Gwen vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Gwen
based on 1,802 Gwen vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Gwen vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Gwen vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Gwen
Tips for Playing as Gwen against Nunu & Willump
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
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.
Gwen vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Gwen in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Gwen against Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help you distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Gwen’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Gwen may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Gwen often has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, but it can also imply that the champ with higher HP has less agility and thus is unable to escape further harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Gwen and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Gwen or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Gwen usually fairs equally well when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 50.3% win rate. Thus, Gwen makes an ok counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Gwen does have a higher winrate than Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Gwen also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more difficult character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Gwen into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Gwen also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Gwen vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Gwen is the better champ with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Gwen is a decent counter to Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Gwen against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Gwen to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Gwen often accumulates much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't take much CS often don't need 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, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need many items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values reported on this page to do well.
The best items to use in your Gwen versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Riftmaker. When Gwen included at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better countering Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Gwen boasted an average winrate of 50.3% when countering Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the best likelihood of crushing Nunu & Willump as Gwen, you should take the Conqueror, Presence of Mind, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes that we analyzed for Gwen vs Nunu & Willump counters, this order of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 50.3% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nunu & Willump as Gwen are presented for all skill levels, merged. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to an individual rank, you may use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.