LS | Ambessa, the Matriarch of War | Champion Reveal

[@LSXYZ9]

Female K'Sante has arrived

[@Waelly17]

Well k'sante is already tank yasuo, so female tank yasuo has arrived*

[@kaly8329]

In your intro I was waiting for Ornn somewhere. Im now sad.

[@mardnm123]

finally another champ that can never be played below diamon, with a hard to balance kit. When will they learn.

[@Ppeshku]

I hope she's not gay.

[@RoyZennet]

KSANTE LITE EDITION

[@twentyonebaggagefranklin5075]

Hiemerdingers passive is bonus movement speed by turrets…

[@bugra-yildirim]

Nasus's is lifesteal. 1 sentence : "Nasus has x% lifesteal."

[@faustsies1366]

@@bugra-yildirim and its fucking broken whats your point man

[@ronryanlopez9993]

Kogmaw: Passive that actually helps you to do things you need to do? What's that?

[@thestoebz]

Cassio gets MS and cannot buy boots lol

[@miguelsantos743]

Blitzcrank slows himself

[@okinataketori9713]

you know LS is gona like a champ when he says Ksante twice

[@Savings_and_Grift_Plan]

6:13 "Does Poorly in extended teamfights" is going to be the new "200 years of experience" isn't it .

[@SleepyFen]

I spat out my coffee. She literally has full resource refund and low CDs by virtue of her build, plus she has a shield, a slow, 4 dashes and buys tanky AD items. The only thing I imagine her losing to is an overly fed Darius.

[@Digidude0]

@@SleepyFen her ult also passively gives her %Armor pen, and heals X%(Scaling with lifesteal) dmg from her abilities

[@animeneet1604]

@@SleepyFenHow does Darius even catch her? She has so much mobility

[@SleepyFen]

@@animeneet1604 he doesn't. But maybe he beats her if she stands still and he's fed enough

[@taylrthegreat]

​@SleepyFen 6 dashes technically I think

[@TheDGDeagles]

"Riot there's way too much mobility in the game please tone it down" "Fuck you here's Kali'Sante"

[@iiiiiic9823]

Kalisante darinekton M.D.

[@かまたた-g1v]

Riot try not to make broken champs challenge

[@random_reader11]

nah they should just make everyone broken so nobody's OP. just go full dota with the champ balance

[@cenkarson777]

release date diff strikes again

[@AlmostMeantToBe]

@@random_reader11 thats not how dotas balance works and that's also not good game design. you'll end up in a meta where everyone gets one shot bc time to kill is so high and that's stupid and dumb. if anything nerf everyone and slow down the game so skill expression can shine. slow metas promote outplay and macro.

[@jerppazz4525]

@@random_reader11 the game is about information and what you do with it, not about who gets oneshot randomly from the other side of a wall. slower is better.

[@mc6372]

when you say broken you mean fun and not boring

[@thalesvondasos]

체력 4700 방어력 329 마저201 인 챔피언👤이 저지불가🚫, 쉴드🛡, 벽🧱 넘기는 거 있고요. 에어본🌪 있고, 심지어 쿨타임은 1⃣초밖에 안되고 마나🧙‍♂는 1⃣5⃣ 들고 w는 심지어 변신💫하면 쿨 초기화에다가 패시브는 고정피해🗡가 들어가며 그 다음에 방마저🥋 올리면📈 올릴수록📈 스킬 가속⏰이 생기고! q에 스킬가속⏰이 생기고 스킬 속도🚀가 빨라지고📈 그 다음에 공격력🗡 계수가 있어가지고 W가 그 이익-으아아아악😱😱

[@MangoMotors]

Can't wait for the eventual new copypasta

[@Michas333]

Release -> people complain -> hotfix nerfs that do fuckall -> dominating proplay -> nerf hammer to 39% winrate -> now at least it's balanced in proplay. they did it again

[@matteo89ify]

Exactly what I’m thinking , especially the people complain , I can clearly predict they will even change some of her abilities for sure like the passive , in low elo people would ban her every matches , not gonna lie that I like her a lot btw

[@hugocamara2424]

@@matteo89ify Ban her? Naaa.... I'm unistalling right now.

[@mihajlostefanovic4305]

Ksante Samira Kalista and Kratos all in one, whatever riot devs are smoking i want it

[@jacobcontreras458]

Im suprised they cant make simple designs anymore

[@Waelly17]

Naafiri was an attempt (and idk i thin kit was not that bad?)

