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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump with Ivern on the Same TeamNunu & Willump is in the b tier of champions

Nunu & Willump with Ivern

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How to Synergize Nunu & Willump and Ivern

based on 126 Nunu & Willump with Ivern pairs
Win Rate
43.7 %
K/D/A
2.18
Pick Rate
0.1 %

How We Analyze Champion Pairings in LoL

We take in data from from millions of LoL rounds directly from Riot Games each week. Nunu & Willump has gone into battle with Ivern in 126 recent, competitive games. By amassing so much complete data straight from the creators of LoL, we are completely sure that we can produce high-quality, usable builds to help Nunu & Willump synergize with Ivern. It is very rare for Nunu & Willump to play with Ivern as teammates. This pairing has only happened in approximately 0.1% of matches with Nunu & Willump.

Nunu & Willump Ivern Synergy Summary

Unfortunately, Nunu & Willump does a awful job of playing alongside Ivern. Normally, he wins a poor 43.7% of matches the champs play on the same team. If you want to win more matches as Nunu & Willump when fighting on the same team as Ivern by learning how to better synergize your playstyle with him, then check out the full build (with items, runes, summoner spells, and skills) below!

Best Nunu & Willump vs Ivern Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Gustwalker HatchlingHealth Potion

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsAmplifying Tome

Core Nunu & Willump Items

~22 Mins
Knight's VowFrozen HeartLiandry's Torment

Optional Items

Stormsurge

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Nunu & Willump to level upq
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Second ability for Nunu & Willump to level upe
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Last skill for Nunu & Willump to max outw

Runes

SorceryPhase RushNimbus CloakCelerityWaterwalking
DominationEyeball CollectionTreasure Hunter
Adaptive ForceAdaptive ForceArmor
Nunu & Willump's passive ability p
Nunu & Willump's q ability q
Nunu & Willump's w ability w
Nunu & Willump's e ability e
Nunu & Willump's ultimate ability r
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Guide to Synergizing Nunu & Willump and Ivern

Tips for Playing as Nunu & Willump with Ivern

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 Ivern Will Play

Use Brushmaker to set up future ambush spots!

Try to help allies follow up a good Rootcaller hit with Triggerseed!

Daisy can block skillshots and slow down enemies. Use her to peel for your teammates!

Nunu & Willump Ivern Synergy Stats

Nunu & Willump Image
Win Rate
43.7 %
VS
Win Rate
56.3 %
Ivern Image
4.8
< Kills >
5.3
6.8
< Deaths >
6.7
10
< Assists >
11.1
1.17
< Killing Sprees >
1.18
47
< Minions Killed >
30
1.22
< Dragons Killed >
1.56
0.4
< Inhibitors >
0.38
1,073
< Physical Damage >
1,077
13,857
< Magic Damage >
13,358
816
< True Damage >
840
15,747
< Damage Dealt >
15,276
33,673
< Damage Taken >
36,969
10,269
< Gold Earned >
10,814
1.4
< Towers >
1.26
0.22
< Baron Takedowns >
0.4
16,732
< Total Healing >
19,841
12,005
< Experience >
12,772
19
< Vision Score >
19
7
< Wards Placed >
5
428
< Time Dealing CC >
459

How to Play with Ivern as Nunu & Willump in LoL

The Nunu & Willump Ivern synergy stats shown here demonstrate the areas of his gameplay that do better (or worse) when paired with Ivern, 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 Ivern. His KDA fell from NaN to NaN. This worsening shows that Ivern helps Nunu & Willump perform poorer in ranked LoL matches. Yet, the small difference proves that this performance change is not very impactful.

When Nunu & Willump plays on the same team as Ivern, he observes a little increase in his complete damage output. This difference could demonstrate that Ivern supports by providing cover for him to dish out more damage or that his participation also helps extend the game's duration. Similarly, when Nunu & Willump is played with Ivern on the same side, he usually scores many fewer killing sprees than when he plays without Ivern. This is contrasting evidence that he is worse when playing synergisticly with Ivern.

Moreover, when Nunu & Willump plays with Ivern on the same team, he often receives less damage than when he fights alone. Taking not as much damage could mean that Ivern does a decent job of protecting Nunu & Willump in teamfights.

Synergies between Nunu & Willump and Ivern

Damage Types Compared

Nunu & Willump
Ivern
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Contrasted

Nunu & Willump
Ivern

Is Nunu & Willump better when played alongside Ivern?

There is no one best synergy for Nunu & Willump that will always be his ideal synergy. However, Ivern is a very bad companion for Nunu & Willump. By locking into the same team as Nunu & Willump, he drops their win rate by -3.8% to 43.7%. This demonstrates that there is an easy to overcome and exploit strategic relationship between Nunu & Willump and Ivern that allows them to perform worse together than without each other.

Ivern has a greater difficulty than Nunu & Willump. That means Nunu & Willump players need to be very careful when arranging Ivern comrades to go into battle on the same side as, as they will have to have a greater level of skill to be able to cooperate well with you.

Working on the same side, you will likely see an overall large increase in your team’s capacity to deal magic damage. Together, these champs can blast through enemies with magic damage.

Conversely, by bringing Nunu & Willump and Ivern together, you probably will not be giving your side a lot of attack damage. We recommend you pick other champs on your team that offsets this relative gap in their kit.

Regardless of the skill of your Ivern ally, you need to focus on maximizing your income, staying alive by avoiding foolish fights, and taking down objectives. If you do this, you should do well, regardless.

Additional Information for Nunu & Willump Players

How We Calculated Our Nunu & Willump Ivern Synergy Build and Stats

For this guide on pairing Nunu & Willump and Ivern, we analyzed 126 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 Nunu & Willump with Ivern 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.

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Further Insights to Win with this Champion Pairing

If you would like to truly master Nunu & Willump to synergize with Ivern during both the early game and mid / late game phases of LoL, you should continue reading to master additional tricks and insights into this champion pairing. If you use the build and stats shown here, you should grow your win rate by a lot.

The top items to use in your Nunu & Willump and Ivern synergy build consist of Knight's Vow, Frozen Heart, and Liandry's Torment. When Nunu & Willump bought at least these three items in his build, he did significantly better when fighting alongside Ivern than with most other typical item sets. In fact, Nunu & Willump had an average win rate of 43.7% helping carry Ivern with these items in his kit.

To have the greatest chance of beating your oponents, you should equip the Phase Rush, Nimbus Cloak, Celerity, Waterwalking, Eyeball Collection, and Treasure Hunter runes from the Sorcery and Domination rune sets. Of all the runes players picked for this champion pairing, this mixture of runes resulted in the top win rate. Moreover, these runes gave a 43.7% winrate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to team up Ivern with Nunu & Willump are displayed for all ranked divisions. If you would like to narrow the stats and builds to an individual player tier, you may use the selection menu located earlier on the page.