Amumu vs Janna

Amumu
vs
Not enough games
Janna
Heavy AP damageHeavy shieldingHeavy CCHeavy poke

You are stronger late game. Farm safe and avoid early trades.

Build vs Janna

The champion's reference build, for lack of enough games in this matchup

Recommended items for Amumu: Liandry's Torment, Sunfire Aegis, Abyssal Mask, Plated Steelcaps, Jak'Sho, The Protean, Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, Frozen Heart.

Starting items

Mosstomper Seedling
Health Potion

Core build

Liandry's Torment
1
Sunfire Aegis
2
Abyssal Mask
3

Standard

Boots of Swiftness
4vs Slow
Jak'Sho, The Protean
5

Anti CC

Mercury's Treads
4vs CC

Other options

Jak'Sho, The Protean
Thornmail
Randuin's Omen
Frozen Heart

Power Spikes

Strength by game phase

Janna's abilities

Passive, spells and ultimate

Tailwind (P)

Janna's allies gain Move Speed moving towards her.Janna deals a portion of bonus Move Speed as bonus magic damage on hit and with Zephyr.

Cooldowns

Cooldowns by spell rank

LevelQWER
314s8s16s–
614s8s16s2m10
914s7.5s16s2m10
1114s7s16s1m55
1614s6s14s1m40
1814s6s12s1m40

Playing as Amumu

Tips to maximize your impact

  1. Save your second bandage

    Save a charge of Bandage Toss (Q) after your engage: the spell has two, and the second catches an enemy who escapes with a dash or Flash.

  2. Wait until your R can hit several

    Wait until several enemies are in range to cast Curse of the Sad Mummy (R): it stuns every enemy around you and curses them.

  3. Burn tanks with Despair

    Keep Despair (W) on against tanks: every second, it deals a percentage of their max health to nearby enemies.

  4. Full clear, then gank

    Full clear with Despair (W) and Tantrum (E), then gank: both hit every nearby monster, and Tantrum's cooldown drops when you get hit.

Playing against Janna

How to counter and exploit weaknesses

  1. Don't trade into her shield

    Avoid trading while her ally has Eye Of The Storm (E): the shield absorbs your damage and gives them AD.

  2. Engage twice

    Bait out Howling Gale (Q) or Monsoon (R) with a first engage, then re-engage right away: one has a 14-second cooldown, the other 130 to 100 seconds.

  3. Cancel her Monsoon heal

    If you have CC, save it for Monsoon (R): after the knockback, she heals her allies as long as she stands still, and interrupting her cancels the heal.

Patch 16.21.1