Amumu vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Amumu
based on 9,172 Amumu vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Amumu vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Amumu vs. Caitlyn counter stats that can help you explain the distinctions between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Caitlyn..
Amumu usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Caitlyn
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Who is Better, Amumu or Caitlyn?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Caitlyn, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes an ok counter to Caitlyn.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate than Caitlyn, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Caitlyn.
Moreover, Amumu also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Caitlyn matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Caitlyn. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Caitlyn during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often gets a lot less CS as Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Amumu versus Caitlyn build include Force of Nature, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better vs Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 50.1% battling Caitlyn with these items in his kit.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Caitlyn as Amumu, Amumu players should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Amumu vs Caitlyn counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.1% win rate overall.
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