Amumu vs Taliyah
How to Beat Taliyah as Amumu
based on 876 Amumu vs Taliyah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Taliyah Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Taliyah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Taliyah as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Taliyah
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 Taliyah
When Taliyah casts Unraveled Earth in the lane, be on the lookout for Seismic Shove. If she throws you into her minefield, the throws and stones will break your bones.
Taliyah's Threaded Volley is locked into a direction. If she's throwing rocks at you, dodge to the side!
Amumu vs Taliyah Counter Stats
How to Counter Taliyah with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some critical Amumu vs. Taliyah matchup statistics that may help us understand the distinctions between the two. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Taliyah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Taliyah..
Amumu typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Taliyah. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Taliyah
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Who is Better, Amumu or Taliyah?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Taliyah, with a 50.0% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes an ok counter for Taliyah.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate compared to Taliyah, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Taliyah.
Additionally, Amumu has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Taliyah. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Taliyah matchups, Taliyah 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 Taliyah. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Taliyah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Taliyah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Taliyah. Champions who on average don't get much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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 require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Amumu versus Taliyah build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Taliyah than with many other common builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 50.0% battling Taliyah with this build.
To have the best probability of crushing Taliyah as Amumu, you should take 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 sets players chose for Amumu vs Taliyah counter picks, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 50.0% win rate overall.
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