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How to Win Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra Counter MatchupNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions

Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra

How to Beat Lissandra as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the a tier of champions
TankFighter
Mage

How to Beat Lissandra as Nunu & Willump

based on 1,095 Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.51
Pick Rate
1.2 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion evaluate millions of ranked League matches each week. In our database, Nunu & Willump faced off against Lissandra in 1095 games. With so many matchups for Nunu & Willump versus Lissandra provides us faith in our capability to prepare useful stats and a supported build to obliterate Lissandra. This particular matchup is relatively rare. Nunu & Willump is forced to battle against Lissandra in only 1.2% of his rounds.

Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a poor job of beating Lissandra. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.0% of games the champions fight one another in. In Nunu & Willump against Lissandra rounds, Nunu & Willump’s side is 0.2% more probable to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will get first blood versus Lissandra.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Jak'Sho, The ProteanSunfire AegisStormsurgeThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Lissandra as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Lissandra

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 Lissandra

Lissandra's Ring of Frost has a long cooldown at early ranks; engage her while it's on cooldown.

Lissandra's Ice Shard only slows the first unit it hits. Approach Lissandra from behind your team's minions to avoid being slowed.

The best way to stop Lissandra from moving using her Glacial Path is to immobilize her before she reactivates it.

Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Lissandra Image
5.4
< Kills >
5.9
6.7
< Deaths >
6.4
11.4
< Assists >
9.1
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.36
30
< Minions Killed >
160
1.6
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.46
1,074
< Physical Damage >
1,210
14,089
< Magic Damage >
19,463
872
< True Damage >
949
16,036
< Damage Dealt >
21,623
37,526
< Damage Taken >
22,572
10,951
< Gold Earned >
11,134
1.27
< Towers >
1.87
0.42
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
20,200
< Total Healing >
3,391
12,888
< Experience >
13,797
20
< Vision Score >
21
6
< Wards Placed >
10
449
< Time Dealing CC >
499

How to Counter Lissandra with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown on this page underscore some important Nunu & Willump against Lissandra matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Lissandra’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Lissandra..

Nunu & Willump usually has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Lissandra. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Lissandra

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Lissandra
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Lissandra

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Lissandra?

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 Lissandra, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Lissandra.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate than Lissandra, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less time consuming champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nunu & Willump into Lissandra.

Moreover, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Lissandra. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during late stage team fights.

Nunu & Willump is a bad counter to Lissandra. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Lissandra.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Lissandra as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 1,095 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Lissandra as Nunu & Willump comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Lissandra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump on average gets a lot less CS compared to Lissandra. Champions who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values reported here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Lissandra build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when facing Lissandra than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 47.0% when playing against Lissandra with this build.

To have the best chance of annihilating Lissandra as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Nunu & Willump vs Lissandra fights, this order of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.

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