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Recommended Items
Runes:
Spells:
Flash
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Items
Ability Order
Cursed Touch (PASSIVE)
Amumu Passive Ability
Threats & Synergies
Rundown of Items
Sorcerer's Shoes Are all I ever get on Amumu. I wouldn't recommend Ionian Boots of Lucidity if you need CDR but rather some of the CDR situational items.
Stalker's Blade - Runic Echoes Makes your abilities hurt a lot more for ganks, and the passive can help in the jungle (and a few times has gotten be some lucky kills). If you have your mind set on one of the situational items then you can sell it though I keep it for most games.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter The main thing about this item that makes it nice on Amumu is the extra health which helps you survive when ganking. The passive is a nice touch for when chasing down enemies.
Liandry's Torment has been changed a bit from what it used to be. It used to be Magic Penetration option number 2, however now it doesn't provide Magic Penetration, but instead a decent bulk of AP, 300 HP, and two passives which are essentially made for fighting high HP tanks.
Void Staff is the other option you have of the 2 Magic Pen items for AP Amumu. If their team has a lot of MR, preferably 2 or more tanky-champions with a lot of MR, then you can buy this item instead of Liandry's Torment. This item has no +health so it's a risky choice if they have a fed burst champ, but the AP stat along with the passive will help you deal with any tanks on the enemy team, as well as improve your overall damage.
Banshee's Veil has received a rework making it a great item for AP Champions. Not only does it protect you from CC, but it also provides a generous amount of AP, CDR, and MR to counter any fed AP on their team. This item should be the first thing to look to if you are ever having trouble with an AP on the enemy team.
Abyssal Mask is a pretty solid AP-Tank item for AP Amumu as well as Tank Amumu. The stats really spike your survivability and the passive make it suitable for AP Amumu. This item is ideal if they have a fed AP champion, and Abyssal Mask along with Banshee's Veil can really make you hard to kill with all the MR adding up.
Rabadon's Deathcap is a pure damage choice and isn't required on Amumu for him to get kills. I only buy it if the game is one of those 40 minute ones and I have a lot of extra gold.
Morellonomicon is an item I used to always buy on Amumu. I don't really like it on him since it provides no health but if you miss your Bandage Toss a lot then the extra CDR can sometimes secure you the kill. If they have an annoying Soraka or Janna then you can buy it for the Grievous Wounds effect.
Hextech Rocketbelt is a pretty good item on Amumu. If you're chasing down an enemy and your Bandage Toss is just barely out of reach, then you can pop it to save your Flash and secure the kill. The health is great too, so if you're dying a lot of then get this item over Liandry's Torment.
Zhonya's Hourglass can save your Ashe if you get ulted on by a Katarina or somebody with a similar ult. You can also buy it for the extra Armor if they have a lot of Attack Damage
1. Huge damage.
2. Game changing ult, if used right can get you some multi kills.
3. Fun champion (IMO).
4. Good at securing kills.
Cons:
1. Bandage Toss somewhat hard to land. (Can't go through minions)
2. Can be countered in jungle, and you can get camped there if your team wont help.
3. Must be fed to do much with an AP build.
4. Has a hard time clearing jungle.
5. Without Rod of Ages Amumu runs out of mana easily.
Update: Since all the monster camps now spawn together, you can clear a bit more dynamically as Amumu. For example, if you have a selfish team that isn't all that fond of leashing, then you may want to grab Tantrum instead of Despair so that you can clear the Crimson Raptor s. Just don't be too quick to grab Despair, though even if you do, Despair should probably work for Crimson Raptor s too.
The only technique I can really highlight in playing Amumu with his new rework is putting in a bit more effort in landing his Cursed Touch on enemies. An example is instead of Bandage Tossing to engage, you can try and auto attack to engage, and then blow your abilities for that 15% true damage. Don't fixate on his Cursed Touch too much though. If the enemy is getting away, just Bandage Toss anyway rather than giving up once you can't apply Cursed Touch. Yes, Cursed Touch helps but it isn't necessarily needed for Amumu to do damage.
As you can see, a match where I went jungle Amumu I did quite well on kills, though lacked much CS which lead me to only getting an A+ by the end of the game.
In a game where I went top Amumu, I finished with a similar K/D/A though because I had ended with just more than double the CS of the jungle game, it drastically affected my grade and rather than getting a mere A+ I got an S+.
Getting to level 6 with Amumu was a real challenge for me back when I didn't know about how much CS can affect your grade, and I spent the entire week spamming several games with Amumu hoping to pull off an S- at the very least. Though understanding what can affect your grade helped me get to level 7 in a mere 4 games, and so I hope this helps you get there too 😉.
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