Amumu vs Malzahar
How to Beat Malzahar as Amumu
based on 3,174 Amumu vs Malzahar matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Malzahar Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Malzahar Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Malzahar as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Malzahar
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 Malzahar
Malzahar is especially dangerous when he has built up his Void Swarm.
When Malzahar hits a spell on enemies affected by Malefic Visions, the Visions are refreshed.
Avoid minion waves that have been affected by Malefic Visions. You never know when they may die and pass the Visions onto you.
Amumu vs Malzahar Counter Stats
How to Counter Malzahar with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some influential Amumu versus Malzahar matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Malzahar’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Malzahar..
Amumu typically has a similar longest killing spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Malzahar. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also imply that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Malzahar
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Who is Better, Amumu or Malzahar?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when playing against Malzahar, with a 49.4% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes an ok counter to Malzahar.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate than Malzahar, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Malzahar.
Furthermore, Amumu has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Malzahar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Malzahar matchups, Malzahar is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Malzahar. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Malzahar.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Malzahar during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often racks up a lot less CS compared to Malzahar. Champs who typically don't take much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Amumu versus Malzahar build include Sunfire Aegis, Force of Nature, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better when fighting Malzahar than with many other typical builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when countering Malzahar with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Malzahar as Amumu, you 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 rune sets players used for Amumu vs Malzahar counterpicks, this mixture of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.4% winrate overall.
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