Kalista vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Kalista
based on 810 Kalista vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kalista vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Kalista vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Kalista
Tips for Playing as Kalista against Nunu & Willump
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Kalista in LoL
The stats provided here underscore some significant Kalista against Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that can help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Kalista’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kalista may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely a result of the difference in kills.
Kalista often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her matchup does. Typically, she receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also indicate that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Kalista and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Kalista or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kalista usually loses when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 47.8% win rate. Therefore, Kalista makes a poor counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Kalista does have a lower winrate than Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Kalista also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Kalista into Nunu & Willumpas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Kalista also has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kalista vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champion with a lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during late stage team fights.
Kalista is a trash counter to Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your tactics on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kalista against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Kalista to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kalista often racks up much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't take much CS often don't require 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 have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.
The most important items to have in your Kalista versus Nunu & Willump build include Runaan's Hurricane, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Blade of The Ruined King. When Kalista bought at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better vs Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista boasted an average win rate of 47.8% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the highest chance of defeating Nunu & Willump as Kalista, you should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Kalista vs Nunu & Willump matchups, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 47.8% winrate overall.
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