Irelia vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Irelia
based on 2,315 Irelia vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Irelia vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Irelia vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Irelia
Tips for Playing as Irelia against Nunu & Willump
Defiant Dance is not interrupted by crowd control, try timing it for incoming disables.
Flawless Duet does not have a maximum travel distance, try using it in creative ways.
Use Bladesurge to cover great distances by targeting low life minions on your way to champion targets.
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.
Irelia vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Irelia in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some strategic Irelia vs. Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that may help us appreciate the differences between this set of champs. As an example, Irelia’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Irelia may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Irelia usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Irelia and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Irelia or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Irelia usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 51.8% win rate. Thus, Irelia makes a good counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Irelia does have a higher winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Irelia also has a greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Irelia into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Irelia also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Irelia vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Irelia is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Irelia is a decent counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your play on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Irelia against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Irelia in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Irelia on average accumulates much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often require several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.
The top items to use in your Irelia versus Nunu & Willump build include Wit's End, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Irelia included at least these three pieces in her build, she did a lot better vs Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Irelia had an average win rate of 51.8% battling Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Nunu & Willump as Irelia, you should use the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Irelia vs Nunu & Willump LoL games, this order of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 51.8% win rate overall.
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