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Everything for Ambessa Mid on patch 16.17, pulled from real Emerald+ ranked games — the build path, rune pages, the counters worth banning, the strongest teammates, and Ambessa's win conditions.
Ambessa is an AD bruiser in the mid, and on patch 16.17 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 51.2% win rate, 0.3% pick rate, 3,782 ranked games sampled. On the power curve, Ambessa spikes hardest in the mid game around the two-to-three-item mark — that is the window to force fights and objectives.
How Ambessa wins: using Ambessa's mobility to catch isolated targets. The kit grades 8/10 mobility. Ambessa's soft spots are disengage (3/10) — avoid fights that hinge on them.
The most-played core build is Profane Hydra, Voltaic Cyclosword, Death's Dance, which holds a 56.0% win rate across 116 games this patch. Item order and defensive swaps update against whichever enemy comp you select.
The matchup to respect is Lee Sin, where Ambessa sits at just 43.9%, the lane swings the other way into Yasuo (57.5%), and on the team side, Ambessa gains the most from a Malphite (+11.1% pair win rate).
Most-played core build and runes for Ambessa Mid this patch, from Emerald+ ranked games. Pick the enemy team at the top of the page for a comp-specific build.
The picks Ambessa Mid struggles into most this patch, sorted by your in-matchup win rate. These are your priority bans.
Who Ambessa Mid wants on the team: partners with the biggest positive swing on Ambessa's win rate this patch.
Best Top partners for Ambessa
Best Jungle partners for Ambessa
Best ADC partners for AmbessaAmbessa is also played in these other roles this patch.
For full draft-time coaching with all 10 picks, use the Team Builder. To see Ambessa's tier on this patch, see the Tier List.
