Protein Shake ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

"Protein Shake": Convert max health to attack damage, with size increasing based on health. Core rune for tanks transitioning to damage.

"Protein Shake: Core effect: Convert 15% max health to attack damage, gain 5% size per 1000 max health Base bonus: Gain 200 bonus max health Real-time update: Conversion and size recalculate immediately with health changes Stacking rules: Converted attack damage benefits from multiplicative bonuses from runes and items Restriction: Size increase capped at 50%

Maximum health from equipment and runes Base maximum health growth Permanent maximum health from abilities (like Sion W)

Temporary HP (shields, potions, skill buffs) Armor, MR, AD, AP and other stats Summoner skill HP bonuses

"Protein Shake: For every 10% size increase, basic attack range increases by 10%, skill range unchanged\nHP conversion priority higher than all other AD bonuses\nDeath doesn't reset conversion ratio or size\nEven with HP above 10,000, size increases by at most 50%

"Protein Shake: High health scaling tanks (Sion, Ornn, Malphite) Fighters with health scaling abilities (Darius, Jax, Sett) Frontliners reliant on auto-attacks Tank initiators building full tank items

Protein Shake: Pure assassin (Zed, Talon, Akali) Pure AP mage (Ziggs, Vel'Koz) Low health growth ADC Champions whose spells don't benefit from AD

Protein Shake: Prioritize maximum health, Sterak's Gage is core item. Use increased basic attack range from size to kite in fights. Initiate team fights: high health + high AD allows you to tank and deal damage. Combine with items like Sunfire Cape, Ice Gauntlet for balanced defense and offense. Recall to heal when low health to avoid converted AD reduction.

Protein Shake + Windspeaker's Blessing: Protein Shake grants heal and shield power scaling with resistances, while Windspeaker's Blessing adds bonus armor and magic resistance whenever you heal or shield. This creates a synergistic loop where the resistances from Windspeaker's Blessing directly increase Protein Shake's heal and shield power multiplier, making each subsequent heal or shield stronger for tanky enchanter builds. Protein Shake + Circle of Death: Protein Shake amplifies heal and shield power based on resistances, and Circle of Death converts all healing you do into damage to nearby enemies. This combination transforms defensive tank stats into offensive pressure, as your massive heal and shield power from building resistances now deals significant magic damage during teamfights in ARAM's narrow lane. Protein Shake + Back to Basics: Back to Basics provides 35% increased healing and shielding from all sources while sealing your ultimate. Combined with Protein Shake's resistance-scaled heal and shield power, this creates enormous sustain values. Champions with strong basic ability heals or shields become nearly unkillable while providing massive support to their team. Protein Shake + All For You: Protein Shake scales heal and shield power with resistances, and All For You increases ally-targeted heals and shields by 30%. Together, these augments make support champions exceptionally powerful at keeping teammates alive. The multiplicative scaling rewards building tank items that provide both survivability and increased healing output.

Avoid Protein Shake + Vampirism: Avoid this pairing because Vampirism completely nullifies Protein Shake's value. Vampirism sets your health regeneration to 0 and prevents you from being healed by allies, meaning the heal and shield power from Protein Shake cannot benefit from ally healing sources, wasting the augment's primary purpose. Avoid Protein Shake + Glass Cannon: Avoid this pairing because Glass Cannon caps your health at 70% maximum health with no way to exceed it. This severely limits the value of heal and shield power from Protein Shake, as you cannot effectively use healing to sustain beyond the threshold, making the scaling largely wasted. Avoid Protein Shake + First-Aid Kit: Avoid this pairing because First-Aid Kit provides a flat 20% heal and shield power, while Protein Shake provides 25% base plus scaling from resistances. The flat portions overlap significantly, and Protein Shake already covers what First-Aid Kit offers, making this a redundant and low-value combination. Avoid Protein Shake + EscAPADe: Avoid this pairing because EscAPADe converts all ability power into attack damage, removing AP scaling entirely. Protein Shake provides heal and shield power that scales with resistances, but many enchanter builds that benefit from healing power rely on AP, creating a role mismatch.

Protein Shake: Don't pick for pure damage dealers: low health converts to minimal damage, better with damage runes Don't ignore attack range bonus: many forget increased range from size Don't build too much damage: Protein Shake provides enough attack damage, prioritize health and defense Note size drawbacks: larger size makes you easier to hit by AoE, don't initiate fights Don't force duels when low health: lower health means lower damage, poor dueling potential