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.
Despair is very effective against other tanks, so make sure you're in range of opponents with the highest Health.
Amumu is highly dependent on teammates, so try laning with your friends for maximum effectiveness.
Cooldown Reduction on Amumu is very strong, but it's often difficult to itemize for it. Grab the Golem buff whenever possible to gain Cooldown Reduction without sacrificing stats.
The Nunu & Willump Amumu synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Amumu, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nunu & Willump sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Amumu. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Amumu helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump is paired with Amumu, he observes a little decrease in his total damage output. This difference could signal that Amumu does not help cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Amumu on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Amumu.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Amumu on the same side, he usually takes less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Amumu does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump in team fights.
There is no ideal synergy for Nunu & Willump that will no matter what be his top synergy. However, overall, Amumu is a terrible teammate for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he lowers their win rate by -4.4% to 43.1%. This signals that there is a very bad synergy between Nunu & Willump and Amumu that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.
Amumu has a lower difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you don't need to be cautious when arranging Amumu allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to play well with you.
When playing together, you will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Combined, these champions can blast through enemies with magic damage.
Although, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Amumu together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates enough attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that fills this gap in this pairing's potential.
Regardless of the skill of your Amumu teammate, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well anyway.
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to synergize with Amumu during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats presented here, you should grow your win rate significantly.
The top items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump and Amumu synergy build consist of Hextech Rocketbelt, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Amumu than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 43.1% when playing alongside Amumu with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.1% winrate overall.
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