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

Nunu & Willump vs Rengar

How to Beat Rengar as Nunu & Willump in LoLNunu & Willump is in the s tier of champions
TankFighter
AssassinFighter

How to Beat Rengar as Nunu & Willump

based on 3,069 Nunu & Willump vs Rengar matchups
Win Rate
48.6 %
K/D/A
2.52
Pick Rate
3.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We generate our counter statistics from the millions of recently ranked League of Legends matches that we get from Riot Games each week. This guide on how to beat Rengar as Nunu & Willump came out of an examination of 3069 ranked rounds where both champs fought each other. This counter pairing is somewhat rare. Nunu & Willump fights Rengar in only 3.4% of his rounds.

Nunu & Willump vs Rengar Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a poor job of beating Rengar. On average, he wins a acceptable 48.6% of matches the champs oppose one another in. In Nunu & Willump against Rengar matches, Nunu & Willump’s team is 0.1% more probable to obtain first blood, implying that he most likely will be able to get first blood versus Rengar.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Rengar Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Mosstomper SeedlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsBlasting Wand

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailJak'Sho, The Protean

Optional Items

Spirit VisageRanduin's OmenFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
>
Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
>
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
1
Q
2
E
3
W
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
9
Q
10
E
11
R
12
E
13
E
14
W
15
W
16
R

Guide to Countering Rengar as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Rengar

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 Rengar

Rengar's passive enables him to leap out of brush, so avoid fighting him when near bushes.

Rengar puts an indicator over the nearest enemy champion when he is camouflaged during his ultimate.

Rengar gains an empowered ability when his resource bar is full. Try to confront him when it's low.

Nunu & Willump vs Rengar Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
48.6 %
VS
Win Rate
51.4 %
Rengar Image
5.6
< Kills >
8.5
6.7
< Deaths >
7.1
11.3
< Assists >
6.2
1.26
< Killing Sprees >
1.94
30
< Minions Killed >
43
1.64
< Dragons Killed >
1.2
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,117
< Physical Damage >
18,331
13,557
< Magic Damage >
1,337
818
< True Damage >
1,130
15,493
< Damage Dealt >
20,798
36,855
< Damage Taken >
33,522
10,977
< Gold Earned >
13,013
1.33
< Towers >
1.32
0.43
< Baron Takedowns >
0.29
19,759
< Total Healing >
15,801
12,991
< Experience >
13,947
19
< Vision Score >
20
5
< Wards Placed >
5
474
< Time Dealing CC >
233

How to Counter Rengar with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown here show several influential Nunu & Willump vs. Rengar matchup statistics that can help you appreciate the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Rengar’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Rengar. This observation is in large part fueled by the differences in assists.

Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his opponent does. On average, he takes more damage than Rengar. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the champion with higher HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Rengar

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Rengar
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Rengar

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Rengar?

Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when taking on Rengar, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter for Rengar.

While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Rengar, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to learn. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Rengar.

Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Rengar. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there is not a single best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Rengar matchups, Rengar is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.

Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Rengar. Focus your gameplay on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Rengar.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on countering Rengar as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 3,069 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 Rengar 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 learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to counter Rengar during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind 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 typically picks up a similar amount of CS compared to Rengar. Champions who typically don't get many minion kills typically don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. 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, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers shown here to do well.

The ideal items to prioritize in your Nunu & Willump versus Rengar build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three pieces in his build, he did a lot better when facing Rengar than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 48.6% when countering Rengar with this build.

To have the highest likelihood of vanquishing Rengar 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 builds we have analyed for Nunu & Willump vs Rengar counter picks, this combo of runes resulted in the best win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 48.6% win rate overall.

If you want to view Nunu & Willump x Rengar tips and counter builds for a a specific division, please select one from the selection menu displayed above. If viewing for the first time, the statistics and build suggestions given are calculated using every round with data with these champions.