Amumu vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Amumu
based on 1,956 Amumu vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Amumu vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here show several significant Amumu versus Vel'Koz matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vel'Koz’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Vel'Koz..
Amumu typically has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Amumu or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when taking on Vel'Koz, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes an ok counter for Vel'Koz.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate than Vel'Koz, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Vel'Koz.
Furthermore, Amumu has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz 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 teamfights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Vel'Koz. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Vel'Koz during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often racks up a lot less CS as Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Amumu versus Vel'Koz build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Vel'Koz than with most other common builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 49.4% when countering Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Vel'Koz 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 sets we have analyed for Amumu vs Vel'Koz face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.4% winrate overall.
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