Tahm Kench ARAM Mayhem Build & Best Augments

Jinx T1

Tier

T1

Rank

#6

Win Rate

54.66%

Pick Rate

1.18%

Jinx is a backline marksman who turns one good kill into a full team wipe. She pokes and farms safely with rockets, swaps to minigun when a target is locked down, and uses her traps to punish anyone who walks too far forward. Her signature pattern is simple: stay alive, tag a low-health enemy, then use the takedown speed reset to chase the next one. In ARAM: Mayhem, Jinx loves the constant fighting and narrow lane, but she also gets punished harder for poor spacing. More brawls mean more chances to snowball with resets, yet divers and long-range engage can reach her quickly if she stands too close. Play behind your frontline, fire rockets when enemies group up, save traps for incoming threats, and only step forward once the first enemy is already falling. View champion guide

Aphelios T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#39

Win Rate

52.50%

Pick Rate

0.53%

Aphelios is a backline marksman who wins through weapon management, spacing, and clean target selection. He does not play like a simple right-click carry: his strength changes with the two guns he is holding, so good Aphelios players look for fights when their current weapon pair gives them strong poke, burst, sustain, or area damage. In ARAM: Mayhem, he becomes a high-ceiling carry in constant teamfights. The shorter lane and faster skirmishes give him plenty of targets, but they also punish bad positioning hard. Play around your gun cycle, take fights when your weapons match the moment, and use augments to push his damage, safety, or teamfight cleanup. If the enemy has heavy dive, stay patient; Aphelios can carry Mayhem fights, but only if he survives the first engage. View champion guide

Kog'Maw T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#72

Win Rate

51.01%

Pick Rate

0.61%

Kog'Maw is a backline damage dealer who wins by staying alive long enough to melt everything in front of him. He is picked as a scaling marksman or poke carry, depending on build and augments, with a simple job: hit safely, punish enemies who walk too far forward, and turn extended fights into a damage check they cannot pass. His signature pattern is spacing around his empowered attacks and long-range artillery. In ARAM: Mayhem, fights start faster and threats reach him more often, so Kog'Maw needs protection, clean positioning, and smart augment choices more than ever. If your team can buy him a few seconds, he becomes a brutal front-to-back carry; if he gets rushed without peel, he can disappear before his damage matters. View champion guide

Viktor T1

Tier

T1

Rank

#41

Win Rate

54.17%

Pick Rate

0.56%

Viktor is a scaling control mage who wins fights by shaping space before the enemy can fully commit. He pokes from range, punishes clumped targets, and turns narrow lanes into bad trades with his area control. Play him as a backline damage dealer: soften the frontline, hold key zones when divers step in, then follow with burst once someone is forced to stand in the wrong place. In ARAM: Mayhem, Viktor gets more chances to hit grouped enemies, but he also gets punished harder when he is caught without room to kite. Augments can push him toward heavier poke, faster fight tempo, or stronger teamfight control, so his best games come from picking the angle your comp needs. If your team has engage, save damage for the locked target. If your team lacks frontline, play slower, clear waves, and make enemies walk through your threat before they can reach you. View champion guide

Orianna T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#80

Win Rate

50.28%

Pick Rate

0.51%

Orianna is a control mage who fights through the Ball, shaping space instead of simply throwing spells forward. Her job is to shield or attach to an ally, punish enemies who walk into the Ball’s zone, and turn grouped fights with a well-timed combo. In ARAM: Mayhem, fights break out faster and teams collide more often, so Orianna gets more chances to find multi-target impact. She is strongest when she plays behind a durable engager or fast diver, moves the Ball onto them before the fight starts, and waits for enemies to stack too closely. If she throws the Ball too early or stands too far forward, mobile champions can punish her before her setup matters. Pick Orianna when your team wants steady poke, shielding, wave control, and a big teamfight follow-up. Play patiently, track where the Ball is, and make enemies choose between backing away from its threat or eating the fight-changing pull. View champion guide

Azir T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#144

Win Rate

47.58%

Pick Rate

0.41%

Azir is a control mage who turns the battlefield into his personal kingdom. He fights from behind a wall of sand soldiers, zoning enemies with sustained damage and territorial control rather than burst. His identity revolves around positioning: he wants enemies to fight where he decides. In ARAM: Mayhem, Azir thrives because the single-lane format forces constant fights. He can set up his soldier zones once and force the enemy team to either engage through them or concede ground. The mode's accelerated pace and frequent gold income let him reach his late-game power spike faster than on Summoner's Rift, where he often struggles through a weak early game. His signature pattern is simple: place soldiers, auto-attack from behind them, and shuffle enemies with his ultimate when they overextend. In Mayhem, the faster ability rotations and enhanced resources mean he keeps soldiers up more consistently and pokes harder. He becomes a sustained damage turret that's hard to approach without eating constant sand-spear shots. View champion guide

