Amumu vs Tahm Kench
How to Beat Tahm Kench as Amumu
based on 2,226 Amumu vs Tahm Kench matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Tahm Kench Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Tahm Kench Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Tahm Kench as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Tahm Kench
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 Tahm Kench
When you see Tahm Kench use the shield from Thick Skin, remember that he just opted out of a good deal of healing. He will also not accumulate new gray health until Thick Skin comes off cooldown. Use this to your advantage!
Watch out for Kench's Abyssal Dive - you can cancel it's channel with immobilizing crowd control effects.
Amumu vs Tahm Kench Counter Stats
How to Counter Tahm Kench with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown here feature some valuable Amumu versus Tahm Kench matchup stats that may help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Tahm Kench’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Tahm Kench..
Amumu typically has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Tahm Kench. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Tahm Kench
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Who is Better, Amumu or Tahm Kench?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Tahm Kench, with a 48.9% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a bad counter to Tahm Kench.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Tahm Kench, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Tahm Kench.
Additionally, Amumu has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Tahm Kench. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Tahm Kench matchups, Tahm Kench is the better champion with a lower 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 somewhat poor counter to Tahm Kench. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Tahm Kench.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Tahm Kench during both the lane 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 mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often gets a lot less CS relative to Tahm Kench. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Amumu versus Tahm Kench build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Tahm Kench than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 48.9% when playing against Tahm Kench with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Tahm Kench 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. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Amumu vs Tahm Kench matchups, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.9% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Tahm Kench as Amumu are displayed for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.