[@kaly8329]

Wheres the Samira part?

[@dzen4]

@@jacobcontreras458 smolder and naafiri are simple designed champs lol we dont need all new champs to be as simple as them its ok to have a mix of hardcore and casual champs

[@christianowens4104]

@@Waelly17 Her kit is great, problem is no one really plays her cause she's "Boring". So why would they keep making simple kits?

[@matza2805]

LS in main video: "This champions kit is too strong, impossible to balance" LS in summary: "I love the design and everything about her"

[@LSXYZ9]

Yes I love imbalance. I believe in imbalance vs imbalance as design approaches

[@popcornyumm]

@@LSXYZ9 wdym by this good sir LS, I cant make sense of this sentence :)

[@Mind2Mason]

​@popcornyumm he means league is fucking dope when it's two monstrosities having to duke it out with eachother. League being more of a chaotic unpredictable cage match where if you aren't sharp for a single second you get fked on and snowballed and smashed

[@Mind2Mason]

​@@popcornyumm ^^

[@Mavial]

@@popcornyumm his philosophy boils down to "if everything is broken, nothing is broken"

[@cyberneko4913]

Oh great...a bruiser with ten thousand dashes...this will surely not go wrong.

[@bohomazdesign725]

Still easier to balance than an ADC with thousand dashes (Kalista caugh caugh).

[@tomwanders6022]

@@bohomazdesign725Kalista had been an awfull champ for years and probably will be for years to come unless they plan on giving her some actual scaling. It’s not like Kalista can’t be counter picked. Ashe, draven Nasus support, strong lane enchanters, lane swapping, etc.

[@kristianvukajlovic6789]

@@bohomazdesign725 Yes, the only champion to whom a slow is basically a root or disarm. She is cancer to balance, but that should be the reason why introducing infinite dashes is not a good idea.

[@claasmachens3858]

Yes! everybody wishes Riven had never been made.

[@2delegy]

@@claasmachens3858 yeah thats why shes been the most popular OTP champion for years

[@curlybloke101]

Imagine playing sivir in s15 lmao thats like driving a bicycle in f1 race

[@crollo_songs]

I just started 1 tricking her .Its not so bad you just have to know you don't win 1v1s , you run out of mana easily , you die from air and you can't get caught out because you can't easily escape, you also have short range and dont do a lot damage and you need very good reaction time and be selective to use your e on key abilities while dodging the other ones . Also you have a bad early game but other that that she is fine

[@marianoherrera6038]

​@@crollo_songsYou literally described a bad champ 🤣

[@garagavia]

Sivir is really strong though

[@marianoherrera6038]

@@garagavia said no one never

[@chapocademesquit]

@@garagavia lolololololololololololololololo

[@unknownuchi1945]

Ad sylas go crazy

[@omegaminoseer4539]

Melee Kalista is diabolical.

[@Cricket0021]

ambessa passive: Entering an attack or movement command while casting an ability will cause Ambessa to dash a short distance once the ability is cast. Casting an ability grants her next attack bonus range, damage, and attack speed, and refunds energy. Singed passive: *fast*

[@kidcudi4lyfe]

To be fair though, the rest of her kit isn't that crazy so she's relying on this passive for the most part. The mobility is crazy though, we will have to see how busted it is

[@GiaBao-gr2zd]

@@kidcudi4lyfe isn't that crazy ? wave clear, a big shield burst, another aoe and an execute ability. you kidding friend ?

[@claasmachens3858]

Simple kit's can be very broken.

[@Micha-qv5uf]

Nasus passive: life steal

[@SoloKatOnly]

This really isn't THAT crazy as opposed to some champs.

[@autumngrace7742]

not mentioned in the vid, ambessa's R passive is she gets % armor pen and % omnivamp. they straight up gave her pantheon R passive and nasus passive. in her R.

[@The_Lightless]

Like what the hell are they smoking? This is literally Ksante on steroids.

[@Micha-qv5uf]

So she basically has everything. Multiple dashes, damage and attack speed boost, wave clear, a shield, supression, armor shred, omnivamp... Idk I think it just gets stupid at this point.

