Self Destruct ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Self-Destruct: Trigger a large area true damage explosion when activated or upon death. A teamfight tool for tanks and assassins to trade multiple enemies.

Self-Destruct: Core effect: When activated on death, deal true damage to all enemies within 500 range. Base damage: 200-800 true damage (scales with level). Stat bonus: Receives 30% max health bonus and 20% AP scaling. Cooldown: 90 seconds for activation, no cooldown on death. Special rule: Activation causes immediate death, damage increased by 20% when triggered by death.

Activating an ability Being killed by enemies Being killed by ally damage Self-sacrificing

Killing minions/monsters Tower kills Enemy champion suicide Summoner spell kills

Self-Destruct: Self-damage can trigger Sheen's ability critical effect Larger size increases explosion range (50 range per 10% size increase) Self-detonation interrupts all enemy channeling abilities Cannot be prevented by any effects when triggered by death

Self-Destruct: High-health initiator tanks (Sion, Malphite, Ornn) Assassins who die when engaging (Zed, Akali, Fizz) Champions with revive abilities (Mordekaiser, Zac, Ekko) Teamfight initiators

Self-Destruct: Ranged squishy ADCs (Vayne, Jinx, Zeri) Pure protective supports (Soraka, Nami) Late-game hypercarries (Ryze, Kai'Sa) Sustained damage reliant champions

Self-Destruct: Initiate team fights by diving into enemy groups and detonating When low health, decisively explode to take out enemy carries Combine with Guardian Angel for "explode - revive - deal damage" cycle Prioritize stacking health to increase explosion damage

Self Destruct + Celestial Body: Celestial Body grants 1500 bonus health, enabling you to survive longer in the middle of the enemy team to guarantee Self Destruct's explosion hits. The massive health pool ensures you can stay within 350 units of enemies for the full 5-second detonation timer, landing the 20% max health true damage and knockup on multiple targets in ARAM's narrow lane. Self Destruct + Goliath: Goliath provides 35% bonus health and increased size, which helps you reach more enemies within Self Destruct's 350-unit radius. The larger champion hitbox makes it easier to position for the explosion, while the bonus health ensures you survive long enough in teamfights to deliver the 20% max health true damage nuke. Self Destruct + Dive Bomber: Dive Bomber adds a second explosion upon death dealing 20% max health true damage in a 500-unit radius. This doubles down on the suicide bomber playstyle—whether you detonate Self Destruct while alive or die trying, enemies take massive true damage. The combined 40% max health damage potential devastates grouped teams. Self Destruct + Slow Cooker: Homeguard grants 100% bonus movement speed, allowing you to quickly re-engage after respawning and close the gap to enemies before Self Destruct's bomb detonates. The speed helps you stick to targets within the 350-unit explosion radius, ensuring the 5-second timer lands the knockup and true damage in repeated ARAM skirmishes.

Avoid Self Destruct + Dive Bomber: Both augments provide nearly identical effects—Self Destruct triggers a living bomb while Dive Bomber triggers on death. The damage type, scaling, and purpose heavily overlap, resulting in massive redundancy. Taking both wastes an augment slot for marginal extra value when a single explosion effect already covers the intended purpose. Avoid Self Destruct + Repulsor: Self Destruct requires you to stay within 350 units of enemies for the explosion to hit, but Repulsor knocks enemies 750 units away when you drop low. This directly sabotages your bomb's effectiveness by pushing targets outside the blast radius right when you need them close for detonation. Avoid Self Destruct + Scopier Weapons: Self Destruct is a melee-range effect requiring close proximity to enemies, but Scopier Weapons pushes you to 200+ bonus attack range for long-range combat. These playstyles fundamentally conflict—you cannot effectively utilize both staying at safe distance and being in the center of enemies for explosions. Avoid Self Destruct + Glass Cannon: Glass Cannon caps your health at 70% maximum, severely reducing your durability. Self Destruct requires you to survive 5 seconds while near enemies for the bomb to detonate. With reduced health and no defensive scaling, you will likely die before the explosion triggers, wasting the augment entirely.

Self-Destruct: Don't mindlessly explode when alone, won't get a kill for free Don't ignore friendly fire (enabled in some modes), avoid killing low-health teammates Don't initiate a 1v5 teamfight with self-destruct, focus fire will trigger it early Don't forget you can manually detonate early, avoid dying to CC without dealing damage