Abilites

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Powerball is what makes Rammus amazing at saving people. As it charges up, you'll go faster and faster, eventually running out or knocking somebody up. using Flash with this is the ultimate distance closer for a gank.

Fountain-Balling:

1. Start Powerball at the fountain
2. Wait for your mana to fully regenerate
3. Take off with a speed boost to wherever you're going
Always use this tactic whenever you leave your base.

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This gives Rammus the ability to jungle and actually deal some damage. Combining this with a Thornmail will make the ememy ADC deal more damage to themselves than to you! This also gives you higher AD, letting you take down champs and turrets quicker.

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Take down champs, towers, and minion waves without them even noticing! Soaring Slam is your ultimate ability that is awesome in teamfights. Powerball, Defensive Ball Curl, Puncturing Taunt, and Soaring Slam make Rammus into a tank AND a fighter.

Ability Sequences

To jungle with Rammus, you must start with Defensive Ball Curl at level 1 and then take Powerball at level 2.

From there, you can switch between leveling up Defensive Ball Curl and puncturing taunt depending on the circumstances. Also take Soaring Slam at levels 6, 11, and 16.

When should I take:

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• Take puncturing taunt if your lanes are pushed and you have enough health/mana to gank.
• Otherwise, level up and continue jungling.

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• Take whichever one you didn't take at level 3.

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• Take puncturing taunt again if you're fairly tanky or believe that you can gank for a kill.
• Otherwise, level up for extra survivability.

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• Take your first point in and try to gank for a kill.

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• Level yourpuncturing taunt and however you feel necessary, taking at level 11.

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• Finish off by maxing your , taking at level 16.

Ability Combinations

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Roll towards the squishiest/high damage champ filler filler Activate filler Continue

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Immediately activate filler Roll alongside and hit with filler Find the nearest turret, brush, or fountain

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And use puncturing taunt filler If possible, use puncturing taunt filler Be happy you're and recall

Spells

Spell 1

Spell 2

Viable Choices:

Gives you great escape and chasing ability. Powerball + Flash can get you many successful ganks and escapes.

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More map coverage and gank chances than Flash and Ghost, but leaves him with no escape if Powerball is on cooldown.

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Great for escaping or quickly rolling in to save a teammate. Pairs well with Powerball, but falls short of flash otherwise.

Item Builds

• and 5x : Mandatory for jungling in Season 3.

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Why No Cloth Armor?

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Cloth Armor is an option, but a very bad one in S3. Jungle times need to be faster for quicker ganks, and the is the only item that will let you do that.

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• : This is necessary for sustain and damage in the jungle, so get it quickly!

• madred's: This is an alternative to the , and is completely valid on Rammus.

• : If you have 850 gold by your first recall, you can get these and the .

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Why is Philosopher's Stone "Optional"?

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Your should be giving you enough regen, and the gold generated by this item in a normal game isn't worth more than a few kills or assists. However, I would recommend this item if you are feeling mana-starved or if you are going for an early . This is also helpful if you are using my 2nd build.

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• By now you should know what you're up against, so you can begin to build accordingly.

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+ Armor stacks well with your passive, Spiked Shell + 10% Damage reduction is great against all enemy AD's + Cheaper than Mercury's Treads - Spirit of the Ancient Golem takes a while to build

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+ MR is hard to find since the removal of the Force of Nature + 35% Tenacity helps with early ganking and escaping - Costs 200g more than Ninja Tabi - Spirit of the Ancient Golem already gives tenacity

Bottom line

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- Strong AD and - 4 or less CC's

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If they have:

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Cheap and good for a general movement speed boost, but not as helpful to the team as or .

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Awesome for saving allies that are running towards you and pushing lanes. This enchantment will probably benefit the team the most.

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+ + = Map coverage. It's great for saving allies at insane speeds, but is too expensive to use for early-game ganks.

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Aegis of the Legion and Locket of the Iron Solari

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These are usually a support's items, but they work great on Rammus. The Aegis gives some nice defensive stats as well as some health regen, making it good in any teamfight. The used to be my go-to for the MR, but now the is the only option. As long as you remember to use its active effect, this item is actually very nice!

