Lucian vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Lucian
based on 5,020 Lucian vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lucian vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Lucian vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Lucian
Tips for Playing as Lucian against Amumu
For optimal burst, try to combine Relentless Pursuit into Piercing Light.
Ardent Blaze actually explodes in a star pattern. Try to line it up so the spokes hit enemy champions.
Because of Lightslinger, Lucian benefits more from Attack Damage than he does from Attack Speed.
Once you have chosen an angle for The Culling, you cannot change it. Pick your moment well!
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.
Lucian vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Lucian in LoL
The stats provided here underscore several valuable Lucian versus Amumu matchup stats that may help you distinguish the differences and similarities between this pair of champs. Lucian’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lucian may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Amumu. This observation is in large part caused by the difference in kills.
Lucian typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Amumu. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Lucian and Amumu
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Who is Better, Lucian or Amumu?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Lucian usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Amumu, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Lucian makes an ok counter for Amumu.
While Lucian does have a lower winrate than Amumu, when they face off with one another, Lucian also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Lucian into Amumu.
Furthermore, Lucian also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lucian 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.
Lucian is a somewhat poor counter for Amumu. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lucian against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lucian to counter Amumu during both the laning 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 stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lucian often gets much more CS as Amumu. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have 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, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values shown here to do well.
The best items to use in your Lucian versus Amumu build include Rapid Firecannon, Navori Quickblades, and Voltaic Cyclosword. When Lucian bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better countering Amumu than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Lucian had an average win rate of 49.8% when playing against Amumu with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Amumu as Lucian, Lucian players should use the Press the Attack, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Magical Footwear, and Biscuit Delivery runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune sets players used for Lucian vs Amumu LoL games, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.8% winrate overall.
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