Xayah vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Xayah
based on 1,433 Xayah vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xayah vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Xayah vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Xayah
Tips for Playing as Xayah against Nunu & Willump
Xayah's attacks and abilities leave Feathers on the ground that she can later recall for massive area damage and control.
Xayah can use Featherstorm to dodge almost any ability while also creating a ton of Feathers. Try to utilize the offensive and defensive aspects of this ability.
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.
Xayah vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Xayah in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here show some critical Xayah against Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that can help us realize the differences between these two champions. For instance, Xayah’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Xayah may be more central to her team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Xayah normally has a similar longest killing spree as her enemy does. Commonly, she takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This is usually reflective of different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also hint that the one champ has less agility and thus is unable to escape additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xayah and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Xayah or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In League's current meta, Xayah usually fairs equally well when facing off against Nunu & Willump, with a 49.3% win rate. Thus, Xayah makes an ok counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Xayah does have a lower winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Xayah also has a greater learning curve that makes her a more complex champion to learn and master. You should be careful when picking Xayah into Nunu & Willump.
Furthermore, Xayah has only a small amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there is not one best champion in League of Legends, in Xayah vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champion with a similar win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Xayah is a somewhat poor counter for Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your play on increasing your CS and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should be able to stand on your own as Xayah against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xayah in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to learn a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you mind the build and suggestions shown above, you should increase your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xayah most often picks up much more CS as Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't take many minion kills typically don't need much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have several high cost items to be effective. In either case, try to do better than the values reported here to do well.
The ideal items to focus on in your Xayah versus Nunu & Willump build include Bloodthirster, Kraken Slayer, and Navori Quickblades. When Xayah included at least these three pieces in her build, she did much better versus Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used counter builds. In fact, Xayah had an average winrate of 49.3% battling Nunu & Willump with this build.
To have the best likelihood of beating Nunu & Willump as Xayah, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Presence of Mind, Legend: Bloodline, Coup de Grace, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Precision and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations players used for Xayah vs Nunu & Willump counters, this sequence of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 49.3% win rate overall.
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