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Nunu & Willump vs Amumu

Jungle Matchup

Nunu & Willump vs Amumu JUNGLE matchup tips: scuttle control, predicted pathing, invade windows and common mistakes.

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Scuttle Contest

At level 3, you win the scuttle fight decisively because your W provides a massive speed boost and a slow, letting you stick to Amumu and chunk him with Q healing while he has no reliable gap-close until his Q lands.
From level 6, you win 1v1 if you engage with W to close distance, use Q to sustain through his damage, and save your E to interrupt his attempts to disengage, as your raw damage and healing output outscale his tankiness at that point in the game.

Amumu typically starts Red Buff and paths through Raptors or Krugs into Scuttle, or alternatively starts Blue Buff and clears through Gromp and Wolves before contesting Scuttle around level 3; he favors full clears due to his strong AoE clear with W and E.
Expect him to prioritize getting to level 6 quickly for his R, so he will rarely hard invade early and instead focus on efficient farming and objective control.

You should invade Amumu at his second buff (approximately 3:15–3:30) when he is low from his first clear, targeting whichever buff is opposite his start; your W gap-close and Q sustain make you extremely dangerous in a 1v1 at that stage where he has no meaningful escape.
Avoid invading after level 6 without vision, as his R can turn a solo fight into a death sentence even for you if you are caught in a bad position.

Do not waste your W purely for movement speed without committing to a full trade, as telegraphing your engage without following through lets Amumu reposition and land his Q on you, which negates your chase advantage and can flip the fight in his favor.
Additionally, do not ignore his W passive damage in extended fights — standing still to channel your R while he has E active will shred your health faster than expected, so always account for his sustained AoE damage when deciding to commit.

Created on 09/08/2026

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