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

Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana

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

based on 1,253 Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana matchups
Win Rate
50.1 %
K/D/A
2.66
Pick Rate
1.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We at MOBA Champion summarize millions of recently ranked League rounds each week. Within our dataset, Nunu & Willump engaged Shyvana 1253 times. Having so many games with Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana provides us faith in our capacity to provide enlightening data and a solid build to obliterate your rival. This particular champion matchup is relatively rare. Nunu & Willump fights Shyvana in only 1.4% of his matches.

Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana Matchup Summary

Nunu & Willump does a average job of countering Shyvana. On average, he wins a acceptable 50.1% of games the champions clash against each other in. In Nunu & Willump against Shyvana matches, Nunu & Willump’s team is 0.2% more likely to earn first blood. This implies that he most likely will be able to get first blood against Shyvana.

Best Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Amplifying TomeDark Seal

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Kaenic RookernFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

ThornmailHollow RadianceShadowflameHextech Rocketbelt

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
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 Shyvana as Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Shyvana

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 Shyvana

All of Shyvana's basic abilities hit multiple enemies in dragon form. It's important for opposing champions to not cluster while fighting her.

Shyvana's Fury Bar indicate her ultimate can be activated. Harassing her when she's low on Fury can be very effective.

A significant portion of Shyvana's power is generated through aggression, making her weak against opponents who are able to keep their distance.

Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana Counter Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
50.1 %
VS
Win Rate
49.9 %
Shyvana Image
5.5
< Kills >
6.2
6.4
< Deaths >
6.2
11.5
< Assists >
6.8
1.24
< Killing Sprees >
1.43
32
< Minions Killed >
67
1.5
< Dragons Killed >
1.54
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.51
1,159
< Physical Damage >
5,282
13,875
< Magic Damage >
14,450
875
< True Damage >
1,013
15,909
< Damage Dealt >
20,746
37,729
< Damage Taken >
34,148
11,076
< Gold Earned >
12,435
1.27
< Towers >
1.8
0.4
< Baron Takedowns >
0.27
20,656
< Total Healing >
12,434
13,183
< Experience >
14,451
19
< Vision Score >
22
6
< Wards Placed >
7
451
< Time Dealing CC >
204

How to Counter Shyvana with Nunu & Willump in LoL

The stats shown here feature some valuable Nunu & Willump against Shyvana counter stats that may help you interpret the differences and similarities between the two. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Shyvana’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting potential than Shyvana. This observation is in large part caused by the differences in assists.

Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he takes more damage than Shyvana. This often reflects differing health capacities, but it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Nunu & Willump and Shyvana

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Shyvana
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Nunu & Willump
Shyvana

Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Shyvana?

Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Shyvana, with a 50.1% win rate. Thus, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter to Shyvana.

While Nunu & Willump does have a higher win rate than Shyvana, when they face off with one another, Nunu & Willump also has a greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging champ to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Shyvana.

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

While there isn't one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champ with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.

Nunu & Willump is a decent counter to Shyvana. You will do well by focussing your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Shyvana.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

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

For this guide on countering Shyvana as Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 1,253 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 Shyvana 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 in order to counter Shyvana during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Nunu & Willump often racks up less CS compared to Shyvana. Champs who on average don't take much CS typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have many items to be effective. In either case, try to surpass the numbers displayed on this page to do well.

The best items to use in your Nunu & Willump versus Shyvana build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump incorporated at least these three items in his build, he performed much better vs Shyvana than with most other common item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average winrate of 50.1% when countering Shyvana with this build.

To have the best likelihood of annihilating Shyvana as Nunu & Willump, you 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 builds players used for Nunu & Willump vs Shyvana LoL games, this combination of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 50.1% win rate overall.

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