Amumu vs Graves
How to Beat Graves as Amumu
based on 3,532 Amumu vs Graves matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Graves Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Graves Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Graves as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Graves
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 Graves
Leaving the Smoke Screen's area of effect removes the harmful effect immediately.
Graves deals mostly physical damage so Armor is an effective counter.
Amumu vs Graves Counter Stats
How to Counter Graves with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some vital Amumu vs. Graves matchup stats that can help us understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Graves’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Graves..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives a similar amount of damage to Graves. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Graves
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Who is Better, Amumu or Graves?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Graves, with a 48.2% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a poor counter for Graves.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Graves, when facing one another, Amumu also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Graves.
Additionally, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Graves. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Graves matchups, Graves is the better champion with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Graves. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Graves.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Graves 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 suggestions shown above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually accumulates less CS relative to Graves. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Graves build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better versus Graves than with most other common builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 48.2% when playing against Graves with this build.
To have the highest probability of beating Graves as Amumu, Amumu players should equip 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 builds players chose for Amumu vs Graves counter picks, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 48.2% winrate overall.
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