Champion

Ambessa

Matriarch of War

Fighter

Assassin

Lore

All who know the name Medarda respect and fear the family's leader, Ambessa. As a Noxian general, she embodies a deadly combination of ruthless strength and fearless resolve in battle. Her role as matriarch is no different, requiring great cunning to empower the Medardas while leaving no room for failure or compassion. Embracing the merciless ways of the Wolf, Ambessa will do whatever it takes to protect her family's legacy, even at the cost of her own children's love.

Abilities

PassiveDrakehound's Step

Entering an attack or movement command while casting an ability will cause Ambessa to dash a short distance once the ability is cast, granting her next attack bonus range, damage, and attack speed, and refunding energy.

QCunning Sweep / Sundering Slam

Ambessa sweeps her twin drakehounds in a semicircle in front of her, dealing bonus damage to enemies hit by the blades. Striking an enemy will transform the next cast of this ability for a short period of time, causing her to slam her twin drakehounds down in a line in front of her, dealing bonus damage to the first enemy hit.

Cooldown : 14/13/12/11/10s Cost : 70 Energy Range : 650

WRepudiation

Ambessa gains a shield, briefly braces herself, and then slams the ground to damage nearby enemies. If she blocked any non-minion damage while bracing herself, this ability will deal increased damage.

Cooldown : 18/17/16/15/14s Cost : 70 Energy Range : 325

ELacerate

Ambessa whips her twin drakehounds around herself, damaging and slowing nearby enemies. Initiating Drakehound's Step from this ability causes her to strike a second time at the end of its dash.

Cooldown : 13/12/11/10/9s Cost : 70 Energy Range : 325

RPublic Execution

Ambessa blinks to the farthest enemy champion in a line of her choosing and suppresses them upon her arrival. She then slams the enemy into the ground where they take damage and are stunned.

Cooldown : 130/115/100s Range : 1250

Difficulty profile

Base stats (level 1)

Role distribution

Real pick rate (among Gold-to-Challenger ranked games collected on EUW/NA/BR/KR) and real win rate, from a still-modest sample -- not yet at the scale of this site's TFT comp tracker. A role without enough observed games doesn't show up here.

Most built items

Item	Games	Pick rate	Winrate
Eclipse	350	61.0%	49.4%
Stealth Ward	264	46.0%	47.3%
Death's Dance	246	42.9%	56.5%
Plated Steelcaps	240	41.8%	53.3%
Oracle Lens	220	38.3%	49.5%
Long Sword	174	30.3%	42.5%
Spear of Shojin	161	28.1%	53.4%
Voltaic Cyclosword	133	23.2%	55.6%
Mercury's Treads	130	22.7%	46.9%
Profane Hydra	126	21.9%	46.8%
Pickaxe	106	18.5%	52.8%
Doran's Blade	104	18.1%	46.2%
Black Cleaver	94	16.4%	52.1%
Farsight Alteration	89	15.5%	49.4%
Doran's Shield	88	15.3%	50.0%

Real pick rate and win rate among collected games, all roles combined.

Most played runes

Runes	Games	Pick rate	Winrate
Grasp of the Undying — Inspiration	186	32.4%	50.0%
Conqueror — Inspiration	106	18.5%	50.0%
Electrocute — Resolve	84	14.6%	46.4%
Conqueror — Resolve	74	12.9%	48.6%
Grasp of the Undying — Domination	40	7.0%	50.0%
Stormraider's Surge — Domination	20	3.5%	45.0%
First Strike — Precision	16	2.8%	50.0%

Real pick rate and win rate for each keystone + secondary tree combo, among collected games.

Lane matchups

Champion	Role	Games	Winrate
Renekton	Top	25	56.0%
Jayce	Top	19	36.8%
Camille	Top	16	37.5%