Amumu vs Kog'Maw
How to Beat Kog'Maw as Amumu
based on 797 Amumu vs Kog'Maw matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Kog'Maw Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Kog'Maw Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Kog'Maw as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Kog'Maw
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 Kog'Maw
The range on Living Artillery increases each rank.
Run away from Kog'Maw after he dies!!!!
Kog'Maw doesn't have a good escape ability, so he is especially prone to ganks.
Bio-Arcane Barrage allows Kog'Maw to kill Baron Nashor extremely early. It can be valuable to ward Nashor when Kog'Maw completes his Blade of the Ruined King.
Amumu vs Kog'Maw Counter Stats
How to Counter Kog'Maw with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify several strategic Amumu against Kog'Maw counter stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Kog'Maw’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Kog'Maw..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Kog'Maw. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Kog'Maw
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Who is Better, Amumu or Kog'Maw?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Kog'Maw, with a 47.6% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a bad counter for Kog'Maw.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Kog'Maw, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult champion to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Amumu into Kog'Maw.
Moreover, Amumu has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Kog'Maw. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Kog'Maw matchups, Kog'Maw is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Amumu is a bad counter to Kog'Maw. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Kog'Maw.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Kog'Maw during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically accumulates a lot less CS relative to Kog'Maw. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Amumu versus Kog'Maw build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Kog'Maw than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 47.6% when playing against Kog'Maw with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Kog'Maw as Amumu, you should take 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 players chose for Amumu vs Kog'Maw battles, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Kog'Maw as Amumu are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a particular rank, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.