Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Caitlyn
based on 8,712 Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Caitlyn
Tips for Playing as Caitlyn against Nunu & Willump
Fire 90 Caliber Net away from the opponent to close the gap or hop over walls.
Avoid using Ace in the Hole in large team melees as it might be blocked by the wrong target.
Make use of her Yordle Snap Traps by placing them pre-emptively to ensure that you'll have one off of cooldown during combat.
Advice to Win Against Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Caitlyn in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Caitlyn against Nunu & Willump counter statistics that may help you figure out the distinctions between this set of champs. For instance, Caitlyn’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Caitlyn may be more central to her team's team fighting potential than Nunu & Willump..
Caitlyn often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with more HP has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Caitlyn or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Caitlyn usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 52.1% win rate. Thus, Caitlyn makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Caitlyn does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Caitlyn also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champ to learn and master. You should be be fine when picking Caitlyn into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Caitlyn has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Caitlyn is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Caitlyn is an above average counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Caitlyn against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Caitlyn in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you listen to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Caitlyn on average accumulates much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers shown here to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Caitlyn versus Nunu & Willump build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Bloodthirster, and The Collector. When Caitlyn included at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs. Nunu & Willump than with most other common builds. In fact, Caitlyn had an average winrate of 52.1% when countering Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of crushing Nunu & Willump as Caitlyn, you should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players picked for Caitlyn vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this combo of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 52.1% winrate overall.
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