Guide · Jungle

Amumu Guide

the Sad Mummy

Tank

Support

Tier A Jungle

Amumu, the Sad Mummy, is a tank and support champion that is easy to pick up. Across our 244 analysed ranked games, Amumu is mostly played in the Jungle (67% of its games), and more rarely as Support (33%), with a 50.6% win rate in that role: tier A among Jungle champions (#10 of 48, ranked by win rate). Amumu's damage is mostly magic (78%): magic resistance items are therefore effective against this champion. 14% of that damage is true damage and therefore ignores resistances. Win rate varies with game length: 54.8% in long games (over 35 min, 31 games) versus 43.8% in short games (under 25 min).

Updated Oct 10 2026 · Patch 26.22

Average KDA

4.2 / 5.8 / 11.1

ratio 2.6

Damage / min

555

CS / min

6.1

Gold / min

394

Kill participation

49%

Vision / min

0.88

Averages measured over 164 Jungle games played with Amumu, from our ranked Solo/Duo data collection.

How to play and combo preview

Written guide · based on the official ability texts

Amumu is a control jungler-tank: his attacks curse enemies, who take bonus true damage each time they take magic damage. Bandage Toss stuns, Despair removes a percentage of max health every second, Tantrum reduces physical damage and hurts, and Curse of the Sad Mummy entangles and stuns nearby enemies.

Amumu's strengths

Curse of the Sad Mummy stuns every nearby enemy and applies his passive.
Despair reduces the max health of all the enemies around him every second.
Bandage Toss has a very short cooldown to close the distance.

Amumu's weaknesses

Despair consumes mana as long as it is active.
Needs an ally to convert his stuns into takedowns.
Little damage outside his area effects.

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.

The engage

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

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.

See all 4 Amumu combos: key order, when to cast them, cooldowns →

Laning phase

Bandage Toss has a very short cooldown: use it to approach and stun. Despair consumes mana every second: do not leave it on with no target.

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.

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.

Build, runes and summoner spells

The most-played core build is Sunfire Aegis, Liandry's Torment, and Abyssal Mask (33 games, 51.5% win rate).

33 games · 51.5%

28 games · 60.7%

17 games · 58.8%

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).

Starting items

Mosstomper Seedling

Health Potion38.9% · 18 games

Laning phase (averages)

At 10 min: 3628 gold, 61 CS, 3514 XP. At 15 min: 5550 gold, 92 CS, 5913 XP.

Summoner spells

Flash + Smite51.2% · 162 games

Most-played runes

Conqueror + Domination

48.4% · 91 games

Primary tree · Precision

Triumph100%

Legend: Haste96%

Last Stand90%

Secondary tree · Domination

Ultimate Hunter96%

Cheap Shot91%

Shards

Attack speed91%

Adaptive force93%

Health scaling90%

Aftershock + Domination

47.5% · 40 games

Primary tree · Resolve

Font of Life98%

Bone Plating82%

Unflinching90%

Secondary tree · Domination

Cheap Shot100%

Ultimate Hunter100%

Shards

Adaptive force82%

Adaptive force92%

Health scaling92%

For each row, the most picked rune among the games played with this page (share of games in brackets).

Which items to build against the enemy team?

We sort every game by the enemy team's damage. These are Amumu's completed items and their win rate in each situation; "▲" marks an item that does at least 3 points better than its usual win rate.

Mostly magic-damage enemy team57.1% · 56 games

At least 50% of their damage is magic

Liandry's Torment 54.4%

Sunfire Aegis 62.5% ▲

Abyssal Mask 52.2%

Thornmail 63.6%

Kaenic Rookern 83.3%

The item that stands out most is Sunfire Aegis: 62.5% win rate, +8 points versus its usual win rate.

Balanced enemy team49.3% · 71 games

Mixed physical and magic damage

Liandry's Torment 49.1% ▼

Sunfire Aegis 45.5% ▼

Abyssal Mask 56.7%

Thornmail 60.0%

Jak'Sho, The Protean 66.7%

No item clearly stands out in this situation: the usual build remains the reference.

Counters and matchups

How to play against Amumu

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.

Riot's official tips.

Win rates measured over direct same-role duels; only matchups with more than 15 games are listed.

Amumu Jungle: what our games say

Laning phase against the Jungle average

Measure	Amumu	Jungle average	Gap
Gold at 10 min	3628	4023	−396
CS at 10 min	61	69	−8
XP at 10 min	3514	3898	−384
Gold at 15 min	5550	6322	−772
CS at 15 min	92	106	−14
XP at 15 min	5913	6602	−689

Measured over 37 Amumu games with a timeline; the average covers 69 champions played Jungle in our ranked games.

Win rate by game length

short under 25 min43.8 %48 games

medium-length 25 to 35 min52.9 %85 games

long over 35 min54.8 %31 games

Best result: long (over 35 min). Only groups of at least 30 games are shown. A gap of several points shows the phase where the champion is the most reliable.

Amumu in another role

Role	Games	Win rate	CS/min	Gold/min	Most-built items
Support	80	51.2 %	1.1	314

Roles where we have at least 40 Amumu games.

Abilities

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.