Amumu vs Xerath
How to Beat Xerath as Amumu
based on 3,559 Amumu vs Xerath matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Xerath Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Xerath Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xerath as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Xerath
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 Xerath
Xerath's range can be intimidating, but most champions who close distance with him can trade favorably.
Banshee's Veil will make it much harder for Xerath to land Shocking Orb on you.
Xerath takes a long time to engage Rite of the Arcane. Watch for his spellcast animation and start dodging.
Amumu vs Xerath Counter Stats
How to Counter Xerath with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show several valuable Amumu against Xerath matchup stats that may help you grasp the distinctions between the pair. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xerath’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Xerath..
Amumu usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he takes more damage than Xerath. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Xerath
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Who is Better, Amumu or Xerath?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually loses when playing against Xerath, with a 46.9% win rate. Therefore, Amumu makes a bad counter for Xerath.
While Amumu does have a lower winrate than Xerath, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less complex champion to learn. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Amumu into Xerath.
Moreover, Amumu has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Xerath. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Xerath matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Amumu is a trash counter to Xerath. Focus your actions on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Xerath.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu to counter Xerath during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often gets a lot less CS relative to Xerath. Champions who on average don't earn much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They 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, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Amumu versus Xerath build consist of Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu used at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Xerath than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 46.9% battling Xerath with these items in his kit.
To have the highest chance of beating Xerath as Amumu, you 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 runes players picked for Amumu vs Xerath counter picks, this set of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 46.9% win rate overall.
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