Amumu vs Zac
How to Beat Zac as Amumu
based on 2,069 Amumu vs Zac matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Zac Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Zac Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Zac as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Zac
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 Zac
Kill all of Zac's bloblets when he splits apart to stop him from reforming.
Silences, stuns, roots and knockups will all interrupt Zac when he is charging Elastic Slingshot.
Zac heals from the goo that separates from him. You can crush the goo pieces by stepping on them.
Amumu vs Zac Counter Stats
How to Counter Zac with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some influential Amumu against Zac matchup stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between this set of champions. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zac’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Zac..
Amumu usually has a similar longest kill spree as his enemy does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Zac. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Zac
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Who is Better, Amumu or Zac?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when taking on Zac, with a 45.8% win rate. Thus, Amumu makes a poor counter to Zac.
While Amumu does have a much lower winrate compared to Zac, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Amumu into Zac.
Moreover, Amumu has a great amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zac. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Zac matchups, Zac is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a terribly counter for Zac. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Zac.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Amumu in order to counter Zac during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu typically racks up less CS as Zac. Champions who typically don't earn many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to have in your Amumu versus Zac build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Zac than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 45.8% when playing against Zac with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of beating Zac as Amumu, you should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Amumu vs Zac face-offs, this combination of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 45.8% winrate overall.
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