How to win the jungle race as Amumu against Rek'Sai · Matchup data reviewed on patch 26.15
Read from Amumu's seat: the race windows this plan plays for against Rek'Sai.
| Stage | Read | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Level 1 Clear | Danger — Avoid Rek'Sai | An Unburrow knock-up from an unseen tunnel starts every fight on her terms. Fury-fueled Q autos clear fast and win the first raptor fight on top of that, so level 1 is a straight stat check Amumu loses — ward her tunnel entrances — if you can't see the burrow line, don't walk the river, and give the river vision-line respect. |
| Level 2 Skirmish | Danger — Avoid Rek'Sai | Rek'Sai out-classes you on the second camp — the Unburrow knock-up gives a free engage on anyone walking their tunnels, and an Unburrow knock-up from an unseen tunnel starts every fight on her terms. Refuse the level-2 skirmish, full-clear away from them, and trade map pressure instead of health. |
| Level 3 Route | Danger — Avoid Rek'Sai | Do not be seen at the opening scuttle: an Unburrow knock-up from an unseen tunnel starts every fight on her terms. On top of that, the full tunnel network plus knock-up means they dictate where every fight starts, so they get there first. Ward her tunnel entrances — if you can't see the burrow line, don't walk the river. Give up the level-3 river fight and farm the opposite quadrant until your spike lands. |
| Levels 4-5 Macro | Danger — Avoid Rek'Sai | Do not be seen by Rek'Sai at levels 4-5 — you lose every exchange. Full-clear away from them, ward your entrances, and trade map pressure, not HP. |
| Level 6 Breakpoint | Respect Rek'Sai's R | Void Rush executes anyone they have prey-marked, which is the whole problem: Void Rush's untargetable execute finishes any trade that drops you low. Stay above execute range — a marked duel at half HP is already over, and spend Curse of the Sad Mummy to equalize rather than to open. |
| First Item Spike | Sunfire Aegis / Liandry's | Completing your core item triggers a massive damage, health, and wave clear multiplier that completely overpowers traditional brawlers in extended fights. Rek'Sai's first item is a real jump in duel power, but it is also close to the end of her scaling curve. |
| 2+ Items Scaling | Amumu Favoured — Wins Late | Rek'Sai falls off relative to you — from two items on you win the raw stat check, even though he executes anything below the Void Rush threshold from across the map. Drag the game long and force the 1v1s. |
Start your clear at the Raptors or Wolves camp utilizing your E and W to maximize early AoE clear speed without a leash. Rek'Sai clears fast on Fury-fuelled attacks and Furious Bite, and her tunnels make her map speed better than her clear suggests.
Ranked by the race windows in Amumu's plans — the jungle race carries no win-rate sample.
The full Amumu vs Rek'Sai report continues with scuttle & dragon rules, invade windows and safety boundaries, the top-side objective fight, macro rotations and the win condition — plus the live enemy-jungle tracker that shows their start, clear and gank timers in game.
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Rek'Sai pressures 5 of the 7 windows in this race — survive the early game and scale into your windows.
Not exactly — Rek'Sai pressures 5 of the 7 windows, so Amumu is playing catch-up and has to lean on the map.
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