Amumu vs Gnar
How to Beat Gnar as Amumu
based on 922 Amumu vs Gnar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Gnar Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Gnar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gnar as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Gnar
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 Gnar
Gnar's ultimate stuns if he hits you into a wall. Be careful when fighting him near one.
Gnar's animations and resource bar change as he gets closer to transforming.
Gnar can't gain Rage for 15 seconds after he turns from big to little. Use this chance to engage on his team.
Amumu vs Gnar Counter Stats
How to Counter Gnar with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some vital Amumu versus Gnar counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between this set of champions. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gnar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Gnar. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Amumu typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Gnar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Gnar
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Who is Better, Amumu or Gnar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Gnar, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes an ok counter for Gnar.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate compared to Gnar, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Gnar.
Additionally, Amumu also has a great deal of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gnar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Gnar matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Amumu is a decent counter for Gnar. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Gnar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Gnar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average picks up a lot less CS compared to Gnar. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Amumu versus Gnar build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Gnar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 50.2% battling Gnar with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Gnar 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 sets players picked for Amumu vs Gnar matchups, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.2% winrate overall.
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