Let's talk about Amumu

BLIGHTBRINGER·5/3/2018, 6:47:37 AM·2 votes·4,964 views

Was anyone else a little surprised when REAV3 revealed the next 20 or so champions who would likely be the ones to get a VGU and find that Amumu was not on that list?

List: Dr Mundo, Corki, Chogath, Fiddlesticks, Kayle, Kennen, Kogmaw, Nocturne, Mordekaiser, Pantheon, Rammus, Skarner, Shaco, Udyr, Volibear.

Source: https://boards.na.leagueoflegends.com/en/c/story-art/Q30wxkKg-new-roadmap-reav3-can-you-give-us-an-update-on-the-tier-1-vgu-list-you-mentioned-one-year-ago?comment=0001

His visuals are really old, and Amumu's only iconic abilities are his Q, W, R. I would say that Q and R are all good but some changes would have to be done to his W and E more importantly if he was considered to get a VGU. As of right now Amumu's W doesn't feel impactful, because it requires him to be constantly next to someone to make use of the damage and for Amumu to survive that long is hard since he has no real proper tank stats.

It can be argued that his E passive gives some sort of tank stats but it just generally hard to notice the difference if you max E first or any other ability.

What are your thoughs summoners?

7 Comments

Chembaron Yamada5/3/2018, 8:48:58 AM1 votes

It's weird that champions like Nocturne or Kog'Maw are considered tier 1 for a VGU, but Amumu isn't.

His model is really outdated, his playstyle is onedimensional, and he lacks a real tank steroid, something every other tank has (his reduced damage on E is ridiculously bad). I hope they add him to the list next.

QMighty5/3/2018, 12:58:23 PM1 votes

He's one of the ones I'd like to see the most, and I was shocked that champions in seemingly better places like KogMaw and Corki were on the list while some champs that feel like they need it more like Amumu and Malphite weren't. Amumu definitely needs it. Especially since he's one of only two champs to have six Chinese splash arts (the most any champ has) (the other being Akali who's getting reworked in a couple months). I'd like to see him get it in ~2020.

Digielf5/3/2018, 4:55:30 PM1 votes

JaxJax isn't on the list either and his model is from the heavily outdated ones

DarkSoul19945/6/2018, 3:03:28 AM1 votes

I was actually surprised that he didn't get any real changes when they reworked Zac and Sejuani. I feel like the only think he'd really need to retain from his current kit is Q, R and maybe his synergy with having magic damage dealers on his team.