Sylas vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Sylas
based on 3,092 Sylas vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sylas vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Sylas vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Sylas
Tips for Playing as Sylas against Nunu & Willump
Clever use of enemy ultimates can open up new possibilities to approach teamfights.
Wait for you or your enemy to reach low health before using Kingslayer for maximum effect.
Space out your ability usage to get maximum effect from Petricite Burst.
Advice to Win Against Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Sylas vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Sylas in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here clarify some strategic Sylas vs. Nunu & Willump counter statistics that may help us grasp the differences between these two champs. Sylas’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Sylas may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Sylas normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his foe does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champion with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Sylas and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Sylas or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Sylas usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 52.0% win rate. Thus, Sylas makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Sylas does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Sylas also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Sylas into Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, Sylas has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Sylas vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Sylas is the better champ with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Sylas is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Sylas against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sylas in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Sylas most often racks up much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't get much CS typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to have in your Sylas versus Nunu & Willump build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Luden's Companion. When Sylas used at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better versus Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sylas boasted an average winrate of 52.0% when countering Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the best chance of defeating Nunu & Willump as Sylas, you should use the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Transcendence, and Scorch runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Sylas vs Nunu & Willump face-offs, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 52.0% win rate overall.
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