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.
Be careful when fighting Ivern alone if he has Daisy ready to help!
Ivern's brush has a long duration. Watch out for ambushes!
Ivern can be deceptively slippery. Be careful chasing him too far.
The stats provided here show some strategic Nunu & Willump vs. Ivern matchup statistics that may help us grasp the differences between the two. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Ivern’s KDA ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Ivern..
Nunu & Willump normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Ivern. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champion with more HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when trying to fight Ivern, with a 46.8% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter for Ivern.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Ivern, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming character to pick up and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Ivern.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Ivern. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Ivern matchups, Ivern is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a garbage counter for Ivern. You will do well by focussing your actions on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Ivern.
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Ivern during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump usually picks up more CS compared to Ivern. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Ivern build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when fighting Ivern than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Ivern with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of annihilating Ivern as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Ivern counterpicks, this set of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 46.8% win rate overall.
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