Bard vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Bard
based on 2,213 Bard vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Bard vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Amumu
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
Advice to Win Against Amumu
Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.
Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
Bard vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several strategic Bard versus Amumu counter statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Bard often has a similar longest killing spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Amumu. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Bard and Amumu
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Who is Better, Bard or Amumu?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when trying to fight Amumu, with a 55.6% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a fantastic counter to Amumu.
While Bard does have a much higher win rate compared to Amumu, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult character to develop with. You should be be fine when picking Bard into Amumuas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Bard vs Amumu matchups, Bard is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Bard is a great counter for Amumu. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Bard against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Bard in order to counter Amumu during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard often gets a similar amount of CS relative to Amumu. Champs who on average don't get many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Bard versus Amumu build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better vs Amumu than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Bard had an average win rate of 55.6% battling Amumu with this build.
To have the best probability of defeating Amumu as Bard, you should take the Fleet Footwork, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Bard vs Amumu counter picks, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 55.6% winrate overall.
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