Amumu vs Nautilus
How to Beat Nautilus as Amumu
based on 3,875 Amumu vs Nautilus matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Nautilus Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Nautilus Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nautilus as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Nautilus
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 Nautilus
If Nautilus uses Riptide right next to you, hold in place until the ripple effect finishes before running. Running early will run straight into the secondary explosions, causing you to take additional damage and slow.
While Nautilus is shielded, he is capable of dealing large amounts of area of effect damage with his basic attacks - consider taking down the shield if you have time.
Amumu vs Nautilus Counter Stats
How to Counter Nautilus with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here clarify several important Amumu vs. Nautilus counter stats that can help us appreciate the differences between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nautilus’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nautilus..
Amumu usually has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Nautilus. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Nautilus
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Who is Better, Amumu or Nautilus?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when playing against Nautilus, with a 51.8% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a good counter to Nautilus.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate than Nautilus, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Nautilus.
Additionally, Amumu has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nautilus. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Nautilus matchups, Amumu is the better champ 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 Nautilus. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing 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 Nautilus.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Nautilus during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average picks up a similar amount of CS as Nautilus. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Nautilus build include Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Nautilus than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 51.8% when playing against Nautilus with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Nautilus 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. Out of all the rune builds players used for Amumu vs Nautilus matchups, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 51.8% winrate overall.
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