Amumu vs Xin Zhao
How to Beat Xin Zhao as Amumu
based on 2,815 Amumu vs Xin Zhao matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Xin Zhao Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Xin Zhao Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xin Zhao as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Xin Zhao
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 Xin Zhao
Xin Zhao relies heavily on his Three Talon Strikes for damage and cooldown resets, so preventing him from finishing his combo will have a dramatic effect.
Xin Zhao is a powerful initiator with both his charge and ultimate dealing damage to all units around him. Try having your team stay spread out until he's used his ultimate.
Amumu vs Xin Zhao Counter Stats
How to Counter Xin Zhao with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some valuable Amumu vs. Xin Zhao matchup statistics that may help you explain the differences between this set of champions. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Xin Zhao’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xin Zhao..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Xin Zhao. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Xin Zhao
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Who is Better, Amumu or Xin Zhao?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when playing against Xin Zhao, with a 49.0% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter to Xin Zhao.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Xin Zhao, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Xin Zhao.
Furthermore, Amumu also has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xin Zhao. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Xin Zhao matchups, Xin Zhao is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Xin Zhao. Make sure you focus your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Xin Zhao.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Xin Zhao during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Xin Zhao. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Xin Zhao build include Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs Xin Zhao than with many other common item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 49.0% battling Xin Zhao with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Xin Zhao as Amumu, Amumu players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Amumu vs Xin Zhao fights, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.0% win rate overall.
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