Amumu vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Amumu
based on 2,356 Amumu vs Nami matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Nami Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Nami Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nami as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Nami
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 Nami
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.
Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.
Amumu vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page clarify some critical Amumu against Nami matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nami’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nami..
Amumu normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Nami
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Who is Better, Amumu or Nami?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nami, with a 49.6% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes an ok counter for Nami.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Nami, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Nami.
Furthermore, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nami. 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 Nami matchups, Nami is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Nami. Make sure you focus your play on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Nami 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 listen to the build and stats presented here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually gets a similar amount of CS compared to Nami. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Nami build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Nami than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 49.6% when playing against Nami with this build.
To have the best likelihood of coming out on top against Nami as Amumu, you should equip 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 we have analyed for Amumu vs Nami clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.6% winrate overall.
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