Kayn vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Kayn
based on 4,330 Kayn vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayn vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Kayn vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Kayn
Tips for Playing as Kayn against Amumu
Remember that nearby enemies can see which wall you're in.
Look at the line-up of both your team and the enemy's team when picking your form.
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.
Kayn vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Kayn in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize several significant Kayn vs. Amumu matchup stats that may help us realize the differences between the pair. For instance, Kayn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Kayn may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Amumu..
Kayn typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives more damage than Amumu. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kayn and Amumu
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Who is Better, Kayn or Amumu?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Kayn usually wins when facing off against Amumu, with a 51.5% win rate. Thus, Kayn makes a good counter to Amumu.
While Kayn does have a higher win rate compared to Amumu, when facing one another, Kayn also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Kayn into Amumuas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kayn also has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Kayn vs Amumu matchups, Kayn is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Kayn is a decent counter to Amumu. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Kayn against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayn in order 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 lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayn typically picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Amumu. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kayn versus Amumu build consist of Spear of Shojin, Death's Dance, and Sundered Sky. When Kayn combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Amumu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Kayn had an average winrate of 51.5% battling Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against Amumu as Kayn, Kayn players should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cosmic Insight, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Kayn vs Amumu counter picks, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.5% win rate overall.
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