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Xplosion King··1 votes·1,288 views

So I play as Amumu a lot and I think he's pretty cool, but I am told he is a Jungler. Not sure how that works, but does anybody know what item combos would be good?

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daemanic1 votes

where do you play mumu?

T RexHasTinyArms1 votes

He probably plays in lane against bots at his level. That's where I started w/ amumu at his level :D (amumu is the reason I learned to jungle :D)

Xplosion King1 votes

ITop. Sometimes mid, but that gets messy.

GroundRuleDouble1 votes

He's a very good jungler because his laning phase isn't the best and he clears camps super fast.

This is my Mumu build in the jungle:

item 3709 item 3116 item 3151 item 3083 item 3111 item 3143

The Rylai's and Linadry's works great with his W. Plus this just makes him super tanky.

If you really want to just have fun, you could go the more AP route and get Magus, Rylai's, Lyandri's, Deathcap, Zhonya's, and Sorc Shoes.

This would make your W deal around 10% of their max health per second. Your E would be on a low CD dealing around 500 damage, and your ult would deal around 900 damage. That build is fun, but the tank route is the better way to go.

LegendaryLemur1 votes

As with any jungler, you'll want to start with machete and 2 health pots. First thing to do is upgrade your jungle item. I like to get the one with the chilling smite, but ranger's trailblazer is another nice choice. Then enchant your jungle item. You'll definitely want the cinderhulk enchantment.

After that, things are going to get a bit more flexible. You'll want to pick up some boots and i personally like to get a sightstone and replace my yellow trinket with a red one. A lot of people will tell you one sightstone (on the support) is enough, but i'm a fan of the extra vision, since amumu's really all about the utility from his initiation.

All that's left is to round out your build with some tanky items. Look who is strong on the other team. Is it a magic damage dealer? Get Locket of the Iron Solari. A marksman? Get Frozen Heart.

Another nice item is Abyssal Scepter. Get this if your team has a lot of magic damage (for example mages both mid and top).

If you still have any empty item slots keep on buying tanky items like Righteous Glory (you may want to get this sooner if you are the only initiator on your team), Sunfire Cape (if your team is lacking in damage), or Randuin's Omen.

tl;dr Build tanky according to what your team requires and/or who is fed on the other team.

T RexHasTinyArms1 votes

I started w/ Amumu in lane against bots and he's the reason I learned to jungle :D Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. Here would be my suggestions on learning, please read the whole thing before you pass judgement, the first one sucks, but I'll add advice about it in the others:

One, level up your account some, you NEED some armor runes to be able to jungle (IF you really can't wait WW can get by w/ less since he has so much sustain, and you can learn to jungle w/ him until you have the level for Amumu). You can jungle before you hit level 20, but you won't start truly learning what jungling is about until you hit level 20 and can access a decent amount of masteries and more importantly tier 3 runes.

Two, check out solomid.net for an amumu guide. As much as their fans can be kinda troll, the reason I like TSM is their guides are where I learned how to jungle. They used to have some really good amumu guides that included jungle route explanations and even videos of amumu game play to show you how he jungles. They probably still have some good stuff on him so check it out.

Three, go youtube stonewall008. He does pretty good explanations of how and why you do stuff in the jungle and it's all sped up in spots where he's not team fighting so you can watch a 30 minute game w/ explanation in like 10 minutes. He doesn't play a ton of amumu (there are some in there though if you search his videos), but he gives a really good explanation of how to jungle and what you should be thinking of. As a side note, Nightblue3 is probably the most popular streamer for jungle mains, and used to do really good commentary on why he did what he does, but I haven't watched his stream in a while so I'm not sure if that's still true.

Four, if you're still playing bots w/ amumu you've got some time. Don't worry too much, and just keep playing him in lane vs bots, but go get the blue buff when you're playing bots and then go MWAHAHAHAHA as you cry on your lane opponent infinitely. (Also you can check out other junglers if you decide you like jungling since stuff like ww and fiddlesticks can jungle at a lower summoner level than amumu can bc they have more sustain in their kit and don't need the masteries and runes as much).

