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How to Win Darius vs Nunu & Willump Counter MatchupDarius is in the b tier of champions

Darius vs Nunu & Willump

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Darius in LoLDarius is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Darius

based on 3,162 Darius vs Nunu & Willump matchups
Win Rate
51.3 %
K/D/A
1.8
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Darius engaged Nunu & Willump 3162 times. Including so many matchups for Darius vs Nunu & Willump provides us a lot of confidence in our capacity to produce enlightening statistics and a supported build to suppress Nunu & Willump. This particular counter matchup is fairly rare. Darius fights Nunu & Willump in only 2.3% of his rounds.

Darius vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary

Darius does a decent job of countering Nunu & Willump. Normally, he wins a acceptable 51.3% of the time the champs fight each other in. In Darius vs Nunu & Willump rounds, Darius’s side is 0.0% more probable to get first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus Nunu & Willump.

Best Darius vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
DaggerPhage

Core Darius Items

~22 Mins
Sterak's GageTrinity ForceSundered Sky

Optional Items

Death's DanceDead Man's PlateForce of NatureBlack Cleaver

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Darius to level upq
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Second ability for Darius to level upe
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Last skill for Darius to max outw

Runes

PrecisionConquerorTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveBone PlatingUnflinching
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
Darius's passive ability p
Darius's q ability q
Darius's w ability w
Darius's e ability e
Darius's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Darius

Tips for Playing as Darius against Nunu & Willump

Noxian Guillotine does more damage the more attacks you can land prior to it. Use Noxian Might to deal maximum damage.

Darius benefits greatly from enhanced survivability. The longer you can prolong a fight, the more powerful he becomes.

Decimate is a powerful harassment ability. Strike an enemy from maximum range for the greatest effect.

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.

Darius vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats

Darius Image
Win Rate
51.3 %
VS
Win Rate
48.7 %
Nunu & Willump Image
7
< Kills >
5.3
6.4
< Deaths >
6.9
4.5
< Assists >
11.2
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
163
< Minions Killed >
30
0.17
< Dragons Killed >
1.57
0.47
< Inhibitors >
0.4
16,812
< Physical Damage >
1,078
94
< Magic Damage >
13,608
3,889
< True Damage >
855
20,796
< Damage Dealt >
15,543
32,237
< Damage Taken >
36,934
11,886
< Gold Earned >
10,874
2.33
< Towers >
1.3
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
7,864
< Total Healing >
19,534
14,465
< Experience >
12,812
17
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
165
< Time Dealing CC >
453

How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Darius in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here feature some vital Darius against Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that can help us understand the differences between the pair. As an example, Darius’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Darius may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..

Darius normally has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his opponent does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Darius and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Darius
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Darius
Nunu & Willump

Who is Better, Darius or Nunu & Willump?

Both LoL champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Darius usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 51.3% win rate. As a result, Darius makes a good counter for Nunu & Willump.

While Darius does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Darius also has a lower learning curve that makes him a less challenging champion to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Darius into Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, Darius also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Darius vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Darius is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during late stage team fights.

Darius is a decent counter to Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Darius against Nunu & Willump.

Additional Information for Darius Players

How We Calculated Our Darius vs Nunu & Willump Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nunu & Willump as Darius, we analyzed 3,162 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nunu & Willump as Darius comes from real 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 the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Darius to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Darius usually gets much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't earn many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.

The top items to focus on in your Darius versus Nunu & Willump build include Sterak's Gage, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Darius used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs. Nunu & Willump than with most other typical builds. In fact, Darius had an average win rate of 51.3% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.

To have the greatest chance of vanquishing Nunu & Willump as Darius, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Darius vs Nunu & Willump counter picks, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.3% winrate overall.

By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nunu & Willump as Darius are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to scope the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.