Maokai vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Maokai
based on 3,515 Maokai vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Maokai vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Maokai vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Maokai
Tips for Playing as Maokai against Nunu & Willump
Maokai's passive makes him extremely durable against focus fire from spells - so long as he can still basic attack something.
Try looking for flanks or other situations where Nature's Grasp is unavoidable or takes enemies by surprise.
Saplings can be tossed into brush for empowered effect - but don't stack well.
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.
Maokai vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Maokai in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some vital Maokai against Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help you distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. As an example, Maokai’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Maokai may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Maokai normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his counter does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also imply that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Maokai and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Maokai or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Maokai usually wins when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 54.4% win rate. Thus, Maokai makes a great counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Maokai does have a much higher winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Maokai also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less difficult character to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Maokai into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Maokai also has a lot of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Maokai vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Maokai is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.
Maokai is a great counter to Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Maokai against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Maokai to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Maokai most often gets more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champions who typically don't take many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Maokai versus Nunu & Willump build include Trailblazer, Knight's Vow, and Locket of the Iron Solari. When Maokai included at least these three items in his build, he performed a lot better when fighting Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Maokai boasted an average winrate of 54.4% when countering Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the best probability of beating Nunu & Willump as Maokai, Maokai players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Overgrowth, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players picked for Maokai vs Nunu & Willump clashes, this combination of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 54.4% winrate overall.
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