Samira vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Samira
based on 4,043 Samira vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Samira vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Samira vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Samira
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.
Samira vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Samira in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page underscore some critical Samira vs. Nunu & Willump counter statistics that can help you appreciate the differences between the two. For instance, Samira’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Samira may be more central to her team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump. This observation is largely fueled by the difference in kills.
Samira normally has a much larger longest kill spree than her foe does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape additional harm when engaged or poked.
Differences between Samira and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Samira or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Samira usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 51.4% win rate. Thus, Samira makes a good counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Samira does have a higher winrate than Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Samira also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more complex champion to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Samira into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Samira has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion overall in League of Legends, in Samira vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Samira is the better champion with a higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Samira is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. Focus your gameplay on maximizing your CS and destroying objectives. If you are able to do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Samira against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Samira 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 suggestions displayed here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Samira most often accumulates much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't take many minion kills usualy don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically require a lot of items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The most crucial items to focus on in your Samira versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Infinity Edge, Lord Dominik's Regards, and Immortal Shieldbow. When Samira used at least these three pieces in her build, she performed much better when facing Nunu & Willump than with most other common builds. In fact, Samira boasted an average winrate of 51.4% when countering Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the best probability of vanquishing Nunu & Willump as Samira, you should equip the Conqueror, Triumph, Legend: Bloodline, Last Stand, Bone Plating, and Revitalize runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Samira vs Nunu & Willump fights, this composite of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes gave a 51.4% win rate overall.
By default, tips, statistics, and builds on how to beat Nunu & Willump as Samira are presented for all skill levels combined. If you would like to narrow the statistics and builds to a particular division, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.