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.
The Amumu Sett synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Sett, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Sett. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Sett helps Amumu perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Amumu is paired with Sett, he observes a little drop in his total damage dealt. This could signal that Sett does not support by providing protection for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played with Sett 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 Sett.
Moreover, when Amumu plays with Sett on the same side, he typically takes a little less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Sett does a decent job of protecting Amumu in teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Amumu that will always be his best ally. However, overall, Sett is a very typical ally for Amumu. By locking into the same side as Amumu, he raises their win rate by 0.6% to 49.6%. This clearly indicates that there is not really a strong strategic relationship between Amumu and Sett that results in them performing better together than alone.
Sett has a lower difficulty than Amumu. That means Amumu players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Sett comrades to play with, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to work well with you.
When playing on the same side, Amumu players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to soak up damage. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.
In contrast, by aligning Amumu and Sett together, you will not be granting your other allies enough magic damage. Plan to pick other champs on your team that helps cover this hole in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Sett teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
To truly master Amumu in order to pair well with Sett during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most crucial finished items to build first in your Amumu and Sett synergy build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Amumu bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Sett than with most other common builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 49.6% when playing alongside Sett with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should take 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 combinations that we analyzed for this team composition, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.6% win rate overall.
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