Amumu vs Kayle
How to Beat Kayle as Amumu
based on 2,674 Amumu vs Kayle matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Kayle Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Kayle Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kayle as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Kayle
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 Kayle
Kayle starts the game as a weaker melee champion. Try to put her behind before she ascends to her ranged form.
Kayle is usually a fragile target. If you see her ultimate cast on an ally, switch to attacking her.
Divine Judgment only grants Kayle or her allies immunity to damage. Slows and stuns can still be applied, so trap them if they're being overzealous.
Amumu vs Kayle Counter Stats
How to Counter Kayle with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some vital Amumu versus Kayle counter statistics that can help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kayle’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Kayle. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Amumu normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kayle. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Kayle
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Who is Better, Amumu or Kayle?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Kayle, with a 47.5% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a bad counter for Kayle.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Kayle, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Amumu into Kayle.
Moreover, Amumu has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kayle. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Kayle matchups, Kayle is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Amumu is a terribly counter to Kayle. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Kayle.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Kayle during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often gets a lot less CS as Kayle. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Amumu versus Kayle build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Kayle than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 47.5% when playing against Kayle with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Kayle as Amumu, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Amumu vs Kayle counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 47.5% win rate overall.
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