Rammus Build Guide by TheWoWClown

Introduction

Pros / Cons

Pros

• Can take a lot of damage.
• Does a lot of damage late game.
• He has a lot of spells to stay alive.
• He has a lot of health and armor.
• It is easy to get out of a gank with Powerball.

Cons

• Cant do much damage in the beginning of the game.
• Is fairly easy to kill until he gets his Thornmail.
• If he is stunned or slowed in a gank he is fairly helpless, especially if multiple enemies are there.

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Masteries

The masteries of my build are mainly focused in on defense and the reduction of damage, with 9 points in Offense so I can get the Burning Embers buff to myself.I maxed out defense for the 4% less damage taken, and increased armor and physical damage blockage.

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Runes

Summoner Spells

Summoner Spells Cont.

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Spells and Spell Usage

Powerball
Rammus rolls into a ball and rolls, accelerating,until he hits an enemy. It knocks them up and slows them down.
This ability is your staple at the beginning of the game. It will not only let you do damage to your opponent, but also knock them up, letting you or your lane partner get the kill. You can also use this to initiate team fights, or to gank to catch the enemy off guard.

Defensive Ball Curl
Rammus curls into a ball, reducing incoming damage.
This ability is used in team fights to increase your survivability. You can also use this whilst running away so that you will not die. While in a team fight you can use this after using [Tremors] to do a lot of damage without taking a lot. Use this ability as much as possible to stay alive.
Puncturing Taunt
// Causes the enemy to attack you.
Use this in team fights to take damage off of teammates, but also while under towers to make enemies take a lot of damage, so you can get the kill on them. You can also use this to ensure that enemies don't get away while you are fighting them.
Tremors
Does AoE damage to all enemies in the surrounding area.
Use this spell in combination with Puncturing Taunt and Defensive Ball Curl to maximize effectiveness in any kind of fight. It is your main damage, and you should use it whenever it is up, or you deem necessary.
The spells are meant to optimize ganking and team fighting by maximizing damage output, while being able to take a lot of hits. The Powerball spell is useful for ganking, or just attacking someone. It is also useful when you are in a team fight to knock all of the enemies around you into the air and slows them down for an amount that scales every time you upgrade it. The Defensive Ball Curl is useful for tanking in a team fight, and in a 1v1. This can be used in jungling to stay alive while fighting the buff monsters. Puncturing Taunt can be used in a team fight to keep someone from running, or in a 1v1 for the same reason. This spell is very useful to use on someone who is attacking a turret to make them take detrimental damage from the turret. To assure the kill you can use exhaust so they take even more damage from the turret and gives you time to use powerball to charge them. The last spell is Tremors which can be a key component in your fighting, as it is the only one of your spells that directly does damage. You can use this in a team battle to damage all enemies around you and maybe even picking up all of the kills(though your teammates might rage a little.)It can also be used in a 1v1 to insure that you live and your enemy does not. All of your spells work perfectly together to make a ganking or fighting machine.

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Core Items

Thornmail is an extremely important part of your build. It will deal 30% of damage that is done to you, back to the attacker.

Guardian Angel will keep you alive longer by giving you a lot of armor, and also letting you come back to life and get away, or finish off the enemies and get the kills.

Atma's Impaler Increases your armor, and critical strike, while also healing you, when you do physical damage. This is great for this type of build, as it lets you heal while in a team fight, to survive longer.

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Tank Items

Warmog's Armor is great if you want to make it a full tank because it will give you a lot of health and health regeneration.

Frozen Mallet will give you a lot of health, but also a little extra damage, and it slows thttp://edge2.mobafire.com/images/insert-chapter.pnghem down for 40% when you hit them.

Damage Items

Sorcerer's Shoes Are good for giving you magic penetration and some movement speed.

Infinity Edge Will give you a lot of damage, and that is really it's main purpose in this.
Phantom Dancer is a great for giving you increased attack speed, while giving you more movement speed, increasing your maneuverability.

Baby Rammus

Team Compilation

Pros -Can do a lot of damage. -Will be able to pick up the slack in your lack of damage towards your enemies, if you can take enough damage to keep you both alive. Cons -If you or your teammate end up alone you are basically dead as neither in the pair can 2v1. Though you can both own in a 1v1.

SPACE

Pros -Can do a lot of damage. -Can jump into the battle from a bit away and can nuke damage without having to use DoT like Gangplank. Cons -Jax will outshine you majorly in damage and might end up getting most of the kills so communicate so you both get equal payout.

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Ganking

This is an extremely optional section to read. When ganking someone you are going to want to initiate with Powerball to knock them into the air. after that you should use Puncturing Taunt to ensure they won't run and than trigger Defensive Ball Curl and Tremors and watch the wreck happen. If they try to run when the taunt is done use Exhaust and Powerball to make sure they do not get away. If they are about to get away use Ignite on them to finish them off.

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Summary

This build is amazing for tanking on 3v3's and 5v5's. You can use it to kill the baron, solo lanes against two people, or tank team fights. If you use this build you are ensured a fun time in any game mode. If you have a team that is pretty good, the possibilities are endless.

Please send in links to screenshots of your score using my build and tell me what you think.

-TheWoWClown
(Self-Proclaimed "King of the Armadillos")

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Proof That It Works

Future Additions

• Seperate pictures library and links.
• Youtube videos.

Changelog

Sources

jhoijhoi's guide to making guides

ScriptKittie's Baby Rammus Picture

The_Nameless_Bard's Signature Shop. Where you can get amazing sigs for free.

If you want to start off as a tank, check out this guide made by Mastadog.