Varus vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Varus
based on 3,487 Varus vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Varus vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Varus vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Varus
Tips for Playing as Varus against Amumu
Try to take advantage of Piercing Arrow's very long range to snipe at enemy champions before a fight or as they're trying to flee.
An early point in Blighted Quiver helps harass enemy champions and get killing blows on minions.
During short range fights it's sometimes best to fire Piercing Arrow quickly, rather than charging it to full power.
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.
Varus vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Varus in LoL
The stats shown on this page show some strategic Varus against Amumu counter stats that may help us realize the differences between this pair of champs. Varus’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, showing that Varus may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Amumu. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Varus typically has a much larger longest killing spree than his opponent does. On average, he receives less damage than Amumu. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Varus and Amumu
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Who is Better, Varus or Amumu?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Varus usually fairs equally well when facing off against Amumu, with a 49.5% win rate. Therefore, Varus makes an ok counter for Amumu.
While Varus does have a lower winrate than Amumu, when on opposite teams, Varus also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less time consuming champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Varus into Amumu.
Additionally, Varus 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Varus vs Amumu matchups, Amumu is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Varus is a somewhat poor counter to Amumu. Make sure you focus your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Varus against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Varus in order to counter Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Varus most often accumulates much more CS relative to Amumu. Champions who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Varus versus Amumu build consist of Youmuu's Ghostblade, Edge of Night, and Serylda's Grudge. When Varus combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better against Amumu than with most other common item sets. In fact, Varus had an average win rate of 49.5% when countering Amumu with this build.
To have the greatest probability of vanquishing Amumu as Varus, Varus players should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Varus vs Amumu counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.5% win rate overall.
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