Kalista with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Kalista and Nunu & Willump
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Kalista Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
Best Kalista vs Nunu & Willump Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Kalista and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Kalista with Nunu & Willump
Rend is a valuable last hitting aid, since its cooldown resets if it kills a target.
Entering a move order once to trigger Martial Poise will not clear Kalista's basic attack target.
Due to her passive, Kalista's Move Speed is effectively increased by Attack Speed.
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.
Kalista Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Kalista in LoL
The Kalista 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, Kalista sees a very large drop in her KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Nunu & Willump helps Kalista perform poorer in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Kalista is paired with Nunu & Willump, she gets a small increase in her full damage dealt. This could indicate that Nunu & Willump supports by providing cover for her to deal more damage or that his allyship also helps increase the game's duration. Similarly, when Kalista is played together with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when she plays without Nunu & Willump. This is contrasting evidence that she is worse when playing alongside Nunu & Willump.
Moreover, when Kalista plays with Nunu & Willump on the same side, she on average receives a little more damage than when she fights alone. Taking more damage may indicate that Nunu & Willump does a poor job of protecting Kalista in team fights.
Synergies between Kalista and Nunu & Willump
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Is Kalista better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no perfect companion for Kalista that will no matter what be her ideal ally. However, Nunu & Willump is a terrible companion for Kalista. By being on the same team as Kalista, he decreases their win rate by -3.4% to 44.0%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit synergy between Kalista and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than without each other.
Nunu & Willump has a much lower diffuclty than Kalista. That means you don't need to be cautious when finding Nunu & Willump comrades to play with, as they will require a much lower level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.
Working on the same side, Kalista players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to destroy wih physical damage. When paired, these champs can provide a great amount of sustained physical damage.
Although, by grouping Kalista and Nunu & Willump together, you probably will not be granting your other allies very much crowd control. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this gap in their kit.
Regardless of the ability of your Nunu & Willump teammate, you need to focus on maximizing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and clearing objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you will do well, regardless.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To learn all of the intricacies of Kalista in order to pair well with Nunu & Willump during both the early game and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to gather some more tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you listen to the build and suggestions shown above, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The most important items to get in your Kalista and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Guinsoo's Rageblade, Blade of The Ruined King, and Terminus. When Kalista bought at least these three pieces in her build, she did significantly better as an ally of Nunu & Willump than with most other commonly used builds. In fact, Kalista had an average winrate of 44.0% helping carry Nunu & Willump with these items in her kit.
To have the greatest probability of beating your oponents, Kalista players should use the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Alacrity, Coup de Grace, Bone Plating, and Overgrowth runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for Kalista and Nunu & Willump pairings, this order of runes yielded the highest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 44.0% win rate overall.
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