Amumu vs Gragas
How to Beat Gragas as Amumu
based on 1,028 Amumu vs Gragas matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Gragas Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Gragas as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Gragas
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
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 Gragas
Gragas can knock everybody away with his ultimate. Be careful that you don't get knocked into him or, worse, an enemy tower.
Body Slam is on a very low cooldown, making it difficult to pursue Gragas. Don't overextend yourself chasing him.
Amumu vs Gragas Counter Stats
How to Counter Gragas with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some important Amumu against Gragas matchup stats that can help us interpret the distinctions between this set of champions. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Gragas’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Gragas..
Amumu often has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gragas. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Gragas
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Who is Better, Amumu or Gragas?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when trying to fight Gragas, with a 58.3% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a fantastic counter for Gragas.
While Amumu does have a much higher win rate than Gragas, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Amumu into Gragas.
Additionally, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Gragas. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Gragas matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a great counter for Gragas. Make sure you focus your play on keeping up your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Gragas.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Gragas during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often racks up less CS relative to Gragas. Champs who typically don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Amumu versus Gragas build include Jak'Sho, The Protean, Sunfire Aegis, and Demonic Embrace. When Amumu incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Gragas than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 58.3% when countering Gragas with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Gragas as Amumu, you 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 rune combinations players used for Amumu vs Gragas face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 58.3% win rate overall.
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