Amumu vs Rakan
How to Beat Rakan as Amumu
based on 2,389 Amumu vs Rakan matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Rakan Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Rakan Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Rakan as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Rakan
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 Rakan
Champions with crowd control that can be applied quickly excel against Rakan.
Catching Rakan with no allies around severely inhibits his mobility. Try to find him alone.
Rakan's movement abilities forecast their destination. Try to use this to your advantage.
Amumu vs Rakan Counter Stats
How to Counter Rakan with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some strategic Amumu vs. Rakan counter statistics that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rakan’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Rakan..
Amumu often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Rakan. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Rakan
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Who is Better, Amumu or Rakan?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Rakan, with a 50.2% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter for Rakan.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate than Rakan, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Rakan.
Moreover, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Rakan. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Rakan matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Rakan. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Rakan.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Rakan during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rakan. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Amumu versus Rakan build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu included at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Rakan than with most other common builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Rakan with this build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Rakan as Amumu, Amumu players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Amumu vs Rakan counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 50.2% win rate overall.
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