Kayle vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Kayle
based on 2,597 Kayle vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Kayle vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Kayle
Tips for Playing as Kayle against Nunu & Willump
Kayle benefits greatly from Attack Damage and Ability Power, making hybrid items like Nashor's Tooth and Hextech Gunblade very effective on her.
Using Divine Judgment on a high-DPS ally can turn the tides of battle by giving your ally free reign to attack.
Kayle's attacks become incredibly powerful once she gains attack range from Divine Ascent. Play safe until then.
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.
Kayle vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Kayle in LoL
The stats shown here feature some critical Kayle versus Nunu & Willump matchup stats that may help you appreciate the differences between the two. Kayle’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Kayle may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Kayle usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also hint that the champion with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Kayle or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Kayle usually wins when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 52.3% win rate. Therefore, Kayle makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Kayle does have a higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Kayle also has a much greater learning curve that makes her a more difficult champion to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Kayle into Nunu & Willumpas her relative depth means you may not be able to reach her full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Furthermore, Kayle 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 trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Kayle vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Kayle 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 team fights.
Kayle is a good counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Kayle against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Kayle in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Kayle typically picks up much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Kayle versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Rabadon's Deathcap, Lich Bane, and Nashor's Tooth. When Kayle bought at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better versus Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Kayle had an average win rate of 52.3% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the greatest probability of defeating Nunu & Willump as Kayle, Kayle players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Absolute Focus, and Gathering Storm runes from the Precision and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players chose for Kayle vs Nunu & Willump counters, this blending of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 52.3% winrate overall.
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