Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz
How to Beat Vel'Koz as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,785 Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Vel'Koz as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Vel'Koz
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 Vel'Koz
Vel'Koz has fairly low mobility and is vulnerable to ganks.
Vel'Koz is very dangerous if left alone in a fight. Try to focus him down early.
Life Form Disintegration Ray can be interrupted by stuns, silences and knockups.
Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz Counter Stats
How to Counter Vel'Koz with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore several vital Nunu & Willump vs. Vel'Koz matchup statistics that can help us explain the distinctions between the two. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Vel'Koz’s KDA ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Vel'Koz..
Nunu & Willump typically has a similar longest kill spree as his opponent does. Typically, he takes more damage than Vel'Koz. This is usually reflective of differing health capacities, but it can also show that the champion with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Vel'Koz
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Vel'Koz?
Both League champs are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually loses when facing off against Vel'Koz, with a 48.5% win rate. As a result, Nunu & Willump makes a bad counter to Vel'Koz.
While Nunu & Willump does have a lower win rate compared to Vel'Koz, when facing one another, Nunu & Willump also has a much lower difficulty level that makes him a less challenging character to pick up and master. You still need to be cautious when picking Nunu & Willump into Vel'Koz.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Vel'Koz. 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 in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz matchups, Vel'Koz is the better champ with a lower win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a somewhat poor counter for Vel'Koz. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Nunu & Willump against Vel'Koz.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Vel'Koz during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and tips shown here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump on average racks up less CS compared to Vel'Koz. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. 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, often need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers displayed here to do well.
The most important items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Vel'Koz build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three pieces in his build, he did much better vs. Vel'Koz than with many other typical counter builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 48.5% battling Vel'Koz with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest likelihood of coming out on top against Vel'Koz as Nunu & Willump, you should equip the Dark Harvest, Cheap Shot, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Celerity, and Waterwalking runes from the Domination and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Nunu & Willump vs Vel'Koz LoL games, this mixture of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 48.5% winrate overall.
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