Amumu vs Naafiri
How to Beat Naafiri as Amumu
based on 1,228 Amumu vs Naafiri matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Naafiri Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Naafiri Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Naafiri as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Naafiri
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.
Amumu vs Naafiri Counter Stats
How to Counter Naafiri with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several influential Amumu vs. Naafiri matchup statistics that may help us figure out the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Naafiri’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Naafiri. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Amumu often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives more damage than Naafiri. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Naafiri
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Who is Better, Amumu or Naafiri?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Naafiri, with a 50.4% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter to Naafiri.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate than Naafiri, when facing one another, Amumu also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Naafiri.
Moreover, Amumu has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Naafiri. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Naafiri matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Naafiri. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Naafiri.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Naafiri during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often gets a lot less CS compared to Naafiri. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Amumu versus Naafiri build include Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better against Naafiri than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 50.4% battling Naafiri with this build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Naafiri as Amumu, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Amumu vs Naafiri face-offs, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 50.4% win rate overall.
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