Xerath vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Xerath
based on 3,556 Xerath vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Xerath vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Xerath vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Xerath
Tips for Playing as Xerath against Nunu & Willump
If you stun an enemy with Shocking Orb, follow up with a guaranteed center hit on Eye of Destruction.
It's easier to land Arcanopulse on an enemy when they're moving toward or away from you, rather than side to side.
Eye of Destruction will make landing Arcanopulse easier as the target will be slowed.
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.
Xerath vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Xerath in LoL
The stat comparisons shown on this page feature several valuable Xerath versus Nunu & Willump counter statistics that may help us distinguish the differences between the two. For instance, Xerath’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is better than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Xerath may be more central to his team's team fighting effectiveness than Nunu & Willump..
Xerath often has a similar longest killing spree as his matchup does. Commonly, he takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness, yet it can also show that the champ with increased HP has less agility and thus is unable to flee from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Xerath and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Xerath or Nunu & Willump?
Both LoL champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Xerath usually wins when trying to fight Nunu & Willump, with a 52.2% win rate. As a result, Xerath makes a good counter to Nunu & Willump.
While Xerath does have a higher winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when they face off with one another, Xerath also has a much greater level of difficulty that makes him a more time consuming character to learn and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Xerath into Nunu & Willumpas his relative depth means you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.
Moreover, Xerath also has some amount of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.
While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Xerath vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Xerath is the better champion with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your allies during team fights.
Xerath is a good counter to Nunu & Willump. Make sure you focus your actions on maximizing your gold and cs and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Xerath against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To learn all of the intricacies of Xerath to counter Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you listen to the build and stats displayed here, you will grow your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Xerath typically picks up much more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be effective, such as sup champs. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, usually need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the numbers reported here to do well.
The top items to have in your Xerath versus Nunu & Willump build include Zaz'Zak's Realmspike, Horizon Focus, and Stormsurge. When Xerath bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better countering Nunu & Willump than with many other common counter builds. In fact, Xerath boasted an average winrate of 52.2% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this counter build.
To have the greatest probability of coming out on top against Nunu & Willump as Xerath, Xerath players should equip the First Strike, Magical Footwear, Biscuit Delivery, Cosmic Insight, Manaflow Band, and Scorch runes from the Inspiration and Sorcery rune sets. Out of all the rune builds that we analyzed for Xerath vs Nunu & Willump counters, this mix of runes resulted in the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 52.2% winrate overall.
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