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Ambessa Build, Runes & Counters for Coordinated 5v5

Team-focused Ambessa data from 1,415 Master+ coordinated 5v5 games, including Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 data where available. This is not Solo Queue data. Ambessa has an observed 51.8% win rate as Top in the current sample.

Win rate
51.8%
Games
1,415
Patch
16.20
D
Role tier
Top
Master+ pool
TopTopJungleJungleMidMidBotBot
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Ambessa Build

Items for the selected keystone (651 games).

Summoner spells

52.7% WR · 833 games
FlashIgnite

Boots

Plated Steelcaps

Trinket

Stealth Ward

Items

Start
Doran's Shield
Health Potion
51.0%
→
1st
Eclipse
51.2%
→
2nd
Spear of Shojin
48.3%
Alternatives
Black Cleaver53%
Voltaic Cyclosword56%
→
3rd
Death's Dance
49.5%
→
4th
Sterak's Gage
9.4%
→
5th
Voltaic Cyclosword
53.9%

Ambessa Skill Order

Drakehound's Step
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Ambessa Runes

Most observed exact rune page per keystone.

41.5% WR · 165 games
Resolve
Grasp of the Undying
Aftershock
Guardian
Demolish
Font of Life
Shield Bash
Conditioning
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Revitalize
Unflinching
Domination
Cheap Shot
Taste of Blood
Sudden Impact
Sixth Sense
Grisly Mementos
Deep Ward
Treasure Hunter
Relentless Hunter
Ultimate Hunter
Adaptive Force
Attack Speed
Ability Haste
Adaptive Force
Move Speed
Health Scaling
Health
Tenacity and Slow Resist
Health Scaling
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Ambessa Counters

Who Ambessa beats and struggles against in Master+ coordinated games.

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Good against

Yasuo
Yasuo
+11.2%
58 games
Urgot
Urgot
+9.5%
61 games
Gwen
Gwen
+9.3%
63 games
Yorick
Yorick
+8.4%
54 games

Bad against

Warwick
Warwick
-8.0%
51 games
Fiora
Fiora
-5.3%
119 games
Poppy
Poppy
-4.7%
82 games
Gnar
Gnar
-4.0%
123 games

Best Teammates for Ambessa

Build around Ambessa Top: team style, supports and alternatives from Master+ coordinated games.

Best compo type for Ambessa

Pick Comp
Pick Comp

Catch one target, create a numbers advantage, take the map.

Best junglers with Ambessa

Lee Sin
Lee Sin
53.4%
384 games

If Ambessa is banned

Aatrox
Aatrox
49.6%
Skirmish · Engage · Mobility
Zaahen
Zaahen
52.3%
Skirmish · Engage · Mobility
Wukong
Wukong
53.6%
Skirmish · Engage · Mobility
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Is Ambessa a good team or soloQ champ?

Team>SoloQ

+3.4 WR Team

Ambessa
Lee Sin
Master+ ranked 5v5
51.8%
coordinated stacks
Team 51.8%SoloQ 48.4%

Ambessa looks stronger in Master+ team play because the win-rate gap between coordinated stacks and SoloQ is meaningful.

Ambessa vs other tops in Master+ teams
#1 = best among tops
Damage/min860
Above average#62 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Shaco
25%
Shyvana
50%
Olaf
75%
Karthus
top
Gold/min407
About average#92 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Swain
25%
Shyvana
50%
Syndra
75%
Xayah
top
Kill part.35.8%
Below average#123 of 173
Role landmarks
Yorick
low
Yunara
25%
Varus
50%
Alistar
75%
Nami
top
CS/min7.04
Above average#73 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Zac
25%
Sett
50%
Samira
75%
Irelia
top
Vision/min0.79
Above average#74 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Talon
25%
RekSai
50%
Nidalee
75%
FiddleSticks
top
Damage share23.7%
Above average#47 of 173
Role landmarks
Yuumi
low
Trundle
25%
Kayn
50%
Pantheon
75%
Karthus
top

Balance History

Ambessa Summoner's Rift changes from published LoL-Tracker patch notes.

Changed in patch 26.20.

  1. NERFEDPatch 26.206 Oct 2026

    Ambessa: Passive - Drakehound's Step down.

How Ambessa Performs in Coordinated 5v5

Data-backed notes from the Ambessa Master+ sample on this page.

In LoL Tracker's Master+ coordinated sample on patch 16.20, Ambessa is tracked primarily as Top across 1,415 games with an observed 51.8% win rate. These results come from Flex 5 and Ranked 5v5 team games rather than standard Solo Queue.

Ambessa appears most frequently in Pick Comp drafts across 154 observed games in that style.

Matchup signal for Ambessa currently points to stronger published lanes into Yasuo and tougher published lanes into Warwick, using only medium-or-better coordinated samples.

YasuoWarwick