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

Amumu vs Zyra

How to Beat Zyra as Amumu in LoLAmumu is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Zyra as Amumu

based on 3,410 Amumu vs Zyra matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
4.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We calculate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently rated League of Legends rounds that we get from Riot Games each and every week. This guide on how to beat Zyra as Amumu came out of an analysis of 3410 ranked rounds where both champions engaged one another. This particular pairing is fairly uncommon. Amumu encounters Zyra in only 4.6% of his rounds.

Amumu vs Zyra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Amumu does a below average job of beating Zyra. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champions face off with each other in. In Amumu against Zyra games, Amumu’s side is 0.0% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Zyra.

Best Amumu vs Zyra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Amumu Items

~22 Mins
Jak'Sho, The ProteanSunfire AegisDemonic Embrace

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskThornmailBulwark of the Mountain

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Amumu to level upq
>
Second ability for Amumu to level upe
>
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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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
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R
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E
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E
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W
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W
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R

Guide to Countering Zyra as Amumu

Tips for Playing as Amumu against Zyra

Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.

Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.

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 Zyra

Moving closer to Zyra can be a smart move if she places plants too far away from herself.

Moving the fight to a different area will deprive Zyra of accumulated seeds.

Plants take fixed damage from attacks and effects, similar to wards. They also expire quickly on their own.

Seeds placed by Zyra's W are larger, a different color, and grant a small amount of vision to her team.

Zyra's seeds can be destroyed by stepping on them. If she tries to grow them as you do, dodge back at the last moment.

Amumu vs Zyra Counter Stats

Amumu Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Zyra Image
4.5
< Kills >
3.5
6.1
< Deaths >
6.3
9.9
< Assists >
10.6
1
< Killing Sprees >
0.76
32
< Minions Killed >
49
1.14
< Dragons Killed >
0.14
0.33
< Inhibitors >
0.45
1,268
< Physical Damage >
861
11,507
< Magic Damage >
18,054
1,999
< True Damage >
871
14,775
< Damage Dealt >
19,786
30,807
< Damage Taken >
15,507
10,456
< Gold Earned >
9,235
0.96
< Towers >
1.57
0.31
< Baron Takedowns >
0.04
10,529
< Total Healing >
1,735
12,590
< Experience >
11,136
25
< Vision Score >
53
9
< Wards Placed >
23
208
< Time Dealing CC >
268

How to Counter Zyra with Amumu in LoL

The stats shown on this page clarify some valuable Amumu versus Zyra counter stats that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Zyra’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Zyra..

Amumu usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Zyra. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also hint that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Amumu and Zyra

Damage Types Compared

Amumu
Zyra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Amumu
Zyra

Who is Better, Amumu or Zyra?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when facing off against Zyra, with a 47.0% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a poor counter for Zyra.

While Amumu does have a lower win rate compared to Zyra, when facing one another, Amumu also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn. You may get destroyed when picking Amumu into Zyra.

Additionally, Amumu has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Zyra. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Zyra matchups, Zyra 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 team fights.

Amumu is a trash counter for Zyra. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Amumu against Zyra.

Additional Information for Amumu Players

How We Calculated Our Amumu vs Zyra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Zyra as Amumu, we analyzed 3,410 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 Zyra 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 Zyra 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 displayed above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Amumu most often racks up less CS as Zyra. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values shown on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Amumu versus Zyra build include Jak'Sho, The Protean, Sunfire Aegis, and Demonic Embrace. When Amumu used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Zyra than with most other typical builds. In fact, Amumu boasted an average winrate of 47.0% when playing against Zyra with this build.

To have the best probability of annihilating Zyra as Amumu, Amumu players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players picked for Amumu vs Zyra LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Zyra as Amumu are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To filter the statistics and builds to a specific rank, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.