Nunu & Willump vs Master Yi
How to Beat Master Yi as Nunu & Willump
based on 4,497 Nunu & Willump vs Master Yi matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Master Yi Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Master Yi Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Master Yi as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Master Yi
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 Master Yi
If Master Yi tries to farm with Alpha Strike, hit him a few times so he has to use mana with Meditate to heal.
Although Master Yi cannot be slowed while using Highlander, other disables can stop him in his tracks.
Meditate is an effective method of healing damage over time, but Master Yi is susceptible to coordinated team ganks early in the game.
Nunu & Willump vs Master Yi Counter Stats
How to Counter Master Yi with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats shown on this page highlight several valuable Nunu & Willump versus Master Yi counter stats that may help us grasp the differences between this pair of champs. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Master Yi’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Master Yi. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump typically has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his foe does. On average, he receives more damage than Master Yi. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Master Yi
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Master Yi?
Both League champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Master Yi, with a 44.6% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Master Yi.
While Nunu & Willump does have a much lower winrate than Master Yi, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be very concerned when picking Nunu & Willump into Master Yi.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Master Yi. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing 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 Master Yi matchups, Master Yi is the better champ with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a trash counter for Master Yi. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Master Yi.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Master Yi during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented above, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump on average accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Master Yi. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Master Yi build consist of Frozen Heart, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Master Yi than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 44.6% when countering Master Yi with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating Master Yi as Nunu & Willump, you should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Master Yi counterpicks, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.6% winrate overall.
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