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.
Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.
Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.
Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.
The Nunu & Willump Kai'Sa synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Kai'Sa, 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 Kai'Sa. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Kai'Sa 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 an ally to Kai'Sa, he observes a barely noticable drop in his full damage dealt. This may indicate that Kai'Sa does not support by providing protection for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Kai'Sa 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 with Kai'Sa.
Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Kai'Sa on the same side, he often receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Getting dealt not as much damage may indicate that Kai'Sa does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump in teamfights.
There is no perfect ally for Nunu & Willump that will always be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Kai'Sa is a not very good ally for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same side as Nunu & Willump, she decreases their win rate by -2.7% to 44.8%. This clearly indicates that there is a harmful strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Kai'Sa that results in them performing worse together than alone.
Kai'Sa has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you need to be cautious when finding Kai'Sa allies to play with, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.
Although, by pairing Nunu & Willump and Kai'Sa together, you will not be giving your other allies much crowd control. Plan to pick other champions on your team that fills this relative gap in their abilities.
Regardless of the skill of your Kai'Sa ally, you should focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Kai'Sa during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League matches, you should keep reading to gather additional lessons on this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to include in your Nunu & Willump and Kai'Sa synergy build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better when paired up with Kai'Sa than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 44.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Kai'Sa with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of crushing your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 44.8% win rate overall.
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