Amumu with Galio
How to Synergize Amumu and Galio
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Amumu Galio Synergy Summary
Best Amumu vs Galio Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Amumu and Galio
Tips for Playing as Amumu with Galio
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
Advice to Understand How Galio Will Play
You can release Shield of Durand even while crowd controlled.
You can use the minimap ally icons to cast Hero's Entrance.
You can use the step back from Justice Punch to dodge enemy spells.
Amumu Galio Synergy Stats
How to Play with Galio as Amumu in LoL
The Amumu Galio synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Galio, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Amumu sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Galio. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Galio helps Amumu perform not as well in ranked League rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Amumu plays on the same team as Galio, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This may signal that Galio provides protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played together with Galio on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Galio.
Additionally, when Amumu plays with Galio on the same side, he on average receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Galio does a poor job of covering Amumu in teamfights.
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Is Amumu better when played alongside Galio?
There is no perfect champion pairing for Amumu that will always be his top synergy. Yet, overall, Galio is a very typical ally for Amumu. By being on the same side as Amumu, he improves their win rate by 0.4% to 49.4%. This signals that there is a weak bond between Amumu and Galio that allows them to perform stronger together than alone.
Galio has a greater difficulty than Amumu. That means Amumu players should be very careful when enlisting Galio comrades to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Amumu players will likely witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to soak up damage. When paired, these two might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
In contrast, by aligning Amumu and Galio together, you will not be giving your team very much attack damage. We recommend you include other champs on your team that helps cover this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Galio teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to truly master Amumu to pair well with Galio during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to learn some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The ideal finished items to have in your Amumu and Galio synergy build consist of Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu used at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better when paired up with Galio than with most other common item sets. In fact, Amumu boasted an average win rate of 49.4% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Galio with this build.
To have the highest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this champion pairing, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 49.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to synergize Galio with Amumu are given for all ranked divisions. To filter the stats and builds to a specific division, you should use the selection menu located earlier in the counter matchup guide.