Ambessa Jungle, patch 16.11. Below you'll find Ambessa's build, runes, toughest counters, strongest duos, and win conditions, every number measured from current-patch Emerald+ ranked games.
Ambessa is an AD bruiser in the jungle, and on patch 16.11 they grade out as a solid mid-tier pick — a 48.8% win rate, 1.9% pick rate, 22,333 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 grades low on disengage (3/10), so don't take fights that turn on those dimensions.
The most-played core build is Hubris, Axiom Arc, Death's Dance, which holds a 48.0% win rate across 877 games this patch. Set the enemy team at the top of the page to see how the path shifts against that comp.
The matchup to respect is Qiyana, where Ambessa sits at just 40.0%, the lane swings the other way into Zed (57.3%), and on the team side, Ambessa gains the most from a Taric (+8.1% pair win rate).
Ambessa's highest-volume core items and rune page this patch. Select the enemy composition above and the build re-optimizes for that exact matchup.
Ambessa Jungle's worst matchups on patch 16.11, ranked by how often they win the lane. Ban these to smooth the game out.
Champions whose presence raises Ambessa's win rate most as Jungle, by pair WR delta over Ambessa's solo performance.
Ambessa 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.