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

Nunu & Willump vs Vex

How to Beat Vex as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Vex as Nunu & Willump

based on 1,716 Nunu & Willump vs Vex matchups
Win Rate
49.8 %
K/D/A
2.55
Pick Rate
1.9 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion analyze millions of ranked LoL rounds each week. In our database, Nunu & Willump engaged Vex in 1716 rounds. Including so many matchups for Nunu & Willump versus Vex gives us confidence in our capacity to prepare actionable statistics and a pro build to annihilate your enemy. This champion pairing is fairly rare. Nunu & Willump has to counter Vex in only 1.9% of his games.

Nunu & Willump vs Vex Matchup Summary

Nunu & Willump does a ok job of beating Vex. Typically, he wins a acceptable 49.8% of the time the champions clash against each other in. In Nunu & Willump against Vex games, Nunu & Willump’s side is 0.1% more expected to earn first blood, indicating that he probably will get first blood against Vex.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Vex Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Liandry's TormentHollow RadianceKaenic RookernFrozen Heart

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
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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 Vex as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Vex

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 Vex Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
49.8 %
VS
Win Rate
50.2 %
Vex Image
5.5
< Kills >
7.1
6.6
< Deaths >
6.7
11.3
< Assists >
7.7
1.25
< Killing Sprees >
1.65
31
< Minions Killed >
153
1.53
< Dragons Killed >
0.06
0.42
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,109
< Physical Damage >
1,401
13,417
< Magic Damage >
21,469
827
< True Damage >
821
15,354
< Damage Dealt >
23,692
37,294
< Damage Taken >
19,426
10,990
< Gold Earned >
11,180
1.3
< Towers >
1.77
0.42
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
20,093
< Total Healing >
2,079
12,998
< Experience >
13,768
19
< Vision Score >
18
6
< Wards Placed >
9
455
< Time Dealing CC >
544

How to Counter Vex with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several significant Nunu & Willump against Vex counter statistics that can help us realize the differences between the pair. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Vex’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vex..

Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Vex. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional damage when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Vex

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Vex
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Vex

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Vex?

Both LoL champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when taking on Vex, with a 49.8% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter for Vex.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Vex, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more difficult champ to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Vex.

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

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Vex matchups, Vex is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Vex. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Vex.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on countering Vex as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 1,716 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 Vex 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 truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Vex 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 shown here, you should increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump usually picks up a lot less CS relative to Vex. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't have to have 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The best items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Vex build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better against Vex than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 49.8% battling Vex with this build.

To have the best likelihood of defeating Vex 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 Vex LoL games, this sequence of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 49.8% winrate overall.

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