Champion sheet · Jungle

Ambessa

Patches 16.19 to 16.21 · All regions

Bans, presence and fearless: Ambessa across all builds. Build, best results and matchups: the selected build.

Tournament presence · pick + ban

25.6%#16 of 173 champions

Pick: 11.5%picked in 3,276 of 28,542 games
Ban: 14.1%3,259 bans over 23,108 games, against 5.6% in soloQ

Win rate as Jungle49.9% between 45.6% and 54.1% over 375 gamesSoloQ 47.5%: no clear gap

Median length29.3 minsoloQ 27 min

Amateur: 27,970 games from amateur tournaments, last 60 days, KR 65% · EUW 25% · NA 10%. SoloQ Master+: 963,871 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 tournaments2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.DraftLength
How to play itConqueror, then Profane Hydra, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.
In a compTeam damage first: more damage than 87% of junglers.TeamfightDamage
With / againstNo opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.
In draftTaken at any point of the series.

01 — What changes in tournaments

What changes in tournaments?

2 clear gaps between soloQ and amateur tournaments as Jungle.

DraftBanned more often in amateur play
Amateur
14.0%
SoloQ
5.6%
14.0% ban rate in amateur play over 15,385 games, against 5.6% in soloQ over 431,272 games.
LengthLonger games in amateur play
Amateur
29.3 min
SoloQ
27 min
Median of 29.3 min in amateur play, against 27 min in soloQ.

02 — How to play it

How to play it?

Conqueror, then Profane Hydra, Voltaic Cyclosword, and Death's Dance: the most played build in soloQ.

SoloQ build, amateur differences under each block

RunesConqueror79% · 8,844

Same in amateur play

SpellsFlash + Smite100% · 11,154

Same in amateur play

SkillsQnot collected in soloQ

Amateur: 100% · 35 games

Core (3 legendaries)26% · 1,656

26%of soloQ games

Profane Hydra
Voltaic Cyclosword
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 junglers.

Team damagetop13%22% · junglers: 17%
Plays teamfightstop17%55% · junglers: 52%

Read on tournament games from 2026-04-15 to 2026-10-12 (44,638 games) · same reading as the draft review · compared with other junglers

What marks it

Teamfight
Damage

Like other junglers

Damage in lane
Damage in late game
Map pressure
Absorbs damage
Takes its kills in duels
Crowd control (CC)
Invade

What it is not

No poke

Damage / min by phase · at equal gold

Rank 61 in lane, 80 in mid game and 56 in late game, out of 100 junglers.

391+8 vs 383

862+67 vs 796

1,075+19 vs 1,056

Lane · 5–14 minMid game · 15–22Late · 23–30

Ambessajunglers

Gold vs. direct opponent

At 20 min, ahead of 91% of junglers against the direct opponent.

junglers

4.9takedowns outside its lane before 15 min; junglers: 4.7.

Where it stands among junglers · every measure

0 ← less · median · more → 100

Damage in lane · rank 61 of 100 among junglers391 · median 383
Damage in mid game · rank 80 of 100 among junglers862 · median 796
Damage in late game · rank 56 of 100 among junglers1,075 · median 1,056
Gold at 15 min · rank 87 of 100 among junglers+331 · median +6
Gold at 20 min · rank 91 of 100 among junglers+642 · median +64
Map pressure · rank 67 of 100 among junglers4.9 · median 4.7
Absorbs damage · rank 75 of 100 among junglers1,112 · median 855
Plays teamfights · rank 83 of 100 among junglers55% · median 52%
Takes its kills in duels · rank 45 of 100 among junglers20% · median 20%
Lets allies carry kills · rank 22 of 100 among junglersrank 22 of 100
Crowd control (CC) · rank 30 of 100 among junglers0.5 · median 0.7
Team damage · rank 87 of 100 among junglers22% · median 17%
Jungle farm · rank 87 of 100 among junglers70 · median 66
Invade · rank 46 of 100 among junglers7% · median 7%

04 — With / against

With whom, against whom?

No opponent with a clear gap to expected in amateur play: win rates remain ranges.

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.