7 Ascension Tips

Neer Invictae··8 votes·9,439 views

after playing Ascension a few time i have come up with a few tips to help and tricks that you may not have known about the game type before.

  1. pick Chogath , he may not be very mobile, but his Ult works on the ascendant, if it doesn't kill it, it will at least chunk off half its hp for quick and easy steals, treat the ascendant like baron, i imagine Nunu chomp would work on it too. but skills that only affect players won't work on it.
  • you would want to ban hyper carry champs, such as MasterYi Yasuo Tryndamere JaxVayne Fiora . they are extremely annoying to play against in game and sorta ruins the fun of it. there are no minions on the map so banning or playing champions like Nasus Thresh Veigar Sion would be pointless....
  1. perma stealth champs like Teemo Evelynn are also strong on this map since they can invise near a relic and capture it whenever it comes up
  2. an important factor is teamwork, moving as a team helps secure objectives and kill, that should be obvious
  3. prioritise objectives, objectives are worth 3 times the amount a single kill is worth, if you have to sacrifice a teammate to pick up a relic, do it, you will be better for it in the long run
  4. i also recommend having at least 1 long range ult on your team, picking someone like Ezreal Lux Nocturne Velkoz makes securing ascension that much easier.
  5. pick someone with a revive passive, someone like Aatrox Anivia Zac would be a strong pick to be ascended, since it sticks on them once they revive. otherwise a item 3026 would also be a good pick up

anyway thats all i can come up with for now, i hope that reading this may have helped you win a little bit

24 Comments

Satnspawn5 votes

I would also add Karthus to the list of good champs for this map. Most of the time teamfights will me cramped, which gives Karthus an edge, since his e does massive damage, and even if you die you can continue doing a good deal of damage.

Also, if the enemy is killing Ascended Xerath you should dive in as Karthus. You will probably die, but that's the trick. Even when your dead (your passive death) you can steal ascension from them. And if you do you are miraculously (through a bug most likely) reborn on the spot. Most wouldn't know about this, so you can easily use it to your advantage. An Ascendent Karthus is nothing to laugh at, since no mana costs means you can continuously spam your q and have your e toggled on.

My first 3 games were all won with Karthus. If someone's interested here was my build:

item 3029 item 3020 item 3090item 3151

Sneak Dog2 votes

Intended. Ascension>undeath.

Stygian1 votes

From the Ascension FAQ

"Any posthumous DoT damage spells, Kog'Maw KogMaw / Karthus Karthus passive, etc, which manage to kill Xerath will bring that player back to life on full health with Ascension, just as if they had still been alive when striking the killing blow. Death cannot keep one from Ascension."

So its not a bug, you're just living the dream.

ShadowKnight12242 votes

I like to play Lissandra in this mode. CC is the bane of all these hypercarries.

I don't even get damage on her. I just pick up RoA, Moonfire and then itemise against their team. Thornmail, Randuin's, Sunfire and Frozen Heart if they're mostly AD. Abyssal Scepter, Odyn's Veil, Merc Treads, Locket if they're mostly AP.

Long live the Lissandra tank! Lissandra

CHIEF WAFFLEZ1 votes

great tips bro thx

The Red Warden1 votes

How is Yorick in this mode, I feel like he would be broken once he ascends

Neer Invictae1 votes

not tried him, nor have i seen anyone use him so i dunno

ChaosThief1 votes

I have tried him once in PBE as full hybrid. It's hilarious when they ignore your ult clone and you rampage the enemy team with the ghouls...

Never got acended(as yorick), and tanks tend to do amazing acended, so give it a try!

Rozzeta1 votes

Supports? Healing is not as op as in Howling Abyss, since battles are more fast paced, but shields on an ascended carry are really powerful.

Tak Tak1 votes

Just play Annie, 1 shot the team after 15 minutes, steal every ascension with Tiburs + W, and run around murdering things. how do i know this? 2 perfect games and 4 wins in a row

WTb new game type, Shurima has bored me

EMOFRATPARTY1 votes

I had a lot of success with Singed against various builds. It's hard to get time to build tank properly, so having his passive around is a vastly flexible resource to take advantage of.

