ARAM Mayhem is a new game mode in League of Legends that blends classic ARAM with draftable power-ups, allowing you to build momentum in bursts rather than inching ahead by only buying items. In this mode, fights tilt much faster and teams that follow a clear win condition often emerge victorious.

In this guide, we’ll go over what ARAM Mayhem is, how augment drafts work, and which Silver, Gold, and Prismatic picks you should prioritize. You’ll get class-by-class preferences and what to focus on when playing certain champions.

How To Play ARAM Mayhem In League of Legends

Compared to Howling Abyss, LoL ARAM Mayhem adds another layer of unpredictability and power, achieved through the selection of augments. These spawn at fixed checkpoints and offer different power-ups, from significantly increasing your champion size to granting tons of Ability Haste to your kit.

How To Get Augments In ARAM Mayhem?

You can get augments from draft prompts at levels 1, 7, 11, and 15. Apart from the first one, all other ARAM Mayhem augments can only be selected when players return to base after dying. This means that you should think twice about trying to go deathless when playing Janna or Yuumi.

LoL ARAM Mayhem Augment Tiers Explained

Similar to the fan-favorite Arena mode in League of Legends, ARAM Mayhem augments are divided into three tiers: Prismatic, Gold, and Silver. These tiers define their power and rarity, meaning you need to be creative with your choices and how you utilize them to extract their full potential.

Best Prismatic Augments In LoL ARAM Mayhem

Prismatic augments set your power ceiling in ARAM Mayhem. You can expect burst multipliers, ultimate resets, and effects that can completely flip your playstyle.

Scopiest Weapons

Gain 250 attack range if melee, or 150 if ranged.

Equipping Scopiest Weapons on champs that already have great auto-attack range allows you to keep your DPS output high without endangering yourself, making it one of the best Prismatic augments in ARAM Mayhem. It can also enable champions like Senna or Caitlyn to attack turrets without taking aggro.

Biggest Snowball Ever

Gain 100 ability haste on Snowball, your Snowball becomes BIG, passing through minions, slowing by 20% for 2s, knocking up for 0.75s, and dealing additional (200-350 +60% AP +100% bonus AD) magic damage (if you don’t have one, gain a Snowball).

This augment upgrades the usual ARAM Snowball into a true engage launcher—perfect for champions that start fights on command. Engage bruisers are the clear winners, but League’s assassins, like Zed or Akali, also benefit: tag a carry, dive on your terms, secure the burst, then slip out on cooldown.

Jeweled Gauntlet

Gain (25% +4.5% AP) crit chance, and your abilities can critically strike for 145% total damage.

Jeweled Gauntlet can be used by almost any spellcaster in League of Legends. It removes one of the mage’s main DPS drawbacks, their inability to critically strike. However, players should avoid using this augment on LoL champions like Gangplank or any ADCs that usually build crit.

Infernal Conduit

Your abilities apply an infinitely stacking burn, dealing magic damage per second for 3s, and all your burn effects lower your basic ability cooldowns by 0.08s when they damage enemies.

Champions that focus on DoT effects become significantly stronger with Infernal Conduit. Equipping this Mayhem augment on champions like Brand, Lillia, and Cassiopeia will substantially enhance their ability to carry teamfights on their own.

Ultimate Revolution

Refresh your ultimate after casting it (75s cooldown, resets on death)

Having this Prismatic augment drop in champions that rely on their ultimates is a game-changer. Picks like Amumu, Lillia, and Malphite can apply tons of CC for their team with the repeated ultimate. Having Ultimate Revolution on Mordekaiser allows him to isolate two targets in the same teamfight.

Best Gold Augments In ARAM Mayhem

Gold augments are your backbone. They provide cooldown economy, tons of sustain, and on-hit effects that can keep DPS online across longer trades in League of Legends ARAM Mayhem mode.

From Beginning to End

Gain the Dark Harvest and First Strike keystone runes.

Since ARAM Mayhem removes all runes from your core build, obtaining any keystones is extremely useful. Dark Harvest is the go-to choice for most assassins, and First Strike only enhances their potential to deal tons of damage in a short amount of time.

Soul Siphon

Your critical strikes heal you for 12% of the damage dealt. Additionally, gain 25% critical strike chance.

