Gangplank Top
HardWin Rate43.6%
Games110
Champion Counters
Ambessa Counters
Find Ambessa counters, difficult matchups and champions Ambessa performs well against.
Top Patch 16.13.1 Updated Jul 2, 2026 op.gg data · 48h refresh
Weak Against5
Strong Against5
Best CounterGangplank (43.6%)
Best MatchupMordekaiser (56.0%)
A Current tier: A Top — view tier list
Weak Against — Champions That Counter Ambessa
Win rate shown from Ambessa's perspective — lower means a harder matchup.
Malphite Top
HardWin Rate44.2%
Games104
Zaahen Top
HardWin Rate46.0%
Games100
K'Sante Top
HardWin Rate46.9%
Games128
Renekton Top
EvenWin Rate49.0%
Games312
Strong Against — Champions Ambessa Counters
Mordekaiser Top
EasyWin Rate56.0%
Games100
Jax Top
EasyWin Rate55.1%
Games127
Yone Top
EasyWin Rate53.3%
Games165
Sett Top
EasyWin Rate53.0%
Games100
Darius Top
EasyWin Rate52.2%
Games138
All Ambessa Matchups
| Opponent | Role | Type | Win Rate | Games | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gangplank | Top | Counter | 43.6% | 110 | — |
| Malphite | Top | Counter | 44.2% | 104 | — |
| Zaahen | Top | Counter | 46.0% | 100 | — |
| K'Sante | Top | Counter | 46.9% | 128 | — |
| Renekton | Top | Counter | 49.0% | 312 | — |
| Mordekaiser | Top | Favorable | 56.0% | 100 | — |
| Jax | Top | Favorable | 55.1% | 127 | — |
| Yone | Top | Favorable | 53.3% | 165 | — |
| Sett | Top | Favorable | 53.0% | 100 | — |
| Darius | Top | Favorable | 52.2% | 138 | — |
How to Use Ambessa Counter Data
Everything on this page — who beats Ambessa and who Ambessa beats — is computed from live ranked matchup data for Top. Right now the hardest opponents for Ambessa are Aurora, Rek’Sai, Warwick — in these matchups Ambessa’s win rate drops the furthest below its average. The single strongest counter is Aurora, where Ambessa wins just 39.2% of 125 recorded games. Ambessa itself counters Xin Zhao, Locke, Maokai — favorable matchups worth exploiting in champion select.
Each card shows the win rate from Ambessa’s perspective and the number of games behind it — a matchup with tens of thousands of games is far more trustworthy than one with a few hundred. The Easy/Even/Hard labels are computed from those win rates (below 48% reads as Hard, above 52% as Easy); they are a reading aid, not a separate source stat. Data comes from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions, currently on patch 16.13.1, and refreshes automatically every 48 hours, so the numbers move with the meta. Counters are only half the picture: check the current Ambessa build for the strongest items and runes, or the Ambessa champion page for abilities and full details.
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Ambessa Counters — FAQ
Gangplank is currently the strongest counter to Ambessa — Ambessa wins only 43.6% of 110 recorded games in that matchup. Other difficult opponents are listed in the Weak Against section above.
Ambessa performs best against Mordekaiser, winning 56.0% of those games — see the full Strong Against list above.
Automatically every 48 hours, from ranked games at Emerald rank and above across all regions (currently patch 16.13.1).
Yes — every matchup record carries the patch it was collected on, and the whole page refreshes with each data update, so the numbers always describe the current patch rather than an old meta.