Amumu with Xerath
How to Synergize Amumu and Xerath
based on 3,383 Amumu with Xerath pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Amumu Xerath Synergy Summary
Best Amumu vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Amumu and Xerath
Tips for Playing as Amumu with Xerath
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 Understand How Xerath Will Play
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
Amumu Xerath Synergy Stats
How to Play with Xerath as Amumu in LoL
The Amumu Xerath synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xerath, 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 Xerath. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Xerath helps Amumu perform not as well in ranked LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Amumu plays on the same team as Xerath, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This may signal that Xerath helps provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played with Xerath on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Xerath. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Xerath.
Moreover, when Amumu plays with Xerath on the same side, he often receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may mean that Xerath does a poor job of protecting Amumu during team fights.
Synergies between Amumu and Xerath
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Is Amumu better when played alongside Xerath?
There is no top ally for Amumu that will no matter what be his ideal ally. Yet, overall, Xerath is a pretty good companion for Amumu. By being on the same side as Amumu, he raises their win rate by 1.9% to 50.9%. This demonstrates that there is pretty good strategic relationship between Amumu and Xerath that results in them performing stronger together than alone.
Xerath has a much greater difficulty compared to Amumu. That means you must be cautious when finding Xerath comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to work well with you.
Working cooperatively, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magical damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by bringing Amumu and Xerath together, you may not be giving your team much attack damage. We recommend you have other champions on your team that nullifies this hole in their potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Xerath ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to work well with Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The most crucial finished items to use in your Amumu and Xerath synergy build include Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu combined at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Xerath than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 50.9% when playing alongside Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for this team composition, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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