Bard vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Bard
based on 2,451 Bard vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Bard vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Bard
Tips for Playing as Bard against Nunu & Willump
Don't forget that enemies can also use your Magical Journey doorways, and that your ultimate can also hit your allies!
Let your Caretaker's Shrines charge up - they heal for a lot more when at full power.
It's important to collect chimes to improve your meep's attacks, but don't neglect your lane partner! Try to make a big entrance by bringing an ally into the lane with you with Magical Journey.
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.
Bard vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Bard in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify several influential Bard versus Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help you understand the differences between this set of champs. For instance, Bard’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Bard may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Bard often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Bard or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Bard usually wins when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 52.6% win rate. As a result, Bard makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Bard does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Bard also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Bard into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means you may not be able to reach his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Bard also has a good amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion in League of Legends, in Bard vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Bard is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Bard is a good counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Bard against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Bard in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Bard usually gets a similar amount of CS as Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Bard versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Trailblazer, Solstice Sleigh, and Imperial Mandate. When Bard included at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better against Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Bard boasted an average win rate of 52.6% when playing against Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Nunu & Willump as Bard, Bard players should take the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Relentless Hunter, and Zombie Ward runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players picked for Bard vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this blending of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.6% win rate overall.
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