[@SleepyFen]

>Is supposed to lose extended trades >Has 3 dashes, 1 slow and 1 shield to avoid them and is manaless >Is supposedly countered by crowd control >Fighter champion so she survives crowd control >Is supposedly a fighter >Has as much kill pressure as Zed and arguably more mobility. Ok Rito

[@Mike-hy8cs]

Its like the devs dont play the game.. Oh wait

[@Mali8029]

Countered by CC is such a stupid thing people list. Yes she is countered by CC her and every other champion

[@squidmysterm]

I dont even think its arguable for the mobility. the cooldowns seem low enough that u can literally never run out of energy and cooldowns. So its infinite dashes lol

[@Mike-hy8cs]

@Mali8029 Shes a bruiser/tank though so how much does that really matter? She isnt going to get one shot in a cc chain so good luck and even if she does she effectively did her job cause that means the rest of your team has no cc to worry about for a while during a fight

[@jesu1674]

@@Mali8029 youd be surprised with how many teams i have with effectively 0 hard cc. at which point we deserve to lose if they pick a champ that shines into 0 cc. people like to talk shit about riven, if you cc riven once she has to back off bc she cant use all the dashes to catch as they are also the dmg source. im not saying cc should be the only counter. but its something people should think about

[@samisuhonen9815]

My main concern is not her running me down. It's her being able to safely farm from Senegal with her abilities and long range auto-attacks, while dashing to safety after every CS. Being able to infinitely shove waves to have prio, while having the mobility to escape ganks. And the fact that she can whip her abilities at chasing enemies while kiting to create distance. All while healing herself with the leech passive. She will be that champ that just randomly takes a 1v3 at 10% hp and wins.

[@chapocademesquit]

its not cus a champion does a 1v3 at 10% health that their kit is broken. illaoi is a control AD mage that is designed literally for that, to hold a position, face tank all opposition and sustain heal from her aoe damage. Illaoi has clear weaknesses, lacks shields and is one of the least mobile champions in the game, with the performance of her whole kit depending on you hitting E... this Ambessa has no conditions or weaknesses, has all possible tools to engage and disengage and such... they managed to make an even worse kit than Ksante, which really is impressive as hell

[@claasmachens3858]

Where is the healing? I only read energy refund in her passive...

[@markopusic8258]

@@claasmachens3858 It's not shown in the reveal but she gets %armor pen and healing from damage dealt scaling with ultimate rank. So we can add Aatrox and Pantheon to the list of champions stitched into Ambessa.

[@claasmachens3858]

@@markopusic8258 That does make her more viable...

[@splix8]

0:10 very important information

[@alarafatlemon4690]

😅

[@controlcon]

If there is one thing I can comment on, is that she doesn't have hard cc in her kit other than her ult which seems kinda difficult to land sometimes.

[@xGemz_]

true, but time for all pro play adcs to shit their pants when ult is up xd

[@bugra-yildirim]

@@xGemz_ Feel like its really easy to dodge for a pro play adc. Especially with te amount of move speed in the game.

[@VegetaPixel]

@@bugra-yildirimWith another champion who can set it up, it just becomes an effectively point and click suppression + stun + gap closer + damage ability.

[@josephgagui3437]

She doesnt need one , multiple dash is op and now there are items that makes u stronger when going in ..

[@douap759]

my concern is she seems to have even more tools to lock and chase people down than champs like k'sante and yone, imagine you are playing adc and here comes qiyana's grandma

[@plauisbleduke9050]

they need to take away the energy restore so she actually fits the "doesnt do well in extended fights"

[@vilde105]

what an interesting champion design, i sure hope it will not ruin pro play and riot will perfectly balance her

[@zura17]

lets all remember that blitzcrank W still slows himself

[@unlimitedpower978]

Yeah I mean we at Riot Games are always concerned about overloading the game with mobility, especially cheap and spammable mobility with no downsides

[@garagavia]

Also his Q is an instant kill

[@willkyles9156]

@@unlimitedpower978 poppy w..., that comes with extra benefits may i add

[@Azrael_Xx_]

Nasus: "hehe, bonk"

[@kaly8329]

Blitzcrank: I pull, hehe

[@Cricket0021]

@@kaly8329 Singed: hehe, fast.

[@ThisScent]

After introducing ls into the game, riot has finally added woman aka the matriarch to the game.

[@Waterrd]

Champions like this are gonna make the core game system finally implode and I'm ready for it lol

[@koolguy874]

holy, I opened the video at 1.5x speed and almost had an aneurysm

[@ereh11]

Another 200 years champ 🔥

[@freddie4682]

She looks like she was built for top lane but will be better at mid. The moment any mages cast a spell she's just gonna out trade while dodging the next cycle of abilities. Or she can just wave clear and her movement can help with contesting jungle.

