Amumu vs Yorick
How to Beat Yorick as Amumu
based on 2,257 Amumu vs Yorick matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Yorick Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Yorick Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Yorick as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Yorick
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 Yorick
You can cast Smite on Mist Walkers and the Maiden of the Mist to damage or kill them.
You can attack Dark Procession to break the wall down.
Try to thin out Yorick's minions before you engage him, Mist Walkers will die from a basic attack or a single target spell.
Amumu vs Yorick Counter Stats
How to Counter Yorick with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several important Amumu against Yorick matchup statistics that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Yorick’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Yorick. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Amumu usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Yorick. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Yorick
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Who is Better, Amumu or Yorick?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Yorick, with a 47.9% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a poor counter for Yorick.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Yorick, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Yorick.
Moreover, Amumu also has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Yorick. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Yorick matchups, Yorick is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Amumu is a bad counter to Yorick. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Yorick.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Yorick during both the lane 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 suggestions presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often racks up a lot less CS compared to Yorick. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They 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 need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Amumu versus Yorick build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better versus Yorick than with most other typical builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 47.9% when countering Yorick with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of annihilating Yorick as Amumu, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Amumu vs Yorick counters, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
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