Skarner with Amumu
How to Synergize Skarner and Amumu
based on 60 Skarner with Amumu pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Skarner Amumu Synergy Summary
Best Skarner vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Skarner and Amumu
Tips for Playing as Skarner with Amumu
Impale is extremely powerful when you use it to position an enemy so your allies can attack them.
Basic attacks reduce the cooldown of Crystal Slash. Use them as often as possible for maximum damage.
Capturing Crystal Spires before attempting neutral objectives or team fights around them improves Skarner's performance in said fights dramatically.
Advice to Understand How Amumu Will Play
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.
Skarner Amumu Synergy Stats
How to Play with Amumu as Skarner in LoL
The Skarner Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Skarner sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Amumu. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Amumu helps Skarner perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Skarner is paired with Amumu, he sees a massive increase in his complete damage output. This change may signal that Amumu provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Skarner is played together with Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Amumu. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Amumu.
Additionally, when Skarner plays with Amumu on the same side, he typically takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage may mean that Amumu does a poor job of covering Skarner during team fights.
Synergies between Skarner and Amumu
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Is Skarner better when played alongside Amumu?
There is no ideal ally for Skarner that will always be his top ally. Yet, Amumu is a below average teammate for Skarner. By playing on the same side as Skarner, he drops their win rate by -1.6% to 46.7%. This proves that there is a negative bond between Skarner and Amumu that results in them performing worse together than without each other.
Amumu has a lower difficulty than Skarner. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Amumu comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Fighting cooperatively, Skarner players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Combined, these champs will help their other teammates secure a victory.
Although, by pairing Skarner and Amumu together, you probably will not be granting your team very much AD. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Amumu ally's ability, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Skarner to work well with Amumu during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The most important items to focus on in your Skarner and Amumu synergy build consist of Trinity Force, Dead Man's Plate, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Skarner combined at least these three great items in his build, he did significantly better as an ally of Amumu than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Skarner boasted an average win rate of 46.7% helping carry Amumu with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Magical Footwear, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players chose for this champion pairing, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.7% winrate overall.
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