Infernal Conduit ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Purgatory Conduit: Damage applies a burning effect that stacks infinitely, dealing increasing damage, a core Rune for damage-over-time champions.

"Purgatory Conduit: Core Effect: All damage you deal applies 1 stack of 'Purgatory Burn' to enemies for 4 seconds\nBase damage: 3-15 magic damage per second per stack (scales with level)\ stat scaling: Each 100 AP increases burn damage by 1.5 per stack\nStacking rules: Burns can stack infinitely, each stack duration is calculated independently\nRefresh mechanic: Reapplying burn refreshes that stack's duration

Purgatory Conduit: All basic attack damage All active skill damage Equipment skill damage Damage from runes Damage from pets

Infernal Conduit: Healing/Shields, Tower/minion attacks, Reflect damage, Summoner spell damage

Infernal Conduit: Burning damage benefits from magic penetration Each tick of multi-hit damage adds 1 stack of burning Burning damage can trigger Runaan's Hurricane crits Can stack burning on minions and monsters

Purgatory Conduit: Sustained damage champions (like Brand, Lillia, Teemo, Anivia) Multi-hit skill champions High attack speed auto-attack champions Summoner champions

Pure burst assassins Pure tank champions Champions with extremely long skill cooldowns Utility champions with extremely low damage

Infernal Conduit: Prioritize AP and Ability Haste: AP increases burn damage, Ability Haste increases stack frequency Focus the same target to maintain burn stacks Use burn to clear waves: minions also apply burn stacks Prioritize frontline in team fights: burn deals more damage to tanks than burst

Infernal Conduit + Recursion: Infernal Conduit reduces basic ability cooldowns with each burn tick, and Recursion provides 60 ability haste to dramatically accelerate this cycle. The combined cooldown reduction creates a feedback loop where abilities come off cooldown faster, triggering more burns, which further reduces cooldowns. This synergy excels on mages and ability-spam champions in ARAM's constant teamfights. Infernal Conduit + Eureka: Eureka grants ability haste equal to 30% of AP, which synergizes with Infernal Conduit's cooldown reduction mechanic. High AP builds on mages gain massive ability haste from Eureka, while Infernal Conduit's burn ticks provide additional cooldown reduction. The burn also scales with AP, creating a self-reinforcing cycle where more AP means faster abilities and stronger burns. Infernal Conduit + Slow Cooker: Slow Cooker applies a burn aura every second to nearby enemies, and Infernal Conduit reduces ability cooldowns for each burn tick. The proximity burn from Slow Cooker triggers Infernal Conduit's cooldown reduction continuously during teamfights, accelerating basic abilities while stacking infinite burn damage on enemies within 500 units. Infernal Conduit + Magic Missile: Magic Missile fires 3 Firecrackers when abilities hit enemies, and each Firecracker triggers Infernal Conduit's burn application. This creates multiple burn instances per ability cast, accelerating cooldown reduction through more burn ticks while stacking damage. The synergy rewards frequent ability usage in ARAM's clustered fights. Infernal Conduit + Thread the Needle: Thread the Needle provides 18% armor and magic penetration, amplifying Infernal Conduit's magic damage burn against champions with resistances. The penetration ensures burn ticks deal closer to true damage, while the cooldown reduction from burns enables more frequent ability casts to maintain pressure in extended ARAM skirmishes.

Avoid Infernal Conduit + Back to Basics: Avoid this pairing because Back to Basics permanently seals your ultimate ability, yet Infernal Conduit's burn cooldown reduction specifically benefits basic abilities. You lose access to a powerful tool while gaining only marginal benefit from the burn effect, making this an extremely inefficient trade-off that severely limits your champion's full potential. Avoid Infernal Conduit + Slow and Steady: Avoid this pairing because Slow and Steady sets your base attack speed to a static value and prevents all attack speed bonuses from functioning. Infernal Conduit scales with bonus AD and AP for ability-based burn damage, but the attack speed conversion to AD cannot compensate for the lost synergy with rapid ability casting. Avoid Infernal Conduit + Firebrand: Avoid this pairing because Firebrand applies burn only through basic attacks, while Infernal Conduit applies burn through ability hits. These are separate trigger mechanisms that do not interact or stack meaningfully together. You gain two different burn sources but waste an augment slot on redundant damage-over-time effects. Avoid Infernal Conduit + Purist - Caster: Avoid this pairing because Purist - Caster converts all bonus attack speed into ability haste, but Infernal Conduit already provides cooldown reduction through its burn ticks. The conversion provides diminishing returns since both effects reduce cooldowns, and you lose the attack speed stat entirely for minimal additional benefit. Avoid Infernal Conduit + Celestial Body: Avoid this pairing because Celestial Body reduces your damage output by 10%, which directly diminishes Infernal Conduit's burn damage that scales with your AD and AP. The massive health bonus does not compensate for the reduced burn effectiveness, making your primary damage augment significantly weaker throughout the match.

Infernal Conduit: Don't give this to pure burst assassins they leave after one rotation and can't stack enough burn stacks. Don't ignore the stacking effect of burn more stacks mean higher damage. Don't build too much burst damage it offers limited scaling for burn damage. Don't switch targets carelessly it wastes previously stacked burn stacks.