This ARAM Mayhem augment is a no-brainer for crit champions in LoL who also benefit from extra sustain. Equipping it on the Ionian brothers, Yasuo and Yone, will make them unkillable carries in certain team comps. Combined with Jeweled Gauntlet, it can also turn AP bruisers into powerful damage sponges.

It’s Critical

Grants 50% critical strike chance.

It’s Critical can be used by almost any champion that relies on the crit strike stat in ARAM Mayhem. Having this augment on champions like Gangplank lets him reach his power spike much faster and build more sustain, since he won’t be tied to crit AD items.

Restless Restoration

Heal for 0.2–1.2 (based on level) (+ 0.02% maximum health) per 10 units travelled.

Restless Restoration is a great tool to have in slower LoL ARAM Mayhem games, as it allows champions to heal up after scrappy fights. You can treat it as a modified version of Warmog’s Armor.

Quest: Urf’s Champion

Upon reaching 22 champion takedowns, receive The Golden Spatula.

This item increases almost all of your in-game stats, which means it’s suited for any champion in League of Legends. However, ensure that your champion has the potential to reach 22 takedowns without too much hassle, so this effect goes live as soon as possible.

Best Silver Augments In ARAM Mayhem

Silver augments provide slightly weaker power-ups compared to the other two, but they can still make a difference and turn the game in your favor.

Scoped Weapon

Gain 75 attack range if melee and 50 if ranged

This is basically the Silver version of Scopiest Weapon, and it can be used by any champion in LoL ARAM Mayhem that benefits from having extended range. Consider picking this if you play AA assassins like AD Shaco.

Deft

Gain 60% attack speed.

This augment is a simple stat buff, and it’s the perfect choice for champions that rely on having tons of attack speed. Think of equipping it on most ADCs in ARAM Mayhem, as well as champions like Master Yi and Tryndamere.

Leg Day

Gain 50 MS and 40% slow resist.

LoL champions whose kits revolve around Movement Speed can thrive with this Silver augment. Hecarim, Master Yi, and Lillia are the clear choices; however, immobile mages can also pick Leg Day if the enemy team is stacked with champions that can access your backline.

Heavy Hitter

Your attacks deal additional (3.5% total HP) physical damage.

This augment provides a significant damage boost for tanks that build tons of HP. Heavy Hitter can turn picks like Tahm Kench, Cho’Gath, and Dr. Mundo into reliable DPS units, which makes it one of the best silver augments in ARAM Mayhem.

Witchful Thinking

Gain 20-80 AP.

Witchful Thinking provides a huge early boost and allows you to snowball on powerful early-game assassins like LeBlanc and Akali. The 80 AP can turn into 104 if players choose to buy Rabadon’s Deathcap. These AP augments occasionally allow players to reach over 1,000 AP on ARAM Mayhem.

LoL ARAM Mayhem: Augment Priority By Role

Your best augment choice depends on the champion class you’re playing and the win conditions your team is aiming for. Use this quick cheat sheet for ARAM Mayhem builds:

Role	Augment Focus	Champion Example
Tank	Bonus HP and size, sustain, damage reduction, tenacity, and percent max-HP damage.	Malphite, Ornn, Sion, Cho’Gath, Zac
Bruiser	Sustain, ability haste, movement speed, and anti-kite tools.	Aatrox, Darius, Sett, Irelia, Hecarim
Marksman (ADC)	On-hit effects, AD, attack speed, and crit stat boosters, self-peel utility, and emergency shields.	Jinx, Kai’Sa, Vayne, Miss Fortune, Ezreal
AP Mage	Ability haste, AoE burns, execute tools, movement speed, and reliable crowd-control.	Brand, Lux, Syndra, Viktor, Ziggs
AP Assassin	Dash resets, ability haste, burst damage amplification, ultimate resets, and uptime.	Akali, Katarina, LeBlanc, Diana, Evelynn
AD Assassins	Lethality and armor penetration, takedown resets, mobility, dash range, and execute effects that secure kills.	Qiyana, Kha’Zix, Samira, Talon, Zed
Enchanters	Heal and shield amplification, movement speed buffs, ability haste, cleanse, and disengage abilities.	Janna, Yuumi, Nami, Lulu, Soraka
Engage Support	Engage range and displacement, tank stats, tenacity, and team auras that add shields or movement speed.	Leona, Nautilus, Alistar, Rell, Thresh

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