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

Nunu & Willump vs Nami

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

based on 2,506 Nunu & Willump vs Nami matchups
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
2.42
Pick Rate
2.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of recently ranked League matches each and every week. In our database, Nunu & Willump engaged Nami 2506 times. Using so many matchups for Nunu & Willump vs Nami gives us a lot of faith in our capacity to provide enlightening stats and a supported build to destroy Nami. This particular counter matchup is somewhat rare. Nunu & Willump encounters Nami in only 2.8% of his matches.

Nunu & Willump vs Nami Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a below average job of countering Nami. Typically, he wins a lowly 47.0% of matches the champions oppose each other in. In Nunu & Willump against Nami games, Nunu & Willump’s team is 0.1% more expected to gain first blood, indicating that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Nami.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Nami Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltStormsurge

Optional Items

Dead Man's PlateZhonya's HourglassKaenic RookernJak'Sho, The Protean

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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
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 Nami as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Nami

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 Nami

Aqua Prison is a very powerful ability with a long cooldown, take advantage of the situation if Nami misses this ability.

Tidal Wave has a very long range but travels slowly, be aware of when it is coming your way as you can move out of its path.

Try to avoid fighting an opponent affected by Tidecaller's Blessing, it lasts a short duration so waiting it out can help you greatly.

Nunu & Willump vs Nami Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Nami Image
4.9
< Kills >
1.8
6.4
< Deaths >
5.3
10.6
< Assists >
15.4
1.1
< Killing Sprees >
0.31
29
< Minions Killed >
23
1.61
< Dragons Killed >
0.03
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.56
989
< Physical Damage >
858
12,867
< Magic Damage >
8,420
782
< True Damage >
560
14,640
< Damage Dealt >
9,838
36,374
< Damage Taken >
15,937
10,655
< Gold Earned >
8,376
1.26
< Towers >
2.29
0.42
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
19,778
< Total Healing >
9,788
12,627
< Experience >
10,495
19
< Vision Score >
56
5
< Wards Placed >
24
464
< Time Dealing CC >
195

How to Counter Nami with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown on this page show several significant Nunu & Willump vs. Nami matchup statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the pair. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nami’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nami. This observation is largely caused by the difference in kills.

Nunu & Willump normally has a slightly larger longest killing spree than his counter does. On average, he receives more damage than Nami. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Nami

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Nami
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Nami

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Nami?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Nami, with a 47.0% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter for Nami.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Nami, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champion to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Nami.

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

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Nami matchups, Nami is the better champion 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 terribly counter for Nami. Focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Nami.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on countering Nami as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 2,506 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 Nami 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Nami during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Nami. Champions who on average don't earn much CS usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs 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 do better than the values displayed on this page to do well.

The most important items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Nami build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nami than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 47.0% battling Nami with this counter build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Nami 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 players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Nami LoL games, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% win rate overall.

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