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.
Seeds grant vision to your team.
Placing a seed in your spell's path after you have cast it gives you the best chance of having a seed in the proper spot.
Zyra is a great ambusher - look for opportunities to set a trap of seeds in brush, then lure enemies in.
The Nunu & Willump Zyra synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Zyra, 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 Zyra. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Zyra helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Zyra, he observes a small increase in his complete damage output. This may signal that Zyra supports by providing cover for him to deal more damage or that her presence on the team also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Zyra on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Zyra. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Zyra.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Zyra on the same team, he usually takes a little more damage than when he fights alone. Taking more damage could indicate that Zyra does a poor job of protecting Nunu & Willump during teamfights.
There is no top companion for Nunu & Willump that will no matter what be his #1 teammate. Yet, Zyra is a decent ally for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same team as Nunu & Willump, she improves their win rate by 2.4% to 49.9%. This clearly indicates that there is a good synergy between Nunu & Willump and Zyra that results in them performing at the top of their game together than without each other.
Zyra has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players need to be very careful when finding Zyra comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing on the same side, Nunu & Willump players should observe an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal magic damage. When paired, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Zyra together, you may not be granting your other teammates a great deal of attack damage. Plan to pick other champions on your team that nullifies this gap in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Zyra ally's ability, you need to focus on increasing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you will do well, regardless.
To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to work well with Zyra during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League games, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The best items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump and Zyra synergy build include Thornmail, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better when paired up with Zyra than with most other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 49.9% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Zyra with this build.
To have the greatest chance of crushing your oponents, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Nunu & Willump and Zyra pairings, this combo of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.9% win rate overall.
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