Ambessa vs Heimerdinger in Top lane is a lane that swings with levels on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: his grenade is the stun that sets up his damage — dodge it; a missed grenade is your all-in signal. 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 · TOPHEIMERDINGERthe Revered Inventor

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Swings with levelsPre-6 MediumPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Dodge his grenade

If he throws his grenade and misses, that's your all-in signal — unless he has a good turret setup and his ult prepared.

W/E in, Q out

Quickly W or E in, auto-Q out with the Electrocute proc, and whittle him down until you can commit to the all-in.

Farm and gank

Worst case, chill and farm under tower and set up a jungle gank with your R — you don't have to win lane.

✕ DON'T

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Never all-in him into a full turret setup with his ult up — dodge the grenade and pick your window instead.

Runes

DOMINATIONmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

Matchup-specific rune page — override from the OTP sheet for this lane.

Spells

FLASH

TELEPORT

Items

Start

Core

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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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