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

Nunu & Willump with Elise

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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Elise

based on 87 Nunu & Willump with Elise pairs
Win Rate
39.1 %
K/D/A
2.24
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we take in the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nunu & Willump has gone into battle with Elise in 87 recently played, ranked games. By amassing so much relevant data straight from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can produce high quality, insightful builds to help Nunu & Willump play with Elise. It is very rare for Nunu & Willump to play with Elise as allies. This pairing has only happened in approximately 0.1% of rounds with Nunu & Willump.

Nunu & Willump Elise Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a pathetic job of teaming up with Elise. On average, he wins a dismal 39.1% of matches the champions play on the same team. If you want to play better as Nunu & Willump when playing with Elise by learning how to better synergize your strategy with her, then look into the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nunu & Willump vs Elise Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Dark SealHaunting Guise

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Unending DespairAnathema's ChainsRabadon's DeathcapKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Elise

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Elise

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.

Advice to Understand How Elise Will Play

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

Nunu & Willump Elise Synergy Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
39.1 %
VS
Win Rate
60.9 %
Elise Image
5.6
< Kills >
5.3
7.2
< Deaths >
6.7
10.5
< Assists >
11.1
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
49
< Minions Killed >
30
1.32
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.29
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,131
< Physical Damage >
1,077
14,282
< Magic Damage >
13,358
911
< True Damage >
840
16,325
< Damage Dealt >
15,276
35,528
< Damage Taken >
36,969
10,739
< Gold Earned >
10,814
1.1
< Towers >
1.26
0.34
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
16,928
< Total Healing >
19,841
12,605
< Experience >
12,772
19
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
5
432
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Play with Elise as Nunu & Willump in LoL

The Nunu & Willump Elise synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Elise, 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 Elise. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Elise helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Elise, he sees a marginal improvement in his full damage output. This could indicate that Elise supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her allyship also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Elise on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing alongside Elise.

Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Elise on the same side, he often takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage could indicate that Elise does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump during team fights.

Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Elise

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Elise
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nunu & Willump
Elise

Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Elise?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Nunu & Willump that will no matter what be his best ally. However, overall, Elise is a terrible teammate for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same side as Nunu & Willump, she drops their win rate by -8.4% to 39.1%. This clearly indicates that there is a very bad bond between Nunu & Willump and Elise that allows them to perform not as well together than alone.

Elise has a much greater difficulty compared to Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players must be very careful when arranging Elise comrades to play with, as they will have to have a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

Playing alongside, Nunu & Willump players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. Combined, these champions can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Elise together, you probably will not be providing your other teammates a great deal of crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of your Elise ally's skill level, you need to focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on pairing Nunu & Willump and Elise, we analyzed 87 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 Nunu & Willump with Elise 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.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to work well with Elise during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up some more lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The ideal items to use in your Nunu & Willump and Elise synergy build include Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better when fighting alongside Elise than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 39.1% helping carry Elise with these items in his kit.

To have the highest likelihood of crushing your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for this champion pairing, this composite of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 39.1% win rate overall.

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