Champions who eliminate vulnerable targets quickly with high damage combos.
Champions tagged with Burst share a similar playstyle.
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Best Burst Champions – Recommended Picks by Role
Akali
TOP
#1
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Hextech Gunblade
Increases Attack Damage and Ability Power, activate to slow a target
Sorcerer's Shoes
Enhances Move Speed and magic damage
Shadowflame
Zhonya's Hourglass
Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Rabadon's Deathcap
Massively increases Ability Power
Void Staff
Increases magic damage
Runes
Electrocute
Hitting a champion with 3 separate attacks or abilities in 3s deals bonus adaptive damage.
Sudden Impact
Damaging basic attacks and abilities deal bonus true damage to enemy champions after using a dash, leap, blink, teleport, or when leaving stealth.
Grisly Mementos
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Ultimate Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Overgrowth
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Cho'gath
TOP
#2
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Spell Order
E ➜ Q ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Hextech Rocketbelt
Activate to dash forward and unleash a fiery explosion
Boots of Swiftness
Enhances Move Speed and reduces the effect of slows
Riftmaker
Dead Man's Plate
Build momentum as you move around then smash into enemies.
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Thornmail
Runes
Hail of Blades
Gain a large amount of Attack Speed and bonus true damage for the first 3 attacks made against enemy champions.
Cheap Shot
Deal bonus true damage to enemy champions with impaired movement or actions.
Grisly Mementos
Collect 1 memento on champion takedowns, up to 18 total.Gain 6 Trinket Haste for each collected.
Ultimate Hunter
Unique takedowns grant permanent cooldown reduction on your Ultimate.
Axiom Arcanist
Your Ultimate has increased damage, healing, and shielding. Scoring a takedown on an enemy champion reduces your Ultimate's current cooldown.
Celerity
All Move Speed bonuses are 7% more effective on you and gain 1% Move Speed.
Jayce
TOP
#3
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ W ➜ E
Items
Eclipse
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Manamune
Increases Attack Damage based on maximum Mana
Serylda's Grudge
Edge of Night
Periodically blocks enemy abilities
Serpent's Fang
Runes
Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Presence of Mind
Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.
Legend: Alacrity
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Last Stand
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Magical Footwear
You get free boots at 12 min but you cannot buy boots before then. Each takedown you get makes your boots come 45s sooner.
Biscuit Delivery
Gain a free Biscuit every 2 min, until 6 min. Consuming or selling a Biscuit permanently increases your max health and restores health.
Malphite
TOP
#4
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Sunfire Aegis
High armor. Constantly deals damage to nearby enemies. Immobilize enemies to release a wave of damaging flame
Plated Steelcaps
Enhances Move Speed and reduces incoming basic attack damage
Thornmail
Frozen Heart
Massively increases Armor and slows enemy basic attacks
Jak'Sho, The Protean
Randuin's Omen
Greatly increases defenses, activate to slow nearby enemies
Runes
Arcane Comet
Damaging a champion with an ability hurls a damaging comet at their location.
Manaflow Band
Hitting an enemy champion with an ability permanently increases your maximum mana by 25, up to 250 mana.After reaching 250 bonus mana, restore 1% of your missing mana every 5 seconds.
Transcendence
Gain bonuses upon reaching the following levels:Level 5: +5 Ability Haste Level 8: +5 Ability Haste Level 11: On Champion takedown, reduce the remaining cooldown of basic abilities by 20%.
Scorch
Your first damaging ability hit every 10s burns champions.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Overgrowth
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.
Sylas
TOP
#5
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Teleport
After a brief channel, become untargetable and travel to an allied unit. Upgrades into Unleashed Teleport, which significantly increases travel speed.
Spell Order
W ➜ E ➜ Q ➜ R
Items
Hextech Rocketbelt
Activate to dash forward and unleash a fiery explosion
Ionian Boots of Lucidity
Increases Move Speed and Cooldown Reduction
Riftmaker
Zhonya's Hourglass
Activate to become invincible but unable to take actions
Rabadon's Deathcap
Massively increases Ability Power
Shadowflame
Runes
Conqueror
Gain stacks of adaptive force when attacking enemy champions. After reaching 12 stacks, heal for a portion of damage you deal to champions.
Presence of Mind
Restore a small amount of mana or energy when damaging an enemy champion. Takedowns restore mana or energy.
Legend: Haste
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Basic Ability Haste.
Last Stand
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Unflinching
Gain Armor and Magic Resist when receiving crowd control.
Yone
TOP
#6
Summoners
Flash
Teleports you a short distance toward your cursor.
Ignite
Deals true damage over time to target enemy champion and reduces healing effects on them for the duration.
Spell Order
Q ➜ E ➜ W ➜ R
Items
Blade of The Ruined King
Deals damage based on target's Health, can steal Move Speed
Berserker's Greaves
Enhances Move Speed and Attack Speed
Immortal Shieldbow
Infinity Edge
Massively enhances critical strikes
Death's Dance
Guardian Angel
Periodically revives champion upon death
Runes
Lethal Tempo
Attacking an enemy champion grants you Attack Speed, up to 6 stacks. At max stacks, deal bonus adaptive damage On-Attack.
Absorb Life
Killing a target heals you.
Legend: Alacrity
Takedowns on enemies grant permanent Attack Speed.
Last Stand
Deal more damage to champions while you are low on health.
Second Wind
After taking damage from an enemy champion heal back some missing health over time.
Overgrowth
Gain permanent max health when minions or monsters die near you.