Amumu is a melee tank usually played Jungle/Support on Summoner's Rift. This guide covers Amumu in ARAM: Play as an engage tank, initiating fights with your ultimate and peeling for carries while soaking up damage.
Amumu ARAM Abilities
Amumu's basic attacks Curse enemies, making them take bonus true damage from magic.
Amumu throws a bandage, stunning and pulling himself to the first enemy hit.
Nearby enemies lose max health per second and have their Curses refreshed.
Amumu's Tantrum reduces incoming physical damage and deals area damage, with its cooldown lowering each time he's hit.
Amumu entangles nearby enemies, stunning and cursing them.
Amumu ARAM Playstyle & Tips
Play as an engage tank, initiating fights with your ultimate and peeling for carries while soaking up damage.
Tips
Maximize your ultimate's impact by engaging when multiple enemies are grouped.
Use Bandage Toss to initiate fights or escape over walls.
Build tanky items like Sunfire Aegis to survive and deal consistent damage.
Coordinate with your team before using Curse of the Sad Mummy for maximum follow-up.
Consider taking Snowball for reliable engage and gap closing in ARAM.
Combos
Bandage Toss > Curse of the Sad Mummy > Tantrum > Despair
Snowball > Bandage Toss > Ultimate > Tantrum
Flash > Curse of the Sad Mummy > Bandage Toss to catch fleeing enemies
Amumu ARAM Build Patch 16.13
Runes
Primary — Resolve
Aftershock
Font of Life
Conditioning
OvergrowthSecondary — Domination
Ultimate Hunter
Cheap ShotSummoners
Skill Order
Max your skills in this order
Starter Items
- 1.
Guardian's Horn - 2.
Tear of the Goddess
Core Items
- 1.
Sunfire Aegis - 2.
Mercury's Treads - 3.
Winter's Approach
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple melee auto-attackers
- your team needs sustained frontline durability
- enemy lacks percent health damage
Avoid when:
- enemy team is heavy on burst mages
- your champion prefers damage over survivability
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple melee auto-attackers
- your team needs sustained frontline durability
- enemy lacks percent health damage
Avoid when:
- enemy team is heavy on burst mages
- your champion prefers damage over survivability
Options
Buy / avoid tips (5)
Buy when:
- enemy has multiple autoattackers
- enemy has heavy healing
- you need antiheal as a tank
Avoid when:
- enemy team is mostly ability-based
- you are not a frontline champion
Options
Amumu ARAM FAQ
What is the best build for Amumu in ARAM?
In ARAM, Amumu typically builds core items like Sunfire Aegis, Mercury's Treads, Winter's Approach and Aftershock runes (Resolve primary, Domination secondary).
What runes should I use for Amumu in ARAM?
Take Aftershock in the Resolve tree as your keystone, with Domination as your secondary tree for Amumu in ARAM.
How do you play Amumu in ARAM?
Play as an engage tank, initiating fights with your ultimate and peeling for carries while soaking up damage.
What is Amumu's best combo in ARAM?
Bandage Toss > Curse of the Sad Mummy > Tantrum > Despair
