Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai
How to Beat Rek'Sai as Nunu & Willump
based on 489 Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai Counter Build
Items
Starter Items
Early Items
Core Nunu & Willump Items
Optional Items
Summoner Spells
Skill Order
Runes
Guide to Countering Rek'Sai as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Rek'Sai
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 Rek'Sai
When Rek'Sai is near, she can see the position of you and your allies, but only if you're moving.
If you see one of Rek'Sai's tunnels, briefly stand on one of the entrances to destroy it.
Rek'Sai's Furious Bite gains damage as she builds Fury. Be very careful around her when her Fury is full.
Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai Counter Stats
How to Counter Rek'Sai with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here show some important Nunu & Willump versus Rek'Sai matchup stats that can help you interpret the differences between the pair. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Rek'Sai’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Rek'Sai. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump often has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Rek'Sai. This typically indicates differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Rek'Sai
Damage Types Compared
Champion Playstyles Compared
Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Rek'Sai?
Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually wins when facing off against Rek'Sai, with a 56.4% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a fantastic counter to Rek'Sai.
While Nunu & Willump does have a much higher win rate compared to Rek'Sai, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more complex champ to develop with. You don't need to be too worried when picking Nunu & Willump into Rek'Sai.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rek'Sai. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a great counter for Rek'Sai. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Rek'Sai.
Other Champion Matchups Against Nunu & Willump
Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players
How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai Build and Stats
Other Useful Resources
Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Rek'Sai during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often picks up a similar amount of CS as Rek'Sai. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Rek'Sai build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Rek'Sai than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 56.4% when countering Rek'Sai with this counter build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Rek'Sai 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. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Nunu & Willump vs Rek'Sai counterpicks, this set of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 56.4% winrate overall.
If you need to see Nunu & Willump x Rek'Sai tips and counter builds for a a distinct division rank, feel free to choose one from the selection menu above. By default, the statistics and strategies shown are computed using all games played with both champions.