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How to Win Elise vs Nunu & Willump Counter MatchupElise is in the a tier of champions

Elise vs Nunu & Willump

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Elise in LoLElise is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Elise

based on 580 Elise vs Nunu & Willump matchups
Win Rate
53.8 %
K/D/A
2.43
Pick Rate
2.1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we evaluate millions of ranked League of Legends rounds each week. Within our dataset, Elise engaged Nunu & Willump 580 times. With so many games with Elise vs Nunu & Willump provides us faith in our capability to prepare enlightening stats and a solid build to suppress Nunu & Willump. This champ pairing is fairly rare. Elise encounters Nunu & Willump in only 2.1% of her matches.

Elise vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary

Elise has done a good job of beating Nunu & Willump. Normally, she wins a whopping 53.8% of the time the champions face each other in. In Elise vs Nunu & Willump matches, Elise’s team is 0.0% more expected to get first blood. This indicates that she most likely will get first blood versus Nunu & Willump.

Best Elise vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Scorchclaw PupHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeSorcerer's Shoes

Core Elise Items

~22 Mins
Rabadon's DeathcapShadowflameStormsurge

Optional Items

Zhonya's HourglassLich BaneHextech Rocketbelt

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Elise to level upq
>
Second ability for Elise to level upw
>
Last skill for Elise to max oute

Runes

DominationElectrocuteCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryNimbus CloakWaterwalking
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Elise's passive ability p
Elise's q ability q
Elise's w ability w
Elise's e ability e
Elise's ultimate ability r
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W
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Q
3
E
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Q
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Q
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Elise

Tips for Playing as Elise against Nunu & Willump

Spider Form is most effective at finishing off enemies with low health; Human Form's Neurotoxin does more damage to healthy foes.

Elise's Spider Form and Spider Form abilities do not cost mana and can be prioritized when you are trying to conserve mana.

When in Spider Form, Spiderlings will attack the target that Elise uses Venomous Bite on.

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.

Elise vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats

Elise Image
Win Rate
53.8 %
VS
Win Rate
46.2 %
Nunu & Willump Image
7.2
< Kills >
5
6.1
< Deaths >
6.8
7.6
< Assists >
10.9
1.65
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
30
< Minions Killed >
30
1.25
< Dragons Killed >
1.46
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.37
1,318
< Physical Damage >
1,015
15,800
< Magic Damage >
12,522
1,342
< True Damage >
719
18,461
< Damage Dealt >
14,257
27,919
< Damage Taken >
36,105
11,137
< Gold Earned >
10,582
1.47
< Towers >
1.22
0.28
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
12,692
< Total Healing >
19,156
12,357
< Experience >
12,361
24
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
5
169
< Time Dealing CC >
446

How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Elise in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize several valuable Elise vs. Nunu & Willump matchup stats that may help us understand the differences between the pair. For instance, Elise’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Elise may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..

Elise often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her foe does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also indicate that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Elise and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Elise
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Elise
Nunu & Willump

Who is Better, Elise or Nunu & Willump?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Elise usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 53.8% win rate. Therefore, Elise makes a great counter for Nunu & Willump.

While Elise does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Elise also has a much greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Elise into Nunu & Willumpas her relative depth means you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.

Moreover, Elise also has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Elise vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Elise is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during teamfights.

Elise is a great counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should hold your own as Elise against Nunu & Willump.

Additional Information for Elise Players

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

For this guide on countering Nunu & Willump as Elise, we analyzed 580 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 Elise 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.

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Elise to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Elise usually accumulates a similar amount of CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't get much CS usualy don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Elise versus Nunu & Willump build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Shadowflame, and Stormsurge. When Elise combined at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Elise boasted an average win rate of 53.8% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this counter build.

To have the best probability of beating Nunu & Willump as Elise, Elise players should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Nimbus Cloak, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Of all the rune builds players chose for Elise vs Nunu & Willump counters, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 53.8% winrate overall.

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