# Ambessa Counters Who counters Ambessa? Best and worst picks against Ambessa by win rate, plus the lane counters that lead Ambessa in gold at 15 minutes. Ranked solo data by role and rank. Canonical HTML: https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/counters/ Markdown URL: https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/counters.md Language: en ## Breadcrumbs - [Baron Buff](https://baronbuff.com/) - [Champion Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/) - [Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) ## Page Content [Ambessa guide](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/) [Play against Ambessa](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/how-to-play-against/) [Ambessa counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ambessa/counters/) Best and worst picks against Ambessa in Top at Gold+, ranked by win rate and by gold lead at 15 minutes. Heimerdinger, Illaoi and Gangplank beat Ambessa most often. Tryndamere, Renekton and Irelia win the laning phase against Ambessa by the widest gold margin. ## Best picks against Ambessa Highest win rate versus Ambessa in Top. - 1 [Heimerdinger](https://baronbuff.com/champions/heimerdinger/) 102 games 59.8% - 2 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 288 games 59.7% - 3 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 447 games 57.0% - 4 [Sion](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sion/) 371 games 56.6% - 5 [Camille](https://baronbuff.com/champions/camille/) 429 games 56.4% - 6 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 580 games 56.4% - 7 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 379 games 55.1% - 8 [Malphite](https://baronbuff.com/champions/malphite/) 494 games 54.7% - 9 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 273 games 54.6% - 10 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 741 games 54.5% - 11 [Riven](https://baronbuff.com/champions/riven/) 211 games 54.5% - 12 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 441 games 54.2% - 13 [Shen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/shen/) 269 games 53.9% - 14 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 386 games 53.6% - 15 [Singed](https://baronbuff.com/champions/singed/) 187 games 53.5% ## Worst picks against Ambessa Lowest win rate versus Ambessa in Top. - 1 [Vayne](https://baronbuff.com/champions/vayne/) 120 games 43.3% - 2 [Rumble](https://baronbuff.com/champions/rumble/) 212 games 43.9% - 3 [K'Sante](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ksante/) 365 games 44.4% - 4 [Poppy](https://baronbuff.com/champions/poppy/) 126 games 45.2% - 5 [Cho'Gath](https://baronbuff.com/champions/chogath/) 189 games 45.5% - 6 [Gwen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gwen/) 172 games 45.9% - 7 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 286 games 47.5% - 8 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 167 games 47.9% - 9 [Fiora](https://baronbuff.com/champions/fiora/) 455 games 47.9% - 10 [Zaahen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/zaahen/) 208 games 48.6% - 11 [Ryze](https://baronbuff.com/champions/ryze/) 318 games 48.7% ## Best lane counters vs Ambessa Largest gold lead over Ambessa at 15 minutes in Top. - 1 [Tryndamere](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/) 112 games +941 - 2 [Renekton](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/) 385 games +843 - 3 [Irelia](https://baronbuff.com/champions/irelia/) 155 games +812 - 4 [Illaoi](https://baronbuff.com/champions/illaoi/) 159 games +758 - 5 [Gangplank](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gangplank/) 110 games +727 - 6 [Teemo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/teemo/) 150 games +430 - 7 [Sett](https://baronbuff.com/champions/sett/) 277 games +418 - 8 [Yorick](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yorick/) 199 games +396 - 9 [Darius](https://baronbuff.com/champions/darius/) 254 games +385 - 10 [Jayce](https://baronbuff.com/champions/jayce/) 123 games +348 - 11 [Mordekaiser](https://baronbuff.com/champions/mordekaiser/) 282 games +291 - 12 [Gnar](https://baronbuff.com/champions/gnar/) 102 games +282 - 13 [Garen](https://baronbuff.com/champions/garen/) 394 games +234 - 14 [Urgot](https://baronbuff.com/champions/urgot/) 103 games +218 - 15 [Yasuo](https://baronbuff.com/champions/yasuo/) 104 games +197 ## How to play against Ambessa Lane and teamfight rules that hold regardless of your pick. ### In lane and in teamfights - Absorb her first dash trade, then re-enter once W and one mobility spell are down. - Keep the wave closer to your side early so she must dash forward before she can finish a trade. - Control river entrances before she arrives; she is much weaker when forced to start fights from vision. - Collapse after she spends R on one target, because her escape options shrink once the dash chain ends. - Peel the first target she reaches instead of chasing past her; denying the reset window stops her from rolling through the fight. ## Where Ambessa is weak Exploit these in draft and in lane. - Ambessa must keep chaining spells and passive dashes, so hard CC or spacing breaks her damage rhythm. - Ambessa's backline dives are fully committed and need follow-up, leaving her stranded when teams peel together. ## Ambessa counters: questions ### Who counters Ambessa in Top? At Gold+, Heimerdinger (59.8%), Illaoi (59.7%) and Gangplank (57.0%) have the highest win rates against Ambessa. ### Who does Ambessa counter? Ambessa wins most often against Vayne (43.3%), Rumble (43.9%) and K'Sante (44.4%). ### Who wins lane against Ambessa? By gold lead at 15 minutes, Tryndamere (+941), Renekton (+843) and Irelia (+812) come out of the laning phase furthest ahead of Ambessa. ### How is the counter list ranked? Best and worst picks use same-lane win rate; lane counters use the average gold difference at 15 minutes between the two laners. Both come from Ranked Solo/Duo at the selected rank with at least 100 games per matchup, and are not adjusted for champion strength. - [Top Tier List](https://baronbuff.com/champions/top/) - [Tryndamere counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/tryndamere/counters/) - [Renekton counters](https://baronbuff.com/champions/renekton/counters/) ## Machine-Readable References - [LLM index](https://baronbuff.com/llms.txt) - [Full LLM reference](https://baronbuff.com/llms-full.txt) - [Sitemap](https://baronbuff.com/sitemap.xml)