The Brutalizer ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Brute Force: Permanently increase two stats, gaining permanent stat bonuses from participating in takedowns. The strongest early-game snowballing stat rune.

Brute Force: Core effect: Immediately gain 18 attack damage and 22 AP upon selection. Bonus gain: Participating in a champion kill permanently grants 3 attack damage and 4 AP, max 20 stacks. Stat conversion: For AD champions, AP is converted to attack damage 1:1. For AP champions, attack damage is converted to AP 1:1. Growth stats: Gain 1 attack damage and 1.5 AP per level. Death penalty: No loss of stacked stats on death.

Immediate effect when selecting rune Killing enemy champions Assisting in killing enemy champions Participating in takedowns of pet-controlled champions

Killing minions/monsters/towers Killing allied champions Enemy champion suicide Unassisted kills

Brute Force: Stat conversion has highest priority, applies before all other calculations Stacked stats benefit from other runes and percentage bonuses Early kill stat value is 3x later game Fully stacked equals stats from a major legendary item

Brutal Force: Early-game dominant champions (Draven, Darius, Pantheon) Teamfight carry champions (Katarina, Samira, Master Yi) Hybrid damage champions (Ezreal, Jayce, Kennen) Utility champions who get assists easily

Brutal Force: Extremely weak early-game late-game hypercarries (Vayne, Ryze, Kindred) Pure support champions (Soraka, Nami, Braum) Pure tank frontliners (Alistar, Leona, Ornn) Split-push champions

Brute Force: Participate in small skirmishes early to quickly stack stats At max 10 stacks, you can dominate opponents with similar gold Combine with other snowball runes to expand your advantage When behind, prioritize assists instead of forcing kills

The Brutalizer + Blunt Force + Thread the Needle: The Brutalizer's flat attack damage and lethality are multiplicatively amplified by Blunt Force's 20% attack damage increase, creating exponential physical damage scaling. Thread the Needle's dual penetration ensures The Brutalizer's lethality fully impacts resistant targets. This combination transforms modest stat bonuses into devastating armor-shredding power for AD casters and assassins in constant ARAM teamfights. The Brutalizer + Slap Around + Erosion: The Brutalizer provides foundational attack damage that synergizes with Slap Around's infinite stacking adaptive force on crowd control. Erosion's resistance reduction compounds with The Brutalizer's lethality, effectively stripping enemy defenses layer by layer. This creates a snowballing damage profile where each immobilize grants permanent stats while enemies become increasingly vulnerable to physical burst. The Brutalizer + Light 'em Up! + Typhoon: The Brutalizer's attack damage directly scales Light 'em Up's Firecracker damage, which fires four projectiles on every fourth basic attack for massive burst. Typhoon's Firecracker applies on-hit effects and spreads damage to nearby champions. This combination converts The Brutalizer's raw stats into AoE pressure, ideal for melee skirmishers who weave abilities between auto-attacks. The Brutalizer + Wind Beneath Blade + Deft: The Brutalizer's lethality directly converts into bonus movement speed through Wind Beneath Blade, granting 7.5 speed immediately. Deft's 60% attack speed enables rapid basic attacks that benefit from The Brutalizer's attack damage. This combination creates a nimble skirmisher build where penetration stats provide both damage and mobility, allowing AD champions to kite and reposition in ARAM's cramped lane.

Avoid The Brutalizer + ADAPt: Avoid this pairing because ADAPT converts all bonus attack damage into ability power, directly nullifying the 20 bonus attack damage and 5 lethality granted by The Brutalizer. This mechanical conflict wastes the majority of The Brutalizer's stats, leaving only the 10 ability haste as the remaining value from the Silver augment. Avoid The Brutalizer + Witchful Thinking: This pairing is weak because The Brutalizer provides physical damage stats while Witchful Thinking grants ability power. Unless playing a champion that scales with both AD and AP, the conflicting stat paths result in low synergy and diluted power. Players should avoid stacking opposing damage types without specific hybrid scaling. Avoid The Brutalizer + Eureka: The Brutalizer grants flat attack damage and lethality for physical damage, while Eureka converts ability power into ability haste. These augments have minimal mechanical interaction and serve different roles. The lack of synergy makes this a low-value pairing that wastes an augment slot on a caster-focused effect. Avoid The Brutalizer + Slow and Steady: Slow and Steady sets base attack speed to a static value and converts bonus attack speed into attack damage. While this pairing gains bonus AD from the conversion, The Brutalizer's attack damage and lethality are flat stats that do not meaningfully amplify the attack speed conversion mechanic, resulting in redundant and low-impact stacking.

Brute Force: Don't be reckless early game, stat bonuses won't save you from focus fire Don't ignore the stat conversion mechanic, AD champions get pure attack damage too Don't fight key teamfights before reaching 5 stacks Don't force kills when behind, gives enemy more gold and experience