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Ambessa

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · NA

Tournament presence · pick + ban

34.5%#4 of 173 champions

Pick: 12.3%picked in 325 of 2,644 games
Ban: 22.2%434 bans over 1,958 games, against 6.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Top57.0% between 51.7% and 62.1% over 244 gamesSoloQ 49.0%: clear gap

Median length30 minsoloQ 28.1 min

Amateur: 2,664 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, NA. SoloQ Master+: 215,636 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 tournaments5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.Win rateDraftLengthSpells
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 / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

5 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

Win rateWins more in amateur play
Amateur
57.0%
SoloQ
49.0%
57.0% win rate in amateur play over 244 games, against 49.0% in soloQ over 12,269 games.
DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
4.9%
SoloQ
2.4%
4.9% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
22.0%
SoloQ
6.6%
22.0% ban rate in amateur play over 1,329 games, against 6.6% in soloQ over 82,299 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
30 min
SoloQ
28.1 min
Median of 30 min in amateur play, against 28.1 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
72%
SoloQ
60%
Played in 72% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (60%).

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 Undying37% · 4,563

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite60% · 7,403

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 72% · 260 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 262 games

Core (3 legendaries)18% · 882

18%of soloQ games

Eclipse
Spear of Shojin
Death's Dance

Amateur: Eclipse, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance (21%), gap not settled

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?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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

No positive gap in amateur play.

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

With

Junglegap to expected

Wukong59.5% · expected 57.5% · 37 g+2.0 ptSoloQ -1.0

Midgap to expected

Syndra66.7% · expected 60.4% · 36 g+6.3 ptSoloQ +0.4

ADCgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Supportgap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

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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