Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn
How to Beat Caitlyn as Nunu & Willump
based on 8,712 Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Caitlyn as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Caitlyn
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 Caitlyn
Keep behind allied minions if Caitlyn is harassing you with Piltover Peacemaker (it deals less damage with each subsequent target).
You can intercept Ace in the Hole's missile from hitting an ally if you stand in its path.
Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn Counter Stats
How to Counter Caitlyn with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stats provided here emphasize some strategic Nunu & Willump vs. Caitlyn counter stats that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Caitlyn’s ratio of NaN, showing that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Caitlyn. This observation is largely caused by the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. On average, he takes more damage than Caitlyn. This commonly reflects different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also show that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Caitlyn?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Caitlyn, with a 47.9% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter to Caitlyn.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Caitlyn, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You should be very concerned when picking Nunu & Willump into Caitlyn.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Caitlyn. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn matchups, Caitlyn is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a trash counter for Caitlyn. Make sure you focus your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Caitlyn.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Caitlyn during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions shown here, you should grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump often accumulates a lot less CS as Caitlyn. Champions who typically don't get 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 abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers reported here to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Caitlyn build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Liandry's Torment, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Caitlyn than with many other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 47.9% when countering Caitlyn with this counter build.
To have the best chance of vanquishing Caitlyn 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 runes players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Caitlyn battles, this combo of runes yielded the best win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 47.9% winrate overall.
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