Champion sheet · Top
Ambessa
Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regionsTournament presence · pick + ban
25.4%#16 of 173 champions
- Pick
- 11.4%picked in 3,250 of 28,616 games
- Ban
- 14.0%3,275 bans over 23,338 games, against 5.7% in soloQ
Win rate as Top50.5% between 48.9% and 52.1% over 2,703 gamesSoloQ 48.6%: clear gap
Median length29.4 minsoloQ 27.1 min
Amateur: 28,642 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 24% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 894,455 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.Win rateDraftLength
- 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 Ryze in amateur play: +14.2 pts over 71 games, range above zero.+14.2 pt71 games
- In draftPriority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
What changes in tournaments?
4 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Top.
- Win rateWins more in amateur play
- Amateur
- 50.5%
- SoloQ
- 48.6%
- DraftPicked more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 4.8%
- SoloQ
- 2.7%
- DraftBanned more often in amateur play
- Amateur
- 13.8%
- SoloQ
- 5.7%
- LengthLonger games in amateur play
- Amateur
- 29.4 min
- SoloQ
- 27.1 min
How to play it?
Grasp of the Undying, then Eclipse, Spear of Shojin, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
RunesGrasp of the Undying50% · 26,151Same in amateur play
SpellsFlash + Ignite49% · 25,798Amateur: Flash + Teleport (74%), gap not settled
SkillsQnot collected in soloQAmateur: 100% · 453 games
Core (3 legendaries)22% · 4,011
22%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.
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%
With whom, against whom?
Better than expected against Ryze in amateur play: +14.2 pts over 71 games, range above zero.
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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
Ornn55.9% · expected 50.1% · 177 g+5.8 ptSoloQ +1.0
Jax60.8% · expected 50.0% · 51 g+10.8 ptSoloQ +1.4
Gnar60.0% · expected 52.1% · 75 g+7.9 ptSoloQ -0.3
Sion52.3% · expected 51.1% · 153 g+1.2 ptSoloQ +3.2
Olaf50.7% · expected 47.4% · 71 g+3.3 ptSoloQ +2.9
Junglegap to expected
Sylas56.3% · expected 49.4% · 119 g+6.9 ptSoloQ +0.7
Wukong50.0% · expected 48.2% · 270 g+1.8 ptSoloQ -0.9
Nocturne57.3% · expected 53.0% · 82 g+4.3 ptSoloQ +3.3
Jarvan IV52.2% · expected 52.0% · 201 g+0.2 ptSoloQ -0.1
Pantheon58.3% · expected 54.2% · 60 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +2.4
Midgap to expected
Ryze66.2% · expected 52.0% · 71 g+14.2 ptSoloQ -1.2
Yone57.3% · expected 48.2% · 75 g+9.2 ptSoloQ +0.3
Orianna56.6% · expected 52.5% · 159 g+4.2 ptSoloQ +0.5
Hwei54.8% · expected 49.2% · 84 g+5.6 ptSoloQ -0.9
Viktor50.9% · expected 50.0% · 214 g+0.9 ptSoloQ -0.6
ADCgap to expected
Varus60.9% · expected 49.9% · 69 g+10.9 ptSoloQ -0.5
Yunara52.2% · expected 48.2% · 276 g+3.9 ptSoloQ +1.1
Jinx51.5% · expected 48.6% · 194 g+3.0 ptSoloQ +0.5
Sivir54.6% · expected 51.5% · 130 g+3.1 ptSoloQ -2.6
