Ambessa vs Gragas in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his only kill is a cask that flings you into his Q, his tower, or his jungler — respect the angle. Below is the exact page the OTP runs — runes, skill max order, summoner spells, item build and the four tips that decide the lane, plus a quick quiz before you lock in.

⇄ ChangeYOU · TOPAMBESSAthe Hound of War

⇄ ChangeENEMY · TOPGRAGASthe Rabble Rouser

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Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Watch his ult angle

Read where he wants to cask you — toward his Q, his tower, or a ganking jungler; you may have to Flash the knockback to safety.

Clean trade combo

Trade with E in, W his Body Slam, then Q in or out — the tidy combo on him.

Ult his crowd control

You can negate his ult or E CC with your own R while dodging his Q at the same time.

✕ DON'T

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Don't sit out of position for a flashy cask setup — that's his one real kill on you.

Runes

RESOLVE

INSPIRATIONuniversal page

SHARDS

No rune change for this matchup — run the universal page, our every-game default.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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16.14 Emerald+ - 50% WR - 458 games

Skill order

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18
	Q			Q	Q		Q	Q
			W											W	W		W	W
		E							E	E		E	E
						R					R					R

MAXQ→E→W

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