Vi vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Vi
based on 2,617 Vi vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Vi vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Vi
Tips for Playing as Vi against Nunu & Willump
A fully charged Vault Breaker will deal double damage. It's great for catching and finishing off fleeing enemies.
Relentless Force does full damage to anyone caught in the shockwave. Use it on minions in lane to hit enemies hiding behind them.
Cease and Desist is a powerful initiation tool, just remember not to get too far ahead of the rest of your team.
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.
Vi vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Vi in LoL
The stat comparisons provided here emphasize some critical Vi vs. Nunu & Willump counter stats that may help us explain the differences and similarities between the pair. For instance, Vi’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s KDA ratio of NaN, highlighting that Vi may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Vi usually has a slightly larger longest killing spree than her counter does. Commonly, she receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This often reflects differing health capacities, yet it can also show that the one champ has less mobility and thus is not able to escape further harm when poked or engaged.
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Who is Better, Vi or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Vi usually wins when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 55.2% win rate. As a result, Vi makes a fantastic counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Vi does have a much higher win rate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Vi also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Vi into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Vi has almost no amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when fighting champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion for every situation in League of Legends, in Vi vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Vi is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, similar champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allied champions during team fights.
Vi is a great counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your gameplay on increasing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Vi against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Vi to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra lessons on this matchup. If you pay attention to the build and stats shown above, you will grow your win rate significantly and be that much closer to League of Legends pro players.
Vi on average picks up a similar amount of CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who on average don't acquire many minion kills typically don't have to have much CS to be valuable teammates, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are able to scale well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to exceed the values shown on this page to do well.
The ideal items to prioritize in your Vi versus Nunu & Willump build consist of Black Cleaver, Trinity Force, and Sundered Sky. When Vi bought at least these three items in her build, she did significantly better against Nunu & Willump than with many other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Vi boasted an average winrate of 55.2% battling Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.
To have the highest probability of crushing Nunu & Willump as Vi, you should take the Hail of Blades, Sudden Impact, Eyeball Collection, Relentless Hunter, Legend: Alacrity, and Triumph runes from the Domination and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune sets we have analyed for Vi vs Nunu & Willump counter picks, this combination of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 55.2% winrate overall.
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