Ambessa vs Kayle in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: Her E is an execute that scales with your missing HP — top off so she can't finish you. 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 · TOPKAYLEthe Righteous

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How to play it

✓ DO

Her E executes

Her E is an execute that does more the lower you are — top off with potions so she can't delete you.

Bait then reengage

Bait out her ult, then reengage with R — or reaction-test her with R and burst her down before she can panic-ult.

Don't over-dash

Don't spend all your cooldowns dashing in — if she catches you empty she can all-in and run you down with Lethal Tempo and her passive.

✕ DON'T

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Never expend all your cooldowns dashing into her — an empty Ambessa gets run down by her Lethal Tempo all-in.

Runes

DOMINATIONmatchup page

RESOLVEoverride for this matchup

SHARDS

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

Spells

FLASH

IGNITE

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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