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.
Try to gank Anivia when she's laning. With multiple people, it is easier to ensure that her egg dies.
If you're playing a ranged champion, stay far enough away from Anivia so you can dodge Flash Frost more easily.
Try to fight Anivia in the lanes. In the jungle she can block pathways with lower ranks of Crystallize.
The stat comparisons shown here feature several influential Amumu vs. Anivia matchup stats that may help us explain the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Anivia’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Anivia..
Amumu usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Anivia. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Anivia, with a 47.2% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a bad counter for Anivia.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Anivia, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Anivia.
Furthermore, Amumu has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Anivia. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Anivia matchups, Anivia is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Amumu is a garbage counter to Anivia. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Anivia.
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Anivia during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often gets a lot less CS relative to Anivia. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Amumu versus Anivia build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Amumu combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Anivia than with many other typical builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 47.2% battling Anivia with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Anivia 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. Of all the rune builds players picked for Amumu vs Anivia LoL games, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.2% win rate overall.
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