Amumu vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Amumu
based on 2,020 Amumu vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Amumu vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here emphasize some strategic Amumu vs. Syndra matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the pair. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Syndra..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Syndra. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Syndra
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Who is Better, Amumu or Syndra?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when playing against Syndra, with a 48.8% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a poor counter to Syndra.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Syndra, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Syndra.
Moreover, Amumu has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Syndra matchups, Syndra is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Syndra. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Syndra during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually picks up a lot less CS as Syndra. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Amumu versus Syndra build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Syndra than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 48.8% when playing against Syndra with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Syndra 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 runes we have analyed for Amumu vs Syndra counterpicks, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 48.8% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Syndra as Amumu are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to scope the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.