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Ambessa

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · KR

Tournament presence · pick + ban

23.8%#18 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.1%picked in 2,011 of 18,053 games
Ban: 12.7%2,172 bans over 17,107 games, against 3.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Top49.4% between 47.3% and 51.4% over 1,645 gamesSoloQ 49.4%: no clear gap

Median length29.6 minsoloQ 26 min

Amateur: 18,068 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR. SoloQ Master+: 304,693 games on the same patches. An amateur figure in gold clearly differs from soloQ.

At a glance

Four answers, each one opens its chapter.

What changes in tournaments3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLength
How to play itGrasp of the Undying, then Eclipse, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 87% of top laners.FrontlineDamagePoke
With / againstBetter than expected against Varus in amateur play: +18.3 pts over 44 games, range above zero.+18.3 pt44 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

3 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.6%
SoloQ
3.0%
4.6% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 3.0% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
12.5%
SoloQ
3.1%
12.5% ban rate in amateur play over 10,152 games, against 3.1% in soloQ over 112,312 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.6 min
SoloQ
26 min
Median of 29.6 min in amateur play, against 26 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Grasp of the Undying, then Eclipse, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesGrasp of the Undying62% · 12,974

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Teleport62% · 13,047

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 143 games

Core (3 legendaries)23% · 1,385

23%of soloQ games

Eclipse
Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance

Same in amateur play

Not collected in soloQ: starting items, 4th item, and skill order.

03 — In a comp

What does it bring to a comp?

Team damage first: more damage than 87% of top laners.

Team damagetop13%25% · top laners: 20%
Absorbs damagetop18%1,279 · top laners: 970

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other top laners

What marks it

Frontline
Damage
Poke

Like other top laners

Damage in late game
Gold at 15 min
Gold at 20 min
Plays teamfights
Takes its kills in duels
Lets allies carry kills

What it is not

Little CC
No split-push

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 92 in lane, 80 in mid game and 61 in late game, out of 100 top laners.

681+82 vs 599

950+83 vs 868

1,114+34 vs 1,079

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Ambessatop laners

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 64% of top laners against the direct opponent.

top laners

Where it stands among top laners · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 92 of 100 among top laners681 · median 599
Damage in mid game · rank 80 of 100 among top laners950 · median 868
Damage in late game · rank 61 of 100 among top laners1,114 · median 1,079
Gold at 15 min · rank 58 of 100 among top laners+174 · median +119
Gold at 20 min · rank 64 of 100 among top laners+228 · median +100
Absorbs damage · rank 82 of 100 among top laners1,279 · median 970
Plays teamfights · rank 67 of 100 among top laners55% · median 53%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 40 of 100 among top laners27% · median 28%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 41 of 100 among top lanersrank 41 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 20 of 100 among top laners0.4 · median 0.8
Team damage · rank 87 of 100 among top laners25% · median 20%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

Better than expected against Varus in amateur play: +18.3 pts over 44 games, range above zero.

Best results

Ranked by the gap to expected in amateur play, at the lower bound of its interval, at most 5 per role. The other source is a reference.

Against

Topgap to expected

Gnar63.2% · expected 50.3% · 38 g+12.9 ptSoloQ +3.3

Jax60.0% · expected 49.0% · 35 g+11.0 ptSoloQ -0.6

Shen56.4% · expected 50.0% · 55 g+6.4 ptSoloQ -3.0

Sion52.9% · expected 49.7% · 87 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -3.3

K'Sante53.6% · expected 51.4% · 112 g+2.2 ptSoloQ +1.2

Junglegap to expected

Sylas56.8% · expected 48.3% · 95 g+8.6 ptSoloQ +1.2

Wukong50.0% · expected 45.5% · 134 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -2.5

Jarvan IV54.3% · expected 50.8% · 105 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -1.7

Naafiri55.3% · expected 47.7% · 38 g+7.6 ptSoloQ +0.2

Kha'Zix60.0% · expected 52.2% · 35 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -0.3

Midgap to expected

Hwei52.8% · expected 47.2% · 53 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -1.6

Yone51.8% · expected 46.8% · 56 g+5.0 ptSoloQ +0.2

Ahri46.9% · expected 46.5% · 130 g+0.4 ptSoloQ -4.4

Aurora54.5% · expected 50.6% · 55 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +3.1

Viktor50.5% · expected 49.4% · 97 g+1.2 ptSoloQ -1.7

ADCgap to expected

Varus68.2% · expected 49.9% · 44 g+18.3 ptSoloQ -0.8

Yunara53.8% · expected 46.9% · 160 g+6.8 ptSoloQ +0.9

Tristana58.3% · expected 50.6% · 60 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -2.3

Kai'Sa53.4% · expected 49.0% · 133 g+4.4 ptSoloQ -1.0

Ashe52.9% · expected 46.4% · 68 g+6.5 ptSoloQ +1.2

Supportgap to expected

Blitzcrank58.8% · expected 48.0% · 80 g+10.7 ptSoloQ +0.6

Thresh52.2% · expected 47.7% · 113 g+4.5 ptSoloQ +0.2

Leona53.2% · expected 48.6% · 94 g+4.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Braum49.0% · expected 47.1% · 102 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +0.3

Pyke56.8% · expected 53.8% · 37 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +1.3

With

Junglegap to expected

Lillia63.5% · expected 51.4% · 63 g+12.1 ptSoloQ +1.8

Vi57.5% · expected 50.2% · 134 g+7.3 ptSoloQ -1.1

Sejuani60.5% · expected 48.9% · 38 g+11.6 ptSoloQ -0.1

Lee Sin48.9% · expected 48.0% · 188 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.5

Xin Zhao52.6% · expected 48.9% · 78 g+3.7 ptSoloQ -1.9

Midgap to expected

Orianna56.6% · expected 45.8% · 83 g+10.8 ptSoloQ +0.7

Lissandra56.1% · expected 47.7% · 66 g+8.4 ptSoloQ +1.9

Locke53.8% · expected 46.6% · 52 g+7.3 ptSoloQ -1.6

Sylas50.0% · expected 47.6% · 96 g+2.4 ptSoloQ -1.3

Syndra49.4% · expected 49.1% · 79 g+0.3 ptSoloQ +2.3

ADCgap to expected

Caitlyn59.1% · expected 51.3% · 149 g+7.8 ptSoloQ -1.1

Ezreal49.2% · expected 45.0% · 130 g+4.3 ptSoloQ -1.9

Yunara52.7% · expected 51.8% · 167 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.2

Kai'Sa50.8% · expected 49.7% · 128 g+1.1 ptSoloQ -0.2

Jinx55.7% · expected 53.6% · 97 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Supportgap to expected

Seraphine58.7% · expected 51.7% · 109 g+7.0 ptSoloQ +1.3

Thresh55.9% · expected 51.0% · 102 g+4.8 ptSoloQ -0.3

Lulu49.6% · expected 46.9% · 137 g+2.7 ptSoloQ -1.3

Bard55.9% · expected 50.0% · 59 g+5.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Braum53.7% · expected 51.6% · 95 g+2.1 ptSoloQ -1.4

Matchups and allies

One group per role of the other champion, five cards first. The bar is the win rate range, the tick marks 50%; the colour of the gap gives our reading, it sorts nothing.

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