Amumu vs Akshan
How to Beat Akshan as Amumu
based on 1,618 Amumu vs Akshan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Akshan Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Akshan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akshan as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Akshan
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.
Amumu vs Akshan Counter Stats
How to Counter Akshan with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight some influential Amumu against Akshan counter statistics that may help you grasp the differences and similarities between the pair. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akshan’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akshan. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Amumu typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Akshan. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Akshan
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Who is Better, Amumu or Akshan?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when playing against Akshan, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter for Akshan.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate than Akshan, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Akshan.
Additionally, Amumu also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akshan. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Akshan matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Akshan. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Akshan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Akshan during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often gets a lot less CS compared to Akshan. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Amumu versus Akshan build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Akshan than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 50.4% when countering Akshan with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Akshan as Amumu, you should use 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 players chose for Amumu vs Akshan face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Akshan as Amumu are given for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to a specific player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.