Amumu vs Bard
How to Beat Bard as Amumu
based on 2,213 Amumu vs Bard matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Bard Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Bard Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Bard as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Bard
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 Bard
You can crush Bard's healing shrines just by walking over them. Don't let his allies take them without a fight.
Bard's ultimate, Tempered Fate, affects allies, enemies, monsters, and turrets alike. Sometimes it can be to your advantage to jump into it!
Bard's opponents can also travel through his Magical Journey doorways. You can follow him, if you think it's safe.
Amumu vs Bard Counter Stats
How to Counter Bard with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Amumu vs. Bard counter statistics that can help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Bard’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Bard..
Amumu usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Bard. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Bard
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Who is Better, Amumu or Bard?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Bard, with a 44.4% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a poor counter for Bard.
While Amumu does have a much lower win rate than Bard, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Amumu into Bard.
Moreover, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Bard. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Bard matchups, Bard is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Amumu is a terribly counter to Bard. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Bard.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Bard during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically gets a similar amount of CS relative to Bard. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling 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 situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Amumu versus Bard build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs. Bard than with many other common builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 44.4% when countering Bard with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing Bard as Amumu, 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 sets players chose for Amumu vs Bard fights, this mixture of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 44.4% win rate overall.
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