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.
If you have trouble landing Prismatic Barrier, remember that it returns to you after it reaches max range. Try positioning yourself to hit your allies with its return trip.
Lux has great zone control abilities. Try to set up Lucent Singularity to prevent an enemy's advance or escape.
Lucent Singularity is a great scouting tool. Try throwing it into brush before walking into it to check for ambushes.
The Nunu & Willump Lux synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Lux, 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 Lux. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This decrease shows that Lux helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump tries to synergize with Lux, he sees a small decrease in his full damage output. This difference may indicate that Lux doesn't help cover for him to deal more damage or that her support also helps increase the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Lux on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Lux. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Lux.
Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Lux on the same team, he on average takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Receiving more damage may indicate that Lux does a poor job of covering Nunu & Willump during teamfights.
There is no universally accepted best ally for Nunu & Willump that will always be his top ally. However, Lux is a very typical ally for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same side as Nunu & Willump, she lowers their win rate by -0.5% to 47.0%. This clearly indicates that there is a weak bond between Nunu & Willump and Lux that allows them to perform not as well together than without each other.
Lux has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players should be cautious when arranging Lux allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to work well with you.
Working alongside, you should observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champs are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Although, by pairing Nunu & Willump and Lux together, you probably will not be giving your team a great deal of AD. We recommend you bring other champions on your team that nullifies this relative hole in this pairing's capabilities.
Regardless of your Lux ally's skill level, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to pair well with Lux during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to master a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you use the build and tips presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly.
The best finished items to get in your Nunu & Willump and Lux synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three great items in his build, he performed much better when fighting alongside Lux than with most other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 47.0% helping carry Lux with this build.
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 combinations players picked for this champion pairing, this set of runes resulted in the top win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.0% winrate overall.
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