Sylas vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Sylas
based on 3,460 Sylas vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Amumu
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Amumu
Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.
Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
Sylas vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several strategic Sylas vs. Amumu matchup statistics that can help us figure out the distinctions between this pair of champs. For instance, Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Sylas usually has a much larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he receives a similar amount of damage to Amumu. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Amumu
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Who is Better, Sylas or Amumu?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Sylas usually wins when trying to fight Amumu, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Sylas makes a good counter to Amumu.
While Sylas does have a higher winrate than Amumu, when they face off with one another, Sylas also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sylas into Amumu.
Additionally, Sylas has almost no amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Amumu matchups, Sylas is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Sylas is a decent counter to Amumu. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Sylas against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Sylas to counter Amumu during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas usually picks up much more CS relative to Amumu. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Sylas versus Amumu build consist of Banshee's Veil, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Sylas used at least these three items in his build, he did much better when facing Amumu than with most other typical builds. In fact, Sylas had an average winrate of 51.3% battling Amumu with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of vanquishing Amumu as Sylas, Sylas players should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Sylas vs Amumu clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.3% winrate overall.
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