Amumu vs Skarner
How to Beat Skarner as Amumu
based on 285 Amumu vs Skarner matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Skarner Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Skarner Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Skarner as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Skarner
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 Skarner
Skarner can't harm you very much outside of short range, so stay away from him!
Skarner is especially dangerous when inside Crystal Spire zones his team controls. Try to capture them ahead of time if a fight may break out around them.
Skarner's Move Speed is increased as long as his shield, Crystalline Exoskeleton, persists. Attack him to lower his speed.
Amumu vs Skarner Counter Stats
How to Counter Skarner with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some strategic Amumu vs. Skarner counter statistics that may help us explain the differences between the pair. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Skarner’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Skarner..
Amumu typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Skarner. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Skarner
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Who is Better, Amumu or Skarner?
Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when facing off against Skarner, with a 46.7% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a bad counter to Skarner.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate than Skarner, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Amumu into Skarner.
Additionally, Amumu has a very large amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Skarner. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Skarner matchups, Skarner is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Amumu is a bad counter to Skarner. Make sure you focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Skarner.
Other Champion Matchups Against Amumu
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Skarner during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu usually racks up a similar amount of CS relative to Skarner. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Amumu versus Skarner build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Skarner than with most other typical builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 46.7% when playing against Skarner with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of crushing Skarner as Amumu, Amumu players should use 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 players chose for Amumu vs Skarner fights, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.7% win rate overall.
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