Amumu vs Ekko
How to Beat Ekko as Amumu
based on 4,264 Amumu vs Ekko matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Ekko Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Ekko Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Ekko as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Ekko
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 Ekko
The second hit of Timewinder does more damage than the first; try to avoid it.
Ekko is significantly weaker when his ultimate is down. Watch for the trail he leaves behind to determine if Chronobreak is available.
Ekko's stun zone takes 3 seconds to arm. Watch for the image he creates on cast and try to guess where the zone was placed.
Amumu vs Ekko Counter Stats
How to Counter Ekko with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Amumu versus Ekko counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between this pair of champs. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ekko’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ekko. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.
Amumu often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Ekko. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Ekko
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Who is Better, Amumu or Ekko?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Ekko, with a 48.9% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a bad counter for Ekko.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Ekko, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Ekko.
Furthermore, Amumu also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ekko. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Ekko matchups, Ekko is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Ekko. Make sure you focus your strategy on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Ekko.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Ekko during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average accumulates a lot less CS relative to Ekko. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Amumu versus Ekko build include Spirit Visage, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better countering Ekko than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Ekko with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Ekko 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 runes that we analyzed for Amumu vs Ekko clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
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