Amumu vs Zyra
How to Beat Zyra as Amumu
based on 3,905 Amumu vs Zyra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Zyra Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Zyra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zyra as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Zyra
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 Zyra
Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.
Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.
Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.
Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.
Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.
Amumu vs Zyra Counter Stats
How to Counter Zyra with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown here show some critical Amumu versus Zyra counter stats that may help you explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zyra..
Amumu usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zyra. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Zyra
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Who is Better, Amumu or Zyra?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Zyra, with a 46.5% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a poor counter to Zyra.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Zyra, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Zyra.
Additionally, Amumu also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This 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 Zyra matchups, Zyra is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a bad counter to Zyra. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Zyra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu in order to counter Zyra during both the lane 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 will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically accumulates less CS as Zyra. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Amumu versus Zyra build include Thornmail, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better against Zyra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 46.5% when countering Zyra with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Zyra as Amumu, Amumu players should equip 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 builds players picked for Amumu vs Zyra face-offs, this combo of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.5% win rate overall.
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