[@cythermax]

As a Sett main, seeing this mobility and such for a bruiser/tank hurts.

[@lordheadass8310]

The dev said to us with a straight face: "To counter her, use your CC on her" YEAH NO SHIT SHERLOCK, that's how you counter every champion in this game!!!

[@Zero_Shift]

Her passive autos give her 40 energy back (3:57). At 3 charges. And her lvl 1 W shield is 200 (3:50). What the hell, riot?

[@SIR_guru1]

Rito*

[@toreole5831]

her stance while running around reminds me a LOT of shyvana for some reason

[@ASSASSIN79100]

Apparently her Ult has a passive effect that gives her % armor pen and healing on damage dealt.

[@LogoLiga]

Another non-mana champion, that will be nightmare to balance because of it.

[@ShinYamiZakura]

Me after 2 minutes : "Ambessa is to Riven what Seraphine is to Sona, this is going to be a nightmare." Me after 3 minutes : "Looks cool, reminds me of the Deathblade in Lost Ark" Me after the gameplay : (in Padme's voice) "This is U.R.F., right? Right?"

[@Teknospacepotato]

I feel like this is another champion that is going to be mechanically hard to play but broken if you can play her. Almost everyone who plays her will be making frequent micro mistakes, dragging her wr down; if she has a balanced wr she's probably OP. Another champion for whom the difficulty is largely created by challenging inputs and not interactions with the other people playing the game. She looks very fun and would be very cool in a PvE or 1v1 PvP(like smash) game, but I don't think this style of champion is healthy for League

[@takumifujiwara300]

Can't wait for this abomination of a champion to be on a Showmaker stream we are in for a treat

[@emilio.m.c3713]

the shield is probably the first thing the balance team is going to remove. They always try give new champions 2 or sometimes 3 secondary passives and it never works out. think about zeri`s living battery, or irelia doing bonus dmg vs shields or akali`s heal on q or akali`s true stealth, or akali`s stun on r1. She will probably just end up in pro jail and soloq players get yet again nothing.

[@The_Lightless]

Especially with the dash like passive, it just feels too strong for pro play, similar to like Kalista. Bad players can’t really use that passive well. But holy crap her abilities are incredibly overloaded.

[@thalesvondasos]

Showmaker already despairing

[@flamgirlantquanxi]

YESSSSS, MORE MOBILITY IN THE GAME, I LOVE THAT AS AN UDYR MAIN

[@axb_zero8457]

im a Xerath main surely i get to play vs this champ.... even with 3 frontliners it looks unplayable

[@pablopandolfo8446]

@@flamgirlantquanxi try xerath, play perfectly to be average and die if anything comes close (unfortunately close is a relative term, when everything can gap your highest range ability in less than 1-2s close is very far)

[@jesu1674]

honestly i dont think post rework udyr should complain about lategame mobility

[@The_Lightless]

@@jesu1674Any current champion main can complain about this monstrosity

[@Lawr-yu8yq]

Udyr is super broken so not a good comparison

[@yume-YT]

“This is K'Sante, sorry Ambessa, a champion with 4,700 HP, 329 Armor, and 201 MR, has Damage Reduction, a Shield, and goes over walls. Has Supression, and its a long range dash too. She has infinite dashes. Increased range and speed on her autos. Then, when she uses her abilities she also gets additional damage and restores energy. Then, she has a blink and a stun…AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA”

[@Jan-bc5fw]

They did that mistake with Samira, Kalista and Ksante (probably even more) Samira cant dash to allies anymore, Kalista got her scalings lowered and had 90% aa dmg to compensate (xd) and Ksante is now made into a cluncky dash machine with low ass movementspeed and slow dashes AND STILL is a problem having permanent dashes into all directions just isnt healthy, since the champ can be used in literally every situation. Maybe theyll put a nerf on the dash or u have to auto attack to reset it. 4 dashes that can go into all directions just isnt balancable

[@aaronwagner9310]

Ahhh an energy support champ

[@RenanMMz]

