Why has Amumu been a consistent bronze ban ever since season 2?

Danny DeVito·Sep 28, 2016·3 votes·617 views

It really has always just amazed me how long this has been in effect.

17 Comments

EndlessSorcererSep 28, 20169 votes

He is rather straight-forward (simple to play), durable (letting them survive mistakes), scales well into the late-game (which is great when people don't know how to keep him down or end games) and greatly impacts teamfights (especially when the enemy team clusters or someone mispositions).

He just preys on common weaknesses in Bronze players while being simple enough that they can't really misplay him.

paperbIadeSep 28, 20163 votes

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He is rather straight-forward (simple to play), durable (letting them survive mistakes), scales well into the late-game (which is great when people don't know how to keep him down or end games) and greatly impacts teamfights (especially when the enemy team clusters or someone mispositions).

He just preys on common weaknesses in Bronze players while being simple enough that they can't really misplay him.

how is item 3151 on Amumu

EndlessSorcererSep 28, 20161 votes

I don't play Amumu that often personally; if I'm going to play a CC-tank jungler, I typically prefer Sejuani, Gragas, Zac or Nautilus for their versatility.

That said, Liandry's Torment is a rather powerful offensive item on Amumu and synergizes greatly with his kit. Not only does Amumu love the stats, the percent-health burn works great with his W and items he regularly builds (the slow from Rylai's Crystal Scepter and the aura of Frozen Heart both serve to amplify the damage dealt by Liandry's Torment).

The main issue with the item is trying to fit it into a build. Amumu already wants to build Cinderhulk and Rylai's Crystal Scepter early-game for durability, damage and a perma-slow, so you generally want to purchase resistances and CDR afterwards.

If you plan to build Liandry's Torment, I would probably build it in the late-game (where you are already durable and the enemy's have health).

A damage-oriented build would probably be along the lines of: item 3047 or item 3111 or item 3020 , item 1409 , item 3116 , item 3110 , item 3001 , item 3151

A more defensive build would be something like: item 3047 or item 3111 or item 3020 , item 1409 , item 3116 , item 3026 , item 3151 , item 3143

That said, the build will obviously change depending on the situation in-game (whether you are even/ahead/behind, team compositions, role within the game, etc).

If you want to learn how to play Amumu, I have heard good things about Amumumu. He is a one-trick Amumu in Master tier who streams on Twitch.

While the games would differ between Master and Bronze, I find it helps to figure out how a champion is supposed to be played before adapting them to your games.

Note: While the "standard" skill order is E>Q>W, many of the higher-tier Amumu players I've seen max W first. I'm not sure exactly why, but I believe it provides faster and more mana-efficient clears while reducing his need for CDR.

SlythionSep 28, 20162 votes

Only really worth if you are going a little on the AP side

item 1410 item 3116 with either item 3001 or item 3151 (depends on what kind of tanks they have) and then you usually go tank after that.

I find going those early ap/tank items pretty useful for snowballing/ganking lanes while transitioning into late game tank is still smooth

*note: this build is his damage build, tank amumu is better in some situations

SlythionSep 28, 20164 votes

Bronze Carry Champs:

tanky (check)
reliable (check)
easy (check)
aoe damage (check)
aoe cc (check)
solo carry potential (check)

that's why

PrimaquariusSep 28, 20163 votes

I played one Jg Amumu game and tilted an enemy Singed, so perhaps I was playing right

SlythionSep 28, 20161 votes

I carried myself out of Bronze from Bronze 4 with a 77% win ratio on Amumu ^-^

Zero Skill TankSep 28, 20164 votes

Literally the easiest champion to play in the entire game + D Bane of Bronze a.k.a Hard Engage

RalanrSep 28, 20163 votes

His ult can singlehandedly win teamfights in bronze.

AstôlfoSep 28, 20163 votes

He has good bases, good scalings, can go tanky or damage or bruiser all of which work fairly well, and is fairly simple with farming being easy after initial few and ganks only needing to know how to land Q or ult/flash-ult.

JbelsSep 28, 20162 votes

Giant AOE Root/Disarm

dominusxSep 28, 20161 votes

i carry games with amumu in diamond lol.. i played amumu the 1st promo i had to diamond on March he is a good champion and can snowball a game well and he is WAY too easy to play.

IncognonymousSep 28, 20161 votes

I haven't really checked recently, but Amumu has had like crazy long stints of above average winrates since before I even started playing (S2).

The good people of this thread have listed a lot of good reasons that Amumu himself is a good pick, but honestly, it's not just Amumu. Tank jungles like that, that have CC, and can generally operate in the jungle, lend themselves to altruistic, team-oriented play that you can't get with carry jungles. That wins games. I know there's always an emphasis on carrying as an individual, but a good tank player can totally set their teammates up for success too.

EndlessSorcererSep 28, 20161 votes

I found tank junglers were very valuable when I was playing in Silver last season.

Most of my teams in that ranking consisted of three high-damage, low-utility carries and a support (who was sometimes a mage), leaving our team lacking three major qualities:

Durability
Initiation
Disruption

Tanks provide all three, so I rounded out our comps. The fact that I could CC the enemy team's squishy carries while my team blew them up was a definite bonus.

the weeabooSep 28, 20161 votes

Great engage, hard CC, tanky, punishes poor positioning, literally so easy.

hhaavviikkSep 28, 20161 votes

people in bronze don't know how to spread out so he regularly gets 5 man ults

oSEXYPLATYPUSoSep 28, 20161 votes

amumu is a strong champ with a simple kit... he goes tank and has cc and does damage. people in lower elos dont know how to set him behind by invading his jungle taking 1st blue from him. then 2nd blue and they dont know enough about champion kits to know how and what to do/not to do vs certain champs.

just like vs rengar you wanna group early and not push alone cuz he can flank you and kill you out in the open and also you wanna upgrade to red sweepers and pink wards as soon as he is 6