Zac vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Zac
based on 2,043 Zac vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zac vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Zac vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Zac
Tips for Playing as Zac against Nunu & Willump
Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.
When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.
Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.
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.
Zac vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Zac in LoL
The stats shown on this page show several significant Zac vs. Nunu & Willump counter stats that can help us understand the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump..
Zac usually has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he receives more damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Zac or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zac usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 55.8% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a fantastic counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Zac does have a much higher winrate than Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Zac also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Zac also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Zac vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Zac is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.
Zac is a great counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Zac against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Zac in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zac most often racks up more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Zac versus Nunu & Willump build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Zac used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting Nunu & Willump than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Zac had an average win rate of 55.8% when countering Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump as Zac, you should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Triumph, and Legend: Tenacity runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune builds we have analyed for Zac vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 55.8% winrate overall.
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