Amumu vs Hecarim
How to Beat Hecarim as Amumu
based on 1,905 Amumu vs Hecarim matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Hecarim Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Hecarim Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Hecarim as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Hecarim
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 Hecarim
Hecarim's ultimate causes opponents to flee in terror. Spread out to reduce his power in fights.
Hecarim gains life from nearby enemies with Spirit of Dread but lacks durability, use burst damage.
Amumu vs Hecarim Counter Stats
How to Counter Hecarim with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here feature several strategic Amumu against Hecarim matchup stats that may help you understand the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Hecarim’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Hecarim..
Amumu normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he receives less damage than Hecarim. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Hecarim
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Who is Better, Amumu or Hecarim?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually wins when playing against Hecarim, with a 52.4% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a good counter for Hecarim.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate compared to Hecarim, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should be be fine when picking Amumu into Hecarim.
Moreover, Amumu also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Hecarim. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Hecarim 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 team fights.
Amumu is a good counter to Hecarim. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Hecarim.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Hecarim during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Hecarim. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Amumu versus Hecarim build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Demonic Embrace. When Amumu used at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs Hecarim than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 52.4% when countering Hecarim with this build.
To have the best chance of coming out on top against Hecarim as Amumu, Amumu players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Amumu vs Hecarim counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.4% winrate overall.
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