Nunu & Willump vs Syndra
How to Beat Syndra as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,971 Nunu & Willump vs Syndra matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Syndra Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Syndra Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Syndra as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Syndra
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 Syndra
Get boots early when playing against Syndra, they'll help you avoid many of her spells.
Attack Syndra after she's used Scatter the Weak, it has a long cooldown so she'll be vulnerable.
At max rank Syndra's spells gain bonus effects and change in appearance.
Nunu & Willump vs Syndra Counter Stats
How to Counter Syndra with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several significant Nunu & Willump versus Syndra counter statistics that may help you appreciate the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Syndra’s ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Syndra. This observation is in large part a result of the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump usually has a slightly smaller longest killing spree than his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Syndra. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also illustrate that the champ with more health has less mobility and thus is unable to escape further damage when engaged or poked.
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Syndra?
Both League 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 Syndra, with a 49.5% win rate. As a result, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter for Syndra.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate than Syndra, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower learning curve that makes him a less complex champ to learn. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Syndra.
Moreover, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Syndra. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Syndra matchups, Syndra is the better champ with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter to Syndra. You will do well by focussing your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Syndra.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Syndra during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips shown here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump typically gets a lot less CS as Syndra. Champs who on average don't earn much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. They are able to scale well off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values displayed here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Syndra build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better vs. Syndra than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 49.5% when playing against Syndra with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of beating Syndra as Nunu & Willump, you should use the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players used for Nunu & Willump vs Syndra fights, this blending of runes resulted in the best win rate. Moreover, these runes averaged a 49.5% win rate overall.
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