Nunu & Willump with Gwen
How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Gwen
based on 1,459 Nunu & Willump with Gwen pairsHow We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL
Nunu & Willump Gwen Synergy Summary
Best Nunu & Willump vs Gwen Counter Build
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Gwen
Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Gwen
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 Gwen Will Play
Gwen can still damage enemies outside her Hallowed Mists, especially with her Ultimate's range.
Some of Gwen's Abilities can apply her passive to multiple enemies, so aim them at groups to get maximum damage and healing.
Always be Attacking - In addition to dealing bonus damage, Gwen's Attacks empower or reset many of her Abilities.
Nunu & Willump Gwen Synergy Stats
How to Play with Gwen as Nunu & Willump in LoL
The Nunu & Willump Gwen synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Gwen, 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 very large drop in his KDA (ratio of kills and assists to deaths) when paired with Gwen. His KDA decreased from NaN to NaN. This negative change shows that Gwen helps Nunu & Willump perform worse in ranked League games. Yet, the small difference indicates that this performance change is not very impactful.
When Nunu & Willump is an ally to Gwen, he observes a little drop in his full damage output. This difference could indicate that Gwen does not provide protection for him to dish out more damage or that her allyship also helps extend the match's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played alongside Gwen on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees compared to when he plays on his own. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Gwen.
Additionally, when Nunu & Willump plays with Gwen on the same side, he typically receives a little less damage than when he fights alone. Receiving not as much damage could indicate that Gwen does a decent job of covering Nunu & Willump during team fights.
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Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Gwen?
There is no one best champion pairing for Nunu & Willump that will 100% of the time be his #1 synergy. However, Gwen is a terrible ally for Nunu & Willump. By being on the same team as Nunu & Willump, she lowers their win rate by -3.2% to 44.3%. This demonstrates that there is a very bad bond between Nunu & Willump and Gwen that allows them to perform worse together than alone.
Gwen has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means you need to be careful when lining up Gwen teammates to fight alongside, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to fight well with you.
When playing alongside, Nunu & Willump players will likely observe an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magical damage. Combined, these two can deal quite a lot of AP type damage.
In contrast, by aligning Nunu & Willump and Gwen together, you may not be giving your side a lot of utility. Plan to include other champions on your team that neutralizes this disparity in this pairing's kit.
Regardless of the skill of your Gwen ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and clearing objectives. If you follow these simple suggestions, you should do well anyway.
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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing
If you would like to learn all of the intricacies of Nunu & Willump in order to synergize with Gwen during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL rounds, you should keep reading to learn a few extra lessons on this champion pairing. If you mind the build and stats presented here, you will grow your win rate by a lot.
The best finished items to include in your Nunu & Willump and Gwen synergy build include Kaenic Rookern, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three finished items in his build, he did a lot better when fighting alongside Gwen than with many other common builds. In fact, Nunu & Willump boasted an average winrate of 44.3% when synergizing his build and playstyle to Gwen with these items in his kit.
To have the best chance of annihilating 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 rune sets that we analyzed for this team composition, this composite of runes resulted in the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 44.3% win rate overall.
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