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Kai'Sa with Nunu & Willump

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How to Synergize Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump

based on 3,680 Kai'Sa with Nunu & Willump pairs
Win Rate
44.8 %
K/D/A
2.27
Pick Rate
2.3 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

At MOBA Champion, we pull data from from millions of LoL games directly from Riot Games each week. Kai'Sa has been on the same team as Nunu & Willump in 3680 recently played, competitive matches. By accumulating so much complete data from the creators of League of Legends, we have complete confidence that we can showcase high quality, insightful builds to help Kai'Sa play with Nunu & Willump. It is relatively rare for Kai'Sa to play with Nunu & Willump on the same team. This has only occurred in about 2.3% of matches with Kai'Sa.

Kai'Sa Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Kai'Sa has done a pathetic job of fighting on the same side as Nunu & Willump. Typically, she wins a lowly 44.8% of games the champions play on the same team. If you want to maximize your potential as Kai'Sa when playing alongside Nunu & Willump by figuring out how to better synergize your gameplay with him, then review the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Kai'Sa vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Doran's BladeHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
Recurve BowNoonquiver

Core Kai'Sa Items

~22 Mins
Guardian AngelGuinsoo's RagebladeKraken Slayer

Optional Items

BloodthirsterWit's EndRunaan's HurricaneNashor's Tooth

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonerheal summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Kai'Sa to level upq
>
Second ability for Kai'Sa to level upe
>
Last skill for Kai'Sa to max outw

Runes

DominationHail of BladesTaste of BloodEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
InspirationMagical FootwearBiscuit Delivery
Attack SpeedAdaptive ForceArmor
Kai'Sa's passive ability p
Kai'Sa's q ability q
Kai'Sa's w ability w
Kai'Sa's e ability e
Kai'Sa's ultimate ability r
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Q
2
W
3
E
4
Q
5
Q
6
R
7
Q
8
E
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Q
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E
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R
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Guide to Synergizing Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump

Tips for Playing as Kai'Sa with Nunu & Willump

Make sure to buy items that will evolve at least 1 or 2 of your spells.

Work with your teammates to set up your Ultimate and optimize damage with your passive.

Try to catch enemy carries alone to burst them with Icathian Rain.

Advice to Understand How Nunu & Willump Will Play

Consume allows Nunu to stay in a lane against ranged opponents.

You can choose to interrupt Absolute Zero early for partial damage if an opponent is about to run out of range.

It's often beneficial to delay the casting of Absolute Zero until the initial round of disables are used. Try to hang back before rushing into a team fight.

Kai'Sa Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats

Kai'Sa Image
Win Rate
44.8 %
VS
Win Rate
55.2 %
Nunu & Willump Image
8.4
< Kills >
7.7
6.4
< Deaths >
6.3
6.1
< Assists >
6.2
1.95
< Killing Sprees >
1.77
175
< Minions Killed >
180
0.19
< Dragons Killed >
0.23
0.44
< Inhibitors >
0.46
13,002
< Physical Damage >
12,169
8,207
< Magic Damage >
8,110
425
< True Damage >
432
21,634
< Damage Dealt >
20,712
20,039
< Damage Taken >
20,172
12,530
< Gold Earned >
12,522
2.05
< Towers >
2.1
0.06
< Baron Takedowns >
0.07
4,358
< Total Healing >
4,377
12,550
< Experience >
12,822
17
< Vision Score >
17
8
< Wards Placed >
8
43
< Time Dealing CC >
45

How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Kai'Sa in LoL

The Kai'Sa Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of her gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, compared to her overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how her gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.

Overall, Kai'Sa sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA went down from NaN to NaN. This drop shows that Nunu & Willump helps Kai'Sa perform not as well in competitive League rounds. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Kai'Sa plays on the same team as Nunu & Willump, she observes a marginal improvement in her full damage output. This change could signal that Nunu & Willump provides cover for her to deal more damage or that his participation also helps extend the round's duration. Similarly, when Kai'Sa is played alongside Nunu & Willump on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.

Additionally, when Kai'Sa plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, she on average takes a little less damage than when she plays alone. Taking not as much damage may mean that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of protecting Kai'Sa during team fights.

Synergies between Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump

Damage Types Compared

Kai'Sa
Nunu & Willump
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Kai'Sa
Nunu & Willump

Is Kai'Sa better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?

There is no universally accepted best ally for Kai'Sa that will no matter what be her ideal synergy. Yet, overall, Nunu & Willump is a not very good teammate for Kai'Sa. By locking into the same team as Kai'Sa, he decreases their win rate by -1.7% to 44.8%. This shows that there is a harmful bond between Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump that allows them to perform worse together than alone.

Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Kai'Sa. That means Kai'Sa players don't need to be very careful when enlisting Nunu & Willump comrades to play with, as they will need a relatively low level of skill to fight well with you.

When playing together, Kai'Sa players will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s ability to deal physical damage. Combined, these two can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.

Conversely, by bringing Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump together, you probably will not be granting your other teammates a great deal of support. Plan to have other champs on your team that nullifies this disparity in this pairing's playstyle.

Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your gold income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.

Additional Information for Kai'Sa Players

How We Calculated Our Kai'Sa Nunu & Willump Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump, we analyzed 3,680 ranked and recent League of Legends matches. We perform advanced data cleaning and statistical methods to guarantee that our team synergy stats are accurate and reliable. You can be confident that our recommended build to pair Kai'Sa with Nunu & Willump comes from actual 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 your division's most relevant stats and build.

Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Kai'Sa in order to synergize with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League, you should keep reading to gather additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you mind the build and tips displayed here, you should grow your win rate significantly.

The most crucial items to include in your Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump synergy build consist of Guardian Angel, Guinsoo's Rageblade, and Kraken Slayer. When Kai'Sa incorporated at least these three great items in her build, she did a lot better when paired up with Nunu & Willump than with many other common builds. In fact, Kai'Sa had an average win rate of 44.8% when synergizing her build and playstyle to Nunu & Willump with this build.

To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should take the Hail of Blades, Taste of Blood, Eyeball Collection, Treasure Hunter, Biscuit Delivery, and Magical Footwear runes from the Domination and Inspiration rune sets. Out of all the rune sets that we analyzed for Kai'Sa and Nunu & Willump pairings, this blending of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. In fact, these runes gave a 44.8% win rate overall.

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