How to beat Rammus

Common role: Jungle

An armor tank who rolls in, taunts your carry, and reflects auto-attack damage.

What makes Rammus dangerous

Rammus rolls in at high speed to knock up and engage, taunts a target to force them to attack him, and his passive and W reflect a portion of auto-attack damage back — punishing AD auto-attackers hard. He's a hard-engage tank that locks down and peels for his team.

How to play against Rammus

• 1Don't auto-attack him while his W/passive reflect is up — especially as an AD carry, you damage yourself. Use abilities instead.
• 2Respect his taunt (E) — it forces you to attack him and walk toward him. Save your dash/QSS or don't be in taunt range of his engage.
• 3He's tanky but does little damage on his own — kite him and focus his carries. Percent-health damage beats his armor stacking.
• 4His roll (Q) is a fast engage/gank — ward and watch for the speed-up. Dodge the roll and his lockdown never lands.

Weaknesses to exploit

• ✓Low personal damage — kite him and focus his carries.
• ✓Armor stacking does nothing vs magic/% health damage.
• ✓Taunt and roll are dodgeable/avoidable.
• ✓Reflect only punishes auto-attacks, not abilities.

Abilities & how to counter them

What each of Rammus's abilities does — and how to play around it.

• P
  トゲトゲ

  自身の物理防御と魔法防御に応じて攻撃力が増加する。

• Q
  ころころ

  体を丸めて高速回転し、移動速度が増加する。衝突した敵に突進してダメージを与え、スロウ効果を付与する。

  Strong: a fast Powerball roll to engage and gank. Weak: it's a telegraphed speed-up — dodge the roll and his lockdown never lands.

• W
  かたくなる

  防御体勢を取って物理防御と魔法防御を大幅に増加させ、通常攻撃を行ってきた相手にダメージを跳ね返す。

  Strong: reflects a portion of auto-attack damage back at you. Weak: it only punishes autos, not abilities — stop attacking and deal ability damage.

• E
  ぴりぴり

  敵チャンピオンまたは中立モンスターをタウントし、固い甲羅に無謀な攻撃をさせる。

  Strong: a taunt that forces you to walk up and attack him. Weak: save your dash/QSS for it, or don't be in taunt range of his engage.

• R
  どーんどーん

  ジャンプしてから指定地点に勢いよく着地し、敵に魔法ダメージとスロウ効果を与える。「ころころ」発動中に使用した場合、範囲の中心付近にいる敵にはノックアップも与える。

Itemization

Rammus is a pure armor tank. Play magic damage and % health damage into him, don't auto-attack through his reflect, and bring tenacity/QSS for his taunt. Kite him and kill his carries instead.

This guide covers Rammus's core kit and playstyle — advice that holds up across patches.