Goldrend ARAM Mayhem Augment Guide

Gold Rush: Gain extra gold from takedowns and assists, with bonuses from last-hitting and dragon slaying. The strongest gold and snowballing rune.

"Gold Rush: Core effect: Killing enemy champions grants 60 bonus gold, assists grant 30 bonus gold\nBonus: Killing minions/monsters grants 12 bonus gold, killing epic monsters grants 120 bonus gold\nStacking: Additively stacks with other gold bonus effects\nSpecial: Last-hitting minions also grants bonus gold\nDeath penalty: Death does not cause loss of gold

Killing enemy champions Assisting in killing enemy champions Killing minions/monsters Killing epic monsters

Killing allied champions Enemy champion suicide Unassisted kills Tower kills

Gold Rush: Assist counted if damage or control dealt in 10s before kill Epic monster gold shared with team, but only you get rune bonus Bonus gold is immediate First blood bonus gold also benefits

"Gold Rush: Early-game strong champions (Draven, Darius, Pantheon) Clean-up champions (Katarina, Samira, Master Yi) Champions good at assists (Morgana, Garen) Jungle champions

Gold Hoarder: Pure support (Soraka, Nami, Braum) Pure tank frontline (Alistar, Leona, Ornn) Late-game carry (Vayne, Ryze) Split-push champions

Gold Rush: Last hit as many minions as possible early game Participate in team fights for assists Prioritize killing epic monsters Use economic advantage to quickly build core items

Goldrend + Deft + Tap Dancer: Goldrend's bonus damage and movement speed trigger on-hit against champions. Deft provides 60% attack speed to proc Goldrend more frequently. Tap Dancer adds movement speed per hit, stacking infinitely, plus attack speed scaling from total movement speed. Together they create exponential attack speed and mobility, letting you trigger Goldrend's cooldown per champion faster while kiting. Goldrend + Draw Your Sword: Draw Your Sword converts you to melee with 30% bonus attack damage, 25% bonus attack speed, 30% bonus health, 25% bonus movement speed, and 20% life steal. Goldrend scales with 40% bonus AD, so the increased attack damage directly amplifies its bonus magic damage. The attack speed and movement speed help trigger Goldrend more often while staying in range. Goldrend + Dual Wield: Dual Wield makes basic attacks launch an additional bolt that applies on-hit effects at 40% effectiveness and increases total attack speed by 25%. Goldrend's on-hit damage and movement speed burst can trigger on both the main attack and the bolt, effectively increasing proc frequency. The attack speed boost further accelerates Goldrend triggers. Goldrend + Blunt Force + Lightning Strikes: Blunt Force increases attack damage by 20%, directly scaling Goldrend's 40% bonus AD ratio for higher burst damage. Lightning Strikes increases bonus attack speed by 20% and adds 40 bonus magic damage on-hit at 1.75 attack speed. Combined with Goldrend's on-hit proc, this creates a potent auto-attacker pattern with enhanced damage and attack speed for frequent triggers.

Avoid Goldrend + Slow and Steady: Avoid this pairing because Slow and Steady sets your base attack speed to a static value and prevents all attack speed bonuses from affecting your attack rate. Goldrend triggers on damaging basic attacks, so losing the ability to scale attack speed severely reduces the number of procs you can generate, wasting the augment's offensive and mobility potential. Avoid Goldrend + Back to Basics: Avoid this pairing because Back to Basics permanently seals your ultimate ability in exchange for increased damage and ability haste. While Goldrend provides bonus damage and movement speed on attacks and abilities, losing your ultimate is a massive drawback that outweighs the synergy, especially since Goldrend's per-champion cooldown limits its sustained damage contribution. Avoid Goldrend + Glass Cannon: Avoid this pairing because Glass Cannon caps your health at 70% of maximum and cannot be exceeded by any means. Goldrend grants 30 gold and 25% bonus movement speed on hit, encouraging extended fighting, but Glass Cannon's severe health restriction makes you extremely vulnerable before you can utilize the gold advantage or mobility effectively. Avoid Goldrend + Vampirism: Avoid this pairing because Vampirism sets your health regeneration to 0 and prevents healing from allies. Goldrend provides gold and movement speed but no sustain. The combination leaves you with no natural recovery options, and the 25% omnivamp from Vampirism alone may not compensate for the complete loss of all other healing sources in ARAM's constant fighting.

Gold Rush: Don't die trying to secure kills, as the cost outweighs the benefit. Don't ignore the extra gold from last-hitting minions, as it accumulates. Don't force kills when behind, as you'll give the enemy more gold. Remember assists also grant gold there's no need to force kills.