Amumu vs Janna
How to Beat Janna as Amumu
based on 1,911 Amumu vs Janna matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Janna Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Janna Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Janna as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Janna
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 Janna
Janna's at her strongest when buffing another ally. If you can harass her ally, it will weaken her ability to fight you.
Save an interrupt ability for when Janna uses her ultimate.
Listen for the charge up sound on Howling Gale in case Janna is trying to hit you with it from off screen or from brush.
Amumu vs Janna Counter Stats
How to Counter Janna with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page clarify some influential Amumu against Janna counter stats that can help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Janna’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Janna..
Amumu typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Janna. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Janna
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Who is Better, Amumu or Janna?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Janna, with a 47.7% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a poor counter to Janna.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Janna, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Janna.
Furthermore, Amumu has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Janna. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Janna matchups, Janna is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a terribly counter to Janna. 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 Janna.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Janna during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Janna. Champs who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Janna build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Janna than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 47.7% when countering Janna with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of crushing Janna as Amumu, Amumu players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Amumu vs Janna counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.7% win rate overall.
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