K'Sante is a proud monster hunter of the toplane who transforms from a defensive tank to a lethal skirmisher. The city of Nazumah looks to him for his courage, resilience and deadly power. He is both protector and apex predator. Welcome to the K'Sante Champion Spotlight ("I'm done holding back!"). K'Sante is all about finding the perfect moment to prove your strength, so let's start with his Ultimate: All Out. Cast All Out to target an enemy champion; if they collide against a wall, K'Sante knocks them through it. He'll pursue his enemy to the end of their path, dealing damage and stunning them. If K'Sante's prey doesn't hit a wall, they will be knocked back a short distance instead, taking less damage. Whether his cast hits a wall or not, K'Sante shatters his ntofos to turn them into sharp blades, entering All Out form at the end of his charge; while he's All Out, K'Sante gains attack damage that scales with his armor and magic resist. He'll also gain Omnivamp scaling with his health. But be careful, because all that power comes with responsibility: in All Out form, K'Sante is no longer a tank, he loses a large chunk of health, armor and magic resist. All Out form expires after a brief period, and K'Sante will be ready to tank once more; he can also recast his ultimate to exit the form early. K'Sante's passive, Dauntless Instinct, marks enemies that are damaged by his abilities; his next attack will consume the mark, dealing bonus damage based on their max health. In All Out form, attacks against a marked target will deal even more damage, scaling with K'Sante's bonus armor and magic resist. K'sante's Q, Ntofo Strikes, slams his ntofos in a line, damaging and slowing all enemies hit. If this ability hits an enemy, K'Sante will gain a stack; at two stacks, his next cast of Ntofo Strikes will fire a shockwave, knocking all enemies toward him and briefly stunning them. In All Out form, Ntofo Strikes will no longer slow, but its cooldown is reduced ("I will push them back, alone if I must!"). Use K'Sante's W, Path Maker, to begin charging a dash; release to dash in a line, knocking enemies to the end and stunning them. During the charge, K'Sante is unstoppable and takes greatly reduced damage; damage and knockback duration will increase with a longer charge. When K'Sante enters All Out form, Path Maker's cooldown is refreshed, K'Sante gains even more damage reduction and its charge speed and dash speed will increase. Enemies will also take more damage, but they will not be knocked back so be sure to knock them out instead. Use K'Sante's E, Footwork, to dash to an ally or target location, K'Sante will gain a shield that scales with his max health. When you can, it's best to save your sidesteps for your friends: Footwork's range is much longer when cast on a teammate, and K'Sante will grant the same shield to them as well. You can use footwork to jump to allies that are over walls, but your untargeted dash won't go the distance, unless you're in All Out form. Ntofo Strikes is your one-two-three punch for activating his passive damage, if you're able to attack between each Q cast, your opponent will crumble like the desert sand. Against stronger laners like Fiora or Darius, K'Sante needs to play smart, don't let pride become your downfall. Use Path Maker and Footwork to stay out of reach. Once K'Sante is powered up his midgame is pretty flexible, he's a capable match for any 1v1 if he wants if he's ahead, so he's free to splitpush and roam the map as needed. When it comes to teamfights, your primary job as K'Sante is to protect a large group of very important people: your team of course. Stick with your backline and peel, and save your Ult for when the best defence is a good offence: That's the moment to go All Out on your prey ("I went All Out, you did not!"). All Out relies heavily on finding the correct positioning, since its impact is much greater when used against a wall. Use Path Maker and Footwork to back your enemy into a corner. But remember, transforming is a double-edged sword; make sure you land in a good place to take the weights off, or the hunter might become the hunted. A good leader knows the difference between when to act and when to lie in wait, K'Sante will really shine if you're up for a challenge of decision making and mechanical mastery. From protecting his allies to tearing through the enemy, he can do it all. Can you? K'Sante, the Pride of Nazumah, is here to finish every fight.

[@GreenT_LoR]

Nasus's passive is 5 words. We've come a long way 😂

[@xGemz_]

pro play top laners boutta go crazy on dis one🗣🗣🔥🔥

[@doing.it.simple]

From seeing her in the show I really didn't expect her to get around like that... who would have guessed

[@Voltaid]

Master yi: I auto attack things really fast

[@toreole5831]

i fear ksante being mentioned twice in the intro

[@nhattaipham2108]

Ambesaa, Ksante, Sylas, Akali, Lucian Break-dance team comp gonna be lit (shield, heal, bigger shield, stealth, bonus moment speed, % damage, AD with AP scaling, AP with AD scaling, stun, hard cc knock, multiple at one cc) Then there we have Hiemerdingers with a miss place E, passive speed gonna make up for that

[@lebronjamesmvp99]

also hey guys look this gameplay shes not doing that much damage. Bros just put a heartsteel tank yasuo in the video to make her seem balanced lol

[@TalonMain29]

They really add Uzui Tengen in the Rift 😂😂😂

[@valsimotkarpis9120]

The range of her ulti at 5:46 is so stupid what the fk LMAO

[@morten3093]

God whats even the point of giving her an energy bar LOL

[@JinchurikiDemon]

Im so salty they gutted ksante and then have the audacity to release this abomination.

