Nunu & Willump vs Akali
How to Beat Akali as Nunu & Willump
based on 5,435 Nunu & Willump vs Akali matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Akali Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Akali Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Akali as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Akali
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 Akali
Akali's Five Point Strike is powerful when used at maximum range and energy. Engage on her when she has low energy to maximize your chance of winning trades.
Return to base if your Health is low and Akali has her ultimate available.
Akali can still be hit by area effect spells while obscured inside Twilight Shroud. Doing so will briefly reveal her position.
Nunu & Willump vs Akali Counter Stats
How to Counter Akali with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some significant Nunu & Willump against Akali counter statistics that can help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Akali’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Akali. This observation is largely fueled by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump typically has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his foe does. Typically, he takes more damage than Akali. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Akali?
Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when playing against Akali, with a 49.0% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter for Akali.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate compared to Akali, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less challenging champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Akali.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Akali. 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 in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Akali matchups, Akali is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Akali. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Akali.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Akali during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and tips presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often picks up a lot less CS as Akali. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS usualy don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. They 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, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Akali build include Kaenic Rookern, Thornmail, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs Akali than with most other common counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 49.0% when countering Akali with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Akali as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune builds we have analyed for Nunu & Willump vs Akali counterpicks, this sequence of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 49.0% winrate overall.
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