Nasus with Nunu & Willump
How to Synergize Nasus and Nunu & Willump
based on 2,535 Nasus with Nunu & Willump pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nasus Nunu & Willump Synergy Summary
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Guide to Synergizing Nasus and Nunu & Willump
Tips for Playing as Nasus with Nunu & Willump
Paying attention to last hitting with Siphoning Strike will have a large impact at the end of a game.
If you're solo, Spirit Fire is a great way to farm a lane. It can be bad if you're in a lane with 2 and you push too far. Find the right balance between Siphoning Strike last hits and AoE farming.
If you have low defenses, people will focus you down even during your ultimate. Try buying some survivability items even in your DPS builds.
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.
Nasus Nunu & Willump Synergy Stats
How to Play with Nunu & Willump as Nasus in LoL
The Nasus Nunu & Willump synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Nunu & Willump, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nasus sees a very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Nunu & Willump. His KDA worsened from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Nunu & Willump helps Nasus perform poorer in competitive League of Legends rounds. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is only marginal.
When Nasus tries to synergize with Nunu & Willump, he observes a little increase in his complete damage dealt. This could demonstrate that Nunu & Willump helps provide protection for him to deal more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nasus is played alongside Nunu & Willump on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays without Nunu & Willump. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Nunu & Willump.
Additionally, when Nasus plays with Nunu & Willump on the same team, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage may indicate that Nunu & Willump does a decent job of covering Nasus during team fights.
Synergies between Nasus and Nunu & Willump
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Is Nasus better when played alongside Nunu & Willump?
There is no perfect synergy for Nasus that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. Yet, overall, Nunu & Willump is a not very good companion for Nasus. By being on the same team as Nasus, he decreases their win rate by -1.4% to 48.9%. This proves that there is a harmful bond between Nasus and Nunu & Willump that results in them performing not as well together than alone.
Nunu & Willump has a lower difficulty than Nasus. That means you don't need to be careful when finding Nunu & Willump allies to fight alongside, as they will require a lower level of skill to be able to do well with you.
Fighting alongside, Nasus players should expect to observe an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to do a lot of AP damage. Together, these champions are able to dish out a surprising amount of magic type damage.
Conversely, by bringing Nasus and Nunu & Willump together, you will not be granting your team a lot of crowd control. Make sure to include other champs on your team that offsets this relative hole in this pairing's playstyle.
Regardless of your Nunu & Willump ally's skill level, you should focus on maximizing your income, outlasting your enemies, and taking down objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you will do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nasus to work well with Nunu & Willump during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should continue reading to gather a few extra tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and tips presented here, you will increase your win rate by a lot.
The ideal items to build first in your Nasus and Nunu & Willump synergy build include Trinity Force, Frozen Heart, and Sundered Sky. When Nasus incorporated at least these three items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Nunu & Willump than with most other common builds. In fact, Nasus boasted an average win rate of 48.9% helping carry Nunu & Willump with these items in his kit.
To have the greatest chance of coming out on top against your oponents, you should equip the Lethal Tempo, Triumph, Legend: Tenacity, Last Stand, Second Wind, and Unflinching runes from the Precision and Resolve rune sets. Out of all the rune builds players chose for this team composition, this order of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 48.9% winrate overall.
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