Yasuo T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#35

Win Rate

52.16%

Pick Rate

0.70%

Yasuo the Unforgiven is a mobile melee carry who turns knock-ups, dashes, and fast skirmishes into lethal all-ins. His job is to weave through the frontline, stack pressure with repeated strikes, and punish any enemy who gets lifted or caught too close.In ARAM: Mayhem, Yasuo gets more chances to fight because teams are packed into one lane and engages happen constantly. That helps his signature pattern: wait for a knock-up, dash in, burst the target, then keep moving before the enemy team can lock him down. He is exciting but risky. If he dives without a setup or burns his mobility into crowd control, he can disappear fast.Pick Yasuo when your team has reliable knock-ups or enough frontline to start fights for him. Play patiently when they do not. Let enemies waste key control tools first, then enter from an angle and clean up the fight. View champion guide

Nilah T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#56

Win Rate

51.19%

Pick Rate

0.23%

Nilah is a short-range melee carry who plays like a skirmisher more than a front-to-back marksman. She wants to sit just outside danger, dash in when a target is committed, then use her sweeping attacks and ultimate to turn a messy fight into a cleanup. In ARAM: Mayhem, Nilah gets more chances to do what she loves: fight often, chain resets in crowded lanes, and abuse any augment that helps her survive the first engage or extend her damage window. She is scary when her team can start fights for her, but punishable if she has to be the first body in. Wait for enemy crowd control to show, enter from a safe angle, and play for explosive all-in moments rather than slow poke trades. View champion guide

Samira T5

Tier

T5

Rank

#150

Win Rate

46.68%

Pick Rate

0.63%

Samira the Desert Rose Samira is a high-octane hybrid marksman designed to style on enemies through close-range combat and ability weaving. She occupies a unique space between an AD carry and an assassin, relying on her Style meter to unlock her devastating ultimate. Her entire kit rewards aggressive play and rapid input execution, making her one of the most adrenaline-heavy picks in the game. In ARAM: Mayhem, Samira thrives because the constant fighting accelerates her entire game plan. The single-lane format removes her biggest weakness—getting kited or flanked in side lanes—and replaces it with non-stop targets for her dashes and ultimate. She builds Style faster here than in any other mode, letting her fire Inferno Trigger repeatedly throughout a single extended teamfight. Her signature pattern is simple but demanding: stack abilities and auto-attacks to reach Style grade S, then unleash her ultimate for massive area-of-effect damage and healing. Miss the timing or get interrupted, and she pops. Land it, and she turns a messy brawl into a pentakill highlight. View champion guide

Leona T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#37

Win Rate

51.64%

Pick Rate

0.65%

Leona is a hard-engage tank who starts fights, locks one target in place, and gives her team a clear signal to go in. Her basic pattern is simple: find an angle, land the engage, chain her stun and ultimate, then stand in front while allies finish the target. In ARAM: Mayhem, Leona’s job gets even more direct. Fights happen often, damage comes fast, and augments can make both teams much harder to predict. She shines when your team can follow her first move, but she is punished if she dives too early or picks a target her allies cannot reach. Play her like a trigger, not a solo carry: wait for a real opening, force the fight, then keep the enemy backline or diver under control. View champion guide

Amumu T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#62

Win Rate

50.44%

Pick Rate

0.53%

Amumu is a simple engage tank who starts fights, locks enemies in place, and lets his team pile damage onto grouped targets. His signature pattern is straightforward: look for a safe angle, land your bandage engage, then follow with his big area crowd control when multiple enemies are close enough to punish. In ARAM: Mayhem, Amumu likes the constant brawling because enemies are often packed together and fights start fast. That also means bad engages get punished quickly. Play him as the first button for your team, not a lone hero. If your carries are in range to follow, go in hard. If they are clearing waves or backing up, hold your engage and threaten space instead. He is entry-level friendly because his job is clear: absorb pressure, force grouped fights, and turn one caught target into a full teamfight. He struggles when enemies spread out, kite backward, or bait him into diving too far, so patience matters more than flashy mechanics. View champion guide

