Gangplank vs Amumu
How to Beat Amumu as Gangplank
based on 1,241 Gangplank vs Amumu matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gangplank vs Amumu Matchup Summary
Best Gangplank vs Amumu Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Amumu as Gangplank
Tips for Playing as Gangplank against Amumu
Try placing Cannon Barrage on the path of escape to cut off fleeing enemies.
Parrrley applies On Hit effects like Frozen Mallet or Black Cleaver.
Paying attention to low-health enemies on the map can land you a surprise kill with Cannon Barrage.
Advice to Win Against Amumu
Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.
Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
Gangplank vs Amumu Counter Stats
How to Counter Amumu with Gangplank in LoL
The stats shown on this page underscore several strategic Gangplank against Amumu matchup stats that may help us interpret the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Gangplank’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Amumu’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gangplank may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Amumu..
Gangplank typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his matchup does. Typically, he receives less damage than Amumu. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gangplank and Amumu
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Who is Better, Gangplank or Amumu?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gangplank usually wins when trying to fight Amumu, with a 51.7% win rate. As a result, Gangplank makes a good counter for Amumu.
While Gangplank does have a higher win rate compared to Amumu, when on opposite teams, Gangplank also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Gangplank into Amumuas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Gangplank also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Gangplank vs Amumu matchups, Gangplank is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Gangplank is a decent counter to Amumu. Focus your play on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gangplank against Amumu.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gangplank in order to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gangplank usually racks up much more CS compared to Amumu. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Gangplank versus Amumu build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and Navori Quickblades. When Gangplank included at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better against Amumu than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Gangplank had an average win rate of 51.7% when countering Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Amumu as Gangplank, Gangplank players should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Inspiration and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for Gangplank vs Amumu face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 51.7% winrate overall.
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