[@raymondandsweetheart7150]

People might not know this reference. Let tell you when he did this live on the lck of the dome. It was so crazy.

[@guillaumegiguere6508]

ADCs watching this: 👁️👄👁️

[@simplyandrei1877]

Her E just looks like a double pre-reworked Mythic Strikebreaker. Eclipse and Stridebreaker are definitely gonna be broken on her.

[@promethean8232]

as much as i agree with LS on the fact that champs which allow for skill expression should exist, i find it very hard to justify putting broken champs out every few months when champs like zed that have some of the highest skill ceilings in the game are deliberately thrown by the wayside. If Zed is one dimensional and easy to read he should be one shotting people as a trade off.

[@Deanbeyers1984]

She’s full energy at all times

[@Playdude5]

This is female K'Sante, a champion with 4,700 HP, 329 Armor, and 201 MR, has Unstoppable, a Shield, and goes over walls. Has Airborne, and the cooldown is only 1 second too. It costs 15 Mana. The W CD is even refreshed when he transforms. Has true damage on passive. stacks Armor and MR, he gets Ability Haste too, Ability Haste on Q, and spell casting speeds up.

[@molamola9723]

“How many dashes do you want?” “Yes”

[@rena1977]

I feel like her basestats are gonna be low and she is going to be very good vs ranged toplane picks but struggle vs bruisers, similar to irelia. Else this champion would be insanely broken.

[@med993]

i think she’ll also be bursty w high cooldowns

[@taleofsonata1]

The dev who made this champ, will 100% get fired. But she will still be in the game LMAO.

[@johnwelter7081]

As a Kalista enjoyer, I welcome a melee version. She'll be fun to play and maybe her numbers will be tuned so shes not crazy. At least her kit doesn't have 3 CC abilities, dmg immunity, CC immunity, tank scaling, % health dmg and true dmg...

[@theteamxxx3142]

100% she will join the 45% club unless she will only a jungler champion but her kit looks very fun so she will be played a lot . Maybe a new yasuo/yone where 80% of the player suck and they are 1 patch op and 5 patch bad

[@ederofempires8793]

Tbh i get more Riven-Vibes than anything else. mechanicly she of course plays very different, but on the receiving end it's very similair with all those short jumps + physical aoe + shield. only real difference is the ult for backline access instead of a chunky aoe.

[@andrei-cezarbleaje5519]

Yeah She seems like a diver kinda like Pantheon.

[@poom323]

seem like many stuff can be removed from her kits, it's definitely too much. If she be like this, Riot should add a low cd dash to all no dash champion. like reduce flash cd to all no dash champion to 30 second.

[@theelectricant98]

Her numbers have to be so bad that shes unplayable, or she will just be completely busted. Little middleground on a kit like this

[@RaventhortheWarrior]

Even though her abilities are very darius/renekton similar, her kit actually gives me lee sin vibes. Not just for the energy, but shes got mostly damage with a single shield and some dashes, but no CC in base kit, until her ultimate which is made for backline access. actually makes me feel like her kit could live and die by her numbers because she has awkward teamfight posturing if she doesnt have the damage to be a threat

[@2bobszonyt786]

this is what they wanted skarner to be

[@remotenightowl]

I could be wrong but the team fights make it look like she plays like an AD Sylas. So her weak spots could be Grievous wounds and baiting cooldowns.

[@jjoshzzad4300]

you had me at ajumma karen from arcane truly a riot moment!!

[@LeonardoLee3396]

If not wrong she is the first non Ionian energy champion

[@shadeedcrockett5007]

Her R also has this passive "Ambessa gains Armor Penetration and her Abilities heal her."

[@LeonTrig]

Oh her R passive gives her Armor pen & makes her abilities heal her according to the Riot article! Woohoo!

