Nunu & Willump with Alistar
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Alistar
based on 1,371 Nunu & Willump with Alistar pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Alistar Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Alistar Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Alistar
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Alistar
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.
Advice to Understand How Alistar Will Play
Using Flash can allow you catch your target off guard to knock them back into your allies with Pulverize and Headbutt.
Move Speed is very important on Alistar. Consider which boots to buy carefully.
Using Pulverize can allow you to establish better positioning for Headbutt.
Nunu & Willump Alistar Synergy Stats
How to Play with Alistar as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Alistar synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Alistar, compared to his overall stats. Significant differences are areas of focus that highlight how his gameplay changes when paired with this other champion.
Overall, Nunu & Willump sees a large worsening in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Alistar. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This fall shows that Alistar helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in competitive League matches. Yet, the small difference shows that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump is paired with Alistar, he sees a little increase in his total damage dealt. This difference could demonstrate that Alistar supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his presence also helps increase the round's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played together with Alistar on the same team, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing with Alistar.
Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Alistar on the same team, he typically takes a little less damage than when he plays alone. Taking not as much damage may indicate that Alistar does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump in teamfights.
Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Alistar
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Alistar?
There is no top companion for Nunu & Willump that will no matter what be his best teammate. However, overall, Alistar is a not very good teammate for Nunu & Willump. By playing on the same team as Nunu & Willump, he lowers their win rate by -1.7% to 45.8%. This shows that there is a bad strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Alistar that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Alistar has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players should be cautious when enlisting Alistar allies to fight alongside, as they will require a greater level of skill to be able to do well with you.
When playing together, Nunu & Willump players should see an overall large increase in your team’s capability to to cover for your other teammates. Combined, these champions might be able to provide enough cover for their team's carries.
Although, by pairing Nunu & Willump and Alistar together, you may not be giving your other allies much AD. We recommend you include other champions on your team that fills this relative hole in their kit.
Regardless of your Alistar ally's skill level, you should focus on increasing your income, warding to avoid ambushes, and taking down objectives. If you heed this simple advice, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
To truly master Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Alistar during both the laning and mid / late game phases of League of Legends rounds, you should keep reading to pick up additional tips and tricks for this champion pairing. If you pay attention to the build and suggestions presented above, you should increase your win rate significantly.
The top finished items to have in your Nunu & Willump and Alistar synergy build consist of Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump combined at least these three great items in his build, he did a lot better as an ally of Alistar than with many other commonly used item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average win rate of 45.8% helping carry Alistar with this build.
To have the greatest likelihood of beating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Cheap Shot, and Relentless Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Out of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this blending of runes yielded the highest win rate. Notably, these runes averaged a 45.8% winrate overall.
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