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How to Win Illaoi vs Amumu Counter MatchupIllaoi is in the a tier of champions

Illaoi vs Amumu

How to Beat Amumu as Illaoi in LoLIllaoi is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Amumu as Illaoi

based on 1,858 Illaoi vs Amumu matchups
Win Rate
52.3 %
K/D/A
1.49
Pick Rate
2.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches each week. In our database, Illaoi did battle with Amumu 1858 times. Using so many matchups for Illaoi vs Amumu provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce useful statistics and a pro build to annihilate Amumu. This pairing is fairly rare. Illaoi encounters Amumu in only 2.6% of her matches.

Illaoi vs Amumu Matchup Summary

Illaoi has done a good job of beating Amumu. On average, she wins a whopping 52.3% of games the champs battle one another in. In Illaoi against Amumu games, Illaoi’s side is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, implying that she probably won't be able to get first blood versus Amumu.

Best Illaoi vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionTear of the Goddess

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordCaulfield's Warhammer

Core Illaoi Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageSundered SkyIceborn Gauntlet

Optional Items

Death's DanceSpear of ShojinBlack CleaverSpirit Visage

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

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

Runes

ResolveGrasp of the UndyingDemolishBone PlatingOvergrowth
PrecisionPresence of MindLast Stand
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Illaoi's passive ability p
Illaoi's q ability q
Illaoi's w ability w
Illaoi's e ability e
Illaoi's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Illaoi

Tips for Playing as Illaoi against Amumu

Vessel

Tentacles are an immense source of power. Don't fight without them.

Spirits inherit their target's current health. If making a

is your goal, try whittling your opponent's health down a bit first to make killing the spirit easier.

Leap of Faith is best used to follow-up a strong engage or when being engaged upon. Be careful about being the first one into a fight.

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.

Illaoi vs Amumu Counter Stats

Illaoi Image
Win Rate
52.3 %
VS
Win Rate
47.7 %
Amumu Image
5.3
< Kills >
4.1
6.7
< Deaths >
6
4.7
< Assists >
10.6
1.2
< Killing Sprees >
0.91
187
< Minions Killed >
32
0.06
< Dragons Killed >
1.24
0.57
< Inhibitors >
0.34
24,873
< Physical Damage >
1,496
819
< Magic Damage >
11,145
408
< True Damage >
2,008
26,101
< Damage Dealt >
14,650
35,623
< Damage Taken >
32,569
11,979
< Gold Earned >
10,483
2.8
< Towers >
1.03
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.32
8,831
< Total Healing >
11,598
15,242
< Experience >
12,741
16
< Vision Score >
24
8
< Wards Placed >
8
404
< Time Dealing CC >
275

How to Counter Amumu with Illaoi in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here highlight some critical Illaoi against Amumu matchup statistics that may help us figure out the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Illaoi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Illaoi may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Amumu..

Illaoi usually has a similar longest killing spree as her counter does. On average, she receives more damage than Amumu. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Illaoi and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Illaoi
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Illaoi
Amumu

Who is Better, Illaoi or Amumu?

Both League champs are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Illaoi usually wins when taking on Amumu, with a 52.3% win rate. Thus, Illaoi makes a good counter for Amumu.

While Illaoi does have a higher winrate compared to Amumu, when on opposite teams, Illaoi also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champion to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Illaoi into Amumu.

Additionally, Illaoi also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Illaoi vs Amumu matchups, Illaoi is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.

Illaoi is a good counter to Amumu. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Illaoi against Amumu.

Other Champion Matchups Against Illaoi

Illaoi Loses Against

MordekaiserMordekaiser42.8% winrateZyraZyra43.9% winrateYorickYorick44.1% winrateKayleKayle44.3% winrate

Illaoi Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.3% winrateK'SanteK'Sante57.1% winrateRenektonRenekton56.1% winrateSkarnerSkarner56.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

ZyraZyra+ 53.7% 3076 GamesLilliaLillia+ 54.4% 4331 GamesTeemoTeemo+ 56% 2582 GamesCamilleCamille+ 56.6% 143 Games

Additional Information for Illaoi Players

How We Calculated Our Illaoi vs Amumu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Amumu as Illaoi, we analyzed 1,858 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 Illaoi 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Illaoi in order to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Illaoi usually gets much more CS as Amumu. Champions who on average don't take much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The most crucial items to use in your Illaoi versus Amumu build consist of Sterak's Gage, Sundered Sky, and Iceborn Gauntlet. When Illaoi incorporated at least these three items in her build, she performed much better vs. Amumu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Illaoi had an average win rate of 52.3% battling Amumu with these items in her kit.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Amumu as Illaoi, you should take the Grasp of the Undying, Demolish, Bone Plating, Overgrowth, Presence of Mind, and Last Stand runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Illaoi vs Amumu matchups, this sequence of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Amumu as Illaoi are shown for all skill levels combined. If you want to narrow the stats and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu at the top of this page.