As a counter, Gnar and Teemo were really annoying. Whether it be mushrooms or interrupting objective captures, you'll have a hard time against either one.

totalneFIASKO1 votes

pick Sona ...trust me ...summoner 13

BewareTheDragon11 votes

You are absolutely correct about banning hypercarries, characters like Tryndamere, Vayne, MasterYi, and Yasuo are EXTREMELY good at ascension. i would say Jax would be worth a ban, but having another hypercarry on your team helps to counteract him.

ChaosThief1 votes

Akali is also around the pick or ban tier from dozens of PBE games. If left open, both teams WOULD have an akali. She can, quite literally, go 3 gunblades, boots, wooglet and void and just stomp everyone in her way.

Full tanks are amazing acended. They take a lot of damage and gain the damage themselves, and it's a struggle to handle a full tank renekton while acended since he's basically unkillable by enemies. Same applies, sort of, with nasus and mundo, and other champs like that.

Decrit1 votes

About recommended picks, add those champion that have skillshot CCs and can grant some sort of vision.

The map is full of turns and angles so it is easy to land sudden skillshots, and if those skillshots are CCs it can help a lot for securing kills. Morgana can hit really good CCs and hide in the corner in order to proc her ult in safety Jinx can snek a really some sick pokes throught the walls, plus the steal. Lux is godlike: she can slow poke and snare between walls. plus she has a good long range burst for stealing Xerath. Usually an Ascension on her last for a good amount of time. Zyra is my favourite pick: you can snare and poke behind walls, plus she can grant vision and can steal xerath/distrupt the enemy team while they are doing it Veigar it is a risky champion that needs some kills in order to work properly, and a match where you only tf is a feast for his magic! His E is distruptive in narrow passages, that are plentyful in this mode.

There are also some othe rcases but i have not tried them, just remember that diving between walls can isolate you from the party.

Plus if you pick champions that can grant vision for some time in bushes you can check and threath enemy champions while securing objectives Orianna She is a bit compromised, but can make a good and lasting use for her ball, other than beign a good champion overall for this mode. Lux as i said she is godlike, and with her Q she can distrupt and reveal enemies in bushes Zyra again her, she can plant seeds and grow plants in order to check points. Most useful while doing Xerath because she can reval incoming champions

There are more other cases i guess, but these are my esperience . Good ascension ^_^

Jakkura1 votes

Khazix is very powerful on this map due to the easy separation of enemy champs, copious amounts of bushes, and poor visibility to really take advantage of his ult and passive. He also just generally gets a lot of kills because of his early game damage by starting with 3 abilities

NA Darklarik1 votes

Nasus should get 20 stacks per Kill with his Q. That way hes not pointless and weak.

Neer Invictae1 votes

then for him to be as effective as he is in any other game mode he would need to get 5 kills every minute

NA Darklarik1 votes

It would at least make him more effective than he is now.

SabreTooth19921 votes

Don't let Chogath fool you I just played an ascension with him and his ult does not do the amount of damage it should...I was doing 680 damage to champs with my ult and I ult-ed the ascendant at 560 health and it only took it down to I think 120 hp...not happy.

Neer Invictae1 votes

That's intended, cho'gath and Nunu can't kill xer with consumes, but they still do a lot of damage, its all about timing, e.g. consume and rupture at the same time would take it if he has less than 1k hp

Neer Invictae1 votes

New addition, AP Sion is great on this map. was ascended for 17 minutes with him

got my perfect ascension with him too

air367231 votes

Irelia is a damn good ascended champion too, tanky enough to survive a long time while ascended, enough damage to really hurt people for thinking they can kill you. my best ascension game i got legendary irelia while ascended it was hilarious for me and my team killing the other team when they would come attempt to kill me. Also my friend played karthas in the same game, ascended two or three times by soloing xerath lol, would die and revive ascended, that ult while ascended wrecks peoples health so much along with his aura.

Neer Invictae1 votes

by best ascension game was as AP sion, i managed to take the ascension with my w, and after that (keep in mind i hadn't died at all so my items where item 1026 item 1001 ) i didnt die again for 17 minutes into the match where i let their team kill me, i wanted to spend dat 12k gold

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