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How to Synergize Irelia with Nunu & Willump on the Same TeamIrelia is in the b tier of champions

Irelia with Nunu & Willump

How to Win With Irelia and Nunu & Willump Paired TogetherIrelia is in the b tier of champions
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How to Synergize Irelia and Nunu & Willump

based on 2,507 Irelia with Nunu & Willump pairs
Win Rate
48 %
K/D/A
1.81
Pick Rate
2.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the results of from millions of League of Legends games straight from Riot Games each and every week. Irelia has fought alongside Nunu & Willump in 2507 recently played, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can give you high-quality, usable builds to help Irelia play with Nunu & Willump. It is relatively rare for Irelia to play alongside Nunu & Willump on the same team. This has only taken place in approx. 2.5% of matches with Irelia.

Irelia Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Irelia has done a dismal job of synergizing with Nunu & Willump. Usually, she wins a dismal 48.0% of matches the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to win more matches as Irelia when fighting on the same team as Nunu & Willump by figuring out how to better synergize your strategy with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Irelia vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
PickaxeVampiric Scepter

Core Irelia Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelBlade of The Ruined KingDeath's Dance

Optional Items

Ravenous HydraTitanic HydraSterak's GageSundered Sky

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerteleport summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Irelia to level upq
>
Second ability for Irelia to level upw
>
Last skill for Irelia to max oute

Runes

PrecisionConquerorPresence of MindLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
InspirationBiscuit DeliveryCosmic Insight
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceMagic Resist
Irelia's passive ability p
Irelia's q ability q
Irelia's w ability w
Irelia's e ability e
Irelia's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
W
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Q
10
W
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R
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W
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W
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E
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Irelia and Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Irelia with Nunu & Willump

Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.

Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.

Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.

Advice to Understand How Nunu & Willump Will Play

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.

Irelia Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats

Irelia Image
Win Rate
48 %
VS
Win Rate
52 %
Nunu & Willump Image
7.8
< Kills >
7.3
7
< Deaths >
7
4.9
< Assists >
5
1.77
< Killing Sprees >
1.66
202
< Minions Killed >
206
0.09
< Dragons Killed >
0.1
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.47
16,845
< Physical Damage >
16,208
6,121
< Magic Damage >
6,139
727
< True Damage >
751
23,695
< Damage Dealt >
23,099
31,048
< Damage Taken >
31,302
12,897
< Gold Earned >
12,894
2.3
< Towers >
2.3
0.02
< Baron Takedowns >
0.03
10,699
< Total Healing >
10,768
14,816
< Experience >
15,027
16
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
110
< Time Dealing CC >
113

How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Irelia in LoL

The Irelia Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Irelia sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nunu & Willump helps Irelia perform not as well in competitive League games. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Irelia plays on the same team as Nunu & Willump, she observes a marginal improvement in her complete damage output. This difference may demonstrate that Nunu & Willump helps provide protection for her to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Irelia is played alongside Nunu & Willump on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing with Nunu & Willump.

Moreover, when Irelia plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, she typically takes a little less damage than when she fights alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Irelia in teamfights.

Synergies between Irelia and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Irelia
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Irelia
Nunu & Willump

Is Irelia better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?

There is no one best ally for Irelia that will always be her #1 teammate. Yet, overall, Nunu & Willump is a relatively poor ally for Irelia. By playing on the same team as Irelia, he lowers their win rate by -1.8% to 48.0%. This proves that there is a negative strategic relationship between Irelia and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.

Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Irelia. That means Irelia players don't need to be careful when finding Nunu & Willump comrades to fight alongside, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to be able to work well with you.

When playing together, you should expect to see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.

Although, by bringing Irelia and Nunu & Willump together, you will not be providing your other teammates a lot of crowd control. We recommend you pick other champions on your team that nullifies this relative gap in their capabilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Nunu & Willump teammate, you should focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Irelia Players

How We Calculated Our Irelia Nunu & Willump Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Irelia and Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 2,507 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Irelia with Nunu & Willump comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Irelia to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to learn additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to build first in your Irelia and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Guardian Angel, Blade of The Ruined King, and Death's Dance. When Irelia combined at least these three finished items in her build, she did much better as an ally of Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 48.0% when playing alongside Nunu & Willump with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing your oponents, Irelia players should use the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this team composition, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 48.0% win rate overall.

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