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

Nunu & Willump vs Kennen

How to Beat Kennen as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Kennen as Nunu & Willump

based on 931 Nunu & Willump vs Kennen matchups
Win Rate
47.2 %
K/D/A
2.4
Pick Rate
1 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our matchup statistics from the millions of recently ranked League games that we evaluate every week. Our guide on how to beat Kennen as Nunu & Willump resulted from an analysis of 931 ranked matches where both champs faced each other. This particular counter pairing is somewhat rare. Nunu & Willump has to counter Kennen in only 1.0% of his games.

Nunu & Willump vs Kennen Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a dismal job of beating Kennen. On average, he wins a lowly 47.2% of matches the champions face off with one another in. In Nunu & Willump versus Kennen games, Nunu & Willump’s team is 0.1% more probable to get first blood. This implies that he probably will get first blood against Kennen.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Kennen Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsDark Seal

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ShadowflameJak'Sho, The ProteanHextech RocketbeltThornmail

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

DominationDark HarvestCheap ShotEyeball CollectionRelentless Hunter
SorceryCelerityWaterwalking
Adaptive ForceAdaptive 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 Kennen as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Kennen

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 Kennen

Consider playing a bit more cautiously around Kennen when you have a Mark of the Storm debuff. If he hits you with 3 Marks of the Storm, you will get stunned.

Kennen is flimsy by nature - turn and attack him if he gets careless with Lightning Rush.

Nunu & Willump vs Kennen Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
47.2 %
VS
Win Rate
52.8 %
Kennen Image
5.4
< Kills >
6.4
6.8
< Deaths >
6.1
10.9
< Assists >
6.3
1.21
< Killing Sprees >
1.49
30
< Minions Killed >
155
1.47
< Dragons Killed >
0.05
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.42
1,017
< Physical Damage >
2,093
13,186
< Magic Damage >
20,622
769
< True Damage >
596
14,973
< Damage Dealt >
23,312
36,708
< Damage Taken >
21,574
10,868
< Gold Earned >
11,266
1.27
< Towers >
2.06
0.4
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
19,504
< Total Healing >
2,927
12,812
< Experience >
14,267
19
< Vision Score >
18
5
< Wards Placed >
9
452
< Time Dealing CC >
73

How to Counter Kennen with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats provided here underscore several important Nunu & Willump versus Kennen counter statistics that can help us explain the differences between the pair. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Kennen’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Kennen. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Nunu & Willump usually has a similar longest kill spree as his foe does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Kennen. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to flee from further damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Kennen

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Kennen
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Kennen

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Kennen?

Both League champs are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when playing against Kennen, with a 47.2% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter to Kennen.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Kennen, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a greater difficulty level that makes him a more time consuming champ to learn and master. You should expect to face a difficult match when picking Nunu & Willump into Kennen.

Additionally, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Kennen. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Kennen matchups, Kennen 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 teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a garbage counter for Kennen. Focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Kennen.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on countering Kennen as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 931 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 Kennen 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 Kennen during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump typically racks up a lot less CS relative to Kennen. Champions who on average don't earn much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are capable of scaling properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The most crucial items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Kennen build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three pieces in his build, he performed significantly better vs Kennen than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 47.2% when playing against Kennen with this build.

To have the highest probability of beating Kennen as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune sets players used for Nunu & Willump vs Kennen matchups, this combination of runes resulted in the best win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 47.2% win rate overall.

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