Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Ashe has very few defensive options, and she's a good target to gank.
Be wary of moving around the map alone if Ashe has not recently cast her Enchanted Crystal Arrow.
The stat comparisons provided here show some significant Nunu & Willump against Ashe counter statistics that may help you understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Ashe’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ashe..
Nunu & Willump usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. On average, he receives more damage than Ashe. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when playing against Ashe, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter to Ashe.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate than Ashe, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Ashe.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ashe. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Ashe matchups, Ashe is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter for Ashe. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Ashe.
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Ashe during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump on average racks up a lot less CS as Ashe. Champs who typically don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The top items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Ashe build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when facing Ashe than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 49.3% battling Ashe with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Ashe as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nunu & Willump vs Ashe matchups, this composite of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.3% win rate overall.
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