Malphite T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#127

Win Rate

47.50%

Pick Rate

0.92%

Malphite – Shard of the Monolith Malphite is a tanky engage champion built around one devastating combo: Unstoppable Force into everything else. His identity is simple—he runs at you, becomes impossible to kill, and turns teamfights with a single well-timed ultimate. In standard modes, he's known as "the press R to win champion," and that reputation follows him into ARAM. What changes in ARAM: Mayhem is how often he gets to do it. The accelerated gold and experience means Malphite hits his power spikes faster and stays relevant longer. He's not stuck farming for twenty minutes waiting for a chance to flash-ult. Instead, he's constantly looking for angles, constantly threatening the engage, and constantly forcing the enemy team to respect his cooldown. The single-lane format actually helps him—there's nowhere to run when a giant rock monster crashes through your entire backline. His role is frontline disruptor. He soaks damage, peels for carries, and creates openings with Ground Slam and Unstoppable Force. He doesn't deal massive sustained damage, but he doesn't need to. One good ultimate can set up his entire team to clean up a fight. The trade-off is that when his ultimate is down, he's much less threatening. Smart enemies will track that cooldown and play aggressively when they know he can't engage. Mayhem's faster pacing also means Malphite has to be more decisive. He can't afford to sit back and wait for the perfect engage forever—the game moves too quickly. He needs to recognize when a good opportunity becomes a great one, commit fully, and trust his team to follow up. Passive play loses games in this mode, even on a tank. View champion guide

Seraphine T1

Tier

T1

Rank

#2

Win Rate

56.33%

Pick Rate

0.94%

Seraphine Seraphine is a backline mage-support who wins fights by stacking pressure, not by forcing one clean burst. She likes long trades, grouped enemies, and teammates who can follow up on her setup. If you play her well, you keep people at arm’s length, soften them up, and turn one good hit into a wider fight win. Her pattern is simple: stay safe, tag multiple targets, and use her crowd control and healing to keep your team moving. In ARAM: Mayhem, that plan gets even better because the fights are constant and everyone is packed together, so her teamfight value shows up fast. The flip side is that she is still vulnerable if enemies reach her first, so spacing and timing matter more than greed. View champion guide

Karma T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#120

Win Rate

47.92%

Pick Rate

0.70%

Karma the Enlightened One Karma is an offensive support mage who defines games through poke, disengage, and burst shielding. She sits in the backline, charging her Mantra to decide when a fight turns. Her identity is simple: land Qs, empower the right ability, and keep her team healthy while chipping away at the enemy. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless spam engine. The mode's accelerated gold and experience let her hit her cooldown reduction cap quickly, turning her from a tempo mage into a constant pressure source. She does not one-shot tanks, but she makes sieging impossible for the enemy and surviving easy for her team. Core Identity and Role She functions primarily as a poke and disengage support. Unlike pure enchanters who heal, Karma prevents damage with shields and speed bursts. Unlike burst mages, she relies on sustained damage and crowd control over time rather than a single rotation. She fits best on compositions that want to kite backward or siege towers without diving. Her signature pattern is the Mantra Q. She activates her ultimate, fires an empowered Inner Flame, and creates a wide explosion that slows and deals heavy area damage. This creates a zone the enemy cannot walk through. If they force the issue, she uses Mantra E to shield her whole team and grant a massive movement speed burst, repositioning everyone instantly. What Changes in Mayhem Mayhem speeds up her entire game plan. In standard ARAM, Karma often struggles with mana early or feels weak if she falls behind on gold. Here, she reaches her power spikes faster and stays relevant longer. The increased ability haste available in the mode means her Mantra cooldown drops rapidly, letting her empower abilities in almost every skirmish. Constant Mantra access: She empowers abilities much more often, making her burst shielding or poke available for every engagement. Enhanced disengage: The mode favors aggressive engages, but her Mantra E shuts down dives harder when she has the haste to cast it repeatedly. Sustained poke pressure: She forces enemies off objectives or towers faster because she never runs out of resources to throw. She excels at keeping her team at full health while forcing the enemy to recall. Her weakness remains her lack of hard crowd control and low durability if caught. If the enemy has unstopabble engages or long-range burst, she has to play further back and rely on her empowered shields to recover. In Mayhem, her ability to dictate pacing makes her a consistent and reliable pick for players who prefer positioning over mechanical execution. View champion guide

Lulu T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#121

Win Rate

47.27%

Pick Rate

0.46%

Lulu the Fae Sorceress Lulu is a whimsical enchantress who controls fights through disruption, buffs, and crowd control rather than raw damage. She excels as a support or utility mage, turning enemy engages into chaos while amplifying her allies. Her signature pattern revolves around Polymorph—shutting down divers or assassins the moment they commit—and using Whimsy to speed up engages or peel threats. In ARAM: Mayhem, her constant poke and shielding become even more oppressive, and the faster pace means her ult and polymorph are available for nearly every skirmish. View champion guide

