# Ambessa Build, Runes and Counters · 26.22

> Best build for Ambessa: rune page, item set, summoner spells, skill order and counter picks — 26.22 patch, ranked match data.

Source: https://gamerone.org/en/champion/ambessa · Patch: 26.22 · Top lane

## Ambessa — Matriarch of War

- Tier: S (#26 of 132 in Top lane)
- Win rate: 48.0%
- Pick: 4.4%
- Ban: 5.1%
- Games: 18,368

## Runes

- **Resolve**: Grasp of the Undying, Shield Bash, Second Wind, Overgrowth
- **Domination**: Sudden Impact, Ultimate Hunter
- Adaptive Force, Adaptive Force, Health

## Summoner spells

Flash, Ignite

## Items

- Starting items: Doran's Blade, Health Potion
- **Attack Damage** (Win rate: 50.1% · Games: 6,144): Eclipse → Spear of Shojin → Death's Dance → (Endless Hunger / Death's Dance) → (Guardian Angel / Endless Hunger / Maw of Malmortius)
- **Lethality** (Win rate: 53.7% · Games: 1,323): Voltaic Cyclosword → Bastionbreaker → Death's Dance → (Endless Hunger / Death's Dance) → (Guardian Angel / Endless Hunger / Maw of Malmortius)
- Boots: Plated Steelcaps

## Skill order

Q > E > W

## Struggles against

- Kassadin: -25.0 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Rek'Sai: -22.7 pp win rate difference (11 games)
- Azir: -20.0 pp win rate difference (20 games)
- LeBlanc: -16.7 pp win rate difference (12 games)
- Tristana: -11.5 pp win rate difference (13 games)

## Strong against

- Brand: +22.7 pp win rate difference (22 games)
- Lee Sin: +19.2 pp win rate difference (13 games)
- Galio: +14.0 pp win rate difference (25 games)
- Malzahar: +11.5 pp win rate difference (26 games)
- Karma: +10.0 pp win rate difference (20 games)

The data is calculated per patch from ranked matches in the selected tier and region.

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