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Spirit Visage

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Tanking AP in Season 3 is much harder due to the removal of the . To fix this, I have changed my build to include massive amounts of base health and regeneration by using the passive of the . Combined with the regeneration of the , philosopher's stone, , and you'll transform into a constantly ulting Dr. Mundo.

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Thornmail

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This item will make you the bane of the enemy AD carry's (short) life. Buying this gives you a passive 25 AD and 10 extra damage on your , and also returns 30% of damage taken (before armor) back to the enemy! is what really makes Rammus shine.

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Randuin's Omen

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In Season 1 this item was the bomb for all tanks. The used to make building this easy, but the makes it a bit harder. Nowadays the utility it provides makes it great. The slow on its passive and active are what really seals the deal, giving you massive chasing and escaping potential.

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Guardian Angel

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This item is nice in pretty much every scenario. Good armor and magic resist help with tanking, and the passive can save you countless times. Get this early if you're doing ridiculously well, but otherwise save it until after your main build.

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Warmog's Armor

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Warmog's gives you health. Having health can keep you alive. Staying alive is good. Therefore, getting a 's is good. So get it.

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Philosopher's Stone

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See Early Game above.

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Frozen Heart

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This item is similar to , but instead of giving you health gives you CDR and mana. This gives you 20 more armor than , but has a much less helpful passive and no active. Take this over if you like to spam abilities, but keep an eye on your health.

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Sunfire Aegis

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Amazing for taking down large waves of enemies, this item also gives you free damage on champs when you use puncturing taunt. This is definitely viable because 40 aoe dps combined with an and makes for awesome damage in a teamfight.

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Quicksilver Sash

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Gives a really helpful active and a nice amount of MR, but it's not cheap. This item is good if the other team has 2 or more hard CC's that keep getting you, but otherwise is not as cost-effective as other MR items.

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Shurelya's Battlesong

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This is an awesome item that you can build from the philosopher's stone late-game. The regeneration is helpful, and the active will let your team outrun or catch up with the enemy team.

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Eleisa's Miracle

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If you don't have , , or (which you shouldn't), the passive on this is useless. Your health and mana regeneration should be fine as well. And if that wasn't enough for you, say goodbye to your Gp5! You're not a support, so why would you get this item?

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Banshee's Veil

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The exclusion of this and may send many people raging, but I have good reasons for my choices. The catalyst the protector takes too much gold to build, and the itself gives lackluster stats. The shield can be helpful, but most of the time it is uselessly popped by the pre-teamfight poke. You can use this item if you want, but I wouldn't recommend it.

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Wit's End

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Gives the same amount of MR as a , and also includes a passive that is wasted on rammus. Even though this is in Rammus' recommended build, don't get it.

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Rylai's Crystal Scepter

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Using and will slow all enemies that you hit, making it easy for the rest of your team to run away or catch up to you. This is a fun and helpful item to have.

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Abyssal Mask

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This item gives a good amount of MR as well as quite a nice damage boost to and . The aura is also amazingly helpful for any AP damage done by your team. I often find myself incorporating this into my build when I'm doing well.

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Hexdrinker

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Building this into a will make Rammus into a monster when he's low health. The shield will protect him from AP burst, and his basic attacks will do amazing damage.

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Twin Shadows

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This item is relatively cheap and effective. It should also be quick to build if you got an early kage's lucky pick. Its active also allows you to easily chase or escape from up to 2 champs.

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Banner of Command

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Great for pushing lanes. Armor and AP will make basic attacks and flatten turrets and minion waves. Other than that, there's not much else to say about this item.

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Zephyr

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This transforms fed Rammus into extremely OP Rammus with insane speed. This should be switched out with your late game for a bit of fun.

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How to Jungle

1. Ancient Golem (with leash) = Level 2
2. Wolf camp
3. Wraith camp
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Warding

Jungling at [Summoner] Levels 9-12?!

Yes, it is very possible and works quite well. As long as you get a fairly good "leash" on blue to start,
these masteries will allow you to jungle starting at summoner level 9, getting exponentially
better as you put points into Hardiness . By level 12 it'll be easy!fill
Most people don't jungle at these levels, so as long as you have a champ that can solo top well,
your team should have a massive advantage.