your maximum health and restores 6%…
Upgrade Immolate	Silver	Tier A	Hollow Radiance and Sunfire Aegis grant 12 Gold per target affected with Immolate. Gain 250 Gold.
Flashy	Gold	Tier A	Your Flash has 3 charges. After 120 seconds, regain all charges.
Hand of Baron	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 25% Adaptive Force. Nearby allied minions are greatly empowered.
Growth Spurt	Gold	Tier A	Gain Growth Spurt as a Summoner Spell. Growth Spurt suddenly increases your size, Knocking Up nearby enemies for 1 second and granting…
Stats!	Silver	Tier A	Gain 2 Stat Anvils!
En Passant	Prismatic	Tier A	Periodically identify Vitals on enemy champions. Hitting Vitals with Attacks or Abilities deals an additional 6% + 1.5% per stack max Health…
Goliath	Prismatic	Tier A	Become large, gaining 35% Health and 15% Adaptive Force.
Pressure Cooker	Gold	Tier A	Every second, apply an infinitely stacking Burn to nearby enemy champions, dealing (0.5% Max Health) magic damage per second for 2 seconds…
Weapon of Destiny	Gold	Tier A	Your first Legendary Item becomes the Weapon of Destiny. When a champion you damaged within the last 3 seconds dies, increase the Weapon of…
Shark Bait	Gold	Tier A	On death, become Shark Bait. You can take no actions other than moving, which slows nearby enemies by 40%. After a few seconds, a Shark…
Stuck In Here With Me	Prismatic	Tier A	After using your Ultimate, gain 50% damage reduction for 2 seconds, after which you Taunt enemies inside for 2 seconds. Gain 30 Ultimate…
Get Excited!	Gold	Tier A	Gain 100% Movement Speed and 15% Attack Speed for 4 seconds on takedown.
Blade Waltz	Prismatic	Tier A	Makes you untargetable while you dash at and deal (30–150 (by level) +10% Bonus Attack Damage+6% Ability Power) damage to enemies 8 times…
Courage of the Colossus	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain (150–450 (by level) +4% Max Health) Shield after Immobilizing or Grounding an enemy champion.
Steel Your Heart	Gold	Tier A	QUEST: Possess Heartsteel with 300 stacks. REWARD: Multiply Heartsteel stacks by 3.
Dawnbringer's Resolve	Gold	Tier A	When dropping below 50% Health, heal for 30% max Health over 3 seconds. Resets on death or every 45 seconds.
Biggest Snowball Ever	Prismatic	Tier A	Gain 100 Ability Haste on Snowball. Your snowball is BIG and will pass through minions. It Slows enemies for 20% for 2 seconds, Knocks Up…

Average on Rammus
53 cards, best first

Below average on Rammus
28 cards, best first

Weakest on Rammus
12 cards, best first

Best first augment for Rammus

Your first card decides the early fights, and a card that is great as a first pick can be a weak fourth. ARAMKit ranks Rammus'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, Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate and Omni Soul come out on top.

The best augments for Rammus in each pick of an ARAM Mayhem game, best first, with their tier in that pick
#	First pick	Second pick	Third pick	Fourth pick
1	Armored ImpactTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	Giant SlayerTier S
2	Upgrade ImmolateTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Armored ImpactTier S	Shrink EngineTier S
3	Omni SoulTier S	Escape PlanTier S	FlashyTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S
4	PorcupineTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S	The Boom and the BassTier S	Forged By The MasterTier S
5	Infernal SoulTier A	Shark BaitTier A	Rite of AscensionTier S	Final FormTier S

Strong card pairs

Two cards that do especially well together on Rammus, best pair first.

Summoner spells and skill order

Summoner spells

Flash + Mark94% of players · 46.6% win rate
Ghost + Mark1% of players · 47.1% win rate
Flash + Ghost4% of players · 45.7% win rate

Skill order

WDefensive Ball Curl
EFrenzying Taunt
QPowerball

Max W first. 64% of players use this order (48.2% win rate); put points in R whenever you can.

Rammus in an average Mayhem game

Averages per game over every game on this patch.

K / D / A: 6.9 / 12.7 / 28.3
KDA: 2.95
Damage to champions: 30,847
Damage taken: 66,712
Self-mitigated: 119,557
Healing on allies: 2
Shielding on allies: 0
Crowd control: 51 s
Kill participation: 65%
Game length: 17:02

Damage type

Physical 48%Magic 42%True 10%

Questions and answers

What is the best Rammus build in ARAM Mayhem?

On patch 26.21 ARAMKit ranks the Tank build first for Rammus: Heartsteel, Sunfire Aegis and Thornmail. It is also the most played build.

What are the best augments for Rammus in ARAM Mayhem?

The S-tier cards for Rammus, best first: Armored Impact, The Boom and the Bass and Forged By The Master. The full list by tier is on this page.

Is Rammus good in ARAM Mayhem?

Rammus is tier C on patch 26.21, #144 of 173 champions, with a 46.6% win rate over 918,510 games. That makes it a below-average pick in ARAM Mayhem right now.

What is the best first augment for Rammus in ARAM Mayhem?

For Rammus's first pick on patch 26.21: Armored Impact, Upgrade Immolate, Omni Soul, Porcupine and Infernal Soul, best first. Cards rank differently in later picks; the table on this page has all four.

Other Tanks in ARAM Mayhem

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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.
Rammus 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.