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.
Cull the Meek drains an enormous amount of life when used in the middle of the fray. You can use this to bait opponents into thinking you are weaker than you really are.
Slice and Dice excels at harassing maneuvers. Slice in, follow up with another skill and then Dice back out to safety.
Cooldown reduction is especially good for Renekton, allowing him to both quickly build up and use his Fury.
The Amumu Renekton synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Renekton, 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 Renekton. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Renekton helps Amumu perform not as well in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Amumu is an ally to Renekton, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This difference may indicate that Renekton helps provide cover for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played with Renekton on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Renekton. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Renekton.
Additionally, when Amumu plays with Renekton on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Renekton does a decent job of protecting Amumu in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best companion for Amumu that will 100% of the time be his best teammate. Yet, Renekton is a not very good ally for Amumu. By playing on the same team as Amumu, he lowers their win rate by -2.9% to 46.1%. This shows that there is a negative bond between Amumu and Renekton that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Renekton has a lower difficulty than Amumu. That means you don't need to be cautious when enlisting Renekton comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to to cover for your other teammates. Together, these champs might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by bringing Amumu and Renekton together, you will not be giving your other allies a lot of attack damage. Make sure to pick other champs on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Renekton teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Amumu to work well with Renekton during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most important items to use in your Amumu and Renekton synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Renekton than with many other common builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 46.1% when playing alongside Renekton with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing 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 builds players picked for this champion pairing, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.1% winrate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to team up Renekton with Amumu are given for all skill levels combined. To scope the stats and builds to a particular skill level, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.