Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox
How to Beat Aatrox as Nunu & Willump
based on 4,366 Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Aatrox as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Aatrox
Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.
You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.
It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.
Advice to Win Against Aatrox
Aatrox's Infernal Chains are easier to exit when running towards the sides or at Aatrox.
Aatrox's attacks are very telegraphed, so use the time to dodge the hit zones.
Keep your distance when Aatrox uses his Ultimate to prevent him from reviving.
Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox Counter Stats
How to Counter Aatrox with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here underscore several significant Nunu & Willump vs. Aatrox matchup statistics that can help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Aatrox’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Aatrox. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Commonly, he takes a similar amount of damage to Aatrox. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Aatrox
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Aatrox?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Aatrox, with a 48.2% win rate. Therefore, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter for Aatrox.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate than Aatrox, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champion to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Aatrox.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Aatrox. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox matchups, Aatrox is the better champ with a lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter for Aatrox. Focus your tactics on maximizing your CS and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Aatrox.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Aatrox during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump on average accumulates a lot less CS compared to Aatrox. Champs who on average don't take many minion kills usualy 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 large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Aatrox build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did much better countering Aatrox than with many other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 48.2% battling Aatrox with this counter build.
To have the best chance of beating Aatrox as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Aatrox fights, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.2% winrate overall.
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