Best Rammus Build Guide | Runes | Spells | Items in League of Legends

Master how to play League’s own armadillo, Rammus, perfectly with this comprehensive guide that teaches his runes, build, skill path, counters, and more!

Updated on Jul 27, 2023
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Best Rammus Build Guide | Runes | Spells | Items in League of Legends

Rammus might be the tankiest champion to exist in League of Legends. And because of this, he is also one of the most irritating champions in the game. To make matters worse, he is also very easy to play. If you are looking to main League's armadillo, here is a complete Rammus guide that tackles his build, runes, spells, and items in League of Legends

Best Rammus Build

Rammus might have a subpar early game, but he is really strong when he completes his tank items. Enemies will have a hard time dealing with you if you play your cards correctly. To do this every game, follow this comprehensive guide that will teach you everything about Rammus jungle!


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Best Rammus Runes

Starting off, the best primary rune for Rammus is always aftershock, no matter your lane. Rammus can chase down enemies because of the bonus movement speed from his kit and deals a ton of crowd control once he sticks to an enemy champion. The other runes are for improving his tankiness in the long run. Just follow the runes below every single game to get the most out of his kit and win all the skirmishes!

Best Rune Path

Resolve

Precision

Best Keystone

Aftershock

Best Slot 1 (Rune)

Font of Life

Triumph

Best Slot 2 (Rune)

Conditioning

Legend: Alacrity

Best Slot 3 (Rune)

Unflinching

Best Rammus Rune Shards

Since Rammus is a tank champion, the best rune shards are the defensive ones. Get a single attack speed rune shard to help with your jungle camp clearing but get armor or magic resist rune for the next two rune set shards. Just focus on building tanky items to make sure that you get to use this rune set!

Best Rune Shards

Effect

Offense

+9% Attack Speed

Defense

+9 Armor

Defense

+6 Armor

Best Rammus Summoner Spells

As expected, Rammus jungle should always have a smite. It helps you clear camps, kill epic monsters, and gives you the ability to purchase a jungle-role item. The secondary summoner spell that you should have is either ghost or flash. You can choose either one of the two, but most pro players still use flash because of its flexibility.

Best Spells

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Flash

Smite












Best Rammus Ability Order

Rammus does not have a complex skill order. You just have to focus on leveling up his powerball ability every single game. This should be your number one priority because powerball makes Rammus really fast, allowing him to rotate and gank easily. Next, level up his frenzying taunt, then defensive ball curl last.

Remember the skill order above and use it every game. Thankfully, this leveling style is strong and will work on every single match. Also, do not forget to level up his ultimate when you get the chance since that is the strongest ability at your disposal.

Best Rammus Items

Managing League of Legends items is challenging. As mentioned previously, a lot of times, Rammus will greatly benefit from tank items. There are times when an enemy deals magic damage, and sometimes they will deal a ton of attack damage. But knowing the correct items and build path will ensure that you are always one step ahead of your enemies. Follow all the builds below, including the early, mid, and late game, to win all your games as a Rammus jungle!

Best Early Game Rammus Items

Arguably, Rammus is not as strong as the other jungling champions during the early game. Also, he has a pretty weak clearing speed, but getting a jungle item will alleviate that for a little bit. Then, make sure to get a refillable health potion (for sustain) and oracle lens (for ganking).

First Item

Second Item

Third Item

Hailblade

Refillable Potion

Oracle Lens

Best Mid Game Rammus Items

At this point, you should have completed your mythic item. The best mythic item for Rammus jungle is Turbo Chemtank, because of its bonus movement speed and crowd control. This is a great item to engage team fights and catch enemies with your soaring slam. "Attack" Rammus is a great plan because of his durability. Make sure to abuse it with the correct items.

First Item

Second Item

Third Item

Fourth Item

Sunfire Aegis

Plated Steelcaps

Control Ward

Bramble Vest

Also, start building your next legendary items during this phase. Build a bonus magic damage focused defensive item if your enemies are AP champions, and armor for AD champions.

Best Late Game Rammus Items

Now, this is the point where everyone has almost completed their inventory. You should have completed your items that give the maximum bonus armor or magic resistance possible. Do your best to be the tankiest in the lobby as much as possible. The enemy team will be left with no choice but to attack you if you are being smart with your positioning, so stack the most defensive items possible. Just follow the complete build below to win all the team fights in the game.

First Item

Second Item

Third Item

Fourth Item

Fifth Item

Sixth Item

Sunfire Aegis

Plated Steelcaps

Thornmail

Force of Nature

Dead Man’s Plate

Randuin’s Omen

Best Champions To Pair With Rammus

These are the champions that have the highest win rate when paired with Rammus. These champions deal insane damage, and they can do that consistently when Rammus taunts enemy champions. Look into it that you always get officially involved with them to win all of your games!

Champion

Win Rate %

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Quinn

56.92

Vayne

56..81


Taliyah

56.73


Strongest Champions Against Rammus

There are multiple champions released by Riot Games throughout the years, but these are the strongest when going against Rammus because they can bypass your armor pretty easily.


Champion

Win Rate %

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Zac

56.92


Trundle

56..81


Lillia

56.73


Weakest Champions Against Rammus

These champions are really strong against Rammus because they deal damage that surpasses his tankiness. Also, even though Rammus accelerates really quickly, they are able to chase him with their strong crowd control.

Champion

Win Rate %

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Rengar

56.92


Lee Sin

56.81



Viego

56.73




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