Talon vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Talon
based on 1,851 Talon vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Talon vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Talon vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Talon
Tips for Playing as Talon against Nunu & Willump
Shadow Assault is a powerful escape tool, but can also be offensively used to assault a group.
You can use Assassin's Path to get behind the enemy and set up for Noxian Diplomacy's melee attack.
Remember to pick your target before the fight. Focusing all of Talon's abilities on one target can be very rewarding, but splitting them up between many may leave you helpless.
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.
Talon vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Talon in LoL
The stats provided here clarify some significant Talon vs. Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help us realize the distinctions between the two. As an example, Talon’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Talon may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Talon often has a much larger longest killing spree than his matchup does. On average, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Talon and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Talon or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champs are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Talon usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 53.7% win rate. Thus, Talon makes a great counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Talon does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Talon also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more difficult champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Talon into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Talon has only a small amount of utility and CC, 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 for every situation in League of Legends, in Talon vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Talon is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Talon is a great counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Talon against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Talon in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Talon on average gets much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The most important items to have in your Talon versus Nunu & Willump build include Youmuu's Ghostblade, Axiom Arc, and Opportunity. When Talon bought at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better vs. Nunu & Willump than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Talon had an average winrate of 53.7% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump as Talon, you should take the Electrocute, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Absolute Focus, and Nimbus Cloak runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Talon vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this sequence of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 53.7% winrate overall.
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