I just tried something really fun with Rammus, and it seems viable!

MCBiggah99··2 votes·626 views

So, I rolled out the Rammus top today, and I decided I wanted something other than just stacking armor item after armor item. I wanted to be able to carry, get my team tons of kills. Of course, you're asking: "Well, what the hell did you do?"

I will explain: movement speed. In the LCS we can see that a lot of teamfights depend on toplaners and their ability to use their TPs well. The thing is: with Rammus you can always have the homeguard movement speed, so you can roam constantly and still B and homeguard into lane in time. What did I build?

I started off with a ninja tabi, this was mostly because I was laning against a Fiora and I needed survivability. Ofc you could go for mercs, swiftness, etc. Then I got homeguards right away. No other items, just tabi with homeguards and an aether wisp. I turned the aether wisp into a Luden and this is where the fun started: every TP was suddenly a free kill, and every engage without TP was a free kill too. At one point I could just Q into lanes whilst they were pushing our turret, our botlane couldn't hold it off very well so I homeguarded in. I charged up my Q, ran into the Lucian and suddenly our botlane got two kills and weren't behind anymore. After that I got dead man's plate, righteous glory, rabadon, and was probably going to get FH or morello as final item.

Your overall power lies in roams, just walk into the midlane turret, taunt em, get a free kill. TP bot, taunt em, get a free kill, etc.

Build and campfire stories aside though, what do you think of MS Rammus? Do you see the potential? Do you want to try it?

11 Comments

luckmallory2 votes

Then the enemy picks nasus and while you are doing all that he has 1000 stacks

warpenguin5552 votes

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Then the enemy picks nasus and while you are doing all that he has 1000 stacks

true, but you are also putting his teams other lanes behind

MCBiggah991 votes

Doesn't matter much if you're 10-15k ahead

luckmallory1 votes

I was just messing around, this could possibly work but if you do this and dont come up with kills you will lose the game for your team because the other top laner will have a free lane.

warpenguin5551 votes

gonna try this when i get home. used to main Rammus before the new jungle, but now he just feels useless sometimes.

feryvunny1 votes

Ok but then there's the laning phase problem. If you lose your lane you're behind and your roams/ganks become less efficient. With the possibility of failing a roam/gank if the enemy team has any map awareness/keeping track of your TP timer, you get even more behind and your lane gets shoved. Not to say this won't work. obviously it worked for you so far. I'm just saying it's easily counterable if the enemy knows what they're doing

MCBiggah991 votes

I was actually behind in lane. As I said, I was against a Fiora, which really isn't fun with her new true damage thing. I even got killed once after a gank. After a while though, I just came back from the lead by constantly pressuring other lanes. You have to be willing to turtle and give up some cs, because you have tons of impact later on. Also, the thing is that you can roam without your TP too. You can approach the enemy midlaner from behind their turret, you can just homeguard into any lane, etc.

HEAljvLykd1 votes

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I was actually behind in lane. As I said, I was against a Fiora, which really isn't fun with her new true damage thing. I even got killed once after a gank. After a while though, I just came back from the lead by constantly pressuring other lanes. You have to be willing to turtle and give up some cs, because you have tons of impact later on. Also, the thing is that you can roam without your TP too. You can approach the enemy midlaner from behind their turret, you can just homeguard into any lane, etc.

Rammus laning is horrible idea. You'll get denied cs, fall behind in levels and when you go gank other lanes, the enemy top laner is going to tp and wreck you along with your teammates.

MCBiggah992 votes

Oh just try it already.

HEAljvLykd1 votes

Not viable. Maybe in a Wood V game.

MCBiggah991 votes

I'm platinum ELO.

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