Amumu vs Varus
How to Beat Varus as Amumu
based on 3,487 Amumu vs Varus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Varus Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Varus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Varus as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Varus
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 Varus
When he gets a kill or assist, Varus temporarily gains Attack Speed and is much more dangerous.
You'll get bound in place if a tendril from Varus' ultimate, Chain of Corruption, reaches you. You can cause the tendril to die however by running far enough away from it.
If you are affected by Blight, Varus' abilities will deal extra damage to you.
Amumu vs Varus Counter Stats
How to Counter Varus with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Amumu versus Varus matchup stats that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Varus’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Varus..
Amumu typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Varus. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Amumu or Varus?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when playing against Varus, with a 50.5% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter to Varus.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate than Varus, when facing one another, Amumu also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Varus.
Additionally, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Varus. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Varus matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Varus. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Varus.
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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 Varus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically gets a lot less CS as Varus. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Varus build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu used at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better versus Varus than with most other common item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 50.5% battling Varus with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Varus as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Amumu vs Varus clashes, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.5% winrate overall.
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