Camille has recently arrived in the Rift and is now playable. Get some tips and tricks for the Iron Shadow Lady with the Blade Legs in our Camille Guide LoL.
This Camille Guide LoL contains:
- An overview of Camille’s abilities, described and explained in detail
- Camille’s item build, which items are most effective for her
- Camille’s ideal rune page
The last year has been a bit crazy when it comes to new champs in the Rift. We welcomed some unusual characters, including the support jungler Ivern, who prefers to hug the jungle and its monsters rather than kill them. Kled and Aurelion Sol also weren’t exactly champs with the most conventional skill sets.
Camille, on the other hand, seems to be a champ with more conventional abilities. By conventional, we mean that she feels immediately useful, which isn’t necessarily the case when testing an Ivern or Kled for the first time. However, this does not make her a conventional champion. She falls more into the category of: “Easy to learn, hard to master”.
Overview of Camille’s Abilities
To learn a champion, you should first study their abilities. Camille’s abilities require finesse and precision, as her difficulties primarily lie in the timing.
Camille’s Passive: Adaptive Defenses
Camille’s passive is a quick mathematician that calculates what damage type it needs to shield her from. It gives the assassin a shield that works against the primary damage type of her opponent. Adaptive Defenses is smart enough to recognize which damage type is in play. This means that the passive does not calculate the shield based on the champion but based on the item build. If she is dealing with an AP Kog’Maw, the passive will provide her with a magic shield and will not block any physical damage.
- Camille’s next normal attack will be enhanced at regular intervals with a shield that protects her for 20% of her maximum health.
- Static cooldown: 20/15/10 seconds at levels 1, 7, and 13.
- The shield lasts for 1.5 / 2.0 / 2.5 seconds at levels 1, 7, and 13.
Camille’s Q: Precision Protocol
With this ability, the name is law, and you must proceed very precisely to use Camille’s Q as efficiently as possible. When Precision Protocol is activated, the normal attack of the Shadow Lady gets a boost: her normal attack is reset immediately, and Camille gains increased movement speed. If she hits something with Q, she can immediately repeat Precision Protocol within three seconds. This way, you can apply three normal attacks within one to two seconds.
Patience pays off! If you wait 1.5 seconds before repeating Camille’s Q, her hips will glow. Now her second attack deals significant damage, with half of the damage converted to true damage. It takes a lot of precision to hit that tiny window.
- Camille’s next normal attack deals extra physical damage and gives additional speed for one second. Precision Protocol can then be used again within the next three seconds at no cost.
- Range: 125
- Cost: 25 Mana
- Cooldown: 9 / 8.25 / 6 seconds
- Extra physical damage: 20 / 25 / 30 / 45 / 40% AD
- Extra movement speed: 20 / 25 / 30 / 45 / 40%
Camille’s W: Tactical Sweep
Here you need accuracy! If you hit the opponent with the tip of Camille’s blade legs, you unleash the Tactical Sweep in all its glory. If you manage to execute the attack precisely, it will cause significant slow, a few percent of health damage, and you will also receive healing based on the damage you deal. If you hit the opponent with just the thigh and not the sharp blades, it will only deal a small amount of damage, which is a huge waste given the long cooldown of the attack.
- After a brief delay, Camille swings her leg in a semicircle and deals physical damage to all enemies in a cone in front of her.
- Cost: 50 / 55 / 60 / 65 / 70 Mana
- Cooldown: 15 / 13.5 / 12 / 10.5 / 9
- Physical damage: 65 / 95 / 125 / 155 / 185 (+ 60% Bonus AD)
- Damage at the outer range of the cone: 6 / 6.5 / 7 / 7.5 / 8% (+3% per 100 Bonus AD) – based on the maximum health of the target
Camille’s E: Hookshot and Re-Entry
Camille’s hookshot gives her a lot of mobility and makes it difficult for the opponent to catch her. The hooks can be shot onto terrain. Once they hit something, Camille pulls herself there – similar to Nautilus Q. Here you have two options. Either you roll over the wall to escape or dive into a fight. Alternatively, you can press E again and aim it at an opponent. If you hit the enemy champ, they will get stunned and take some damage. This can even make her a true disruptor and distraction. If the fight gets too hot, you can simply pull back to the nearest wall.
