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

Nunu & Willump with Gnar

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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Gnar

based on 940 Nunu & Willump with Gnar pairs
Win Rate
48.5 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
1.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download the results of from millions of LoL matches straight from Riot Games each week. Nunu & Willump has gone into battle with Gnar in 940 recent, competitive games. By pooling so much accurate data directly from the publishers of LoL, we feel confident that we can provide you with high-quality, usable builds to help Nunu & Willump play with Gnar. It is very rare for Nunu & Willump to play with Gnar as teammates. This has only taken place in approximately 1.1% of matches with Nunu & Willump.

Nunu & Willump Gnar Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a poor job of synergizing with Gnar. Normally, he wins an acceptable 48.5% of rounds the champions fight alongside one another. If you want to play better as Nunu & Willump when playing alongside Gnar by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nunu & Willump vs Gnar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Rabadon's DeathcapHextech RocketbeltShadowflameSunfire Aegis

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

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
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 Gnar

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Gnar

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 Gnar Will Play

Position yourself next to walls to bait your enemies into getting stunned by your ultimate.

Know your strengths! Mini Gnar is fast, squishy, and has high sustained damage. Mega Gnar is slow, tough, and has high burst.

Managing your Rage is very important. Try to time out your transformations so you can get maximum benefit from both forms.

Nunu & Willump Gnar Synergy Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
48.5 %
VS
Win Rate
51.5 %
Gnar Image
5.7
< Kills >
5.3
6.7
< Deaths >
6.7
11.2
< Assists >
11.1
1.3
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
30
< Minions Killed >
30
1.62
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.38
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,065
< Physical Damage >
1,077
13,634
< Magic Damage >
13,358
864
< True Damage >
840
15,564
< Damage Dealt >
15,276
37,186
< Damage Taken >
36,969
10,919
< Gold Earned >
10,814
1.33
< Towers >
1.26
0.41
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
20,024
< Total Healing >
19,841
12,792
< Experience >
12,772
19
< Vision Score >
19
5
< Wards Placed >
5
452
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Play with Gnar as Nunu & Willump in LoL

The Nunu & Willump Gnar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gnar, 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 Gnar. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gnar helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.

When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Gnar, he gets a small increase in his complete damage output. This difference may signal that Gnar supports by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Gnar on the same side, 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 Gnar.

Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Gnar on the same team, he typically receives a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage may indicate that Gnar does a poor job of covering Nunu & Willump in teamfights.

Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Gnar

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Gnar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nunu & Willump
Gnar

Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Gnar?

There is no perfect synergy for Nunu & Willump that will no matter what be his top teammate. However, Gnar is a decent ally for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same side as Nunu & Willump, he raises their win rate by 1.0% to 48.5%. This proves that there is a somewhat important strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Gnar that allows them to perform stronger together than without each other.

Gnar has a much greater difficulty compared to Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players must be careful when lining up Gnar comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will need a much greater level of skill to work well with you.

When playing cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capability to deal magical damage. Together, these two can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Although, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Gnar together, you probably will not be providing your other allies much support. Plan to have other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in this pairing's capabilities.

Regardless of your Gnar ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on pairing Nunu & Willump and Gnar, we analyzed 940 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 Gnar 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 learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to work well with Gnar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends matches, you should keep reading to pick up some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The most important items to build first in your Nunu & Willump and Gnar synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better as an ally of Gnar than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 48.5% helping carry Gnar with this build.

To have the greatest probability of defeating your oponents, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for Nunu & Willump and Gnar pairings, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.5% win rate overall.

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