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How to Win Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank Counter MatchupNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions

Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank

How to Beat Blitzcrank as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the s tier of champions
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How to Beat Blitzcrank as Nunu & Willump

based on 3,359 Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank matchups
Win Rate
43.9 %
K/D/A
2.36
Pick Rate
3.8 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

At MOBA Champion, we analyze millions of ranked League rounds every week. In our dataset, Nunu & Willump did battle with Blitzcrank 3359 times. Including so many games with Nunu & Willump versus Blitzcrank provides us a lot of confidence in our capability to provide actionable statistics and a recommended build to obliterate Blitzcrank. This champ pairing is somewhat rare. Nunu & Willump is forced to battle against Blitzcrank in only 3.8% of his games.

Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump has done a terrible job of beating Blitzcrank. Typically, he wins a lowly 43.9% of the time the champions fight each other in. In Nunu & Willump versus Blitzcrank rounds, Nunu & Willump’s side is 0.2% less probable to get first blood, implying that he most likely won't get first blood against Blitzcrank.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameSpirit VisageRabadon's DeathcapThornmail

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Countering Blitzcrank as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Blitzcrank

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 Blitzcrank

Staying behind creeps can prevent you from being Rocket Grabbed. Blitzcrank's Rocket Grab only pulls the first enemy target it encounters.

Blitzcrank's passive Mana Barrier grants him a shield when he is low on health.

Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
43.9 %
VS
Win Rate
56.1 %
Blitzcrank Image
5.1
< Kills >
2.3
7
< Deaths >
6.2
11.4
< Assists >
13.7
1.14
< Killing Sprees >
0.42
29
< Minions Killed >
28
1.45
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.37
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,088
< Physical Damage >
2,789
13,319
< Magic Damage >
5,936
860
< True Damage >
930
15,268
< Damage Dealt >
9,655
36,557
< Damage Taken >
22,823
10,712
< Gold Earned >
8,470
1.19
< Towers >
1.38
0.37
< Baron Takedowns >
0.01
19,191
< Total Healing >
2,234
12,560
< Experience >
10,348
19
< Vision Score >
54
5
< Wards Placed >
24
457
< Time Dealing CC >
305

How to Counter Blitzcrank with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some important Nunu & Willump against Blitzcrank counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between this set of champions. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Blitzcrank’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Blitzcrank..

Nunu & Willump typically has a slightly larger longest kill spree than his counter does. On average, he takes more damage than Blitzcrank. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to kite away from additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Blitzcrank

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Blitzcrank
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Blitzcrank

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Blitzcrank?

Both League champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Blitzcrank, with a 43.9% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter for Blitzcrank.

While Nunu & Willump does have a much lower winrate than Blitzcrank, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more challenging champ to learn and master. You may get destroyed when picking Nunu & Willump into Blitzcrank.

Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Blitzcrank. This 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 in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank matchups, Blitzcrank is the better champion with a much lower win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a trash counter to Blitzcrank. You will do well by focussing your strategy on keeping up your gold income and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Blitzcrank.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Blitzcrank as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 3,359 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Blitzcrank as Nunu & Willump comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump to counter Blitzcrank during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump most often racks up a similar amount of CS compared to Blitzcrank. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers shown on this page to do well.

The top items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Blitzcrank build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when facing Blitzcrank than with most other typical counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 43.9% when countering Blitzcrank with this build.

To have the greatest likelihood of beating Blitzcrank as Nunu & Willump, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players picked for Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank LoL games, this mixture of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 43.9% win rate overall.

If you want to get Nunu & Willump vs Blitzcrank tips and matchup stats and build suggestions for a a distinct player tier, feel free to select one from the selection menu shown above. At first, the statistics and guides displayed are calculated using every game with data with both champs.