Amumu vs Irelia
How to Beat Irelia as Amumu
based on 2,350 Amumu vs Irelia matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Irelia Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Irelia as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Irelia
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 Irelia
Pay attention to Ionian Fervor stacks and try to engage Irelia when it is down.
Minion waves greatly enhance Irelia's mobility, beware fighting her inside one.
Beware of wasting your high impact spells on Defiant Dance.
Amumu vs Irelia Counter Stats
How to Counter Irelia with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown here underscore several influential Amumu versus Irelia counter statistics that may help you realize the distinctions between the pair. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Irelia’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Irelia. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Amumu normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Irelia. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Irelia
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Who is Better, Amumu or Irelia?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when taking on Irelia, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter for Irelia.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate compared to Irelia, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Irelia.
Moreover, Amumu also has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Irelia. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Irelia matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Irelia. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Irelia.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Irelia during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically racks up a lot less CS compared to Irelia. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to use in your Amumu versus Irelia build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Liandry's Torment. When Amumu bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Irelia than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 49.5% battling Irelia with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Irelia 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 runes that we analyzed for Amumu vs Irelia counterpicks, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 49.5% winrate overall.
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