Imperial Mandate Amumu Build

Imperial Mandate Amumu Build.

Imperial Mandate Amumu build with runes and items. Imperial Mandate Amumu guide offers in-depth how-to play, skill order and tips. Play Imperial Mandate Amumu build in League of Legends Patch 26.4!

Author: Wrekah

TLDR

Starting items
Guardian's Horn should be final item in your build.
Ruby Crystal should be final item in your build.
Quick Skill Order
Amumu ability Bandage Toss should be leveled first.
Q
Amumu ability Tantrum should be leveled second.
E
Amumu ability Despair should be leveled third.
W
Final items
Mercury's Treads should be final item in your build.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter should be final item in your build.
Warmog's Armor should be final item in your build.
Spirit Visage should be final item in your build.
Imperial Mandate should be final item in your build.
Thornmail should be final item in your build.
Quick Runes
Major rune Aftershock from Resolve tree.
Minor rune Precision.
Summoner spells
Pick Mark as your Summoner Spell.
Pick Flash as your Summoner Spell.

Imperial Mandate Amumu Runes

Resolve
Resolve major tree Grasp of the Undying rune.
Resolve major tree Aftershock rune.
Resolve major tree Guardian rune.
Resolve major tree Demolish rune.
Resolve major tree Font of Life rune.
Resolve major tree Shield Bash rune.
Resolve major tree Conditioning rune.
Resolve major tree Second Wind rune.
Resolve major tree Bone Plating rune.
Resolve major tree Overgrowth rune.
Resolve major tree Revitalize rune.
Resolve major tree Unflinching rune.
Precision
Precision minor tree Absorb Life rune.
Precision minor tree Triumph rune.
Precision minor tree Presence of Mind rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Alacrity rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Haste rune.
Precision minor tree Legend: Bloodline rune.
Precision minor tree Coup de Grace rune.
Precision minor tree Cut Down rune.
Precision minor tree Last Stand rune.
Passive
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Attack Speed rune (+10% Attack Speed).
Passive tree Ability Haste rune (+8 Ability Haste).
Passive tree Adaptive Force rune (+9 Adaptive Force).
Passive tree Move Speed rune (+2 Movement Speed).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).
Passive tree Health rune (+65 Health).
Passive tree Tenacity And Slow Resist rune (+10 Tenacity and Slow Resist).
Passive tree Health Scaling rune (+10-180 Health (based on level)).

Optional Summoner Spells

Ghost

Ghost

Ghost for extra mobility and chasing - great for staying on top of enemies and farming more Heartsteel procs.

Exhaust

Exhaust

Defensive option. Exhaust for peeling against enemy divers and assassins and protecting your carries.

Ignite

Ignite

Offensive option if you are feeling spicy. Grievous Wounds + some damage. Good in early fights and you can score some kills, but reduces your going-in potential. Especially later.

Optional Runes

Grasp of the Undying

Grasp of the Undying

Grasp of the Undying is a solid alternative. You become more tanky over time as your HP grows, you get some sustain and you get some damage as well.

Guardian

Guardian

Guardian is a more passive, support-oriented alternative. Instead of boosting your own tankiness, you protect nearby allies with a shield when they take damage - great if you're playing closer to a support role or prefer a more reactive, less aggressive playstyle. You won't be as tanky as you would be with other runes.

Demolish

Demolish

If you are into taking objectives, you can consider taking Demolish rune. Usually it is worth it and lets you push turrets quicker. Utility slash team oriented option.

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How it works

  1. You play as a slow tank, disrupting fights and soaking damage.
  2. Thanks to slow + Font of Life, you heal allies. You can even get support items.
  3. Core items: Rylai's Crystal Scepter + Imperial Mandate. If you are behind and the game not go perfectly, skip Imperial Mandate and go full tank.

Playstyle

  1. ❄️

    Rush Rylai's Crystal Scepter to apply constant slows with your abilities.

  2. 🐢

    Play as a slow tank, disrupting enemy movements while soaking up damage.

  3. 🧰

    Adapt your items to the game: go offensive with Imperial Mandate or defensive with full MR/Armor.

How to play

Getting started

  1. Your all abilities slow and heal your allies and giving them Imperial Mandate buff.
  2. Guardian's Horn is a surprisingly good item for its price. You can keep it for very long time (or even have it as 6th item).

