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How to Win Gragas vs Amumu Counter MatchupGragas is in the a tier of champions

Gragas vs Amumu

How to Beat Amumu as Gragas in LoLGragas is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Amumu as Gragas

based on 1,490 Gragas vs Amumu matchups
Win Rate
49 %
K/D/A
2.23
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL games that we analyze each and every week. This guide on how to beat Amumu as Gragas resulted from an analysis of 1490 ranked rounds where both champions fought one another. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Gragas encounters Amumu in only 2.3% of his rounds.

Gragas vs Amumu Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Gragas has done a below average job of beating Amumu. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.0% of games the champions fight one another in. In Gragas vs Amumu games, Gragas’s team is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood. This implies that he probably won't get first blood versus Amumu.

Best Gragas vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's RingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeHextech Alternator

Core Gragas Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapLich BaneStormsurge

Optional Items

Seraph's EmbraceZhonya's HourglassShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Gragas to level upq
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Second ability for Gragas to level upe
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Last skill for Gragas to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestSudden ImpactEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
SorceryTranscendenceWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Gragas's passive ability p
Gragas's q ability q
Gragas's w ability w
Gragas's e ability e
Gragas's ultimate ability r
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E
2
W
3
Q
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Q
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Q
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R
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Q
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Gragas

Tips for Playing as Gragas against Amumu

Try to knock enemies back into your towers with Explosive Cask.

Try to combo Body Slam with Explosive Cask to set up kills for your team.

The damage reduction from Drunken Rage is applied when you start drinking, try to use it when you see damage coming your way.

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.

Gragas vs Amumu Counter Stats

Gragas Image
Win Rate
49 %
VS
Win Rate
51 %
Amumu Image
5.8
< Kills >
4.2
6
< Deaths >
6
7.6
< Assists >
11
1.35
< Killing Sprees >
0.97
104
< Minions Killed >
31
0.57
< Dragons Killed >
1.34
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.36
1,441
< Physical Damage >
1,505
18,223
< Magic Damage >
11,449
671
< True Damage >
2,000
20,336
< Damage Dealt >
14,955
30,087
< Damage Taken >
32,624
11,259
< Gold Earned >
10,683
1.5
< Towers >
1.15
0.13
< Baron Takedowns >
0.33
12,382
< Total Healing >
11,747
13,951
< Experience >
12,887
21
< Vision Score >
26
8
< Wards Placed >
9
419
< Time Dealing CC >
265

How to Counter Amumu with Gragas in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here feature several vital Gragas versus Amumu counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champions. For instance, Gragas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Gragas may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Amumu..

Gragas typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives a similar amount of damage to Amumu. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Gragas and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Gragas
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Gragas
Amumu

Who is Better, Gragas or Amumu?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Gragas usually fairs equally well when playing against Amumu, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Gragas makes an ok counter to Amumu.

While Gragas does have a lower win rate than Amumu, when they face off with one another, Gragas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gragas into Amumu.

Furthermore, Gragas also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gragas vs Amumu matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.

Gragas is a somewhat poor counter for Amumu. Focus your actions on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Gragas against Amumu.

Other Champion Matchups Against Gragas

Gragas Loses Against

SingedSinged43.2% winrateLeonaLeona43.5% winrateNilahNilah43.8% winrateTahm KenchTahm Kench43.9% winrate

Gragas Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee53.5% winrateYuumiYuumi53.3% winrateAkshanAkshan52.6% winrateKarthusKarthus52.5% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Master YiMaster Yi+ 52.2% 2152 GamesDr. MundoDr. Mundo+ 52.4% 787 GamesTaricTaric+ 52.5% 602 GamesLilliaLillia+ 53.7% 2056 Games

Additional Information for Gragas Players

How We Calculated Our Gragas vs Amumu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Amumu as Gragas, we analyzed 1,490 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 Amumu as Gragas 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.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Gragas to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Gragas usually picks up much more CS relative to Amumu. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Gragas versus Amumu build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Stormsurge. When Gragas included at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Amumu than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Gragas boasted an average winrate of 49.0% when countering Amumu with this counter build.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Amumu as Gragas, Gragas players should use the Dark Harvest, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Transcendence, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Gragas vs Amumu counters, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.0% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Amumu as Gragas are displayed for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the statistics and builds to a distinct player tier, you should use the selection menu located at the top of this page.