Zilean vs Nunu & Willump
How to Beat Nunu & Willump as Zilean
based on 1,019 Zilean vs Nunu & Willump matchupsHow We Analyze LoL Champion Counters
Zilean vs Nunu & Willump Matchup Summary
Best Zilean vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Countering Nunu & Willump as Zilean
Tips for Playing as Zilean against Nunu & Willump
Time Warp is an effective way to enable allies to finish off enemies, or escape from a losing battle.
Chronoshift is a powerful deterrent to attacking your carries, but casting Chronoshift too early in a fight can cause the enemy to switch targets too soon, making it less effective.
You can combine the use of Time Bomb and Rewind to place two Time Bombs on a target quickly. Placing the second bomb will detonate the first and stun all nearby enemies.
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.
Zilean vs Nunu & Willump Counter Stats
How to Counter Nunu & Willump with Zilean in LoL
The stat comparisons shown here underscore some valuable Zilean vs. Nunu & Willump matchup statistics that may help us distinguish the differences and similarities between the two. Zilean’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Nunu & Willump’s ratio of NaN, showing that Zilean may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Nunu & Willump..
Zilean normally has a slightly smaller longest kill spree than his enemy does. Typically, he receives less damage than Nunu & Willump. This typically indicates different amounts of tankyness; however, it can also illustrate that the champ with higher health has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional harm when poked or engaged.
Differences between Zilean and Nunu & Willump
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Who is Better, Zilean or Nunu & Willump?
Both League of Legends champions are great. Both champs have their pros and cons. In the game's current meta, Zilean usually wins when taking on Nunu & Willump, with a 53.2% win rate. Therefore, Zilean makes a great counter for Nunu & Willump.
While Zilean does have a higher win rate than Nunu & Willump, when facing one another, Zilean also has a greater level of difficulty that makes him a more complex champ to pick up and master. You should be be fine when picking Zilean into Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, Zilean has a great deal of utility and CC, a similar amount to Nunu & Willump. This makes her just as valuable during team fights, especially when trying to counter champions with a lot of burst damage.
While there is not a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zilean vs Nunu & Willump matchups, Zilean is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.
Zilean is a great counter to Nunu & Willump. Focus your actions on keeping up your CS and clearing objectives. If you do that, you should do very well as Zilean against Nunu & Willump.
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Further Insights to Win this Matchup
To truly master Zilean in order to counter Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tips and tricks for this matchup. If you listen to the build and suggestions presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.
Zilean most often accumulates more CS compared to Nunu & Willump. Champions who on average don't get many minion kills often don't require much CS to be valuable teammates, such as supports. They are capable of scaling well off of their abilities and first items alone. Yet, champions with a lot of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically have to have a lot of items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values shown on this page to do well.
The best items to have in your Zilean versus Nunu & Willump build include Shurelya's Battlesong, Morellonomicon, and Imperial Mandate. When Zilean combined at least these three items in his build, he performed much better when fighting Nunu & Willump than with many other typical builds. In fact, Zilean boasted an average winrate of 53.2% when countering Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of defeating Nunu & Willump as Zilean, you should take the Summon Aery, Manaflow Band, Transcendence, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the rune sets we have analyed for Zilean vs Nunu & Willump face-offs, this mix of runes yielded the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes averaged a 53.2% win rate overall.
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