Amumu vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Amumu
based on 3,994 Amumu vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Aatrox
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Amumu vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several strategic Amumu vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Aatrox’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Aatrox. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Amumu typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes less damage than Aatrox. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Amumu or Aatrox?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Aatrox, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a poor counter for Aatrox.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Aatrox.
Furthermore, Amumu also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Amumu is a terribly counter for Aatrox. Focus your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Aatrox during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically racks up a lot less CS as Aatrox. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Amumu versus Aatrox build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu used at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when facing Aatrox than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 47.5% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Aatrox as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Amumu vs Aatrox counters, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.5% winrate overall.
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