Amumu vs Gwen
How to Beat Gwen as Amumu
based on 1,924 Amumu vs Gwen matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Amumu vs Gwen Matchup Summary
Best Amumu vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Gwen as Amumu
Tips for Playing as Amumu against Gwen
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 Gwen
Gwen must hit something to recast her Ultimate, try to evade her between casts.
Gwen needs to attack a few times to set up her damage, so try to get the jump on her.
Gwen's Hallowed Mist shroud will only follow her once, after that it will dissipate when she leaves.
Amumu vs Gwen Counter Stats
How to Counter Gwen with Amumu in LoL
The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Amumu versus Gwen matchup statistics that can help you understand the distinctions between this pair of champions. For instance, Amumu’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Gwen’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Amumu may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Gwen. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Amumu often has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes a similar amount of damage to Gwen. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champ with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Amumu and Gwen
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Who is Better, Amumu or Gwen?
Both League champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Amumu usually loses when trying to fight Gwen, with a 48.6% win rate. As a result, Amumu makes a poor counter for Gwen.
While Amumu does have a lower win rate compared to Gwen, when they face off with one another, Amumu also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Amumu into Gwen.
Moreover, Amumu has a lot of utility and CC, a similar amount to Gwen. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Amumu vs Gwen matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Amumu is a somewhat poor counter for Gwen. You will do well by focussing your strategy on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Amumu against Gwen.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Amumu to counter Gwen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Amumu often picks up a lot less CS as Gwen. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills often don't need 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The best items to have in your Amumu versus Gwen build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Amumu bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Gwen than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Amumu had an average winrate of 48.6% when countering Gwen with this build.
To have the best chance of crushing Gwen as Amumu, Amumu players should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Cheap Shot, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Precision and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Amumu vs Gwen LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.
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