Amumu vs Nami
How to Beat Nami as Amumu
based on 3,933 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
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
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
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.
Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.
Amumu vs Nami Counter Stats
How to Counter Nami with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here clarify several important Amumu against Nami matchup statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nami’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nami..
Amumu usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Nami. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Nami
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Who is Better, Amumu or Nami?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when trying to fight Nami, with a 51.9% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a good counter to Nami.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate than Nami, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Nami.
Furthermore, Amumu also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nami. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Nami matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter to Nami. Focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Nami.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Nami during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often picks up more CS as Nami. Champs who on average don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Nami build include Sunfire Aegis, Force of Nature, and Demonic Embrace. When Amumu used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better against Nami than with most other common item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 51.9% battling Nami with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Nami as Amumu, Amumu players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Amumu vs Nami counter picks, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.9% win rate overall.
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