Kai'Sa52.3% · expected 51.0% · 199 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -1.4
Supportgap to expected
Blitzcrank59.6% · expected 48.4% · 94 g+11.1 ptSoloQ +0.1
Rell54.1% · expected 47.0% · 122 g+7.1 ptSoloQ -0.8
Leona56.8% · expected 51.6% · 148 g+5.1 ptSoloQ +0.2
Braum51.8% · expected 48.8% · 164 g+3.0 ptSoloQ -1.4
Seraphine51.2% · expected 49.2% · 170 g+1.9 ptSoloQ +0.5
With
Junglegap to expected
Sejuani59.7% · expected 47.9% · 77 g+11.9 ptSoloQ +0.9
Lillia64.4% · expected 53.7% · 90 g+10.7 ptSoloQ -1.6
Vi54.2% · expected 50.6% · 253 g+3.5 ptSoloQ -0.2
Jarvan IV50.3% · expected 49.0% · 185 g+1.3 ptSoloQ -1.1
Xin Zhao51.0% · expected 50.0% · 145 g+1.0 ptSoloQ +0.5
Midgap to expected
Orianna58.1% · expected 48.5% · 179 g+9.6 ptSoloQ +0.2
Sylas54.1% · expected 50.2% · 135 g+3.9 ptSoloQ -1.9
Locke55.6% · expected 50.2% · 90 g+5.3 ptSoloQ -0.9
Lissandra53.8% · expected 49.3% · 93 g+4.5 ptSoloQ +2.2
Galio50.0% · expected 46.0% · 56 g+4.0 ptSoloQ -0.9
ADCgap to expected
Ezreal54.2% · expected 47.3% · 192 g+6.9 ptSoloQ -0.8
Caitlyn54.3% · expected 52.4% · 223 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -1.2
Yunara53.8% · expected 52.8% · 266 g+1.0 ptSoloQ -0.5
Jinx54.7% · expected 52.4% · 150 g+2.2 ptSoloQ -0.3
Kai'Sa50.7% · expected 50.0% · 207 g+0.7 ptSoloQ -0.6
Supportgap to expected
Thresh56.9% · expected 51.7% · 130 g+5.3 ptSoloQ +1.1
Seraphine55.4% · expected 51.8% · 166 g+3.7 ptSoloQ +1.4
Lulu50.0% · expected 48.1% · 214 g+1.9 ptSoloQ -1.4
Karma50.4% · expected 47.9% · 129 g+2.5 ptSoloQ -2.3
Blitzcrank55.1% · expected 52.6% · 98 g+2.5 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.
Sort by
Top24 champions
- Renekton296 games48.6%gap -0.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 3,506 g
- Ornn177 games55.9%gap +5.8 ptsSoloQ: 48.7% · 1,198 g
- K'Sante172 games48.8%gap -3.8 ptsSoloQ: 52.6% · 1,807 g
- Sion153 games52.3%gap +1.2 ptsSoloQ: 52.5% · 949 g
- Malphite119 games51.3%gap +0.3 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 1,312 g
- Camille109 games45.9%gap -1.8 ptsSoloQ: 45.4% · 1,995 g
- Zaahen94 games43.6%gap -4.5 ptsSoloQ: 48.3% · 1,117 g
- Aatrox80 games45.0%gap -4.4 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 1,615 g
- Gnar75 games60.0%gap +7.9 ptsSoloQ: 49.6% · 1,086 g
- Shen75 games52.0%gap -0.7 ptsSoloQ: 44.8% · 1,018 g
- Olaf71 games50.7%gap +3.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 1,102 g
- Poppy63 games50.8%gap +0.6 ptsSoloQ: 46.5% · 389 g
- Jayce61 games45.9%gap -3.9 ptsSoloQ: 47.1% · 1,961 g
- Yone57 games50.9%gap -0.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.0% · 2,107 g
- Dr. Mundo55 games50.9%gap -2.4 ptsSoloQ: 56.5% · 819 g
- Jax51 games60.8%gap +10.8 ptsSoloQ: 50.0% · 1,454 g
- Irelia41 games46.3%gap -5.9 ptsSoloQ: 46.8% · 1,362 g
- Darius24 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 1,418 g
- Fiora22 games—SoloQ: 50.2% · 1,788 g
- Gangplank16 games—SoloQ: 45.5% · 1,434 g
