Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Lissandra
based on 1,095 Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Lissandra
Tips for Playing as Lissandra against Nunu & Willump
Lissandra's abilities are shorter range than those of many mages. As a result, buying items that offer both ability power and defense, like Zhonya's Hourglass and Banshee's Veil, can be a great choice to help her both survive and deal damage.
Casting Glacial Path and then running in the opposite direction will leave your enemies uncertain which way you will actually go.
You can instantly use your ultimate on yourself by pressing the self cast key and the ultimate key at once (alt+R by default).
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.
Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Lissandra in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here highlight several valuable Lissandra against Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help us appreciate the differences between this set of champions. For instance, Lissandra’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Lissandra may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump..
Lissandra often has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. On average, she receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Lissandra and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Lissandra or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Lissandra usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 53.0% win rate. As a result, Lissandra makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Lissandra does have a higher winrate than Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Lissandra also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more challenging champion to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Lissandra into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Lissandra also has a good amount of utility and CC, 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 isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Lissandra is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during teamfights.
Lissandra is an above average counter for Nunu & Willump. Focus your play on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Lissandra against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Lissandra to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane 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 listen to the build and tips shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Lissandra often gets much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.
The most important items to prioritize in your Lissandra versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Malignance, Zhonya's Hourglass, and Shadowflame. When Lissandra used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Lissandra had an average winrate of 53.0% when countering Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the highest probability of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump as Lissandra, you should equip the Electrocute, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Ultimate Hunter, Manaflow Band, and Transcendence runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Lissandra vs Nunu & Willump counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 53.0% win rate overall.
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