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.
All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.
Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.
A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some vital Amumu vs. Shyvana matchup stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champions. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shyvana..
Amumu usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Shyvana. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Shyvana, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a poor counter to Shyvana.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Shyvana.
Additionally, Amumu also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shyvana. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Shyvana matchups, Shyvana 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 somewhat poor counter for Shyvana. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Shyvana.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often gets less CS relative to Shyvana. Champions who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Shyvana build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs Shyvana than with most other common item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 48.2% when playing against Shyvana with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Shyvana 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 builds players picked for Amumu vs Shyvana counter picks, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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