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

Amumu vs Zed

How to Beat Zed as Amumu in LoLAmumu is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Zed as Amumu

based on 3,135 Amumu vs Zed matchups
Win Rate
50.9 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup statistics from the millions of ranked League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Zed as Amumu resulted from an evaluation of 3135 ranked matches where both champs battled each other. This particular champ matchup is relatively rare. Amumu fights Zed in only 3.4% of his games.

Amumu vs Zed Matchup Summary

Amumu does a average job of beating Zed. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.9% of matches the champions clash against one another in. In Amumu against Zed games, Amumu’s side is 0.1% more expected to obtain first blood, implying that he probably will get first blood against Zed.

Best Amumu vs Zed Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
Chain VestBami's Cinder

Core Amumu Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailForce of Nature

Optional Items

Unending DespairSpirit VisageLiandry's TormentJak'Sho, The Protean

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot 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

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationCheap ShotUltimate Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
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
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
E
5
E
6
R
7
E
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Zed as Amumu

Tips for Playing as Amumu against Zed

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 Zed

Zed's Shadow Slash can only slow you if his shadow hits you with it.

Zed receives bonus effect from Attack Damage items he purchases, so Armor is super effective against him.

After Zed uses his Living Shadow, he is at his most vulnerable as his damage, slow, and mobility are both dependent upon it.

Amumu vs Zed Counter Stats

Amumu Image
Win Rate
50.9 %
VS
Win Rate
49.1 %
Zed Image
4.4
< Kills >
8.7
6
< Deaths >
6.6
10.9
< Assists >
5.7
0.98
< Killing Sprees >
1.99
33
< Minions Killed >
158
1.38
< Dragons Killed >
0.22
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,560
< Physical Damage >
21,755
11,663
< Magic Damage >
1,268
2,073
< True Damage >
1,229
15,296
< Damage Dealt >
24,253
32,460
< Damage Taken >
23,370
10,872
< Gold Earned >
12,586
1.15
< Towers >
1.63
0.33
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
11,653
< Total Healing >
3,852
13,151
< Experience >
14,907
26
< Vision Score >
18
9
< Wards Placed >
8
285
< Time Dealing CC >
154

How to Counter Zed with Amumu in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature some vital Amumu against Zed counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences between the two. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Zed’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Zed. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.

Amumu usually has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Zed. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Amumu and Zed

Damage Types Compared

Amumu
Zed
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Amumu
Zed

Who is Better, Amumu or Zed?

Both League of Legends champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when playing against Zed, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter for Zed.

While Amumu does have a higher winrate than Zed, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Zed.

Furthermore, Amumu has a very large amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Zed. 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 overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Zed matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Amumu is a decent counter for Zed. Focus your tactics on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Amumu against Zed.

Additional Information for Amumu Players

How We Calculated Our Amumu vs Zed Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zed as Amumu, we analyzed 3,135 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 Zed 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Zed during both the lane 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 mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Amumu often picks up a lot less CS as Zed. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need 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 ideal items to use in your Amumu versus Zed build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Force of Nature. When Amumu combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Zed than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 50.9% when playing against Zed with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest probability of annihilating Zed as Amumu, Amumu players should equip the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Amumu vs Zed counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 50.9% win rate overall.

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