Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger
How to Beat Heimerdinger as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,402 Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Heimerdinger as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Heimerdinger
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 Heimerdinger
Be wary of Heimerdinger's Upgrade!!!, as he can use it to find an answer to most trouble he gets into. Once his ultimate is down, go in for the kill!
It's better to destroy all of Heimerdinger's turrets at once with the help of creeps than to fight them one at a time.
Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger Counter Stats
How to Counter Heimerdinger with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some important Nunu & Willump against Heimerdinger counter stats that may help us interpret the differences between these two champs. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Heimerdinger’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Heimerdinger..
Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes more damage than Heimerdinger. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the champ with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Heimerdinger?
Both League champs are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually wins when trying to fight Heimerdinger, with a 51.0% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a good counter for Heimerdinger.
While Nunu & Willump does have a higher win rate than Heimerdinger, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex character to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Heimerdinger.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Heimerdinger. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a decent counter for Heimerdinger. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Heimerdinger.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Heimerdinger during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often accumulates a lot less CS compared to Heimerdinger. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Heimerdinger build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better when facing Heimerdinger than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 51.0% battling Heimerdinger with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Heimerdinger as Nunu & Willump, you 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 runes that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Heimerdinger matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.0% win rate overall.
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