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Runes: Standard

1 2 3

Resolve

Aftershock

Demolish

Conditioning

Overgrowth

Precision

Triumph

Legend: Alacrity

Bonus:

+10% Attack Speed
+6 Armor
+8 Magic Resist

Spells:

1 2 3

Standard

Flash

Mosstomper Smite

Items

Starter Items

Jungle Pets

Item Options

First Back (Ahead)

First Back (Behind)

Mythic Options

Core Items

Anti-Heal

Boot Options

Situational Items

Wards & Trinkets

Standard

Drain Tank

Tenacity

Versus Magic Damage

Mobility

Ability Order Standard

Rammus Passive Ability

Threats & Synergies

Threats

Synergies

Extreme Major Even Minor Tiny

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None Low Ok Strong Ideal

Extreme Threats

Ideal Synergies

Amumu

Extreme

Gangplank

Ideal

Synergies

Ideal Strong Ok Low None

Gangplank

Ideal

Table of Contents

Introduction

Pros & Cons

Abilities

Jungle Monsters & Pathing

Summoner Spells

Wards & Trinkets

Stats To Consider

Which Boots & Why?

Items

Runes

Rune Shards

Summary

Introduction

Hi, my name is Demonsedge, and I've been enjoying my time at League of Legends. I can't say enough about this game.

I am not your typical main, but is a strong jungler, and I enjoy playing him when jungling.

Having played him in numerous games, I can speak to how he feels and works. Concerning team setup and itemization, I will look more in-depth at 's options below as you read through the guide.

Please enjoy this guide and be able to understand my suggestions and recommendations for .

So let's kick things off in style with my guide on - The Armadillo.

Rammus - The Armadillo
Vanguard,

Specialties: Durability, Engage, Lockdown
Why choose Rammus?:
- Simple champion to understand and fun to play in the .
- Has strong tanking potential and can take large amounts of damage when building lots of armor; also good at dealing with / & .
- Has great potential to make plays, frontline for his team and be a good team fight asset.

I always enjoy taking him on the rift when playing league matches, and I hope you will too.

Pros & Cons

Pros

+ Powerful ganking potential

+ Strong crowd control

+ Good self peel

+ Very mobile

+ High damage potential for a tank

+ Strong frontline

Cons

- Weak early game

- Struggles if behind

- Vulnerable to crowd control

- No sustain

- Weak jungle clear

- Predictable play style

Ability Rundown

Spiked Shell

All you need to do is build armor, and will deal more damage to enemies as magic damage with his auto attacks.

Powerball

can roll around in a ball form, gradually increasing his movement speed until he hits an enemy or enemies. When he collides with an enemy, he deals magic damage and slows them down.

This ability is excellent for initiating attacks and setting up ambushes against the enemy.

Defensive Ball Curl

| Cast time: - | Cooldown: 6 | Cost: 40 Mana |

Assume a defensive position to gain armor and magic resistance. Additionally, any auto attack damage dealt to deals magic damage to the attacker(s) hitting you.

While performing the maneuver, basic attacks will extend the duration of this effect.

Frenzying Taunt

| Target Range: 325 || Cast Time: 0.25 | Cost: 50 Mana | Cooldown: 12 |

taunt a nearby enemy and forces them to attack him, and while taunted, gains extra attack speed.

The attack speed bonus gains will refresh during the use of his other abilities.

Soaring Slam

Using , you can jump to a specific spot without being affected by crowd control. Upon landing, generate tremors that cause magic damage to all enemies within the impact area.

If you use this move while performing , it will add the damage of to the damage caused by , which will harm all nearby foes.

Important to note that equipping items that increase his movement speed will allow you to reach targets from a greater distance with .

Combos:

In this section, I will provide some easy-to-understand and effective combinations for playing in Summoner's Rift (both draft and ranked games).


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Tips & Tricks:

Playing As :
- Use to escape dangerous situations quickly.
- Luring an opponent champion near your , so that the can inflict damage upon them.

Playing Against :
- Keep an eye on when his is on cooldown, as is weaker when he's not in this stance.
- typically has high armor but can be vulnerable to magic damage when he's not using .

