How to Win Rakan vs Amumu Counter Matchup Rakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan vs Amumu

How to Beat Amumu as Rakan in LoL Amumu is in the b tier of champions
Support
Tank Mage

How to Beat Amumu as Rakan

based on 514 Rakan vs Amumu matchups
Win Rate
50.2 %
K/D/A
2.76
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of ranked League games that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Amumu as Rakan resulted from an examination of 514 ranked games where both champions faced off against one another. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Rakan fights Amumu in only 1.9% of his games.

Rakan vs Amumu Matchup Summary

Rakan has done a ok job of beating Amumu. Normally, he wins a acceptable 50.2% of the time the champions face each other in. In Rakan vs Amumu rounds, Rakan’s team is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood. This indicates that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Amumu.

Best Rakan vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionRelic Shield

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsFaerie Charm

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
Shurelya's BattlesongChemtech PutrifierBulwark of the Mountain

Optional Items

Zeke's Convergence

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level up w
>
Second ability for Rakan to level up e
>
Last skill for Rakan to max out q

Runes

Resolve Guardian Font of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
Domination Zombie WardUltimate Hunter
Adaptive Adaptive Armor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan q ability q
Rakan w ability w
Rakan e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
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W
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E
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W
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E
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R
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E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Amumu as Rakan

Tips for Playing as Rakan against Amumu

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Advice to Win Against Amumu

Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.

Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.

Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.

Rakan vs Amumu Counter Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
50.2 %
VS
Win Rate
49.8 %
Amumu Image
1.8
< Kills >
4.4
5.9
< Deaths >
6.2
14.5
< Assists >
10.4
0.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.01
35
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
1.29
0.5
< Inhibitors >
0.41
1,081
< Physical Damage >
1,323
4,895
< Magic Damage >
9,813
597
< True Damage >
1,921
6,573
< Damage Dealt >
13,059
16,838
< Damage Taken >
26,881
7,809
< Gold Earned >
10,279
1.74
< Towers >
1.23
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.3
3,555
< Total Healing >
6,727
10,292
< Experience >
12,295
49
< Vision Score >
22
25
< Wards Placed >
7
90
< Time Dealing CC >
237

How to Counter Amumu with Rakan in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several vital Rakan versus Amumu matchup stats that may help us figure out the distinctions between the two. For instance, Rakan’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Rakan may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.

Rakan normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Amumu. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Rakan and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Rakan
Amumu

Who is Better, Rakan or Amumu?

Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Rakan usually fairs equally well when playing against Amumu, with a 50.2% win rate. Thus, Rakan makes an ok counter to Amumu.

While Rakan does have a higher win rate than Amumu, when facing one another, Rakan also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more complex character to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Rakan into Amumu.

Additionally, Rakan also has a lot 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 ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Rakan vs Amumu matchups, Rakan is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.

Rakan is a decent counter for Amumu. Make sure you focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Rakan against Amumu.

Other Champion Matchups Against Rakan

Rakan Loses Against

Illaoi Illaoi 39.9% winrate Rell Rell 43.7% winrate Brand Brand 43.9% winrate Heimerdinger Heimerdinger 43.9% winrate

Rakan Wins Against

Ryze Ryze 56.7% winrate Corki Corki 56.7% winrate Lee Sin Lee Sin 55.7% winrate Twisted Fate Twisted Fate 55.6% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

Shyvana Shyvana + 54.2% 745 Games Zilean Zilean + 54.7% 128 Games Brand Brand + 56.7% 231 Games Taliyah Taliyah + 57.8% 223 Games

Additional Information for Rakan Players

How We Calculated Our Rakan vs Amumu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Amumu as Rakan, we analyzed 514 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 Rakan 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 Rakan to counter Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Rakan often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Amumu. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.

The top items to prioritize in your Rakan versus Amumu build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Chemtech Putrifier, and Bulwark of the Mountain. When Rakan bought at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better countering Amumu than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 50.2% when playing against Amumu with this build.

To have the best chance of defeating Amumu as Rakan, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Rakan vs Amumu face-offs, this combo of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Amumu as Rakan are given for all ranked divisions. If you want to filter the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you can use the selection menu located earlier on the page.