2012-05-08, 08:05 PM
Nalek Wrote:Why do you even bother to jungle Ammumu any more? Whenever the premade group of people I play with see Amumu picked in drat as their jungler it's an agreed upon level 1 invade and easy first blood and blue control for the rest of the game us.
I still play Amumu as a jungler, but not as much anymore. The only time I play him is with a premade I queue up with often (they understand how I use the mummy and coordinate well with my ganks) I find him to be a relatively fast, stable, and reliable jungler despite other junglers outclassing him by ten miles nowadays. The key thing is to have the full team protecting Amumu before Ancient Golem spawns to prevent (and counter) any level 1 invasion. Another key thing is for your team to exploit what Amumu has to offer to a team to the fullest extent possible. I find Amumu's kit to have quite a bit of utility on a team, and he can still have a dramatic impact in teamfights if initiation is done correctly.
My point is that if your team is extremely competent and will go long ways to protect your butt as jungle Amumu, you're fine. Also as a side note, I tend to exploit the fact that I get counterjungled easily to my team's advantage, especially when I'm on Amumu. When I'm playing him, I usually ward the f'uck out my own jungle and let my team know that if they spot an enemy in our jungle, they should go and kill that person. What ends up happening is that once I spot an enemy in my jungle, I usually ping nearby teammates to come with me and try to gank the invader. What's funny is that I have set up free kills for my allies and feeding them buffs off the slain enemy jungler, all because those people get cocky and think that they can easily get away with stealing my camps. Sets back whoever invading, gets my allies ahead, and the free kills adds up to my team getting ahead by quite a bit.
Using Amumu as a jungler is fraught with risks. But if you think outside a box a bit, look at Amumu's weaknesses and strengths and see how you can exploit them to your advantage, you'll see Amumu is still usable. And for me, I don't get stuck in "Amumu's too easily shut down, he sucks as a jungler" mentality. I choose to look at the overall picture and see what are the things I can do to turn things around in my favor.