Jungle Monsters & Pathing

This section will only apply to some champions since they each have different routes that suit their play styles.

So for this guide, I will outline the pathing routes that apply to in hopes of understanding how to make the best impact on the rift.

Camps

Each camp listed above is vital for to gain levels, earn gold and maintain resources (health & mana), all of which help you stay relevant in each game as the .

Epic

Always look to secure epic monster spawns as since each buff provided will benefit you and your team in fights and skirmishes. Also, be sure to acquire mountain dragons as since they offer a big spike of damage to you (they combine with your passive nicely).

The will be available to target after the 20:00 mark, and the will spawn once you or the enemy has acquired the listed dragon soul. So always fight for these objectives when you can.

Standard Clear Routes:

Starting Red

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Starting Blue

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With this standard clear path for , you should aim to hit the rift scuttler at 3:30 since grabbing early scuttle vision can inform your teammates about who is in the river and be aware of any upcoming ambushes. This clear is also very effective at getting a level 3 dive against an overextended enemy.

Full Clear Routes:

Starting Red

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Starting Blue

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With the full clear path as , you can grab the at 3:30 or decide to maximize your experience gain by clearing the remainder of your camps instead and swing by the afterwards.

is a ganking jungler compared to being a farm jungler, so in most games, we only contemplate doing a full clear if you can't attack a lane after farming your camps.

Securing the early scuttle vision is optional with this clear route since time spent taking the is time wasted on taking all your remaining camps.

If you can acquire at least one after your full clear, that's a bonus for your team on either end of the map.

Summoner Spells

Flash: The most integral summoner spell for that you pick 100% of the time for your games. It's important because if you get caught or stuck in a rough situation, you can escape from combat safely while also dodging a crucial ability.

Smite: Necessary for best success in the . is a unit-targeted summoner spell, dealing true damage damage to the following targets: medium/large , lane , , , , or pets.

Multiple upgrade options are available to choose from: , , .

Always be sure to have a charge ready for any upcoming neutral objective (, & ), as it will be much easier to acquire them successfully.

Wards & Trinkets

- You can store up to two s in your inventory and place them anywhere on the map, but you can only have one active at a time. When set, they reveal and disable enemy wards within a 900-unit radius. s function similarly to the trinket, showing stealth champions like , , , and .

- When playing , choose the as your primary trinket after placing your first on the map. This trinket can help you deny vision and is especially useful when dealing with stealth champions like , , and , who often plant traps. Additionally, it can be beneficial against champions like , , , and , who use stealth to engage or disengage.

- is your base trinket in all games as , revealing units within a target location. You get two charges that refresh every 240-120 seconds (based on champion level). The maximum amount of allowable s to place is three. Great when side laning/placing deep wards in enemy territory or getting vision on objectives ( & ).

Since you're mostly roaming and ambushing lanes, will serve you better. It will help when looking to ambush the enemy or secure important objectives, making sure they are vision free and also helps when looking to take the enemy camps while in the fog of war.

Stats To Consider

- Armor/Magic Resistance: The most efficient stats for building as a for your team, thus improving your survivability and durability.

- Attack Damage: We won't pick this up as since it offers no substantial value when pairing our runes or building our items.

- Health: This stat is essential in the grand scheme and something you can focus on when playing as .

- Attack Speed: Good stat in theory and efficient on , when looking to keep your active. Though it's not mandatory to acquire.

- Life Steal: Not a stat we consider on . We must do more auto-attack damage to make the stat worthwhile when fighting.

- Omni Vamp: This is something we don't even consider on because we are mainly out to for our team & omni vamp won't be as helpful with our durability as any of the other stats listed.

- Ability Haste: Useful stat, but not overly needed. One of the least prioritized stats when itemizing for combat.

- Movement Speed: Mobility is great for kiting and escaping fights but less prioritized than the above stats.

Which Boots & Why?

Boots of Swiftness > Slow Reduction
Great for when roaming between camps and lanes or dealing with slow effects like 's ///, or movement reducing effects that would leave you vulnerable when trying to escape.