- Darius14 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 1,418 g
- Malphite13 games—SoloQ: 46.4% · 1,312 g
- Darius9 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 1,418 g
- Jayce9 games—SoloQ: 47.1% · 1,961 g
Jungle23 champions
- Wukong270 games50.0%gap +1.8 ptsSoloQ: 47.0% · 1,625 g
- Lee Sin219 games48.9%gap -1.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.3% · 4,177 g
- Jarvan IV201 games52.2%gap +0.2 ptsSoloQ: 49.7% · 1,875 g
- Vi189 games47.1%gap -3.3 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 1,161 g
- Xin Zhao132 games50.8%gap -0.2 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 781 g
- Sylas119 games56.3%gap +6.9 ptsSoloQ: 49.1% · 1,960 g
- Lillia94 games46.8%gap -0.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 1,242 g
- Qiyana83 games45.8%gap -2.1 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 2,605 g
- Nocturne82 games57.3%gap +4.3 ptsSoloQ: 54.6% · 626 g
- Viego72 games45.8%gap -5.6 ptsSoloQ: 48.2% · 1,943 g
- Cho'Gath65 games44.6%gap -4.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 1,317 g
- Jayce61 games45.9%gap -6.2 ptsSoloQ: 51.5% · 785 g
- Pantheon60 games58.3%gap +4.2 ptsSoloQ: 54.7% · 258 g
- Sejuani60 games55.0%gap +1.9 ptsSoloQ: 51.1% · 415 g
- Kha'Zix55 games49.1%gap -0.9 ptsSoloQ: 48.2% · 2,245 g
- Graves46 games43.5%gap -7.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.1% · 2,126 g
- Hecarim37 games54.1%gap -0.3 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 1,867 g
- Elise30 games53.3%gap +4.1 ptsSoloQ: 46.9% · 1,176 g
- Nidalee29 games—SoloQ: 44.1% · 1,535 g
- Kayn27 games—SoloQ: 49.5% · 1,197 g
- Talon23 games—SoloQ: 48.7% · 2,216 g
- Cho'Gath14 games—SoloQ: 50.6% · 1,317 g
- Cho'Gath5 games—SoloQ: 50.6% · 1,317 g
Mid22 champions
- Ahri223 games44.4%gap -4.2 ptsSoloQ: 46.1% · 2,317 g
- Syndra217 games43.3%gap -6.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.9% · 2,512 g
- Viktor214 games50.9%gap +0.9 ptsSoloQ: 49.1% · 2,613 g
- Orianna159 games56.6%gap +4.2 ptsSoloQ: 50.9% · 1,170 g
- Sylas107 games38.3%gap -12.5 ptsSoloQ: 51.8% · 1,961 g
- Aurora91 games54.9%gap +3.7 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 1,074 g
- LeBlanc85 games38.8%gap -11.3 ptsSoloQ: 44.0% · 1,449 g
- Hwei84 games54.8%gap +5.6 ptsSoloQ: 47.2% · 1,082 g
- Locke82 games53.7%gap +2.9 ptsSoloQ: 48.8% · 2,271 g
- Lissandra78 games48.7%gap -3.0 ptsSoloQ: 47.4% · 1,174 g
- Akali75 games49.3%gap -1.0 ptsSoloQ: 49.5% · 1,786 g
- Yone75 games57.3%gap +9.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.9% · 2,250 g
- Ryze71 games66.2%gap +14.2 ptsSoloQ: 51.5% · 807 g
- Xerath69 games52.2%gap +1.3 ptsSoloQ: 51.6% · 910 g
- Galio65 games46.2%gap -5.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.1% · 1,456 g
- Twisted Fate50 games48.0%gap -1.1 ptsSoloQ: 46.0% · 1,708 g
- Yasuo45 games46.7%gap -3.7 ptsSoloQ: 47.5% · 1,931 g
- Galio44 games52.3%gap -2.7 ptsSoloQ: 48.1% · 1,456 g
- Zed33 games30.3%gap -13.2 ptsSoloQ: 48.0% · 1,764 g
