Amumu vs Vex
How to Beat Vex as Amumu
based on 1,791 Amumu vs Vex matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Vex Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Vex Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Amumu Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Vex as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Vex
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.
Amumu vs Vex Counter Stats
How to Counter Vex with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown here show several valuable Amumu versus Vex counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between these two champions. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vex’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Vex..
Amumu usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vex. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Vex
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Amumu or Vex?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually wins when trying to fight Vex, with a 52.6% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a good counter for Vex.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate compared to Vex, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Amumu into Vex.
Additionally, Amumu has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Vex. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Vex matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Amumu is an above average counter to Vex. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Vex.
Other Champion Matchups Against Amumu
Additional Information for Amumu Players
How We Calculated Our Amumu vs Vex Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Vex during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average racks up a lot less CS as Vex. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Amumu versus Vex build include Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Vex than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 52.6% when countering Vex with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of defeating Vex as Amumu, Amumu players 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 builds players used for Amumu vs Vex face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.6% winrate overall.
By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Vex as Amumu are presented for every ranked division. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.