Mercury's Treads > Magic Resistance & Tenacity
A decent option for , reducing the effects of crowd control from enemy champions while offering a small amount of magic resistance. Standard choice into teams with strong magic damage threats.

Plated Steelcaps > Basic Attack Damage Reduction
In most games with , this is your default pair of to select. Additionally, the armor provided in tandem with an auto attack damage reduction passive makes it easier to soak up physical damage from the enemy. Also great when combatting auto attack-centric champions or to help increase the damage of your passive.

*Do note that you get diminishing returns on tenacity the more you stack, meaning as , you should avoid & if you're taking the runes & .*

Items

Starter Items

Taking is helpful to increase our camp clearing speed in the when killing or running through bushes. Very effective for if you choose this route.

If we choose , we gain a shield after killing a camp or waiting 10 seconds out of combat that grants tenacity and slow resistance.

If we choose , we build ember stacks and then release them as % max health damage to the enemy, along with slowing them.

As your pet eats treats (earned from killing camps), they will increase the damage value of your charges.

The best way to know which pet is more efficient depends on how you plan to build for each game, ensuring better outcomes in fights and skirmishes.

Mythic Items

Getting either mythics as your first item depends on what enemy champions you're dealing with rather than how best plays in most matchups since it makes a big difference in his survivability.

Core Items

grants a debuffing aura that reduces their magic resistance and increases yours by the same amount for each cursed enemy. It's potent when you want to amplify the damage of your team's magic sources on the enemy.

Buying helps to reduce enemy attack speed, effective against auto attack-based champions ( or other auto attack heavy champions). It also reduces damage on incoming attacks based on the small percentage that additionally scales with every 1,000 hit points you have up to a maximum of 40% damage reduction.

An essential core item for that applies grievous wounds when struck by on-hit basic attacks. Very helpful against auto-attack heavy teams and healing from champions (, , Red ) or items (, ) that pose a threat.

Situational Items

With , you gain health & ability haste and a nemesis passive that grants you damage reduction from a specific target and removes their resistance to crowd control while you're nearby. It is beneficial when playing against champions you know can annihilate you very quickly or when looking to reduce their effectiveness in combat.

It gives mobility to chase down targets or when escaping dangerous situations. While moving, charge up bonus on-hit damage as physical damage. They are slowed upon impact when colliding with a target at maximum momentum stacks. This item helps when roaming or when travelling to objectives/team fights. combined with gives you insane chase-down potential.

Very efficient when dealing with many

immobilizing effects or against teams with magic damage based abilities. This item will allow you to sustain burst damage champions like / or with heavy-dot damage play styles.

Increases your armor and magic resist as you take damage and gain a health shield based on bonus health. Very good when paired with runes/keystones and items that focus heavily on health.

Similar passive to with its damage reduction of basic attacks. Instead of reducing flat attack speed, you gain a passive that reduces the target's critical strike damage. On top of this, the active effect slows enemy movement for 4 seconds (60-second cooldown). Very useful when dealing with champions who build critical strike items (, , or ).

is here to offer assistance with crowd control (except airborne) based champion abilities ('s , 's , 's or 's ) that would impair or displace you during combat. The active effect grants extra tenacity and slow resistance. However, its long active cooldown makes careful ability blocking paramount.

Best taken on against melee champions such as , , or opponents who love to get up close and personal. Also very useful against full attack damage team compositions.

For provides magic resistance while also granting extra mobility needed to chase targets who are running away or when engaging on a target. Also helpful when dealing with champions such as , , or who can dash away from you. When triggering the active effect, you'll ghost through waves to ensure you can catch them. Then once in range of the enemy, you'll emit a shockwave that slows them down. This ghosting effect can also be helpful for you should you need to escape from a dangerous situation.

A great alternative item for when needing sustain/durability in team fights and skirmishes. The passive effect regenerates max health out of combat once you have acquired enough health (through keystones, runes, items or levels) to trigger it. The regeneration effect will only apply after taking no damage from minions (3 seconds) or champions (6 seconds).

Runes

The following keystone & rune choices are great for and will complement him in combat. Always pay attention to the enemy team comp, plus your item builds when selecting your runes to get the most value in each game.

