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.
Kassadin's ultimate has many uses and is on a shorter cooldown than most, use it often.
Kassadin has multiple item paths; he can go caster via Mana and Ability Power or anti-caster with Cooldown Reduction and Magic Resist.
Try to get the Ancient Golem buff to counteract Riftwalk's increasing Mana cost.
The Amumu Kassadin synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kassadin, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Amumu sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Kassadin. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Kassadin helps Amumu perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Amumu plays on the same team as Kassadin, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Kassadin does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played alongside Kassadin on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Kassadin.
Moreover, when Amumu plays with Kassadin on the same side, he on average takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Kassadin does a decent job of covering Amumu during teamfights.
There is no ideal ally for Amumu that will always be his top ally. Yet, Kassadin is a pretty good companion for Amumu. By locking into the same side as Amumu, he improves their win rate by 2.3% to 51.3%. This clearly indicates that there is a potentially meaningful bond between Amumu and Kassadin that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Kassadin has a much greater difficulty compared to Amumu. That means Amumu players should be very careful when lining up Kassadin allies to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to do well with you.
Playing together, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Amumu and Kassadin together, you probably will not be giving your team enough AD. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of the ability of your Kassadin ally, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to pair well with Kassadin during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League rounds, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you use the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The top finished items to include in your Amumu and Kassadin synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu incorporated at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Kassadin than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 51.3% helping carry Kassadin with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of defeating your oponents, 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 sets players picked for this team composition, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.3% win rate overall.
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