Repeated-pressure bruiser build: Ambessa does not win by throwing all her violence into a single entry, but by keeping enough durability and mobility to punish the second and third windows as well. The build must therefore serve her attack rhythm as much as the first collision.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,500 total cost
Nothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total cost -400gSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,200 total cost -300g
Share of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Standard build maximizing damage output. Use on neutral matchups or when ahead.
15,100 total costNothing dominates on the other side: the standard build maximizes your damage.
Open this draft in the tool →Anti-resist build for tanky enemies. Choose when multiple enemies build armor/magic resist.
15,100 total costSustain build leaning on heal/omnivamp to win prolonged duels.
15,100 total costShare of the roster this champion outclasses, at each stage of the game.
50% = average for the roster at that point of the game, 90% = among the strongest. The three phases come from the site's editorial tempo grid (early/mid/late, rated across 142 champions); the level-by-level curve adds this build's computed spikes — ultimate, completed items — never by more than ±8 points.
Your hardest matchups in this role, and the item from your situational list that answers each one.
Same advisor in the Draft (the MVP sheet applies it to your real draft) and in Ask Nexus, which explains the choice. On counters pages: the variant to take against each counter-pick.
Skill leveling order and rune choices explained, from our in-depth kit analysis (patch 7.0e). Ability numbers are from patch 7.3; up-to-date items are in the section above.
Ambessa does not win fights through initial burst but through her ability to stay active longer than her opponents. This build lets her survive the first impact and capitalize on her mobility to take control once enemy cooldowns are committed.
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Tap an ability for its per-rank numbers. Source: official Tencent data (Chinese server), patch 7.3 — may lead or lag the global server by a sub-patch.
combos of dashes Q and combos fast stack Conqueror immediately.
Your post-spell dashes stick you to the tower after won trades — the max-HP charge takes the plates.
Lane sustain his rotations combo Q to maintain his pressure.
Accumulated HP to survive his fights frontal as a bruiser dive.
Farm and takedowns stack 15 Ability Haste: more dashes between two engage windows.
Second Wind
Bone Plating
Overgrowth
Perseverance
Coup De Grace
Giant Slayer