Keystone Runes:

- is powerful on when looking to close the gap on the target you're dealing with (due to the ramping movement speed gained). Increases the velocity of his ability when setting up ambushes and engaging the enemy.

- After hitting any of your

immobilizing abilities on targets triggers , gaining bonus armor and magic resist and then dealing magic damage + a portion % of your bonus health to all nearby enemies in the shockwave—the standard option for when playing .

Domination Runes:

- is excellent for when paired with , dealing bonus true damage upon damaging a target afflicted with crowd control effects, meaning the extra damage application isn't difficult and allows for a more efficient team fight.

- While damage isn't the first thing we consider on , increases the potency of your autos and abilities, giving you more threat in team fights and skirmishes.

- provides a smoother ability setup when engaging/chasing down the enemy with its out-of-combat movement speed bonus. It helps get to the map faster and is very helpful when getting to team fights/reaching objectives on the map.

Precision Runes:

- restores health and grants additional gold upon getting a kill or assisting in fights with your team. Offers sustain for and help with faster item purchases to snowball sooner.

- synergizes well with and his ability. It's important to note this because each basic attack will increase the duration of that ability meaning you'll increase the amount of damage the opponent will take in combat. So take this rune in games where you will only get impaired by a bit of crowd control.

- A must-have rune for while playing in the . gives you increased tenacity when dealing with champion effects (, , ) and monster (, ) based crowd control effects, reducing their effectiveness.

Resolve Runes:

- I see as a way to press lane faster because it will allow you to deal damage to turrets based on a % of your max health. It allows for quicker sieging of turrets and getting gold plating more quickly, thus giving you more freedom to roam sooner.

- for helps to regenerate max health for your team whenever you impair the movement of the enemies you target. Stacking health through items or runes in conjunction with this rune helps improve the regeneration effect.

- helps by increasing his armor and magic resist. It pairs nicely with 's and can be helpful when you need extra survivability & late-game durability.

- for offers max health per / death, then gaining a % max health bonus once 120 minions are absorbed. Great selection if you want to have some extra health in conjunction with all the armor we are building.

- is potent for against heavy crowd control teams and great when paired with for more crowd control resistance. This rune gives you increased tenacity & slow resistance when you fall below 30% max health.

Sorcery Runes:

- When running the or needing extra mobility, you should take . It helps increase base & bonus movement speed effects on , making clears more efficient, thus being able to set up ambushes sooner. In addition, it improves the effectiveness of on , meaning you'll have better out-of-combat roaming.

- benefits while in the river, gaining bonus movement speed & additional damage based on your adaptive type. Great for quickly moving across the river sections of the map & helpful during river skirmishes or objective securing.

Rune Shards

When we are deciding on what rune shards (offensive and defensive) to pick for , you need to factor in a few things in champion selection:

Offensive Shards
- Do I need attack speed on my champion? (Auto attacks on can feel very slow, making it a good option when looking to chain autos after your combos)
- Do I need additional attack damage? (For , getting the adaptive damage shard isn't practical. He gains damage through defensive items, so it's best to skip and select another defensive shard option that will be more efficient).
- Do I require any ability haste? (We can choose this option, but it's not something we prioritize over other options).

Defensive Shards
- Do I require more armor? The default choice in most games when playing .
- Do I require magic resistance? If you are against a mage or the enemy is primarily magic damage heavy, be sure to have a shard of magic resistance.
- Do I require more health? A viable option for in games where only one type of resistance is needed, therefore adding health is helpful. Great into mixed damage team comps.

Always pay attention to the team compositions you are fighting when mixing and matching the rune shards listed above with your & items. It's a sure way to improve your overall survivability in games.

Summary

There are many ways to build , but this guide hopefully made it easier to understand what abilities/items and runes work well together and how to make the most of his kit.

I hope you enjoyed this guide and will refer this to your friends and fellow gamers looking for tips and tricks.

For any questions or thoughts, please contact me in the discussion section. I'll be happy to discuss things with you and see how I can make sense of anything you need answers for to the best of my ability.