Nunu & Willump vs Samira
How to Beat Samira as Nunu & Willump
based on 4,043 Nunu & Willump vs Samira matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Samira Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Samira Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Samira as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Samira
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.
Nunu & Willump vs Samira Counter Stats
How to Counter Samira with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some significant Nunu & Willump versus Samira matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between the two. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Samira’s KDA ratio of NaN, indicating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capacity than Samira. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump normally has a significantly smaller longest killing spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives more damage than Samira. This often reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also show that the one champion has less mobility and thus is unable to flee from further damage when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Samira?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when taking on Samira, with a 48.6% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes a poor counter to Samira.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower winrate compared to Samira, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging champ to develop with. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Samira.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Samira. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Samira matchups, Samira is the better champion with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during teamfights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Samira. You will do well by focussing your tactics on keeping up your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Samira.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to counter Samira during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will increase your win rate by a lot and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump usually gets a lot less CS compared to Samira. Champs who typically don't take much CS usualy don't need much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Samira build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Jak'Sho, The Protean. When Nunu & Willump used at least these three items in his build, he performed significantly better vs Samira than with many other commonly used builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 48.6% when playing against Samira with these items in his kit.
To have the best probability of coming out on top against Samira 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 rune combinations that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Samira fights, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 48.6% winrate overall.
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