Kalista vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Kalista
based on 801 Kalista vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Amumu
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Kalista in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several strategic Kalista against Amumu matchup stats that may help you figure out the distinctions between these two champs. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Amumu. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Kalista normally has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Amumu. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Amumu
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Who is Better, Kalista or Amumu?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Amumu, with a 46.3% win rate. Thus, Kalista makes a poor counter to Amumu.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Amumu, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Kalista into Amumuas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Amumu matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Kalista is a bad counter to Amumu. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Kalista against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista 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 tips shown above, you should increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista on average accumulates much more CS as Amumu. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Kalista versus Amumu build consist of Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista used at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when facing Amumu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average winrate of 46.3% battling Amumu with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of defeating Amumu as Kalista, Kalista players should take the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Taste of Blood, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Kalista vs Amumu counters, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Amumu as Kalista are presented for all ranked divisions combined. To scope the statistics and builds to a distinct rank, you can use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.