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.
Nocturne's Unspeakable Horror is broken with range, so try to save your movement abilities for when he casts it.
Stay close to your allies when Paranoia is cast - there is strength in numbers!
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several vital Amumu versus Nocturne counter stats that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nocturne’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nocturne..
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Nocturne. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually wins when facing off against Nocturne, with a 52.7% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a good counter to Nocturne.
While Amumu does have a higher winrate compared to Nocturne, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champ to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Amumu into Nocturne.
Additionally, Amumu also has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nocturne. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Nocturne matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Amumu is a good counter to Nocturne. Focus your actions on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Nocturne.
To truly master Amumu to counter Nocturne during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nocturne. Champs who on average don't get much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Nocturne build include Sunfire Aegis, Frozen Heart, and Demonic Embrace. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better against Nocturne than with many other common item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 52.7% when playing against Nocturne with this build.
To have the highest chance of annihilating Nocturne as Amumu, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Amumu vs Nocturne counter picks, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.
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