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

Nunu & Willump vs Nilah

How to Beat Nilah as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Nilah as Nunu & Willump

based on 1,431 Nunu & Willump vs Nilah matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.56
Pick Rate
1.6 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We summarize our matchup stats from the millions of rated LoL matches that we review each week. Our guide on how to beat Nilah as Nunu & Willump resulted from an evaluation of 1431 ranked games where both champions engaged one another. This particular champ matchup is somewhat rare. Nunu & Willump encounters Nilah in only 1.6% of his matches.

Nunu & Willump vs Nilah Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a awful job of countering Nilah. On average, he wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champs face one another in. In Nunu & Willump vs Nilah rounds, Nunu & Willump’s side is 0.0% more likely to gain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Nilah.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Nilah Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBami's Cinder

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Hextech RocketbeltShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

ThornmailKaenic RookernLiandry's TormentSunfire Aegis

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 Nilah as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Nilah

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.

Nunu & Willump vs Nilah Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Nilah Image
5.2
< Kills >
7.8
6.4
< Deaths >
6.8
11.2
< Assists >
5.9
1.16
< Killing Sprees >
1.8
30
< Minions Killed >
162
1.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.19
0.36
< Inhibitors >
0.52
1,070
< Physical Damage >
18,093
13,172
< Magic Damage >
168
821
< True Damage >
389
15,063
< Damage Dealt >
18,651
35,481
< Damage Taken >
23,752
10,512
< Gold Earned >
12,284
1.25
< Towers >
2.45
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.05
19,403
< Total Healing >
8,226
12,482
< Experience >
12,743
18
< Vision Score >
16
5
< Wards Placed >
8
435
< Time Dealing CC >
85

How to Counter Nilah with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats provided here show some strategic Nunu & Willump versus Nilah counter stats that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the pair. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nilah’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nilah. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.

Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. On average, he receives more damage than Nilah. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Nilah

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Nilah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Nilah

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Nilah?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Nilah, with a 46.8% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter for Nilah.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate compared to Nilah, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less difficult character to develop with. You should be very concerned when picking Nunu & Willump into Nilah.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Nilah matchups, Nilah is the better champion with a much lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a trash counter to Nilah. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Nilah.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on countering Nilah as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 1,431 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 Nilah 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

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Nilah during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Nilah. Champs who typically don't acquire many minion kills typically don't require 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, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus Nilah build include Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Nilah than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 46.8% when countering Nilah with this counter build.

To have the best likelihood of crushing Nilah 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 rune combinations we have analyed for Nunu & Willump vs Nilah clashes, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.

If you want to see Nunu & Willump x Nilah tips and counter builds for a a distinct division, please choose one from the selection menu displayed above. At first, the stats and build suggestions shown are calculated using every round with data with both champs.