Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Naafiri
based on 1,188 Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Naafiri
Tips for Playing as Naafiri against Nunu & Willump
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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.
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Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Naafiri in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several important Naafiri against Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help us distinguish the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Naafiri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Naafiri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Naafiri often has a slightly larger longest kill spree than their enemy does. Typically, they takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also show that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Naafiri or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Naafiri usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 53.1% win rate. Thus, Naafiri makes a great counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Naafiri does have a higher winrate than Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Naafiri also has a lower learning curve that makes them a less time consuming character to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Naafiri into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Naafiri has some 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 lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Naafiri is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.
Naafiri is a great counter for Nunu & Willump. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Naafiri against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Naafiri 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 shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Naafiri most often gets much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The ideal items to use in your Naafiri versus Nunu & Willump build include Guardian Angel, Serylda's Grudge, and Profane Hydra. When Naafiri bought at least these three pieces in their build, they performed a lot better countering Nunu & Willump than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Naafiri had an average win rate of 53.1% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Nunu & Willump as Naafiri, you should take the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Sudden Impact, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Inspiration and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes we have analyed for Naafiri vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 53.1% winrate overall.
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