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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 24 2014 06:18 GMT
#101
On Amumu I believe in CDR boots. The extra CDR makes you clear really fast, and the benefit of more Q and R are self explanatory.
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Complete
Profile Joined October 2009
United States1864 Posts
January 24 2014 07:48 GMT
#102
On January 24 2014 15:18 Sufficiency wrote:
On Amumu I believe in CDR boots. The extra CDR makes you clear really fast, and the benefit of more Q and R are self explanatory.

Intriguing.

CDR boots->SOTAG->Locket+5% masteries=40%...
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-24 11:21:14
January 24 2014 11:20 GMT
#103
for max cdr amumu i highly recommend glacial early because max rank Q is the main reason you want max cdr (you clear fast with e but thats secondary) and Q burns your mana extremely fast
later on you can upgrade it to IBG also (or FH)
Khenra
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands885 Posts
January 24 2014 11:44 GMT
#104
Where do you guys get the mana to be able to max Q first, let alone stack CDR to cast it more often? Do you run mp5 glyphs or something?
This signature is ruining eSports.
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-24 11:49:04
January 24 2014 11:48 GMT
#105
yeah if you could just read the post directly above yours
that'd be great
(but ofc you put at least 3 points in e b4 maxing q, mp5 glyphs are worthless, just be smart with mana, get mana pots also)
Khenra
Profile Blog Joined January 2009
Netherlands885 Posts
January 24 2014 11:52 GMT
#106
I read your post, but the 300 mana on Glacial didn't seem enough for me. I'll try the 3 points in E
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
January 24 2014 11:54 GMT
#107
you dont spam Q to kill jungle creeps, just for travelling across you use 1 maybe.
the 300 max mana is needed for teamfights, where you start at 300 mana more for long teamfights when you dont get a blue from a kill
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 24 2014 16:31 GMT
#108
On January 24 2014 20:44 Khenra wrote:
Where do you guys get the mana to be able to max Q first, let alone stack CDR to cast it more often? Do you run mp5 glyphs or something?


I usually get at least 3 ranks of E first. Depending how desperate I am to gank I will decide to max Q or E first.
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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 24 2014 16:34 GMT
#109
On January 24 2014 16:48 Complete wrote:
Show nested quote +
On January 24 2014 15:18 Sufficiency wrote:
On Amumu I believe in CDR boots. The extra CDR makes you clear really fast, and the benefit of more Q and R are self explanatory.

Intriguing.

CDR boots->SOTAG->Locket+5% masteries=40%...


The way I see it, CDR boots + Golem + Frozen Heart = 45%.

FH is not a priority item though. By that point i usually already have 3 other items built. So I can either keep the CDR boots for only 10% CDR or sell it for ninja tabi.

ADC in the early game simply isn't powerful enough (iimo) for early ninja tabi.
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chalice
Profile Joined September 2010
United States1945 Posts
January 25 2014 02:30 GMT
#110
if you can get away with buying offensive boots on amumu i don't see why you wouldn't go for the magic penetration
Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
January 25 2014 02:53 GMT
#111
because you want cdr more?
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 25 2014 18:09 GMT
#112
On January 25 2014 11:53 Slayer91 wrote:
because you want cdr more?


Exactly. CDR -> more damage for most champions; but at the same time, higher CDR brings you higher utility.
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
January 25 2014 18:34 GMT
#113
but less burst
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 26 2014 14:08 GMT
#114
On January 26 2014 03:34 Slayer91 wrote:
but less burst


Screw burst. His W is DoT...

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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
Last Edited: 2014-01-26 15:01:03
January 26 2014 14:59 GMT
#115
yeah but how many ticks of W are you going to get on a target you Q'd? like 3-4? 4 seconds is a lot of time
if you're building squishy already you could easily die in that time

4 seconds of rank 1 W on a 2k hp hp target is like 150 damage or something, its not that high, and thats a real long time

cdr also directly improves the amount of time you are in W range because your Q is a stun+gapcloser
entropius
Profile Joined June 2010
United States1046 Posts
January 27 2014 22:15 GMT
#116
Exactly. CDR gives you more bandages (which does more damage, makes your W do more damage, and makes your team do more damage), more tantrums (which does more damage), and critically -- more ults.

People ban Amumu in low ELO because they're scared of his ult. They're overreacting, but it is a strong part of his kit, and the ability to have that ult up more is never a bad thing.

The real choice I worry about isn't cdr boots vs. mpen boots; it's cdr boots vs. mobis.
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
January 28 2014 04:40 GMT
#117
On January 28 2014 07:15 entropius wrote:
Exactly. CDR gives you more bandages (which does more damage, makes your W do more damage, and makes your team do more damage), more tantrums (which does more damage), and critically -- more ults.

People ban Amumu in low ELO because they're scared of his ult. They're overreacting, but it is a strong part of his kit, and the ability to have that ult up more is never a bad thing.

The real choice I worry about isn't cdr boots vs. mpen boots; it's cdr boots vs. mobis.


I really dislike mobi on Amumu. At least not for me when I usually max E first. I can understand putting it on a champion with strong gank potential, like Lee Sin or Leona, but Amumu's ganks are pretty meh when you don't have red nor R. Amumu's damage is also pretty mediocre for ganks unless you are maxing Q first.
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Harem
Profile Joined November 2007
United States11393 Posts
January 28 2014 05:11 GMT
#118
Yeah, I tend to like ninja tabi more (unless I need the magic resist) because I max Q last too.
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arb
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
Noobville17922 Posts
January 28 2014 07:16 GMT
#119
On January 24 2014 20:20 Slayer91 wrote:
for max cdr amumu i highly recommend glacial early because max rank Q is the main reason you want max cdr (you clear fast with e but thats secondary) and Q burns your mana extremely fast
later on you can upgrade it to IBG also (or FH)

I'd never get IBG on mummy, ever.

Sotag + Fh + sv are all you need to be obnoxiously tanky.
you can even sunfire + abyssal if you want
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Slayer91
Profile Joined February 2006
Ireland23335 Posts
January 28 2014 14:17 GMT
#120
you're trading the FH 25 armour and aura and 10% CDR for 30 AP, 100 mana, and the slow
obviously you're investing a lot in the slow but its a massively good slow considering how good amumus gap closer is
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