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

Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante

How to Beat K'Sante as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the a tier of champions
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How to Beat K'Sante as Nunu & Willump

based on 1,358 Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante matchups
Win Rate
52 %
K/D/A
2.63
Pick Rate
1.5 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of rated League of Legends games that we review each and every week. This guide on how to beat K'Sante as Nunu & Willump resulted from an analysis of 1358 ranked games where both champions faced one another. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Nunu & Willump is forced to battle against K'Sante in only 1.5% of his games.

Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante Matchup Summary

Nunu & Willump does a good job of countering K'Sante. On average, he wins a terrific 52.0% of matches the champs fight each other in. In Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante rounds, Nunu & Willump’s team is 0.2% more expected to earn first blood. This indicates that he probably will be able to get first blood versus K'Sante.

Best Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante 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

Rabadon's DeathcapJak'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

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationCheap ShotRelentless Hunter
Ability HasteAdaptive ForceHealth Scaling
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 K'Sante as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against K'Sante

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 K'Sante

Stay spread out to minimize the impact of Lee Sin's ultimate, Dragon's Rage.

Lee Sin relies heavily on following up with his abilities. Use disables to prevent him from chaining together his abilities and attacks.

Lee Sin has powerful tools to combat physical damage in Iron Will and Cripple but he is still vulnerable to magic damage.

Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
52 %
VS
Win Rate
48 %
K'Sante Image
5
< Kills >
4.7
6.4
< Deaths >
5.7
11.8
< Assists >
6.7
1.12
< Killing Sprees >
1.09
30
< Minions Killed >
167
1.64
< Dragons Killed >
0.04
0.39
< Inhibitors >
0.4
1,069
< Physical Damage >
14,481
13,252
< Magic Damage >
3,458
848
< True Damage >
1,561
15,171
< Damage Dealt >
19,502
37,277
< Damage Taken >
31,173
10,817
< Gold Earned >
10,849
1.38
< Towers >
2.15
0.43
< Baron Takedowns >
0.02
20,508
< Total Healing >
4,770
12,856
< Experience >
14,518
20
< Vision Score >
15
5
< Wards Placed >
8
486
< Time Dealing CC >
1,033

How to Counter K'Sante with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stat comparisons provided here emphasize several vital Nunu & Willump versus K'Sante matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. As an example, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than K'Sante’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than K'Sante. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Nunu & Willump usually has a similar longest kill spree as his matchup does. On average, he takes more damage than K'Sante. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and K'Sante

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
K'Sante
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
K'Sante

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or K'Sante?

Both League champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually wins when playing against K'Sante, with a 52.0% win rate. As a result, Nunu & Willump makes a good counter for K'Sante.

While Nunu & Willump does have a higher win rate than K'Sante, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into K'Sante.

Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to K'Sante. This makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champion with a higher win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Nunu & Willump is a decent counter for K'Sante. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against K'Sante.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante Build and Stats

For this guide on countering K'Sante as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 1,358 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 K'Sante 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

If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter K'Sante during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you pay attention to 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 as K'Sante. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values displayed on this page to do well.

The ideal items to have in your Nunu & Willump versus K'Sante build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better versus K'Sante than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 52.0% when countering K'Sante with these items in his kit.

To have the best probability of annihilating K'Sante as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should take the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune combinations players used for Nunu & Willump vs K'Sante counters, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes provided a 52.0% winrate overall.

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