Amumu vs Soraka
How to Beat Soraka as Amumu
based on 2,085 Amumu vs Soraka matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Soraka Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Soraka Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Soraka as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Soraka
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 Soraka
It's easier to focus Soraka than the ally she is healing.
Focus on attacking Soraka when she ever ventures to the frontline to heal her allies.
Take advantage of Soraka's long cooldown on Equinox if she uses it to harass.
Amumu vs Soraka Counter Stats
How to Counter Soraka with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown here feature several critical Amumu against Soraka counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences between this pair of champions. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Soraka’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Soraka..
Amumu typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Soraka. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Soraka
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Who is Better, Amumu or Soraka?
Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when facing off against Soraka, with a 49.9% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes an ok counter for Soraka.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate than Soraka, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Soraka.
Additionally, Amumu has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Soraka. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Soraka matchups, Soraka is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Soraka. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Soraka.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Soraka during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Soraka. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Amumu versus Soraka build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Amumu bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Soraka than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when playing against Soraka with this build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Soraka as Amumu, Amumu players should equip 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 Soraka counter picks, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.9% win rate overall.
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