Amumu vs Ziggs
How to Beat Ziggs as Amumu
based on 1,436 Amumu vs Ziggs matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Ziggs Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Ziggs as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Ziggs
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 Ziggs
Many of Ziggs' abilities have long cooldowns. Try catching him just after he's used his abilities.
Don't step on Ziggs' mines! They'll slow you and make it much easier for him to hit you with his other abiltiies.
Ziggs' ultimate, Mega Inferno Bomb, deals more damage in the center of the explosion.
Amumu vs Ziggs Counter Stats
How to Counter Ziggs with Amumu in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page highlight some strategic Amumu vs. Ziggs matchup statistics that can help us figure out the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ziggs’s ratio of NaN, showing that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ziggs..
Amumu typically has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ziggs. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Ziggs
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Who is Better, Amumu or Ziggs?
Both League champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Ziggs, with a 50.6% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter to Ziggs.
While Amumu does have a higher win rate compared to Ziggs, when facing one another, Amumu also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Ziggs.
Moreover, Amumu also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Ziggs. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Ziggs matchups, Amumu is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Amumu is a decent counter for Ziggs. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Ziggs.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Amumu to counter Ziggs during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu on average accumulates a lot less CS as Ziggs. Champions who typically don't earn much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling 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 exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Ziggs build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Ziggs than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 50.6% battling Ziggs with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of defeating Ziggs 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. Out of all the rune sets players chose for Amumu vs Ziggs fights, this mix of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 50.6% winrate overall.
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