Rylai's Crystal Scepter Amumu Build

1. You play as an annoying Slow Tank, disrupting fights and soaking damage in teamfights.
2. Your only mandatory item is Rylai's Crystal Scepter.
3. Then you adapt to enemy team buying defensive items.

1. Your Despair (W) permanently applies AoE slow with Rylai's Crystal Scepter. It also constantly procs stuff like Font of Life.
2. You are super annoying to the enemy team. Your zoning is great, and if anyone gets close to you, there's a big chance they won't get away.

Getting started

1. Only core item: Rylai's Crystal Scepter. Rush it.
2. Focus on hitting enemies with your abilities to slow them. Be annoying. Soak damage.

Itemization & Adaptation

1. 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).
2. After Rylai's Crystal Scepter, build defensive tank items to counter enemy team.
3. Enemy team heavy on AP? Build Magic Resist items like Kaenic Rookern, Spirit Visage, or Abyssal Mask.
4. Enemy team heavy on AD? Build Armor items like Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, Randuin's Omen, or Unending Despair.
5. Need extra sustain and HP? Get items like Heartsteel, Warmog's Armor, and Jak'Sho, The Protean.

Runes

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

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. You will still dash to the enemy, if your Q is blocked by Spell Shield. Be careful!
4. To elevate your Amumu 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 (because 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 surprise.
3. You can even Curse of the Sad Mummy (R) + Tantrum (E) then Flash into enemy team for burst and surprise.

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.