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.
When laning against Sivir, it is possible to throw off the timing of her Spell Shield by faking an advance, then backing off.
Sivir is a powerful pushing champion, so leaving her unattended in a lane for too long will often result in your turrets being destroyed.
Boomerang Blade costs a lot of mana to cast, so dodging it sets Sivir back. If it hits you on the way out, avoid its path on the way back.
The stats provided here highlight some strategic Amumu against Sivir matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Sivir’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Sivir..
Amumu typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Sivir. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when taking on Sivir, with a 49.1% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter to Sivir.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Sivir, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Sivir.
Moreover, Amumu has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Sivir. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Sivir matchups, Sivir is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Sivir. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Sivir.
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Sivir during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often racks up a lot less CS relative to Sivir. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Amumu versus Sivir build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Sivir than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 49.1% battling Sivir with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of vanquishing Sivir as Amumu, Amumu players 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 we have analyed for Amumu vs Sivir matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 49.1% win rate overall.
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