Amumu with Wukong
How to Synergize Amumu and Wukong
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Amumu Wukong Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Amumu and Wukong
Tips for Playing as Amumu with Wukong
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 Wukong Will Play
Decoy and Nimbus Strike work well together to quickly strike your enemy and get out before they can retaliate.
Try using Decoy near brush to make an enemy overreact to your movement.
Amumu Wukong Synergy Stats
How to Play with Wukong as Amumu in LoL
The Amumu Wukong synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Wukong, 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 Wukong. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Wukong helps Amumu perform worse in ranked League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Amumu is paired with Wukong, he sees a little drop in his complete damage dealt. This change may signal that Wukong does not support by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Amumu is played alongside Wukong on the same side, 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 with Wukong.
Additionally, when Amumu plays with Wukong on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Wukong does a decent job of protecting Amumu in team fights.
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Is Amumu better when played alongside Wukong?
There is no perfect ally for Amumu that will always be his #1 ally. However, Wukong is a below average companion for Amumu. By locking into the same team as Amumu, he drops their win rate by -1.2% to 47.8%. This proves that there is a bad bond between Amumu and Wukong that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Wukong has a lower difficulty than Amumu. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Wukong teammates to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing cooperatively, Amumu players should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to provide utility and CC for your side. Together, these champs may be able to carry with the power of their abilities.
Conversely, by grouping Amumu and Wukong together, you will not be granting your other teammates much AD. Plan to include other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in their playstyle.
Regardless of your Wukong ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Amumu to synergize with Wukong during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important finished items to prioritize in your Amumu and Wukong synergy build consist of Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Wukong than with many other common item sets. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 47.8% helping carry Wukong with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against your oponents, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for Amumu and Wukong pairings, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.8% win rate overall.
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