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Amumu combos

the Sad Mummy

4 Amumu combos explained key by key: in which order to cast the abilities, when to use them and what each step does. The main combo is Q › R › W › E. Further down: every ability's cooldown, cost and range, and the skill max order measured over ranked games.

Amumu combos

The engage

Q › R › W › E

When: Several enemies are grouped.

Bandage Toss stuns and brings you closer, Curse of the Sad Mummy entangles and stuns nearby enemies, Despair removes a percentage of their max health every second.

The prolonged fight

W › AA AA › E

When: You are in the middle of the enemies.

Your passive curses; Tantrum reduces the physical damage you take and hurts; its cooldown decreases every time you are hit.

The pick

Q › AA AA › Q

When: An enemy is isolated.

Bandage Toss stuns and damages as you approach, then attack to apply the curse.

The area engage

Q › R › W › E

When: Several enemies are grouped.

Bandage Toss stuns and brings you closer, Curse of the Sad Mummy entangles nearby enemies, Despair removes a percentage of their max health, Tantrum reduces the physical damage you take.

Role in team fights

Amumu is an area engage: Curse of the Sad Mummy stuns every nearby enemy, then Despair removes a percentage of their max health every second while his allies attack. His passive makes cursed enemies take bonus true damage on every magic damage instance.

Common mistakes

• Casting the ultimate on a single enemy.
• Leaving Despair on with no target.
• Forgetting your curse: magic damage becomes stronger against the cursed.

Cooldowns, costs and ranges

A combo only comes back once its abilities are off cooldown: these values (rank 1 to max rank, in seconds) tell how long to wait between two combos. Source: Data Dragon 16.19.1.

Ability	Cooldown (s)	Cost	Range
Q · Bandage Toss	3	50 Mana	1100
W · Despair	1	8 Mana	300
E · Tantrum	9/8/7/6/5	35 Mana	350
R · Curse of the Sad Mummy	150/125/100	100/150/200 Mana	550

Official ability descriptions

PassiveCursed Touch

Amumu's basic attacks Curse his enemies, causing them to take bonus true damage from incoming magic damage.

QBandage Toss

Amumu tosses a sticky bandage at a target, stunning and damaging the target while he pulls himself to them.

WDespair

Overcome by anguish, nearby enemies lose a percentage of their maximum Health each second and have their Curses refreshed.

ETantrum

Permanently reduces the physical damage Amumu would take. Amumu can unleash his rage, dealing damage to surrounding enemies. Each time Amumu is hit, the cooldown on Tantrum is reduced.

RCurse of the Sad Mummy

Amumu entangles surrounding enemy units in bandages, applying his Curse, damaging and stunning them.

Skill order

Max order: E > Q > W56.0% · 25 games

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15
Q			●					●		●		●	●
W	●													●	●
E		●		●	●		●		●
R						●					●

The order shows which abilities reach rank 5 first; the grid shows the most-played level-up sequence with that order (measured over 37 games).

Riot's official tips for playing Amumu

• 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.
• Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.

How to play around Amumu's combos

• Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.
• Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.
• Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.

Frequently asked questions

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