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Akali vs Nunu & Willump

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Akali in LoLAkali is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Akali

based on 5,435 Akali vs Nunu & Willump matchups
Win Rate
51 %
K/D/A
2.31
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup stats from the millions of rated League rounds that we evaluate each week. Our guide on how to beat Nunu & Willump as Akali resulted from an analysis of 5435 ranked matches where both champions battled one another. This champion matchup is fairly rare. Akali fights Nunu & Willump in only 2.4% of her rounds.

Akali vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary

Akali has done a decent job of countering Nunu & Willump. Normally, she wins a acceptable 51.0% of games the champions fight each other in. In Akali vs Nunu & Willump rounds, Akali’s team is 0.1% less likely to obtain first blood, implying that she probably won't get first blood against Nunu & Willump.

Best Akali vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's ShieldHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Akali Items

~22 Mins
CryptbloomShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapVoid StaffLich BaneZhonya's Hourglass

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Akali to level upq
>
Second ability for Akali to level upe
>
Last skill for Akali to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: TenacityCoup de Grace
ResolveSecond WindOvergrowth
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Akali's passive ability p
Akali's q ability q
Akali's w ability w
Akali's e ability e
Akali's ultimate ability r
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E
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W
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Akali

Tips for Playing as Akali against Nunu & Willump

Akali excels at killing fragile champions. Let your team initiate and then strike at the people in the back.

Twilight Shroud offers safety in even the most dangerous situations. Use that time to save up energy for a quick strike later.

Advice to Win Against Nunu & Willump

Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.

Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.

Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.

Akali vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats

Akali Image
Win Rate
51 %
VS
Win Rate
49 %
Nunu & Willump Image
8.9
< Kills >
5.1
6.1
< Deaths >
6.9
5.2
< Assists >
11.1
2
< Killing Sprees >
1.16
149
< Minions Killed >
30
0.05
< Dragons Killed >
1.49
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.39
1,361
< Physical Damage >
1,066
21,315
< Magic Damage >
13,465
735
< True Damage >
857
23,412
< Damage Dealt >
15,388
26,234
< Damage Taken >
36,736
11,486
< Gold Earned >
10,750
1.46
< Towers >
1.29
0.01
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
3,198
< Total Healing >
19,348
13,993
< Experience >
12,706
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
5
70
< Time Dealing CC >
441

How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Akali in LoL

The stats provided here emphasize some influential Akali versus Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between these two champions. Akali’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Akali may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump. This observation is in large part fueled by the difference in kills.

Akali often has a much larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Akali and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Akali
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Akali
Nunu & Willump

Who is Better, Akali or Nunu & Willump?

Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Akali usually wins when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Akali makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.

While Akali does have a higher winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Akali also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult champion to develop with. You should be careful when picking Akali into Nunu & Willumpas her relative depth means that you may not be able to reach her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Akali has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Akali vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Akali is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Akali against Nunu & Willump.

Additional Information for Akali Players

How We Calculated Our Akali vs Nunu & Willump Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nunu & Willump as Akali, we analyzed 5,435 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nunu & Willump as Akali comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Akali in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Akali on average racks up much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't take much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Akali versus Nunu & Willump build include Cryptbloom, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Akali combined at least these three items in her build, she performed significantly better when fighting Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Akali had an average win rate of 51.0% when countering Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.

To have the highest likelihood of beating Nunu & Willump as Akali, you should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Tenacity, Coup de Grace, Overgrowth, and Second Wind runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Akali vs Nunu & Willump counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.

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