Akali ARAM Mayhem Build & Best Augments

Akali T5

Tier

T5

Rank

#160

Win Rate

45.31%

Pick Rate

0.47%

Akali the Rogue Assassin Akali is a mobile AP assassin who dances in and out of danger using her shroud and resets. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless skirmisher who can engage, burst, and disengage on a much shorter cycle. The accelerated pace means her energy restores faster and her ultimate comes up often, letting her look for picks constantly instead of waiting for the perfect all-in. Her signature pattern is simple: hit a champion with her Q, proc the bonus damage with an auto, and use her shroud to dodge returns. In Mayhem, this loop happens faster and with less punishment. You still need to respect hard crowd control, but the mode's speed favors her aggressive style. She excels at weaving through chaotic fights, picking off low-health targets, and slipping away before the enemy can collapse. View champion guide

Janna T2

Tier

T2

Rank

#25

Win Rate

51.90%

Pick Rate

0.45%

Janna is a defensive enchanter who wins fights by denying the enemy’s engage, shielding the right carry, and turning messy brawls into clean retreats or re-engages. Her signature pattern is simple: stay just behind the frontline, interrupt dives with wind control, then use her healing and disengage to reset the fight when opponents overcommit.In ARAM: Mayhem, Janna is less about sitting back forever and more about reacting fast in constant skirmishes. The single-lane pressure gives her plenty of chances to punish predictable dashes, protect low-health allies, and save teammates from bad trades. She is entry-level friendly if you focus on one job first: keep your damage dealers alive, and only step forward when your team can immediately punish. 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

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

Akali T5

Tier

T5

Rank

#160

Win Rate

45.31%

Pick Rate

0.47%

Akali the Rogue Assassin Akali is a mobile AP assassin who dances in and out of danger using her shroud and resets. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless skirmisher who can engage, burst, and disengage on a much shorter cycle. The accelerated pace means her energy restores faster and her ultimate comes up often, letting her look for picks constantly instead of waiting for the perfect all-in. Her signature pattern is simple: hit a champion with her Q, proc the bonus damage with an auto, and use her shroud to dodge returns. In Mayhem, this loop happens faster and with less punishment. You still need to respect hard crowd control, but the mode's speed favors her aggressive style. She excels at weaving through chaotic fights, picking off low-health targets, and slipping away before the enemy can collapse. 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

Veigar T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#81

Win Rate

50.14%

Pick Rate

0.98%

Veigar is a scaling burst mage who controls space with his cage and deletes targets once they are forced to stand still. His usual pattern is simple: punish clumped enemies, trap priority targets, then stack damage through repeated spell hits and takedown pressure.In ARAM: Mayhem, Veigar gets more chances to fight than on a normal map, but he also has less room to hide. Play him as a backline control mage: hold your stun for engages or escapes, farm stacks safely when the wave is contested, and use the chaos of Mayhem to land huge area damage on enemies who overcommit. View champion guide

Gragas T3

Tier

T3

Rank

#96

Win Rate

49.46%

Pick Rate

0.50%

Gragas is a flexible brawler-mage who can start fights, peel divers, and punish clumped enemies with explosive displacement. His core pattern is simple: fish with barrels, threaten a body slam engage when someone steps too far forward, then use his ultimate to split the enemy team or knock a priority target into danger. In ARAM: Mayhem, Gragas gets more chances to matter because fights happen constantly and enemies are often packed into narrow space. He can build toward burst when his team needs damage, or play bulkier when he is the main frontline. The key is patience. If you throw everything at the first target you see, good players walk past you after your combo. Hold your engage until an enemy carry is trapped, a diver commits, or your team is ready to follow the knockback. View champion guide

Warwick T4

Tier

T4

Rank

#126

Win Rate

47.95%

Pick Rate

0.31%

Warwick the Uncaged Wrath of Zaun Warwick is a diving juggernaut who hunts low-health targets and sustains through damage. In ARAM: Mayhem, he becomes a relentless raid boss who rarely leaves his Blood Hunt speed path. His signature pattern is simple: smell blood, run fast, suppress the target, and heal faster than they can damage you. He excels at punishing overextended enemies and turning messy fights into cleanup duty. Mayhem's accelerated pace helps him more than most. Frequent fighting means his passive healing triggers constantly. Shorter death timers mean he's back hunting before enemies recover. The mode's chaos creates the wounded targets he needs to thrive. He plays best as a frontline disruptor who forces enemies to deal with him or die trying. Snowball gives him the gap-close he sometimes lacks, letting him engage on healthy targets before his passive speed kicks in. View champion guide

Akali T5

Tier

T5

Rank

#160

Win Rate

45.31%

Pick Rate

0.47%

Akali the Rogue Assassin Akali is a mobile AP assassin who dances in and out of danger using her shroud and resets. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless skirmisher who can engage, burst, and disengage on a much shorter cycle. The accelerated pace means her energy restores faster and her ultimate comes up often, letting her look for picks constantly instead of waiting for the perfect all-in. Her signature pattern is simple: hit a champion with her Q, proc the bonus damage with an auto, and use her shroud to dodge returns. In Mayhem, this loop happens faster and with less punishment. You still need to respect hard crowd control, but the mode's speed favors her aggressive style. She excels at weaving through chaotic fights, picking off low-health targets, and slipping away before the enemy can collapse. 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

Akali T5

Tier

T5

Rank

#160

Win Rate

45.31%

Pick Rate

0.47%

Akali the Rogue Assassin Akali is a mobile AP assassin who dances in and out of danger using her shroud and resets. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless skirmisher who can engage, burst, and disengage on a much shorter cycle. The accelerated pace means her energy restores faster and her ultimate comes up often, letting her look for picks constantly instead of waiting for the perfect all-in. Her signature pattern is simple: hit a champion with her Q, proc the bonus damage with an auto, and use her shroud to dodge returns. In Mayhem, this loop happens faster and with less punishment. You still need to respect hard crowd control, but the mode's speed favors her aggressive style. She excels at weaving through chaotic fights, picking off low-health targets, and slipping away before the enemy can collapse. 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

Akali T5

Tier

T5

Rank

#160

Win Rate

45.31%

Pick Rate

0.47%

Akali the Rogue Assassin Akali is a mobile AP assassin who dances in and out of danger using her shroud and resets. In ARAM: Mayhem, she becomes a relentless skirmisher who can engage, burst, and disengage on a much shorter cycle. The accelerated pace means her energy restores faster and her ultimate comes up often, letting her look for picks constantly instead of waiting for the perfect all-in. Her signature pattern is simple: hit a champion with her Q, proc the bonus damage with an auto, and use her shroud to dodge returns. In Mayhem, this loop happens faster and with less punishment. You still need to respect hard crowd control, but the mode's speed favors her aggressive style. She excels at weaving through chaotic fights, picking off low-health targets, and slipping away before the enemy can collapse. 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