Sivir vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Sivir
based on 1,415 Sivir vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Sivir vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Sivir vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Sivir
Tips for Playing as Sivir against Nunu & Willump
Sivir's Boomerang Blade returns to her after reaching the max range, so you can shift position to hit enemies who would otherwise have evaded it.
Try saving Spell Shield for enemy abilities that can disable you such as stuns and roots.
Ricochet resets Sivir's basic attack timer on activation, so activating this immediately after landing a normal basic attack will maximize damage output.
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.
Sivir vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Sivir in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page show several significant Sivir versus Nunu & Willump matchup stats that may help us realize the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Sivir’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Sivir may be more central to her team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Sivir usually has a similar longest killing spree as her opponent does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champion with higher health has less mobility and thus is not able to kite away from further damage when poked or engaged.
Differences between Sivir and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Sivir or Nunu & Willump?
Both League champions are great. Both champs have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Sivir usually fairs equally well when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 50.9% win rate. As a result, Sivir makes an ok counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Sivir does have a higher winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Sivir also has a greater difficulty level that makes her a more time consuming champ to pick up and master. You should be careful when picking Sivir into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Sivir has only a small amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when facing champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Sivir vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Sivir is the better champion with a similar win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during teamfights.
Sivir is a decent counter for Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your actions on keeping up your gold and cs and taking out objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Sivir against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
If you would like to truly master Sivir to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to learn a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen 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.
Sivir typically accumulates much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't get much CS often don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions 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, usually require several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the values displayed here to do well.
The best items to prioritize in your Sivir versus Nunu & Willump build include Lord Dominik's Regards, Phantom Dancer, and Navori Quickblades. When Sivir used at least these three items in her build, she performed a lot better when facing Nunu & Willump than with many other common item sets. In fact, Sivir boasted an average winrate of 50.9% battling Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of annihilating Nunu & Willump as Sivir, Sivir players should take the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Of all the rune combinations that we analyzed for Sivir vs Nunu & Willump battles, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes provided a 50.9% win rate overall.
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