Guide · Jungle

Amumu Guide

the Sad Mummy

Tank

Support

Tier B 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 B among Jungle champions (#20 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).

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

Combos and how to play

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.

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

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.

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).

Sunfire Aegis+Liandry's Torment+Abyssal Mask

33 games · 51.5%

Sunfire Aegis+Thornmail+Liandry's Torment

28 games · 60.7%

Thornmail+Liandry's Torment+Abyssal Mask

17 games · 58.8%

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.

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

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.

Frequently asked questions

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