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.
The stats provided here underscore some valuable Amumu vs. Qiyana matchup statistics that may help us grasp the distinctions between the pair. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Qiyana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Qiyana. 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 Qiyana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the champion with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when facing off against Qiyana, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a great counter for Qiyana.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate compared to Qiyana, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Amumu into Qiyana.
Additionally, Amumu also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Qiyana. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Qiyana matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a great counter to Qiyana. Focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Qiyana.
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Qiyana during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Qiyana. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Amumu versus Qiyana build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better against Qiyana than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 53.2% when countering Qiyana with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Qiyana 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. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Amumu vs Qiyana counter picks, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.2% winrate overall.
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