Nunu & Willump vs Darius
How to Beat Darius as Nunu & Willump
based on 3,162 Nunu & Willump vs Darius matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Darius Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Darius Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Darius as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Darius
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.
Advice to Win Against Darius
When Darius's axe grab is on cooldown, he is vulnerable to harassment attacks.
Darius's ability to escape from fights is limited. If you have an advantage against him, press your lead.
Nunu & Willump vs Darius Counter Stats
How to Counter Darius with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats shown here emphasize some influential Nunu & Willump against Darius counter stats that may help us figure out the differences between these two champs. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Darius’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Darius. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Darius. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also hint that the champion with increased HP has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Darius?
Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when taking on Darius, with a 48.7% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter to Darius.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate compared to Darius, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Darius.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Darius. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Darius matchups, Darius is the better champ with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Darius. Focus your strategy on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Darius.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Darius during both the lane 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 listen to the build and stats presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump usually racks up a lot less CS compared to Darius. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers reported here to do well.
The best items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Darius build include Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better countering Darius than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 48.7% when countering Darius with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating Darius as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players picked for Nunu & Willump vs Darius face-offs, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.7% win rate overall.
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