Rammus Build 26.22

When Is Rammus Strongest?

The win rate climbs the longer the game runs, peaking in the late game, and games at this rank average around 29 minutes. Rammus wants to gank and peel while his early tankiness outweighs enemy damage, so use the power window to roll into lanes for picks and to body-block for carries in every skirmish around objectives.

your power minute by minute · gold = item spikes · small = components · dashed = objectives

Camps1:30Drake / Grubs5:00Herald14:00Baron20:00Avg end28:43

Ambush zone8:06–9:36 Power spike 11:55

11:5512:5011:5518:06

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Play from 12:00

At 12:00

Power 60/100 · Even

Core 1/3 items

Gold ~4.8k

Phase Lvl-6 window

Next spike Thornmail · 12:50

Rammus Item Build

Rammus is a rolling tank jungler who ganks with speed and turns himself into a spiked wall that punishes attackers. His build stacks armor, health, and magic resist so his return damage bites hard, his taunt buys time, and he survives long enough to lock down a target.

Starting items 500g Gustwalker Hatchling×1Health Potion×1Stealth Ward×1 Core path · click an item for its recipe Thornmail54.1% WR2,450g @ 12:50›Plated Steelcaps54.3% WR1,200g @ 11:55›Sunfire Aegis57.1% WR2,800g @ 18:06› Boots Plated Steelcaps65% · 54.3%Mercury's Treads35% · 54.4%

ThornmailBramble Vest800g+Chain Vest800g+Ruby Crystal400g=450g to combine · 2,450g total

vs AP threatsbuy this gameTheir damage is mostly magic — stack magic resist before their second item.JJak'Sho, The Protean44962.8%FForce of Nature10261.8%KKaenic Rookern10756.1%

vs AD threatsbuy this gamePhysical threats spike with lethality — armor answers buy the mid game back.FFrozen Heart4075.0%RRanduin's Omen18765.2%UUnending Despair3164.5%

vision controlbuy this gameFights are decided a minute earlier by the team that sees first.SStealth Ward30455.3%OOracle Lens80753.2%FFarsight Alteration1952.6%

Best Rammus Runes

Aftershock is the go-to, spiking his resistances the instant he taunts and turning a single lockdown into a brick wall. His whole engage revolves around that taunt, so the rune fires exactly when you want it to. Round out the tree with more tankiness and a bit of movement, since getting to the target is half his battle.

The pre-game page Aftershock · Resolve + Precision · keystone + 5 runes + 3 shards

Resolve Primary AftershockAfter immobilizing an enemy champion gain defenses and later deal a burst of magic damage around you. Font of Life97% · 54.0%Conditioning98% · 53.9%Unflinching89% · 53.5% Keystone plus three minors from Resolve, two from Precision, then three shards — no runebook, no masteries.

Precision Secondary Legend: Alacrity60% · 54.3%Triumph60% · 54.0%

Stat shards OffenseAttack Speed+10% Attack SpeedFlexHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)DefenseHealth Scaling+10–180 Health (by level)

Shards give +10%Attack Speed+20–180 Health (by level)

Rammus Skill Order

Defensive Ball Curl claiming level 1 reads as a clearing choice more than a gank one, since Powerball waits for level 2 and then swallows points 4 and 5 while Frenzying Taunt holds the single rank it picks up at 3.

PriorityRR›QQ›EE›WW›Max Q first; E at level 3.

Lv 123456789101112131415161718

Q24579max 9

W11415max 15

E38101213max 13

R61116max 16

Rammus Abilities

His resistances quietly feed Spiked Shell, converting armor and magic resist into bonus attack damage, so every defensive item makes his autos hit harder. Soaring Slam is his ranged answer, a leap that slams down for magic damage and a slow, and rolling in with Powerball first adds a knockup.

Spiked ShellPassivePPowerballMax 1stQDefensive Ball CurlMax lastWFrenzying TauntMax 2ndESoaring SlamUltRRank-up levels here match the skill order below.

PowerballMagic damageMax 1stStatLV 2rank 1LV 4rank 2LV 5rank 3LV 7rank 4LV 9MAXDamage+40 per rank+100% APlv 280lv 4120lv 5160lv 7200lv 9240Cooldown-1.5 per ranklv 212slv 410.5slv 59slv 77.5slv 96sConstant at every rankCost60same at all ranks

Rammus Base Stats

Rammus Matchups

Rammus is brutal against attack-damage carries and auto-attackers who melt themselves on his defensive shell and taunt, so heavy right-click teams dread him. He struggles against ability-power poke and true-damage threats that ignore his armor, and against mobile enemies who simply walk away from his slow, telegraphed engage.