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Ambessa vs Skarner

Ambessa
vs
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Skarner
Analyze a draft with Ambessa
Heavy CCStrong engageHeavy AD damageVery tanky

Build vs Skarner

Build adapted to this matchup

Recommended items for Ambessa: Eclipse, Black Cleaver, Death's Dance, Mercury's Treads, Spear of Shojin, Serpent's Fang, Endless Hunger, Voltaic Cyclosword.

Starting items

Doran's Blade
Health Potion

Core build

Eclipse
1
Black Cleaver
2
Death's Dance
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Spear of Shojin
5

Summoner spells

FlashDot53%
FlashTeleport45%

Other options

Spear of Shojin
Serpent's Fang
Endless Hunger
Voltaic Cyclosword
Maw of Malmortius
Guardian Angel
66.7% WR6 games
ResolveResolve
Grasp of the UndyingGrasp of the Undying
Shield BashShield Bash
Second WindSecond Wind
OvergrowthOvergrowth
DominationDomination
Ultimate HunterUltimate Hunter
Sudden ImpactSudden Impact
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Skarner's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Threads of Vibration (P)

Skarner's Attacks, Shattered Earth, Upheaval, and Impale, apply Quaking. At max stacks of Quaking, enemies take max Health magic damage over its duration.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
38s10s22s–
65.5s10s22s2m
93s9s22s2m
113s8s22s1m45
163s6s20s1m30
183s6s18s1m30

Playing as Ambessa

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Weave an auto between spells

    Weave an auto between spells: Drakehound's Step (passive) empowers it and refunds energy, while your three basic spells cost 70 each.

  2. Hit with the edge of your sweep

    Hit with the edge of Cunning Sweep (Q): enemies caught by the edge take much more damage, and landing it readies Sundering Slam (Q).

  3. Short trades with your dash

    Take a short trade: Cunning Sweep (Q), an auto, then Lacerate (E) with a dash backward, which adds a strike at the end of the dash.

  4. Jump on their carry

    Cast Public Execution (R) toward the enemy carry: you blink to the farthest enemy champion in the line you choose, nothing can stop you, and you suppress them.

Playing against Skarner

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Stay away from walls

    Stay away from walls against him: Ixtal's Impact (E) drags you to the end of his charge, and stuns you if you hit a wall.

  2. Stay close to your team

    Stay close to your team: Impale (R) suppresses up to 3 champions in front of him and drags them toward his team.

  3. Interrupt his charge

    If you have a stun, root or knock-up, save it for Ixtal's Impact (E): it interrupts his charge.

  4. Get out of Impale range

    When he gets into melee range, leave the area in front of him: Impale (R) strikes in front of Skarner, and a dash or Flash lets you dodge it.

Other Ambessa matchups

Patch 16.21.1