Amumu is an excellent beginner-friendly jungle champion, combining solid clear speed with powerful crowd control and engage potential.

Core Strengths:

• Strong jungle clear
• Powerful crowd control abilities
• Game-changing ultimate
• Good scaling into mid and late game
• Easy-to-learn mechanics

Abilities Priority:

1. R - Curse of the Sad Mummy
2. E - Tantrum
3. Q - Bandage Toss
4. W - Despair

Passive: Cursed Touch Enemies hit by Amumu's attacks are cursed, taking additional true damage from magic damage sources.

Key Ability Combinations:

• Q > R: Buffer ultimate during Bandage Toss for guaranteed stun
• Q/R > Flash: Extend ability range for surprise engages
• Q > W > R > E: Standard teamfight combo

Early Game Strategy:

• Start with W for efficient first clear
• Level E second for damage reduction and AoE clear
• Get Q at level 3 for ganking potential
• Focus on farming to level 6

Core Build Path:

1. Jungle Item
2. Sunfire Aegis
3. Demonic Embrace
4. Tank items based on enemy composition

Team Fight Role:

• Primary engage initiator
• Lock down priority targets
• Peel for carries when needed

Weaknesses:

• Vulnerable to early invades
• Mana intensive
• Relies on team follow-up
• Weak in 1v1 duels

Best Team Compositions: Synergizes well with:

• High damage AoE champions (Miss Fortune, Katarina)
• Follow-up CC champions (Ornn, Zyra)
• AP-heavy teams that benefit from curse passive

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