2012-11-08, 03:07 PM
Five Second Pose Wrote:Life steal is for auto attacks. Spell vamp is for all other damage. Even spells that do physical damage proc spell vamp. All magic damage (including item damage) procs spell vamp.
That said, spell vamp is mostly useless on Amumu. Spell vamp is reduced by 67% on anything that isn't a single target spell.
Um, last I checked, stuff like Kog'Maw's Bio-Arcane Barrage and Fizz's Seastone Trident don't benefit spellvamp. I've never explicitly checked in the case of Wit's, Ionic, and Sunfire, but I doubt any champion would get either of those and a spellvamp item.
ElderTree Wrote:I don't understand this. First you seem to say that the spell vamp would be triggered by the Sunfire Cape AND Despair (correct?), but then you say it's useless for Amumu? From what I understand, the strategy is to Bandage Toss yourself into the middle where you can then unleash your multi-hit (magic damage) spells (Tantrum, Curse).
As far as the reduction in spell vamp for mob attacks go, how exactly is it calculated? If you do 40 damage to all mobs around you with Sunfire Cape with 20% spell vamp, is that a total of 40 * 0.2 * 1/3 = 2.67 HP? Or is it 2.67 HP per monster?
If I have the entire basic strategy wrong, PLEASE let me know!
It is based off of per monster.
But your basic strategy is wrong. League of Legends is a team game, and part of Amumu's job is to lock down opponents with his CC, letting the combined efforts of you and your teammate(s) take out your opponents. What you seem to be going for is survivability via spellvamp, which isn't a shabby idea with Amumu, except all spellvamp is typically available with heavy investments into AP. Yeah, there's spellvamp from quints and masteries, but you're sacrificing slots/points to get that spellvamp. In other words, it's a choice.
So to figure out the better use of your gold, you should consider various situations, such as what happens when you buy armor (you take less damage), versus spellvamp. And calculate the effective gold spent per damage reduced / HP gained. I don't have the time atm to do all the number crunching for you unfortunately.