Amumu is one of the most interesting ARAM picks. He has a great mix between damage and tankiness, which allows him to easily delete carries, while still maintaining all the benefits of being a tank. To get the most value out of this pick, today we are going to take a look at his greatest ARAM build.
Best ARAM Amumu Items
Sunfire Aegis
The greatest first item for Amumu in ARAM is the Sunfire Aegis. It will give us a great base of HP and armor, as well as a host of other different benefits. The greatest of these benefits will be the immolate passive that will burn enemies in our proximity with AP damage.
Winters Approach
Another neat item for Amumu in ARAM is the Winter’s Approach. Aside from giving us massive HP, this item will also give us pretty nice amounts of ability haste and mana. The mana in particular will be really important, especially in the early game.
Abyssal Mask
Abyssal Mask will do a pretty good job of introducing magic resist into our build. On top of that, it will add another layer of HP and ability haste to our build. However, that’s not all. The greatest feature of this item is its passive that will grant us 30% magic penetration.
Thornmail
Thornmail is one of the most amazing utility tank items. The item has the highest armor ratios in the game, and it will also give us 40% healing reduction passive. The healing reduction will be inflicted each time an enemy attacks us. Additionally, a percentage of damage deal to us by enemies will be reflected straight back to them.
Rabadon’s Deathcap
Although built rarely, the absolute highest win rate last item for Amumu in ARAM is the Rabadon’s Deathcap. Despite not fitting the theme of the build, it’s really powerful, as it will allow us to nearly one-tap squishy enemies.
Boots
The greatest boot choice for this build will usually be Mercury Threads. As most champs on ARAM will have CC, these boots will help us reduce our impairment duration, and will be significant in allowing us to play more comfortably
Runes for Ammumu in ARAM
- Aftershock
- Font of Life
- Conditioning
- Overgrowth
- Cheap Shot
- Ultimate Hunter
The greatest keystone rune for Amumu in ARAM is the Aftershock. It’s perfect for giving us extra resistance stats after landing our Q. Another rune that will get activated when we land a CC ability is Font of Life, which will be highly beneficial in restoring our health.
The next two defensive runes we can take are Conditioning and Overgrowth. Conditioning will increase our armor, while Overgrowth will periodically increase our max HP after a minion or an enemy champ has died next to us.
Finally, the last two runes I would take for this build are the Cheap Shot and Ultimate Hunter. The Ultimate Hunter is a huge necessity as it will reduce the cooldown of our key ”R” ability, and the Cheap Shot is a nice addition to enhance our Q damage.
Final Thoughts
Amumu is a pretty solid ARAM pick. He is most distinguished by his ultimate that can severely damage multiple people at once, and stun them for a great duration. The greatest build to facilitate effective gameplay is a tank build coupled with a single damage item such as Rabadon’s. Such build will allow us to easily squash carries, while still maintaining our primary tank role.