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Ambessa

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · EUW

Tournament presence · pick + ban

27.5%#13 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.6%picked in 809 of 6,991 games
Ban: 15.9%549 bans over 3,461 games, against 7.1% in soloQ

Win rate as Top50.8% between 47.8% and 53.9% over 718 gamesSoloQ 47.7%: no clear gap

Median length28.9 minsoloQ 27.6 min

Amateur: 6,991 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, EUW. SoloQ Master+: 346,746 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 tournaments4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.DraftLengthSpells
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 Rell in amateur play: +24.0 pts over 37 games, range above zero.+24.0 pt37 games
In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.

DraftPicked more often in amateur play
Amateur
5.1%
SoloQ
2.4%
5.1% of the role's picks in amateur play, against 2.4% in soloQ.
DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
14.7%
SoloQ
7.1%
14.7% ban rate in amateur play over 2,100 games, against 7.1% in soloQ over 139,864 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
28.9 min
SoloQ
27.6 min
Median of 28.9 min in amateur play, against 27.6 min in soloQ.
SpellsFlash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite
Amateur
76%
SoloQ
56%
Played in 76% of amateur games; soloQ sticks to Flash + Ignite (56%).

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 Undying43% · 8,106

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Ignite56% · 10,487

≠ Amateur: Flash + Teleport instead of Flash + Ignite. 76% · 740 games

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 99% · 150 games

Core (3 legendaries)23% · 1,593

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 Rell in amateur play: +24.0 pts over 37 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

Ornn58.3% · expected 52.5% · 72 g+5.8 ptSoloQ -0.3

Renekton51.2% · expected 48.0% · 86 g+3.2 ptSoloQ -4.0

Sion54.5% · expected 49.9% · 44 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +6.9

Zaahen50.0% · expected 47.0% · 34 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +1.3

Junglegap to expected

No positive gap in amateur play.

Midgap to expected

Viktor55.6% · expected 50.4% · 81 g+5.1 ptSoloQ -0.5

Orianna55.6% · expected 49.9% · 45 g+5.7 ptSoloQ +0.4

ADCgap to expected

Xayah69.8% · expected 50.4% · 53 g+19.4 ptSoloQ -2.2

Ezreal61.5% · expected 52.3% · 39 g+9.2 ptSoloQ -1.5

Sivir57.8% · expected 54.0% · 45 g+3.8 ptSoloQ +1.4

Jinx55.0% · expected 52.9% · 60 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +1.6

Supportgap to expected

Rell70.3% · expected 46.3% · 37 g+24.0 ptSoloQ +0.9

Seraphine64.6% · expected 52.4% · 48 g+12.1 ptSoloQ -3.1

Leona65.7% · expected 55.8% · 35 g+9.9 ptSoloQ +1.3

Rakan54.9% · expected 48.8% · 51 g+6.1 ptSoloQ -5.2

Braum54.1% · expected 51.5% · 37 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -3.0

With

Junglegap to expected

Jarvan IV60.9% · expected 50.2% · 69 g+10.7 ptSoloQ -0.3

Nocturne52.6% · expected 47.1% · 38 g+5.5 ptSoloQ -2.5

Vi51.6% · expected 51.3% · 91 g+0.4 ptSoloQ +4.9

Midgap to expected

Orianna61.4% · expected 51.8% · 70 g+9.6 ptSoloQ -0.3

Viktor54.7% · expected 51.2% · 64 g+3.5 ptSoloQ +2.0

ADCgap to expected

Tristana61.4% · expected 54.7% · 44 g+6.7 ptSoloQ +1.2

Kai'Sa51.8% · expected 47.9% · 56 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -2.4

Jinx54.1% · expected 48.7% · 37 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -1.2

Ezreal53.8% · expected 49.4% · 39 g+4.5 ptSoloQ -1.2

Jhin55.0% · expected 52.9% · 40 g+2.1 ptSoloQ +0.3

Supportgap to expected

Leona53.6% · expected 45.9% · 56 g+7.7 ptSoloQ -1.1

Nautilus58.8% · expected 54.0% · 68 g+4.9 ptSoloQ +0.5

Milio54.5% · expected 49.9% · 33 g+4.7 ptSoloQ +1.0

Karma50.0% · expected 49.0% · 36 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -0.1

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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