Amumu vs Talon
How to Beat Talon as Amumu
based on 1,725 Amumu vs Talon matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Talon Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Talon Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Talon as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Talon
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 Talon
Talon is heavily reliant on Shadow Assault to escape a fight. When it is down he's significantly more vulnerable.
Talon has unrivaled roaming ability. Make sure to keep track of his position or force him to stay in lane by pushing aggressively.
Talon's attacks are all physical damage. Build armor early to counter his burst damage.
Amumu vs Talon Counter Stats
How to Counter Talon with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several influential Amumu versus Talon matchup stats that may help us grasp the differences between the pair. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Talon’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Talon. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Amumu normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Talon. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Talon
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Who is Better, Amumu or Talon?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when facing off against Talon, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a good counter to Talon.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate compared to Talon, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Talon.
Moreover, Amumu also has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Talon. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Talon matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Talon. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Talon.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Talon during both the early game 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 tips presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often picks up a lot less CS relative to Talon. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Talon build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Frozen Heart. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Talon than with many other common item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Talon with these items in his kit.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Talon 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. Of all the rune sets players chose for Amumu vs Talon counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% winrate overall.
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