Lux vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Lux
based on 9,053 Lux vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lux vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Lux vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Lux
Tips for Playing as Lux against Nunu & Willump
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
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.
Lux vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Lux in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several significant Lux versus Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help you realize the differences between the two. As an example, Lux’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lux may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Lux often has a similar longest kill spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Lux or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lux usually wins when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 52.9% win rate. Therefore, Lux makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Lux does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Lux also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more complex champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lux into Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, Lux has a good amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Lux vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Lux is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Lux is a good counter to Nunu & Willump. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Lux against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Lux 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 lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lux usually accumulates more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to prioritize in your Lux versus Nunu & Willump build include Horizon Focus, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Lux used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed significantly better against Nunu & Willump than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Lux had an average win rate of 52.9% battling Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nunu & Willump as Lux, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Lux vs Nunu & Willump fights, this set of runes resulted in the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.9% winrate overall.
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