Xerath with Amumu
How to Synergize Xerath and Amumu
based on 3,383 Xerath with Amumu pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Xerath Amumu Synergy Summary
Best Xerath vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Xerath and Amumu
Tips for Playing as Xerath with 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 Understand How Amumu Will Play
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.
Xerath Amumu Synergy Stats
How to Play with Amumu as Xerath in LoL
The Xerath Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Xerath sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Amumu. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Amumu helps Xerath perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.
When Xerath plays on the same team as Amumu, he observes a little increase in his total damage output. This may demonstrate that Amumu provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that his support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Xerath is played with Amumu on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Amumu. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Amumu.
Moreover, when Xerath plays with Amumu on the same team, he on average receives a little more damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Amumu does a poor job of covering Xerath in team fights.
Synergies between Xerath and Amumu
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Is Xerath better when played alongside Amumu?
There is no top champion pairing for Xerath that will no matter what be his top ally. Yet, overall, Amumu is a very typical ally for Xerath. By locking into the same side as Xerath, he increases their win rate by 0.3% to 50.9%. This clearly indicates that there is only a small synergy between Xerath and Amumu that results in them performing at the top of their game together than alone.
Amumu has a much lower diffuclty than Xerath. That means Xerath players don't need to be cautious when enlisting Amumu comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much lower level of skill to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Together, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
Conversely, by aligning Xerath and Amumu together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough attack damage. We recommend you have other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of your Amumu ally's ability, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath in order to pair well with Amumu during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should continue reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and suggestions displayed here, you should increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to focus on in your Xerath and Amumu synergy build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, and Luden's Companion. When Xerath included at least these three finished items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Amumu than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average win rate of 50.9% helping carry Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of crushing your oponents, Xerath players should take the Arcane Comet, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Coup de Grace, and Presence of Mind runes from the Sorcery and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for this champion pairing, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.9% win rate overall.
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