Nunu & Willump vs Xayah
How to Beat Xayah as Nunu & Willump
based on 1,433 Nunu & Willump vs Xayah matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Nunu & Willump vs Xayah Matchup Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Xayah Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Xayah as Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump against Xayah
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 Xayah
Xayah's Bladecaller will only root targets hit by 3 or more returning Feathers.
Long fights in the same area with Xayah will allow her to drop a lot of Feathers. Try to stay on the move!
Make sure you are ready when you go for the kill. Untargetability from Featherstorm can quickly turn an ambush in Xayah's favor.
Nunu & Willump vs Xayah Counter Stats
How to Counter Xayah with Nunu & Willump in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some vital Nunu & Willump against Xayah counter stats that may help you realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Xayah’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Nunu & Willump may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Xayah. This observation is largely a result of the differences in assists.
Nunu & Willump often has a similar longest kill spree as his counter does. Typically, he receives more damage than Xayah. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with increased health has less agility and thus is not able to flee from additional damage when engaged or poked.
Differences between Nunu & Willump and Xayah
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Who is Better, Nunu & Willump or Xayah?
Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Nunu & Willump usually fairs equally well when taking on Xayah, with a 50.7% win rate. As a result, Nunu & Willump makes an ok counter to Xayah.
While Nunu & Willump does have a higher win rate compared to Xayah, when on opposite teams, Nunu & Willump also has a lower level of difficulty that makes him a less complex character to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Nunu & Willump into Xayah.
Additionally, Nunu & Willump also has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Xayah. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Nunu & Willump vs Xayah matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champion with a similar win rate, less champion complexity, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Nunu & Willump is a decent counter for Xayah. Make sure you focus your play on increasing your gold income and clearing objectives. If you can do that, you should do very well as Nunu & Willump against Xayah.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Nunu & Willump to counter Xayah during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Nunu & Willump usually gets a lot less CS compared to Xayah. Champions who typically don't earn much CS typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The top items to focus on in your Nunu & Willump versus Xayah build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Hextech Rocketbelt, and Stormsurge. When Nunu & Willump included at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Xayah than with most other typical builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 50.7% when countering Xayah with this build.
To have the highest probability of annihilating Xayah 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 combinations players chose for Nunu & Willump vs Xayah matchups, this mix of runes yielded the highest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 50.7% winrate overall.
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