Goredrink ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Bloodthirst: Stacks from damage dealt, with a full stack causing massive damage and healing on the next attack, a burst-and-sustain Rune for fighters.

Bloodthirst: Core effect: Gain Bloodthirst stacks up to 100 when dealing damage. Stacking rule: Gain 1 stack per 100 damage dealt. Burst effect: At 100 stacks, next basic attack or skill deals 150% bonus damage and heals for 30% of damage dealt. Cooldown: 10-second cooldown after burst effect. Stack retention: Stacks are lost on death.

Bloodthirsty: All basic attack damage All active skill damage Equipment skill damage Damage from runes

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

Bloodthirsty: Burst Damage Can Crit: Additional damage portion can benefit from crit multipliers Healing Unaffected by Grievous Wounds: Healing effects remain full even with enemy grievous wounds Can Stack on Minions and Monsters: Can stack by hitting minions Burst Damage Applies to All Damage Types

Bloodthirst: Melee fighter champions (like Darius, Jax, Riven) Jungle champions Sustained damage champions Champions lacking burst

Pure burst assassins Pure AP mages Pure tank champions Ranged ADC champions

Bloodthirst: Stack by hitting minions in lane: after maxing, look for trades. Stack fully before teamfights: burst damage on entry. Combine with high damage abilities: maximize burst effect. Use burst to heal and counter-kill when low health.

Goredrink + Vampirism: Goredrink provides 15% omnivamp while Vampirism grants 25% omnivamp, stacking for a massive 40% total omnivamp. This combination enables near-infinite sustain during ARAM teamfights, allowing champions to heal continuously from all damage sources. The self-healing restriction from Vampirism becomes irrelevant since the combined omnivamp from both augments provides exceptional survivability. Goredrink + Final Form: Final Form grants 20% omnivamp and a massive shield when casting your ultimate, stacking with Goredrink's 15% omnivamp for 35% total omnivamp. The shield provides a health buffer to survive burst damage while the combined omnivamp heals you rapidly. This creates an unkillable raid boss during ultimate activation in extended ARAM skirmishes. Goredrink + Circle of Death: Circle of Death converts healing into damage dealt to nearby enemies, and Goredrink's 15% omnivamp generates continuous healing during combat. Every point of health restored from damaging enemies triggers additional magic damage output. This offensive synergy transforms sustain into a damage multiplier, punishing enemies for allowing extended engagements in the narrow ARAM lane. Goredrink + Slow Cooker: Slow Cooker deals burn damage based on your maximum health to nearby enemies, and Goredrink's omnivamp heals you from that damage output. Building health items amplifies both the burn damage and the healing received. This combination excels on tanky melee champions who can stay in the center of enemy teams, sustaining through continuous damage.

Avoid Goredrink + Vampirism: Vampirism provides 25% omnivamp but completely disables all healing from allies and sets health regeneration to zero. Goredrink's 15% omnivamp becomes largely redundant since Vampirism already offers superior sustain, making this an inefficient pairing that wastes an augment slot for minimal additional benefit. Avoid Goredrink + Glass Cannon: Glass Cannon caps your health at 70% maximum health with no way to exceed it. Omnivamp from Goredrink heals based on damage dealt, but the health cap severely limits how much effective healing you can utilize, wasting much of the sustain value this augment would otherwise provide. Avoid Goredrink + First-Aid Kit: First-Aid Kit grants 20% heal and shield power, which increases the effectiveness of healing you receive. However, Goredrink provides omnivamp which is self-healing based on damage dealt, not incoming heals. The heal and shield power does not amplify omnivamp healing, creating poor synergy between these augments. Avoid Goredrink + All For You: All For You increases the effectiveness of your heals and shields on allied champions by 30%. Goredrink's omnivamp only provides self-healing from your own damage dealt, offering no healing or shielding to allies. This pairing has virtually no interaction and wastes the ally-focused bonus entirely.

Thirst: Don't engage without full stacks: The burst effect is core. Don't ignore stacking on minions: Allows for quick stacking. Don't forget healing effect: Can use burst to heal when low health. Watch cooldown: Burst effect has a 10-second cooldown.