Amumu vs Alistar
How to Beat Alistar as Amumu
based on 1,427 Amumu vs Alistar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Alistar Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Alistar as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Alistar
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 Win Against Alistar
Alistar is very disruptive but very tough - try to target more fragile damage dealers.
When Alistar uses his ultimate, it's often better to move back and wait until the effect wears off before attacking him.
Watch out for the Pulverize-Headbutt combo when around turrets.
Amumu vs Alistar Counter Stats
How to Counter Alistar with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several strategic Amumu vs. Alistar matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Alistar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Alistar..
Amumu usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than Alistar. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Alistar
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Who is Better, Amumu or Alistar?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Alistar, with a 48.8% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a bad counter to Alistar.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Alistar, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Alistar.
Additionally, Amumu has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Alistar. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Alistar matchups, Alistar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Alistar. Make sure you focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Alistar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Alistar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Alistar. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Amumu versus Alistar build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better versus Alistar than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 48.8% when playing against Alistar with this counter build.
To have the best chance of annihilating Alistar as Amumu, Amumu players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Amumu vs Alistar matchups, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.8% win rate overall.
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