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How to Win Zeri vs Nunu & Willump Counter MatchupZeri is in the b tier of champions

Zeri vs Nunu & Willump

How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Zeri in LoLZeri is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Zeri

based on 896 Zeri vs Nunu & Willump matchups
Win Rate
46.8 %
K/D/A
2.19
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our matchup stats from the millions of recently rated League games that we get from Riot Games each and every week. Our guide on how to beat Nunu & Willump as Zeri resulted from an examination of 896 ranked rounds where both champs faced each other. This particular counter pairing is relatively rare. Zeri is forced to battle against Nunu & Willump in only 2.3% of their matches.

Zeri vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary

Unfortunately, Zeri does a awful job of countering Nunu & Willump. On average, they wins a lowly 46.8% of matches the champs oppose each other in. In Zeri vs Nunu & Willump rounds, Zeri’s side is 0.1% less probable to earn first blood, indicating that they most likely won't get first blood against Nunu & Willump.

Best Zeri vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Long SwordNoonquiver

Core Zeri Items

~22 Mins
Experimental HexplateRunaan's HurricaneNavori Quickblades

Optional Items

BloodthirsterLord Dominik's RegardsPhantom DancerTitanic Hydra

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerhaste summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zeri to level upq
>
Second ability for Zeri to level upe
>
Last skill for Zeri to max outw

Runes

PrecisionLethal TempoTriumphLegend: AlacrityLast Stand
ResolveConditioningOvergrowth
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Zeri's passive ability p
Zeri's q ability q
Zeri's w ability w
Zeri's e ability e
Zeri's ultimate ability r
1
E
2
W
3
Q
4
Q
5
R
6
Q
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E
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Q
9
E
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R
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E
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W
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W
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R
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W

Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Zeri

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.

Zeri vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats

Zeri Image
Win Rate
46.8 %
VS
Win Rate
53.2 %
Nunu & Willump Image
7
< Kills >
5.1
6.3
< Deaths >
6.4
6.8
< Assists >
11.7
1.61
< Killing Sprees >
1.11
184
< Minions Killed >
30
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
1.66
0.48
< Inhibitors >
0.45
14,231
< Physical Damage >
1,090
6,426
< Magic Damage >
13,295
538
< True Damage >
836
21,196
< Damage Dealt >
15,222
23,000
< Damage Taken >
37,129
12,445
< Gold Earned >
10,871
2.28
< Towers >
1.38
0.04
< Baron Takedowns >
0.44
4,231
< Total Healing >
20,417
12,534
< Experience >
12,971
18
< Vision Score >
19
8
< Wards Placed >
6
115
< Time Dealing CC >
455

How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Zeri in LoL

The stat comparisons shown here emphasize several influential Zeri vs. Nunu & Willump matchup stats that may help you figure out the differences between the two. Zeri’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is more than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, demonstrating that Zeri may be more central to their team's team fighting capacity than Nunu & Willump..

Zeri often has a slightly larger longest killing spree than their foe does. Commonly, they takes less damage than Nunu & Willump. This commonly reflects differing health capacities; however, it can also indicate that the one champion has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from further harm when poked or engaged.

Differences between Zeri and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Zeri
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zeri
Nunu & Willump

Who is Better, Zeri or Nunu & Willump?

Both League champions are great. Both have their strengths, weaknesses, and counters. In the game's current meta, Zeri usually loses when playing against Nunu & Willump, with a 46.8% win rate. As a result, Zeri makes a bad counter to Nunu & Willump.

While Zeri does have a lower winrate compared to Nunu & Willump, when on opposite teams, Zeri also has a greater learning curve that makes them a more time consuming character to pick up and master. You should be very concerned when picking Zeri into Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, Zeri has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zeri vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Nunu & Willump is the better champion with a much lower win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your team members during late stage team fights.

Zeri is a bad counter to Nunu & Willump. You will do well by focussing your strategy on increasing your CS and taking out objectives. If you are able to do that, you should do very well as Zeri against Nunu & Willump.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zeri

Zeri Loses Against

LilliaLillia39.3% winrateSingedSinged39.9% winrateMaokaiMaokai40.6% winrateRyzeRyze41.3% winrate

Zeri Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee58.8% winrateZoeZoe54.3% winrateEliseElise54.2% winrateKassadinKassadin53% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

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Additional Information for Zeri Players

How We Calculated Our Zeri vs Nunu & Willump Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Nunu & Willump as Zeri, we analyzed 896 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Nunu & Willump as Zeri comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

Zeri Build Nunu & Willump Build

Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To truly master Zeri to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane 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 here, you will increase your win rate significantly and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zeri often gets much more CS relative to Nunu & Willump. Champs who typically don't acquire much CS often don't require much CS to be effective, such as supports. These kinds of champions are able to scale properly off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champs with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, often have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to surpass the numbers reported on this page to do well.

The best items to prioritize in your Zeri versus Nunu & Willump build include Experimental Hexplate, Runaan's Hurricane, and Navori Quickblades. When Zeri bought at least these three items in their build, they did much better against Nunu & Willump than with most other typical builds. In fact, Zeri had an average win rate of 46.8% when playing against Nunu & Willump with this build.

To have the highest probability of crushing Nunu & Willump as Zeri, Zeri players should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Last Stand, Conditioning, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Of all the runes we have analyed for Zeri vs Nunu & Willump counters, this sequence of runes yielded the best win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 46.8% winrate overall.

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