Amumu/Strategy

== Strategy ==

Skill Usage

 * reduces magic resistance by up to 35. When going for the kill, make sure you get in at least one melee attack, as many champions only have 30 base magic resistance.
 * Putting points in last can make you stack up major damage with your other abilities early game. The length of the stun is the same at all levels of the skill, hence you should always get one rank of  early for its amazing initiation and stun. It can also be used through walls on neutral camps as an escape mechanism. However, it has a high mana cost considering  limited mana pool.
 * The buff allows, due to its mana regeneration, to keep  activated almost indefinitely.
 * is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of the opponent's highest Health champions.
 * ultimate,, is crucial in team fights and can often be the deciding factor. You should try to have it ready for when a team fight breaks out.Always try to use on as many enemies as possible while your team is in the vicinity.
 * is very effective when combined with many other champions' ultimates, particularly Area of effect spells, such as, , and . Try to coordinate abilities like these to rack up heavy damage at the start of a team fight.
 * will have be blocked by 's and other Crowd Control-preventing items/abilities.
 * is a great jungler with and  allowing for an easy and strong jungle.
 * With getting 1 less second of cooldown every time a neutral creep attacks makes  a pretty fast jungler.

Build Usage

 * is a very good item on, as it synergizes with his passive, increases the effective damage of (and ), and helps in team fights.
 * Magic Penetration is a very useful stat on as it helps him and his team to deal with magic resistance tanks.
 * can be built as a pure tank with health and situational magic resistance and/or armor defensive items.
 * Health items that also give ability power are strong for this build, such as which gives plenty of both along with giving 's abilities a slow effect.
 * can be effective against all physical damage teams, which tends to synergize nicely with his other AoE abilities.
 * Cooldown Reduction on is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the  buff whenever possible to gain cooldown reduction without sacrificing stats.
 * Increasing Dodge chance will decrease the effectiveness of 's passive.

Countering

 * Keep your team spread out while engaging to avoid his strong area of effect damage and disruptive effect of his.


 * Use your minions as a shield against initiation with.
 * Favor magic resistance over stacking health to mitigate damage from.
 * Amumu lacks an innate ability to heal himself and is most vulnerable to harassment.
 * Having is an effective way to prevent from getting snared from.