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How to Win Amumu vs Shaco Counter MatchupAmumu is in the b tier of champions

Amumu vs Shaco

How to Beat Shaco as Amumu in LoLAmumu is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat Shaco as Amumu

based on 3,285 Amumu vs Shaco matchups
Win Rate
49.7 %
K/D/A
2.29
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of ranked League rounds that we analyze every week. This guide on how to beat Shaco as Amumu came out of an examination of 3285 ranked rounds where both champions opposed one another. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Amumu encounters Shaco in only 3.6% of his games.

Amumu vs Shaco Matchup Summary

Amumu has done a ok job of beating Shaco. On average, he wins a acceptable 49.7% of the time the champs face off with each other in. In Amumu versus Shaco rounds, Amumu’s side is 0.1% less likely to get first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Shaco.

Best Amumu vs Shaco Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Chain VestBami's Cinder

Core Amumu Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Frozen HeartSpirit VisageRanduin's OmenRiftmaker

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Amumu to level upe
>
Second ability for Amumu to level upq
>
Last skill for Amumu to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: TenacityLast Stand
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Amumu's passive ability p
Amumu's q ability q
Amumu's w ability w
Amumu's e ability e
Amumu's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
8
Q
9
E
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Q
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R
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Q
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Q
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Shaco as Amumu

Tips for Playing as Amumu against Shaco

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 Shaco

If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.

If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.

Amumu vs Shaco Counter Stats

Amumu Image
Win Rate
49.7 %
VS
Win Rate
50.3 %
Shaco Image
4.3
< Kills >
7
6.5
< Deaths >
6.4
10.6
< Assists >
8.7
0.97
< Killing Sprees >
1.64
34
< Minions Killed >
37
1.37
< Dragons Killed >
1.01
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,521
< Physical Damage >
7,027
11,856
< Magic Damage >
10,775
2,012
< True Damage >
1,669
15,389
< Damage Dealt >
19,472
34,485
< Damage Taken >
26,617
11,053
< Gold Earned >
11,539
1.14
< Towers >
1.17
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.21
12,196
< Total Healing >
8,958
13,367
< Experience >
13,281
25
< Vision Score >
32
9
< Wards Placed >
11
286
< Time Dealing CC >
611

How to Counter Shaco with Amumu in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several strategic Amumu vs. Shaco matchup stats that can help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champs. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Shaco’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Shaco..

Amumu normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Shaco. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Amumu and Shaco

Damage Types Compared

Amumu
Shaco
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Amumu
Shaco

Who is Better, Amumu or Shaco?

Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when taking on Shaco, with a 49.7% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter for Shaco.

While Amumu does have a lower winrate compared to Shaco, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Shaco.

Additionally, Amumu also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.

Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Shaco. Make sure you focus your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Shaco.

Other Champion Matchups Against Amumu

Amumu Loses Against

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Amumu Wins Against

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Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Amumu Players

How We Calculated Our Amumu vs Shaco Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Shaco as Amumu, we analyzed 3,285 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Shaco as Amumu comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu in order to counter Shaco during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Amumu typically picks up a similar amount of CS as Shaco. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Amumu versus Shaco build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu combined at least these three items in his build, he did much better vs Shaco than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 49.7% battling Shaco with this build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Shaco 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 runes that we analyzed for Amumu vs Shaco fights, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.7% win rate overall.

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