Nunu & Willump vs Shaco
How to Beat Shaco as Nunu & Willump
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Nunu & Willump vs Shaco Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Shaco Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Shaco as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Shaco
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 Shaco
If Shaco is doing well early-game, it is worth the investment to place Stealth Wards near his Jungle camps.
If Shaco uses Deceive to enter a fight he won't be able to quickly use it again to get away. Work with your team to quickly focus him down.
Nunu & Willump vs Shaco Counter Stats
How to Counter Shaco with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here highlight some significant Nunu & Willump versus Shaco matchup statistics that can help you interpret the distinctions between this pair of champions. Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Shaco’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Shaco..
Nunu & Willump normally has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Shaco. This often reflects different amounts of tankyness, but it can also illustrate that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to kite away from further harm when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Shaco?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when playing against Shaco, with a 49.7% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter to Shaco.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Shaco, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower level of difficulty that makes him a less difficult champion to learn and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Shaco.
Furthermore, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Shaco. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Shaco matchups, Shaco is the better champ with a similar 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 for Shaco. You will do well by focussing your tactics on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Nunu & Willump against Shaco.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to counter Shaco during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown above, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump most often accumulates a similar amount of CS compared to Shaco. Champions who on average don't earn many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need many items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the numbers displayed on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Shaco build include Spirit Visage, Sunfire Aegis, and Thornmail. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did significantly better vs. Shaco than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 49.7% when playing against Shaco with this counter build.
To have the best chance of crushing Shaco as Nunu & Willump, Nunu & Willump players should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Shaco matchups, this combination of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 49.7% winrate overall.
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