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Nunu & Willump with Xayah

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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Xayah

based on 1,314 Nunu & Willump with Xayah pairs
Win Rate
45.8 %
K/D/A
2.34
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull the stats from from millions of League of Legends matches straight from Riot Games each and every week. Nunu & Willump has been on the same team as Xayah in 1314 recent, ranked games. By gathering so much accurate data from the makers of LoL, we feel confident that we can provide you with robust, usable builds to help Nunu & Willump synergize with Xayah. It is very rare for Nunu & Willump to play with Xayah on the same side. This pairing has only occurred in about 1.5% of games with Nunu & Willump.

Nunu & Willump Xayah Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a terrible job of synergizing with Xayah. On average, he wins a dismal 45.8% of games the champs fight together on the same side. If you want to play better as Nunu & Willump when playing alongside Xayah by learning how to better synergize your play style with her, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nunu & Willump vs Xayah 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

Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The ProteanRabadon's Deathcap

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 Xayah

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Xayah

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 Xayah Will Play

Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.

Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.

Nunu & Willump Xayah Synergy Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
45.8 %
VS
Win Rate
54.2 %
Xayah Image
5.3
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
10.6
< Assists >
11.1
1.23
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
30
< Minions Killed >
30
1.48
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.35
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,066
< Physical Damage >
1,077
13,624
< Magic Damage >
13,358
816
< True Damage >
840
15,506
< Damage Dealt >
15,276
36,707
< Damage Taken >
36,969
10,760
< Gold Earned >
10,814
1.18
< Towers >
1.26
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
19,584
< Total Healing >
19,841
12,708
< Experience >
12,772
19
< Vision Score >
19
6
< Wards Placed >
5
460
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Play with Xayah as Nunu & Willump in LoL

The Nunu & Willump Xayah synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Xayah, 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 Xayah. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Xayah helps Nunu & Willump perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Xayah, he observes a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference may indicate that Xayah provides protection for him to dish out more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Xayah on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Xayah. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Xayah.

Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Xayah on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could mean that Xayah does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump in teamfights.

Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Xayah

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Xayah
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nunu & Willump
Xayah

Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Xayah?

There is no one best ally for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his best synergy. Yet, Xayah is a not very good companion for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same team as Nunu & Willump, she lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 45.8%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Nunu & Willump and Xayah that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Xayah has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players must be very careful when arranging Xayah comrades to play with, as they will need a greater level of skill to play well with you.

Fighting cooperatively, you should expect to witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to dish out massive AD. When paired, these champs can tear through the other team with a lot of physcial damage.

In contrast, by grouping Nunu & Willump and Xayah together, you may not be giving your side a great deal of utility. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this relative disparity in their playstyle.

Regardless of your Xayah ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your gold income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on pairing Nunu & Willump and Xayah, we analyzed 1,314 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 Xayah 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 truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Xayah during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL games, you should keep reading to master a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly.

The best finished items to have in your Nunu & Willump and Xayah synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he performed much better when paired up with Xayah than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 45.8% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Xayah with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the runes players chose for this team composition, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 45.8% winrate overall.

If you need to get Nunu & Willump and Xayah cooperations tips and stats for a a specific division, please choose one from the selection menu provided above. At first, the statistics and tips and suggestions shown are computed using every game played with both champions.