[@Espnandro]

I disagree that it's just like K'Sante. She isn't a tank and buys AD items. K'Sante is a tank that scales with resists and duels you like a fighter. From what I've seen, she is a pure AD champion and because of that you always have room to kill her due to lack of resists. If somehow she is able to build things like Iceborn than that would be 100% broken, but I'm perfectly fine dealing with another Cleaver fighter. K'Sante is, from a design perspective, the least balanced champion in the game. Numbers can be tweaked around him to make him not broken, but his design will never be fair. He gets to have extremely high resists and blow you up. The worst part is he doesn't require landing a high cooldown or difficult to land CC to deal his dmg. Take Cho'gath for example, he is also a tank that can deal extremely high amounts of dmg. He has a massive amount of base DMG on Q and of course his R is an absurd true dmg burst point and click ability. That being said Cho cannot run you down unless you get hit by his Q and his cooldowns are long enough that he won't be spamming you with them either. Now back to K'Sante, he doesnt require anything to set him up. He can just press Q on the wave, W + E in your direction, Q spam and CC you, and the entire time your slowed. It's nothing at all like Ambessa.

[@XavIsOnline]

I have a terrible feeling iceborn will work

[@The_Lightless]

My biggest problem with Ksante aside from his Q CD is his W. W is not balanced in any way. It needs to be more like Irelia W.

[@MrProgtuga]

Abilities before: Hand Grabb Now: Dash AoeNuke Cc Shield Dps 3HitMoreDmg, Resets if you breathe

[@dlz5709]

can't wait to see bin play this champion

[@MrBahki]

Zeus & TheShy have been training for this day with Kalista top.

[@cyberneko4913]

I'm actually glad that you didn't hold back at all from calling out this bullshit of a champion. Kudo to you.

[@srzarz3017]

With all those dashes you can play this bot side with a hard engager like Leona and nautilus and you’d easily f any adc besides maybe Caitlyn

[@Rurukuken]

We here at Riot Games learned nothing from Kalista

[@HienLeGia]

No guns, gg go next Edit: on second thought, she's going to be like how Illaoi is to Nasus for Riven... Can't wait

[@melibaws2328]

League community: do you really believe your hype so much? Ambessa: I AM THE HYPE

[@gary4936]

Hello Ambessa, welcome to the 45% wr club!

[@yGKeKe]

The intro got me...and I agree.

[@sebus_2331]

by the time, the W is mentioned, she already has more worlds in her kit than nasus whole kit

[@priyanshuvasava676]

Wait she uses energy? Why? Only Ionian champs uses energy as of now why change it (yes lore in gameplay)

[@pendyalaabhishek8866]

how can a olaf auto attack her without running out of his 3 sec ult, especially when she can just ult out when olaf ults . its insane how all in champs are getting soo bad lately . if this goes on no body is gonna play some champ with out any mobility in next 1 or 2 years and then riot has to bring back divine sunderer(only for melees without dashes ) again .

[@Invictus-Solaris]

I see her more as a mix between Riven and K'Sante.

[@DoubleMeatpalace]

So a combination of riven+k'sante with a built in stride breaker. Got it.

[@kitzuru]

I love that K'sante is a class of its own😂💀

[@ІлляКосенко-у7е]

Dont ask Spearshot about Ambessa R

[@OnyxKaisor]

If riot had a “days without releasing a broken champion” clock in their office they’d be resetting it every new release

[@haas3047]

Her E is like a standard Yasuo E+Q combo, except with an extra slash.. and without the need of an enemy.. oh and it's only one ability

[@erikssavrasevics1635]

Hell yeah, 10/10 content

[@cokacolasbestfrend8708]

As a sylas main and a Ksante enjoyer, I just found my new main.

[@loganoakley5267]

Thank duck that I can finally play a bruiser against ashe. That one pick alone puts so much pressure on me that if they know anything about spacing, I just outright lose

[@tender0828]

He said ksante twice and thought we’d notice

[@zaccondiscord7763]

Do to how mechanically dense (kind of) this champion is, the numbers are gonna be tuned down and she is gonna be awful when released. Then Riot will buff her and people will get better on her and she will become a staple pro pick for a couple of years. (Kind of like K'sante)

[@justhair17]

Yeah, I wouldnt be surprised if she had abysmal wr on release as people couldn't play her, then Riot ends up buffing her and she becomes giga broken