Amumu vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Amumu
based on 5,402 Amumu vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Akali
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 Win Against Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Amumu vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Amumu in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some significant Amumu vs. Akali matchup statistics that can help you interpret the differences between these two champions. Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Akali’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Amumu often has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Akali. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Amumu and Akali
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Who is Better, Amumu or Akali?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Amumu usually fairs equally well when playing against Akali, with a 49.9% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Amumu also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to develop with. You should be careful when picking Amumu into Akali.
Moreover, Amumu also has a great amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Akali. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu most often racks up a lot less CS compared to Akali. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Amumu versus Akali build consist of Thornmail, Hollow Radiance, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Amumu incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better versus Akali than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Amumu had an average win rate of 49.9% battling Akali with this counter build.
To have the best probability of defeating Akali as Amumu, you should use the Aftershock, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Amumu vs Akali battles, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 49.9% winrate overall.
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