Ambessa vs Mordekaiser in Top lane is a favourable lane on patch 26.16. The one thing to respect: His E is the whole matchup — if it never lands, he can't run you down. 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 · TOPMORDEKAISERthe Iron Revenant

VS

Favors youPre-6 EasyPost-6 EasyTake Teleport

How to play it

✓ DO

Never eat his E

His E pulls you into his combo — dodge it and he can never statcheck or run you down.

Take short trades

Block his Q with W, AA, then E out — short reactive trades win without feeding his passive.

Cancel his ult

Post-6 you can use your R to dodge and cancel his R — it's hard, but it flips the fight.

✕ DON'T

⛔

Never get hit by his E — dodge it every time and he can't statcheck or kill 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+ - 48% WR - 1.2k 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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