Heimerdinger vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Heimerdinger
based on 1,451 Heimerdinger vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Heimerdinger vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Heimerdinger vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Heimerdinger
Tips for Playing as Heimerdinger against Amumu
Spreading out Hextech Micro-Rockets leads to more reliable damage and more efficiency against multiple targets, but focusing it creates the biggest impact.
The success of Electron Storm Grenade is very important to Heimerdinger's survival. The slow and stun both are capable of keeping enemies in place long enough to punish them, but it is also the first line of defense against a surprise attack.
Turret placement can be a deciding factor in a battle. Against most enemies turrets are best when they can support each other, but if the enemy has a lot of area of effect damage your turrets can be destroyed quickly. Placing turrets in brush can lead to a surprise attack in your favor.
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.
Heimerdinger vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Heimerdinger in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight some valuable Heimerdinger against Amumu counter statistics that may help us appreciate the distinctions between this set of champs. Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Heimerdinger may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Amumu..
Heimerdinger often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Amumu. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Heimerdinger and Amumu
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Who is Better, Heimerdinger or Amumu?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Heimerdinger usually wins when facing off against Amumu, with a 52.1% win rate. Therefore, Heimerdinger makes a good counter to Amumu.
While Heimerdinger does have a higher winrate than Amumu, when they face off with one another, Heimerdinger also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex character to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Heimerdinger into Amumuas his relative depth means that you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Heimerdinger has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This 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 overall in League of Legends, in Heimerdinger vs Amumu matchups, Heimerdinger is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Heimerdinger is an above average counter for Amumu. Focus your gameplay on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Heimerdinger against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Heimerdinger in order to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Heimerdinger on average picks up much more CS compared to Amumu. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Heimerdinger versus Amumu build include Zhonya's Hourglass, Liandry's Torment, and Luden's Companion. When Heimerdinger combined at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting Amumu than with many other common item sets. In fact, Heimerdinger boasted an average win rate of 52.1% when playing against Amumu with this build.
To have the best likelihood of annihilating Amumu as Heimerdinger, Heimerdinger players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Absolute Focus, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Heimerdinger vs Amumu battles, this composite of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 52.1% win rate overall.
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