Taric vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Taric
based on 876 Taric vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Taric vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Taric vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Taric
Tips for Playing as Taric against Amumu
The cooldown reducing component of Bravado makes Cooldown Reduction items like Frozen Heart, Iceborn Gauntlet, and Spirit Visage exceptionally powerful on Taric.
Using Starlight's Touch at lower charges makes its healing less Mana efficient, but can greatly increase Taric's sustained damage via Bravado.
Rather than saving Cosmic Radiance for the last moment and risking someone dying during the delay, it can be more beneficial to cast it as soon as you know a teamfight is guaranteed to start.
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.
Taric vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Taric in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here feature some vital Taric against Amumu counter statistics that can help us grasp the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Taric’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, showing that Taric may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Amumu..
Taric typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Amumu. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Taric and Amumu
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Who is Better, Taric or Amumu?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Taric usually wins when trying to fight Amumu, with a 52.7% win rate. Thus, Taric makes a good counter for Amumu.
While Taric does have a higher win rate compared to Amumu, when they face off with one another, Taric also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Taric into Amumu.
Furthermore, Taric has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often 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 Taric vs Amumu matchups, Taric is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Taric is a good counter for Amumu. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Taric against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Taric to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Taric often accumulates a similar amount of CS as Amumu. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Taric versus Amumu build include Knight's Vow, Locket of the Iron Solari, and Solstice Sleigh. When Taric included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better countering Amumu than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Taric had an average winrate of 52.7% battling Amumu with this build.
To have the best likelihood of defeating Amumu as Taric, Taric players should equip the Glacial Augment, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Conditioning, and Revitalize runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Taric vs Amumu counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.7% win rate overall.
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