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

Nunu & Willump with Garen

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

based on 3,227 Nunu & Willump with Garen pairs
Win Rate
45.3 %
K/D/A
2.26
Pick Rate
3.6 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We download the stats from from millions of League rounds straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nunu & Willump has fought alongside Garen in 3227 recent, competitive matches. By amassing so much accurate data from the creators of League, we are confident that we can produce robust, accurate builds to help Nunu & Willump play with Garen. It is relatively rare for Nunu & Willump to play alongside Garen on the same side. This has only taken place in about 3.6% of matches with Nunu & Willump.

Nunu & Willump Garen Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Garen. Typically, he wins a poor 45.3% of rounds the champions fight together on the same side. If you want to maximize your potential as Nunu & Willump when playing alongside Garen by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then dig into the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nunu & Willump vs Garen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Ruby CrystalAmplifying Tome

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
ThornmailFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapKaenic RookernJak'Sho, The ProteanZhonya's Hourglass

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
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
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 Garen

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Garen

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 Garen Will Play

Garen is only constrained by cooldowns, making items such as Black Cleaver very effective for him.

Garen's regeneration greatly increases if he can avoid receiving damage for several seconds.

Judgment deals maximum damage when only hitting a single target. For effective trading, try to position such that only the enemy champion is hit.

Nunu & Willump Garen Synergy Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
45.3 %
VS
Win Rate
54.7 %
Garen Image
5
< Kills >
5.3
6.9
< Deaths >
6.7
10.6
< Assists >
11.1
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
30
< Minions Killed >
30
1.5
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,060
< Physical Damage >
1,077
13,371
< Magic Damage >
13,358
845
< True Damage >
840
15,277
< Damage Dealt >
15,276
36,768
< Damage Taken >
36,969
10,689
< Gold Earned >
10,814
1.16
< Towers >
1.26
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
19,554
< Total Healing >
19,841
12,635
< Experience >
12,772
18
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
5
451
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Play with Garen as Nunu & Willump in LoL

The Nunu & Willump Garen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Garen, 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 large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Garen. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Garen helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in competitive LoL rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Garen, he gets a marginal improvement in his total damage output. This could demonstrate that Garen helps provide cover for him to dish out more damage or that his allyship also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Garen on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Garen.

Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Garen on the same team, he on average takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Garen does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump during teamfights.

Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Garen

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Garen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nunu & Willump
Garen

Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Garen?

There is no ideal champion pairing for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his #1 ally. Yet, overall, Garen is a below average companion for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same side as Nunu & Willump, he decreases their win rate by -2.2% to 45.3%. This demonstrates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Garen that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Garen has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you must be careful when enlisting Garen teammates to go into battle on the same side as, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.

Working cooperatively, Nunu & Willump players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to to cover for your other teammates. When paired, these two will be able to tank for the rest of their team.

Although, by bringing Nunu & Willump and Garen together, you may not be granting your team a lot of crowd control. Plan to bring other champions on your team that neutralizes this hole in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of the ability of your Garen teammate, you should focus on increasing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on pairing Nunu & Willump and Garen, we analyzed 3,227 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 Garen 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

To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to synergize with Garen during both the laning and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should keep reading to pick up additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump and Garen synergy build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Garen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 45.3% helping carry Garen with these items in his kit.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players chose for Nunu & Willump and Garen pairings, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 45.3% winrate overall.

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