Amumu vs Nidalee
How to Beat Nidalee as Amumu
based on 619 Amumu vs Nidalee matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Nidalee Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Nidalee Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nidalee as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Nidalee
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 Nidalee
Nidalee's Javelin Toss deals more damage the farther she is. If she is far away, it's imperative to dodge it.
Nidalee's Takedown deals extreme damage to Hunted targets, but she has to get close to use it. Save your crowd control or defensive abilities for when she goes in for the kill.
Nidalee's Hunt debuff is only applied with Javelin Toss and Bushwhack. Avoiding being hit by these abilities will impair her ability to deal follow-up damage.
Amumu vs Nidalee Counter Stats
How to Counter Nidalee with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some critical Amumu against Nidalee matchup statistics that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nidalee’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nidalee..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nidalee. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Nidalee
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Who is Better, Amumu or Nidalee?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually wins when taking on Nidalee, with a 54.4% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a great counter to Nidalee.
While Amumu does have a much higher winrate than Nidalee, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Amumu into Nidalee.
Additionally, Amumu also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nidalee. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Nidalee matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Amumu is a great counter to Nidalee. Focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Nidalee.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Nidalee during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average gets a similar amount of CS as Nidalee. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Amumu versus Nidalee build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu bought at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better vs Nidalee than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 54.4% battling Nidalee with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Nidalee as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players used for Amumu vs Nidalee counterpicks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 54.4% win rate overall.
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