Xerath vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Xerath
based on 3,559 Xerath vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Amumu
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight several vital Xerath against Amumu matchup stats that may help us appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu..
Xerath typically has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he takes less damage than Amumu. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Amumu
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Who is Better, Xerath or Amumu?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when facing off against Amumu, with a 53.1% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a great counter to Amumu.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Amumu, when facing one another, Xerath also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to learn. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Amumuas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Xerath has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Amumu matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Xerath is a great counter to Amumu. Focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Xerath against Amumu.
Other Champion Matchups Against Xerath
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Xerath to counter Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath on average accumulates much more CS compared to Amumu. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to focus on in your Xerath versus Amumu build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Horizon Focus, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Amumu than with most other typical builds. In fact, Xerath had an average win rate of 53.1% when playing against Amumu with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Amumu as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Xerath vs Amumu battles, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 53.1% win rate overall.
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