Slow and Steady ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

"Cadence": Basic attack next skill +30%, skill next basic attack +30%. Perfect for combo-based champions.

"Methodical: Core effect: Basic attack → ability damage +30%, ability → basic attack damage +30% Duration: Buff lasts 3 seconds, max 1 stack Base bonus: Gain 10% attack speed and 10% ability haste Stacking rules: Damage increase multiplicatively stacks with other damage bonuses Restriction: Does not affect damage over time or summon damage

All basic attacks (including enhanced attacks), all active ability damage (AD and AP abilities), item ability damage (Luden's, Ice Gauntlet, Trinity Force)

By the Book: Each tick of damage-over-time skills, true damage skills, summon damage, healing and shield effects

Methodical: Enhanced auto attacks (Draven Q, Gangplank Q) can trigger skill damage bonuses. Item skills (Luden's, Iceborn Gauntlet) can trigger auto attack damage bonuses. Buff lasts 3 seconds, expires if not used. Maximum 1 stack, consecutive attacks waste the buff.

"Methodical: Champions alternating auto-attacks and abilities (Ezreal, Jayce, Kai'Sa, Riven) Ability-based marksmen Fighter champions Champions reliant on combo rotation

Methodical: Basic attack ADC (Vayne, Jinx, Draven) Ability-based mage (Ziggs, Vel'Koz, Brand) Pure tank DOT champions

Methodical: Strictly maintain auto-attack-skill-auto-attack rotation to maximize damage bonuses. Incorporate damage bonuses into fixed combos for muscle memory. Stack Attack Speed and Ability Haste to increase rotation frequency. Prioritize main attributes - higher AD/AP increases bonus damage. Must complete rotation within 3 seconds, don't waste buff.

Slow and Steady + Blunt Force + It's Critical + Soul Siphon: Slow and Steady converts all attack speed into raw AD, making Blunt Force's 20% AD increase incredibly valuable. With 50% crit from It's Critical and Twice Thrice applying on-hits at 150% effectiveness, each slow but powerful attack delivers devastating burst damage. The static attack speed becomes irrelevant when every hit is a massive critical strike. Slow and Steady + Draw Your Sword + Heavy Hitter: Draw Your Sword forces a melee conversion with 30% bonus AD, 25% bonus attack speed, and 30% bonus health. Slow and Steady converts that attack speed into even more AD while Heavy Hitter adds 3.5% max health as bonus physical damage per hit. This creates a tanky bruiser with enormous AD scaling on every attack. Slow and Steady + Fan the Hammer + Thread the Needle: Fan the Hammer fires 5 Firecrackers per attack direction, each scaling with 14% bonus AD. Slow and Steady's massive AD conversion makes each Firecracker hit extremely hard. Thread the Needle's 18% penetration ensures all that damage goes through resistances. The static attack speed matters little when each attack unleashes multiple high-damage projectiles. Slow and Steady + EscAPADe + The Brutalizer: EscAPADe converts all AP into bonus AD at a 1.66:1 ratio while increasing total AD by 15%. Combined with Slow and Steady's AD conversion and Blunt Force's 20% AD increase, this creates exponential AD scaling. Perfect for champions who would normally build AP but can leverage the converted attack damage for devastating basic attacks.

Avoid Slow and Steady + Deft: This is a hard anti-synergy. Deft grants 60% bonus attack speed, but Slow and Steady completely nullifies all attack speed bonuses, setting your attack rate to a static value. The 60% attack speed is converted to only 60 bonus attack damage, which is extremely poor value compared to other augments that directly provide AD or adaptive force. Avoid Slow and Steady + Lightning Strikes: Lightning Strikes increases bonus attack speed from all sources by 20% and provides on-hit damage at 1.75 attack speed. Since Slow and Steady prevents benefiting from any attack speed bonuses, the percentage increase is worthless and the 1.75 attack speed threshold for the on-hit damage is impossible to reach. Avoid Slow and Steady + Critical Rhythm: Critical Rhythm grants 6% bonus attack speed per critical strike, stacking up to 60%. Slow and Steady nullifies all attack speed bonuses, rendering the stacking mechanic completely useless. You gain only the 25% critical strike chance from this augment, making it extremely inefficient compared to other crit options. Avoid Slow and Steady + Tap Dancer: Tap Dancer grants bonus attack speed equal to 10% of total movement speed. Since Slow and Steady prevents any attack speed bonuses from functioning, this conversion mechanic is entirely wasted. You lose a significant portion of the augment's value, leaving only the stacking movement speed on basic attacks. Avoid Slow and Steady + Get Excited: Get Excited grants 15% total attack speed on champion takedowns for 4 seconds. Slow and Steady nullifies all attack speed bonuses, so this portion of the augment provides zero benefit. You only receive the 100% bonus movement speed, making this a very low-value pairing for a Gold-tier augment.

Methodical: Don't pick for basic attack or ability-only heroes: low value Don't chain basic attacks or abilities: wastes buff, reduces damage Don't ignore empowered autos and item skills: many focus only on basic autos and abilities Don't build too much defense: Methodical is offensive, defense wastes its value Note buff duration: must alternate between attacks within 3 seconds