Orianna vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Orianna
based on 1,151 Orianna vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Orianna vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Orianna vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Orianna
Tips for Playing as Orianna against Nunu & Willump
Command: Protect can be used on yourself to return the Ball back to you quickly. Combine this with Command: Attack for a quick harassment.
Command: Dissonance is a very powerful escape tool if Orianna has the Ball. The combination of speed and leaving a slowing obstacle can be quite powerful.
Command: Shockwave can be used to drag enemies towards you or away from you if you position the Ball properly.
Advice to Win Against Nunu & Willump
Interrupting the charge up on Absolute Zero will lower the amount of damage your team takes.
Using Summoner Flash is a surefire way to escape Absolute Zero.
Biggest Snowball Ever moves very fast but cannot turn as quickly, so don't try to escape it by running away in a straight line. Instead, make sudden, sharp turns.
Orianna vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Orianna in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore several critical Orianna versus Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help us distinguish the distinctions between the two. For instance, Orianna’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Orianna may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump..
Orianna usually has a similar longest killing spree as her matchup does. Typically, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates differing health capacities, yet it can also hint that the champ with more HP has less mobility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Orianna and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Orianna or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champs are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Orianna usually loses when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 46.2% win rate. As a result, Orianna makes a bad counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Orianna does have a lower win rate than Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Orianna also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes her a more difficult character to develop with. You may get destroyed when picking Orianna into Nunu & Willumpas her relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash her full potential without a significant amount of practice beforehand.
Additionally, Orianna has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Orianna vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Orianna is a terribly counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold income and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Orianna against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Orianna to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and tips displayed above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Orianna typically accumulates much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't need much CS to be effective, such as support champions. They are able to scale properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to exceed the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to have in your Orianna versus Nunu & Willump build include Rabadon's Deathcap, Stormsurge, and Luden's Companion. When Orianna combined at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when fighting Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Orianna boasted an average winrate of 46.2% when countering Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.
To have the highest likelihood of beating Nunu & Willump as Orianna, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Scorch, Biscuit Delivery, and Cosmic Insight runes from the Sorcery and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Orianna vs Nunu & Willump counters, this mixture of runes yielded the best win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 46.2% winrate overall.
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