Xplosion King1 votes

Thanks for the input, I will be sure to check them out. I will likely stick with Amumu as he is really the only character that seems to fit me aside from Ziggs. I have a thing for explosions in every thing I do, so I like him naturally. I am going to use Amumu until I can get the points to buy Ziggs. Thank you again for your help.

King Odin1 votes

item 3709 item 3110 item 3001 item 3075 item 3265 item 3143 Here's my personal favourite build Max E then W first since at your level I don't expect skill shots will be very easy for you to land. But if you can land them well enough then max Q second instead.

AMYS GRAVE1 votes

item 3709 item 2049 item 3116 item 3151

the rylais provides a slow automatically doubling the passive from liandries on any target hit. these items give decent ap for damage output and health synergysing with cinderhulk. add boots of your choice and one resistance item depending on the enemy team comp and you will do good damage and be quite tanky.

Poptart Evelynn1 votes

Alright some people are already posting bad builds.

First to explain health items and item 3725 . When you go item 3725 route you increase the value of health items by 25%. That is huge so when you build item 3725 make sure to rush health items with it. Do not rush item 3110 after item 3725. It's just wasting potential and counter productive.

With this in mind you want to aim for items that get you health and resist at the same time and if you get a lead aim for some damage if you want like item 3136 .

Regular tank Amumu route is item 3725 item 1001 item 3800 item 3143 item 3102. You can mix and mash what ever you need for the game and when you build those items get the ruby crystals early on. You can go pretty much build anything that is health and resist as long as you understand the reason behind each item.

For skills you want to aim for rushing 3 points in Tantrum and then maxing Bandage toss afterwards. Only put one point into despair at level 2 and max it last. It's strong but not early on. So 3 points into Tantrum, Max Banadage Toss after, then finish maxing Tantrum and lastly max Despair.

The reason behind putting early points into Tantrum is that it tremendously speeds up early jungle clear but towards mid game you want to max out Bandage Toss for it's your core ability for catching your foes.

Once you gain some experience with Amumu you can itemize some more offensive items like item 3001 but you still to rush an early health item before building it.

A lot of people will say to build item 3706 on Amumu but that doesn't make much sense when you take into account the reason Amumu is picked. Amumu is best with item 3713. You pick Amumu to have faster wave clears and to reach level 6 asap with only light ganks early on. Amumu clears much faster with it and allows him to reach level 6 as soon as possible.

Xplosion King1 votes

Thank you. I would like to ask you if this would work well with lanes too.

Poptart Evelynn1 votes

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Thank you. I would like to ask you if this would work well with lanes too.

No, because only jungle can take smite and the build is heavily build around Cinderhulk, if you plan to lane Amumu you have 3/4 other options.

Ap Build Mid lane bruiser. Not meta, not very strong but if really want to try this this is what would be best. item 2041 item 2003 For the start since you are going to be having to run up and farm. You need sustain. item 3020 item 3027 Core start that you will require to get around the rough parts. item 3020 item 3027 item 3157 item 3001 item 3089 item 3135 End game build.

Ap bruiser top(same build as above) or Tank top which is more commonly accepted. Again this isn't meta but what works if you are trying to make it work. item 2041 item 2003 Same start for same reasons. You need sustain. item 3020 item 3068 item 3001 These are the core items. Instead of RoA you go for Sunfire, Sorc shoes, and Abys for their synergy of reducing/piercing magic resist along with Amumu's passive to make Despair and Sunfire's Passive Immolate hit harder. item 3020 item 3068 item 3001 item 3151 item 3116 item 3800 End game utility tank build. Now there is more to these builds that you can adapt depending what you are facing and need but always understand the reasons for certain items to make sure you build other items that have good synergy.

The last build only has a core set because it's the Support position. You adapt depending on the game and its needs. item 3302 and wards/pots the amount depends on the match up. item 3401 item 3158 item 2049 is the beginning core. Everything after is very dependent on the teams needs. Focus items with cdr for support Amumu heavily relies on the up time of Amumu's ultimate.

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