- Hookshot (First E): Camille can pull herself to terrain and jump over walls.
- Re-Entry (Second E): While Camille is on the wall, she can push herself off and jump onto a visible enemy, causing a stun and dealing minor damage.
- Cost: 50 Mana
- Cooldown: 16 / 14.5 / 13 / 11.5 / 10
- Physical damage: 70 / 115 / 160 / 205 / 250 (+ 75% Bonus AD)
- Bonus attack speed: 40 / 50 / 60 / 80%
Camille’s R: Hextech Ultimatum
Camille’s R is essentially an upgraded Jarvan ulti. The agent creates an arena for a fight to the death. In the steel cage she creates, there is only room for her and her chosen opponent, and all other opponents are knocked away and cannot leave the cage for a certain time. If Camille leaves the cage herself, her victim is freed, and the ulti ends. The key to Hextech Ultimatum is Camille’s build. You want to deal enough damage to kill your target but also survive yourself.
Ideally, you want to trap an opponent in the cage who could wipe out your team in one blow. Think of an out-of-control Nasus or a Rengar who can take out your ADC in one hit. While the opponents have to deal with you, the rest of your team can control or even kill the other opponents. Picking the right target is particularly high priority with this ulti.
- Camille jumps onto an opponent and becomes untargetable for a moment. When she lands, she creates a cage for 4 seconds that knocks away the rest of the enemy team. The target cannot escape the cage.
- Cost: 100 Mana
- Cooldown: 140 / 115 / 90
- Additional magic damage: 5 / 10 / 15 (+4 / 6 / 8% based on the target’s health)
Camille’s Ability Combination
Jump onto your opponent with the hook and create a stun. Use your ulti immediately to trap your opponent. Auto attack them right away and reset your Q. While the 1.5 seconds run out for the true damage, use Tactical Sweep (W) to deal damage and gain health. Use one more auto attack and then hit with the true damage you get from Q.
Combination: E –> E (Stun) –> R –> AA –> Q (AA Reset) –> W –> AA –> Q AA Reset
Camille’s Skill Order: this is how you level Camille’s Abilities
- R – Hextech Ultimatum
- Q – Precision Protocol
- E – Hookshot / Re-Entry
- W – Tactical Sweep
Camille’s Item Build: These items are particularly efficient
The most important thing is to decide whether you need to build damage or defense. This naturally depends on the course of the game and your team – and opponent – composition.
Building Damage with Camille
Here you have three items that are a good choice for Camille. If you are really on a roll, you might even consider building two of these items.
- Trinity Force: It is an expensive item to start with, but it gives you attack speed and good survivability.
- The Black Cleaver: You can’t go wrong buying The Black Cleaver. It will give you good stats throughout the game.
- Blade of the Ruined King: This allows you to make the most of Camille’s normal attack abilities.
Building Defense with Camille
These items are particularly important to survive your Hextech Ultimatum, and they should not be missing from your build. Which tank item you build should be situational.
- Dead Man’s Plate: If you are often alone.
- Randuin’s Omen: Against crit-hit champs
- Spirit Visage: Against magic damage
- Thornmail: Against normal attack damage
Other items that are also excellent for Camille include: Guardian Angel and Sterak’s Gage. You will be involved in many duels, and these items can help you survive and win them. Especially when considering the ultimate cage situation.
Camille’s Rune Page
Camille primarily uses physical damage and works well with a standard AD rune page. This will help you especially in the early phase of the game to exert pressure in your lane. Armor and magic resistance should also not be missing from your runes. Magic resistance can be interchangeable for cooldown if you are up against an AP top-laner (AP Nasus). Armor could also be substituted for health if you are up against a champ with burst damage (Jax).
To master Camille, the Steel Shadow, you need to practice precision and display a creative playstyle. Those who want to master her should be able to time Camille’s abilities flawlessly, making her skill set particularly effective. The icy agent is an excellent solo duelist and can disrupt the entire enemy team by snatching and eliminating a single target. With Camille, practice makes perfect!
Practice her skill shots, memorize the timing, and play her hooks smartly.
Have you tried the Shadow Lady yet, and what have your experiences been with her? Patch 6.24 not only brought Camille to the Rift.
