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How to Synergize Rakan with Nunu & Willump on the Same TeamRakan is in the a tier of champions

Rakan with Nunu & Willump

How to Win With Rakan and Nunu & Willump Paired TogetherRakan is in the b tier of champions
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TankFighter

How to Synergize Rakan and Nunu & Willump

based on 2,427 Rakan with Nunu & Willump pairs
Win Rate
47 %
K/D/A
3
Pick Rate
2.2 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

Our servers download data from from millions of League rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Rakan has been on the same team as Nunu & Willump in 2427 recent, competitive games. By gathering so much great data from the publishers of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can present to you high quality, insightful builds to help Rakan synergize with Nunu & Willump. It is relatively rare for Rakan to play with Nunu & Willump as allies. This has only taken place in approx. 2.2% of rounds with Rakan.

Rakan Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Rakan has done a poor job of fighting on the same side as Nunu & Willump. Normally, he wins a poor 47.0% of rounds the champions try and work together in. If you want to win more matches as Rakan when fighting on the same team as Nunu & Willump by figuring out how to better synergize your play style with him, then check out the complete build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Rakan vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsWinged Moonplate

Core Rakan Items

~22 Mins
TrailblazerKnight's VowSolstice Sleigh

Optional Items

Shurelya's BattlesongZeke's ConvergenceLocket of the Iron SolariThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerdot summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Rakan to level upw
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Second ability for Rakan to level upe
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Last skill for Rakan to max outq

Runes

ResolveGuardianFont of LifeBone PlatingUnflinching
DominationZombie WardUltimate Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceArmor
Rakan's passive ability p
Rakan's q ability q
Rakan's w ability w
Rakan's e ability e
Rakan's ultimate ability r
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W
2
E
3
Q
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
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W
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E
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Guide to Synergizing Rakan and Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Rakan with Nunu & Willump

Rakan's dash speeds increase with his Move Speed. Use the extra speed to surprise your enemies!

Danger is as fun as you let it be.

Rakan requires allies near him to make the most out of his tools.

Advice to Understand How Nunu & Willump Will Play

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.

Rakan Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats

Rakan Image
Win Rate
47 %
VS
Win Rate
53 %
Nunu & Willump Image
1.6
< Kills >
1.6
5.4
< Deaths >
5.3
14.6
< Assists >
14.4
0.28
< Killing Sprees >
0.26
31
< Minions Killed >
32
0.04
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.46
< Inhibitors >
0.49
1,312
< Physical Damage >
1,242
5,038
< Magic Damage >
4,970
747
< True Damage >
751
7,098
< Damage Dealt >
6,963
19,953
< Damage Taken >
19,868
8,174
< Gold Earned >
8,258
1.71
< Towers >
1.79
0
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
5,858
< Total Healing >
5,857
10,201
< Experience >
10,357
61
< Vision Score >
64
29
< Wards Placed >
31
175
< Time Dealing CC >
173

How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Rakan in LoL

The Rakan Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Rakan sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Nunu & Willump helps Rakan perform not as well in ranked League of Legends matches. Yet, the small difference demonstrates that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Rakan is paired with Nunu & Willump, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This could indicate that Nunu & Willump helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Rakan is played together with Nunu & Willump on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays alone. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, when Rakan plays with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he typically takes a little more damage than when he plays alone. Getting dealt more damage could indicate that Nunu & Willump does a poor job of covering Rakan during team fights.

Synergies between Rakan and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Rakan
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Rakan
Nunu & Willump

Is Rakan better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?

There is no ideal ally for Rakan that will always be his top synergy. However, overall, Nunu & Willump is a very bad companion for Rakan. By playing on the same team as Rakan, he decreases their win rate by -3.6% to 47.0%. This signals that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Rakan and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing worse together than without each other.

Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Rakan. That means you don't need to be very careful when finding Nunu & Willump teammates to play with, as they will have to have a lower level of skill to cooperate well with you.

When playing together, Rakan players should witness an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. When paired, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.

Conversely, by grouping Rakan and Nunu & Willump together, you probably will not be giving your other teammates enough attack damage. Plan to bring other champs on your team that nullifies this hole in this pairing's abilities.

Regardless of the ability of your Nunu & Willump teammate, you should focus on increasing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Rakan Players

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

For this guide on pairing Rakan and Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 2,427 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 Rakan with Nunu & Willump 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 learn all of the intricacies of Rakan to synergize with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL matches, you should keep reading to gather some more tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and stats displayed here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.

The top finished items to get in your Rakan and Nunu & Willump synergy build consist of Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Solstice Sleigh. When Rakan used at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better as an ally of Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Rakan had an average winrate of 47.0% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of annihilating your oponents, you should use the Guardian, Font of Life, Bone Plating, Unflinching, Zombie Ward, and Ultimate Hunter runes from the Resolve and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players chose for Rakan and Nunu & Willump pairings, this mix of runes yielded the top win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 47.0% winrate overall.

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