Seraphine T1

Tier

T1

Rank

#2

Win Rate

56.33%

Pick Rate

0.94%

Seraphine Seraphine is a backline mage-support who wins fights by stacking pressure, not by forcing one clean burst. She likes long trades, grouped enemies, and teammates who can follow up on her setup. If you play her well, you keep people at arm’s length, soften them up, and turn one good hit into a wider fight win. Her pattern is simple: stay safe, tag multiple targets, and use her crowd control and healing to keep your team moving. In ARAM: Mayhem, that plan gets even better because the fights are constant and everyone is packed together, so her teamfight value shows up fast. The flip side is that she is still vulnerable if enemies reach her first, so spacing and timing matter more than greed. View champion guide

Yasuo T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#35

Win Rate

52.16%

Pick Rate

0.70%

Yasuo the Unforgiven is a mobile melee carry who turns knock-ups, dashes, and fast skirmishes into lethal all-ins. His job is to weave through the frontline, stack pressure with repeated strikes, and punish any enemy who gets lifted or caught too close.In ARAM: Mayhem, Yasuo gets more chances to fight because teams are packed into one lane and engages happen constantly. That helps his signature pattern: wait for a knock-up, dash in, burst the target, then keep moving before the enemy team can lock him down. He is exciting but risky. If he dives without a setup or burns his mobility into crowd control, he can disappear fast.Pick Yasuo when your team has reliable knock-ups or enough frontline to start fights for him. Play patiently when they do not. Let enemies waste key control tools first, then enter from an angle and clean up the fight. View champion guide

Leona T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#37

Win Rate

51.64%

Pick Rate

0.65%

Leona is a hard-engage tank who starts fights, locks one target in place, and gives her team a clear signal to go in. Her basic pattern is simple: find an angle, land the engage, chain her stun and ultimate, then stand in front while allies finish the target. In ARAM: Mayhem, Leona’s job gets even more direct. Fights happen often, damage comes fast, and augments can make both teams much harder to predict. She shines when your team can follow her first move, but she is punished if she dives too early or picks a target her allies cannot reach. Play her like a trigger, not a solo carry: wait for a real opening, force the fight, then keep the enemy backline or diver under control. View champion guide

Viktor T1

Tier

T1

Rank

#41

Win Rate

54.17%

Pick Rate

0.56%

Viktor is a scaling control mage who wins fights by shaping space before the enemy can fully commit. He pokes from range, punishes clumped targets, and turns narrow lanes into bad trades with his area control. Play him as a backline damage dealer: soften the frontline, hold key zones when divers step in, then follow with burst once someone is forced to stand in the wrong place. In ARAM: Mayhem, Viktor gets more chances to hit grouped enemies, but he also gets punished harder when he is caught without room to kite. Augments can push him toward heavier poke, faster fight tempo, or stronger teamfight control, so his best games come from picking the angle your comp needs. If your team has engage, save damage for the locked target. If your team lacks frontline, play slower, clear waves, and make enemies walk through your threat before they can reach you. View champion guide

Nilah T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#56

Win Rate

51.19%

Pick Rate

0.23%

Nilah is a short-range melee carry who plays like a skirmisher more than a front-to-back marksman. She wants to sit just outside danger, dash in when a target is committed, then use her sweeping attacks and ultimate to turn a messy fight into a cleanup. In ARAM: Mayhem, Nilah gets more chances to do what she loves: fight often, chain resets in crowded lanes, and abuse any augment that helps her survive the first engage or extend her damage window. She is scary when her team can start fights for her, but punishable if she has to be the first body in. Wait for enemy crowd control to show, enter from a safe angle, and play for explosive all-in moments rather than slow poke trades. View champion guide

Amumu T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#62

Win Rate

50.44%

Pick Rate

0.53%

Amumu is a simple engage tank who starts fights, locks enemies in place, and lets his team pile damage onto grouped targets. His signature pattern is straightforward: look for a safe angle, land your bandage engage, then follow with his big area crowd control when multiple enemies are close enough to punish. In ARAM: Mayhem, Amumu likes the constant brawling because enemies are often packed together and fights start fast. That also means bad engages get punished quickly. Play him as the first button for your team, not a lone hero. If your carries are in range to follow, go in hard. If they are clearing waves or backing up, hold your engage and threaten space instead. He is entry-level friendly because his job is clear: absorb pressure, force grouped fights, and turn one caught target into a full teamfight. He struggles when enemies spread out, kite backward, or bait him into diving too far, so patience matters more than flashy mechanics. View champion guide