Items

  1. You can go some support items as well in some cases, like Ardent Censer if you got a lot of auto attackers on your team.

Adapting

  1. Enemy team heavy on AP? Buy MR. They are heavy on AD? Buy Armor. You need some damage? Well buy that.

Runes

  1. Be careful to not waste Aftershock. Try timing it and keeping it for going in.

Tips and Tricks

Champion

General

  1. You have great engaging tools - Bandage Toss (Q) and Curse of the Sad Mummy (R)! Always play with the team and do not be shy and do not wait for 'special moment'!
  2. If enemy is juking left and right, just walk close to them (or Q to something close to them) and R! And lock them with your Q later.

Cursed Touch (Passive)

  1. Remember to auto attack to apply your Cursed Touch (Passive), enemy takes 10% true damage from all magic damage they take, including yours as well as your allies!
  2. You can auto attack multiple enemies and your Despair (W) refreshes it. This way you can maintain multiple debuffs at the same time.
  3. You can apply your Cursed Touch (Passive) AoE thanks to your Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) as well.

Bandage Toss (Q)

  1. You can use Bandage Toss (Q) to escape. Just Q to a minion or enemy champion that is far away.
  2. Q through dying minions - time your Bandage Toss (Q) to pass through a minion as it dies to surprise enemies hiding behind wave.
  3. Your will still dash to the enemy, if your Q is blocked by Spell Shield. Be careful!
  4. To elevate your Amumumu gameplay and land easier Qs - look other direction and pretend going somewhere else, this way you can land more and easier Qs!
  5. Bandage Toss (Q) uses position at the end of the cast time. Meaning you can walk back and it still uses original location. This can distract enemies and catch them off guard, thinking you are not going to hit it (beucase you moved further away).
  6. You can buffer Q during CC - if rooted or stunned, Q will cast immediately when CC ends if pressed during lockout

Despair (W)

  1. You can activate Despair (W) during Bandage Toss (Q) animation.

Curse of the Sad Mummy (R)

  1. Before big fights, position in fog of war (outside of view of enemy team) or simply in bushes. Enemies won't respect your engage range if they don't see you.
  2. Against spell shields, Bandage Toss (Q) first to pop shield, then Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) immediately after.
  3. Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) stops dashes mid-animation and prevents abilities during stun. You can use it to interrupt enemy channeled ults.

Amumu Combos

  1. Simple and easy, but excellent combo that wins fights is: Bandage Toss (Q) or Mark (Snowball) to a minion + Flash into an enemy team + use Curse of the Sad Mummy (R).
  2. You can Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) then Flash into enemy team for suprise.
  3. You can even Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) + Tantrum (E) then Flash into enemy team for burst and surprise.

Riot

  1. Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
  2. Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
  3. Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.

Skill Order

  • Amumu [object Object] ability.
    Q
    Bandage Toss
  • Amumu [object Object] ability.
    W
    Despair
  • Amumu [object Object] ability.
    E
    Tantrum
  • Amumu [object Object] ability.
    R
    Curse of the Sad Mummy

Items

Starting items
Guardian's Horn item.
Ruby Crystal item.
Boots
Mercury's Treads item.
Plated Steelcaps item.
Ionian Boots of Lucidity item.
Rush #1
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Rush #2
Imperial Mandate item.
Good tanky items
Warmog's Armor item.
Jak'Sho, The Protean item.
Heartsteel item.
Good MR items
Kaenic Rookern item.
Abyssal Mask item.
Force of Nature item.
Hollow Radiance item.
Spirit Visage item.
Good Armor items
Iceborn Gauntlet item.
Unending Despair item.
Dead Man's Plate item.
Thornmail item.
Randuin's Omen item.
Frozen Heart item.
Sunfire Aegis item.
Situational items
Zeke's Convergence item.
Trailblazer item.
Knight's Vow item.
Situational DMG items
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Liandry's Torment item.
Zhonya's Hourglass item.
Titanic Hydra item.
Overlord's Bloodmail item.
Wit's End item.
For the last fight
Additional considerations for these items is advised!
Elixir of Iron item.
Elixir of Sorcery item.
Example final build
Mercury's Treads item.
Rylai's Crystal Scepter item.
Warmog's Armor item.
Spirit Visage item.
Imperial Mandate item.
Thornmail item.