- Ekko23 games—SoloQ: 50.0% · 1,222 g
- Katarina12 games—SoloQ: 47.3% · 1,540 g
- Galio7 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 1,456 g
ADC17 champions
- Yunara276 games52.2%gap +3.9 ptsSoloQ: 49.5% · 4,251 g
- Caitlyn228 games44.3%gap -4.3 ptsSoloQ: 50.6% · 2,807 g
- Kai'Sa199 games52.3%gap +1.3 ptsSoloQ: 47.8% · 4,403 g
- Jhin198 games52.0%gap -0.8 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 5,162 g
- Jinx194 games51.5%gap +3.0 ptsSoloQ: 47.7% · 3,471 g
- Ezreal189 games53.4%gap -0.3 ptsSoloQ: 53.0% · 2,976 g
- Xayah147 games46.9%gap -2.2 ptsSoloQ: 45.4% · 1,647 g
- Ashe130 games49.2%gap +0.1 ptsSoloQ: 51.5% · 1,159 g
- Sivir130 games54.6%gap +3.1 ptsSoloQ: 45.9% · 995 g
- Lucian129 games45.7%gap -5.7 ptsSoloQ: 47.7% · 1,979 g
- Tristana119 games52.9%gap +2.5 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 3,030 g
- Aphelios107 games50.5%gap -3.8 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 2,595 g
- Zeri101 games49.5%gap +1.8 ptsSoloQ: 46.8% · 1,929 g
- Miss Fortune70 games41.4%gap -9.8 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 1,076 g
- Varus69 games60.9%gap +10.9 ptsSoloQ: 49.8% · 751 g
- Kalista38 games42.1%gap -5.9 ptsSoloQ: 46.8% · 1,475 g
- Draven15 games—SoloQ: 46.5% · 1,368 g
Support18 champions
- Lulu276 games51.4%gap -1.4 ptsSoloQ: 48.2% · 3,903 g
- Nautilus271 games47.6%gap -2.6 ptsSoloQ: 48.6% · 3,183 g
- Seraphine170 games51.2%gap +1.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.0% · 1,199 g
- Braum164 games51.8%gap +3.0 ptsSoloQ: 45.2% · 1,557 g
- Milio162 games45.7%gap -6.7 ptsSoloQ: 49.4% · 1,286 g
- Thresh150 games49.3%gap 0.0 ptsSoloQ: 46.6% · 3,965 g
- Leona148 games56.8%gap +5.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.3% · 2,051 g
- Karma146 games51.4%gap -1.7 ptsSoloQ: 50.5% · 2,145 g
- Rell122 games54.1%gap +7.1 ptsSoloQ: 45.4% · 1,789 g
- Rakan121 games50.4%gap +0.8 ptsSoloQ: 45.0% · 1,519 g
- Alistar118 games47.5%gap -2.0 ptsSoloQ: 46.4% · 2,139 g
- Bard108 games41.7%gap -5.9 ptsSoloQ: 50.2% · 2,054 g
- Blitzcrank94 games59.6%gap +11.1 ptsSoloQ: 47.1% · 2,213 g
- Yuumi65 games43.1%gap -6.4 ptsSoloQ: 52.3% · 1,371 g
- Pyke47 games53.2%gap +1.8 ptsSoloQ: 50.1% · 1,499 g
- Janna29 games—SoloQ: 47.4% · 1,899 g
- Nami29 games—SoloQ: 48.1% · 1,893 g
- Senna15 games—SoloQ: 48.5% · 1,464 g
Ban it or pick it?
Priority pick: taken in G1, burned afterwards.
Pick rate as Top
Amateur tournaments, compared with soloQ- SoloQ Master+2.7%47,498 picks of 1,788,891ban 5.7% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Amateur tournaments4.8%1,846 picks of 38,304ban 13.8% · patches 16.19 to 16.21
- Pro9.4%209 picks of 2,214bans not published · patches 16.17 to 16.20
Presence by patch
25.6% on 16.2116.1216.21
Pick + ban, all regions, one point per patch; a patch without a measure leaves a gap.Within the series
Fearless series only · as Top- 10.6%G1767 games of 7,221
- 8.9%G2642 games of 7,226
- 8.0%G3+231 games of 2,878
